So I notice this tweet on espn.com. @carterespn - carter blackburn Walking into Chip Kelly's office, LSU down 14-0 he says, 'Something crazy will happen for Les.' Walking out, 21-14 LSU. He doesn't say, “Les will get em back on track". It's just more luck from the heavens. Les might be one of the greatest examples of confirmation bias that I've ever seen. His public speaking is so horrendous it's almost impossible for people to not think he's a buffoon. Hell' It's taken LSU fans years to see that there's no connection between public speaking and his ability as a football coach. It's almost impossible to separate what you see from Les in front of the camera and what you see on the football field. It drives coaches like Saban, Meyer, Kelly, Petrino, supossed geniuses in their field, insane that Miles continues to whip them.
It also explains why there are still so many people that continue to claim Bama is better than LSU despite losing head to head and LSU's more impressive record. People just can't accept the reality that a Saban led team could be worse than a Miles led team. it runs completely counter to their pre-conceived notions.
Let'em think it. We know what others think of our coach, but it doesn't matter. I love the added frustration they get from losing to an 'inferior' coach who's 'luck will soon run out'. Les is the luckiest man on the planet, right?
Two great comments. Goes back to the old saying "Perception is Reality." I used to work with a production manager that was the best, most knowledgable person in the plant, the kind of guy you want around when things go bad. However, he couldn't speak in public and the suits valued that ability more than his ability to run the plant.....so, the ran him off. Glad nobody fell into that trap with Miles. Someone posted a video recently of Miles in the locker room....if anyone questions his ability to speak to his team and motivate, all they need to do is watch that clip.
Les hires good coaches, thats the trick. He takes the heat, an lets them coach. Put it this way, Danny Ford won a NC and if coaches had to take a test to be a Head Coach, he'd be a Prop 48 coach. :grin:
After all of this time, I think he could speak better publicly if he wanted to. But, I think that's part of what makes him who he is. People underestimate him because of it and that can be a fatal mistake on the football field.
It's true that Miles hires good assistant coaches, but I had the extreme good fortune to score 50-yard line tickets 6 rows behind LSU's bench on Friday, and I got to see a side of Les that I'd not seen before. During every TV timeout, Les was actively coaching the offensive line and TE's. This was for the whole game. I know that lots of people think he's a CEO, hands-off kind of coach, but he was all about the coaching on the sidelines, and since I'm always watching from home, this was something I've never been able to observe about Les. On a side note, we were sitting right in front of Ryan Baker's grandmother. She was the sweetest lady EVER. My 10-year-old daughter whispered to me, "Who is Ryan Baker?" "Sweetie, he's #22, a linebacker." My daughter then turned to his granny and said, "Ryan Baker is one of my FAVORITE players!" Later, I called her out on her being disingenuous, but she told me that Ryan Baker WAS one of her favorites after meeting his grandma. She also lists Ron Brooks as one of her favorites now because he came over and took a cool picture with her during warm-ups. She also took a pic with Tracy Wolfson and half of the Golden Girls. Our seats were clearly the best ever.
I've had those seats before and, while it was definitely cool sitting behind LSU's bench, it was extremely difficult to see the field. Did you guys experience that or were you high enough to see over the players?
