Not at all. I'm objecting to laying ALL OF THE BLAME on miles, like several posters here are prone to do. I'm objecting to saying that Harris deserves no blame for his poor performance. I made post laying out all of the problems and virtues of the team last night as I saw them. 14 problems. It was not about any one person--good, bad, or ugly. It was about the team--players and coaches.
Add special teams. If BDP isn't told to clean out his desk one day after the season ends then Alleva needs to call Les in for a "chat".
Harris isn't even an average QB, however Miles has played a major hand in stunting his growth. His refusal to give him any playing time after AU last season and his philosophy of hide the QB even against creme puffs this season does not facilitate QB growth. Again, it goes back to Bo ball 101.
Well, I see a quarterback that has had one good passing game. Promising, but not "very good". Perhaps yahoos don't know what the professionals know. 31% passing does not make a coach want to give carte blanche.
he HAS been criticizing miles. in his opening post, 7 items are coaching related. including point blankly saying this team was not properly prepared by THE HEAD COACH. but for some reason everyone is fixating on him typing one sentence saying Harris had a bad game. Harris did indeed have a bad game. Which is why it was listed under "bad" in his post. the piss poor coaching in these games is getting old. which why he specifically called out the head coach in the "ugly". for those of you not sharp enough to follow along, the person red is referring to as "the head coach" would be none other than Les Miles.
Speaking for myself and why I put more blame on Miles. Let me say I agree with you that Harris is not a great QB. The receivers need to catch better, the OL must block better, and the D tackle better. All that being said, Miles has consistently had LSU ill prepared in recent years to start games. Bama is too good to fall behind. Many of us have been calling for more imagination in the play calling, we have to open things up for a game like last night. Instead Miles is dead set on the run, there is no rhythm in the passing game. It's Miles job to have the team prepared and he didn't. Now you have Steele as DC, he does the same damn thing all game long. No changes what so ever. He is simplus unable or too stupid to adjust. He is a LBC, not a DC.
31 percent may have been more if you give the kid the opportunity to develop earlier in the season. Maybe it wouldn't. But maybe it would.
I don't know that we will ever attract a 5 star, NFL prospect QB as long as Les adheres to his current offensive strategy.
