While I know this is true because I lived this throughout my childhood with my dad, Miles appears to get more than his fair share of blame when anything goes wrong and gets almost no credit when we win. We have many posters here that will downplay any credit to Miles (I'm actually shocked @tirk started this thread; @shane0911 wouldn't, for instance.) Charlie Mac was the same damn way. The hatred many had for that man was irrational at best. He was walking up the stands at one of my dad's games in the late 70's, and some bitch started screaming at him, basically calling him a bum. She looked like a jackass--that's what I thought even when I was 7 or 8. When Charlie Mac called my dad to ask if he wanted to join the staff later the same year, he declined, then told my mom and me that he didn't relish the idea of losing his job when Mac ended up getting fired, as the writing was on the wall.
theres uneducated people everywhere. we just have a larger share here. that same irrationality dog cussing coaches is the same irrational passion that makes the crazies buy everything LSU and at least used to create the greatest atmosphere. not sure why its so personal since you cant have it both ways. and given your dad was a coach you should have long accepted this.
For all of Miles quirks and stubbornness, 100 wins in the toughest division in all of CFB is quite impressive. I'll give the man his dues, he has done more for LSU then the midget ever did. Still undefeated in OOC regular season games. What other coach can boast that after a decade in the SEC?
You are right. Miles is different in that he gets criticized when the team wins. And I was kinda taken aback by the thread too.
I think I just listened to enough ignorant assholes act like they knew more football than my dad (when they didn't even know more than me) growing up, that I feel a kinship with coaches. They put their souls into their jobs and winning means more to them than to anyone else. Growing up with a coach, I knew that for sure. That being said, I would never trade the fun I had growing up a coach's daughter. There's probably no other profession that allows the whole family to be involved. I thought it was cute as hell that Mullen was holding his young daughter as he gave his post-game interview last night, and that Ole Miss' coach has his daughter and wife behind him after the ass-whipped A & M (always a good day when the freakin' Aggies get beaten.)
We appreciated the NC and 2011, the recruiting, the wins, etc, to the tune of millions of dollars What yall are saying is that every other fan base is 100% pumpers? Or that no criticism is valid because we won? If we lose we are totally bad and if we win we are totally good? And again, Miles makes a ton of money. Good trade off.
All major college coaches are more than well-compensated these days. That's not the point at all of what @lsutiga was saying (if I may speak for him.) Many LSU fans were quite vocal about not liking Miles since the day he was hired and still don't like him 10 years and 100 wins later. They will downplay any and every accomplishment of Miles and his teams--calling our '07 NC lucky and even suggesting we shouldn't have been there, but ignoring the run of luck Saban has enjoyed at Bama. Saying he won his '07 championship with Saban's players (complete horseshit, by the way--as soon as one coach leaves, those guys are no longer the former coach's players) when Saban won his first Bama championship with Shula's recruits. I'm making lots of comparisons to Saban, but that is completely intentional. Many of the LSU fans who hate Miles act like Saban is the hot girl who blew them off, but they are still in love with her sorry ass, even while fate handed them a much more faithful partner after she left. I also draw this comparison because it is similar to the way LSU fans felt about Charlie Mac because they were still infatuated with Dietzel, who left them.
