Les Miles total opposite of CFP

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gsb0824

gsb0824

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After tonight's game, I now have the ultimate respect for Les Miles. Talk about a guy who only knows one way to coach, and that is play to win. After seeing todays UA vs UT game, I hope CPF learns that playing not to lose does exactly that - makes you lose. CPF is conservative to the point that it hurts the team. When you play not to lose while the opposition is playing to win, the odds are not in your favor.
 
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What Les Miles just did was not playing to win. It was miscalculating the clock and running one play too many and getting away with it.
 
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GAVol said:
What Les Miles just did was not playing to win. It was miscalculating the clock and running one play too many and getting away with it.
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The clock was fine. It should have been stopped (and would have if it was incomplete) at ~3 seconds.
 
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You are totally incorrect. Les Miles had one time out and had plenty of time to use that time out. The clock ran to one second after the touchdown incorrectly. If that would have been incomplete, the clock would have been reset to at least 3 seconds left.
 
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BruceAlmighty19 said:
The clock was fine. It should have been stopped (and would have if it was incomplete) at ~3 seconds.
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Still though . . . Why would you even take the chance of throwing an INT, taking a sack to lose yards, running out the clock etc when you've got a comfortable FG to win it?
 
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GAVol said:
Still though . . . Why would you even take the chance of throwing an INT, taking a sack to lose yards, running out the clock etc when you've got a comfortable FG to win it?
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When is a field goal comfortable. Like I said before, he plays to win, that was the point. Yes, you chance an interception, but you also chance missing a field goal, botching the snap, etc. He simply plays to win the game and leaves conservative thoughts at home.
 
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He deffiniatly doesn't coach like he's trying to not make mistakes.
Fulmer coaches with hesitation, Miles coaches all out
 
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gsb0824 said:
When is a field goal comfortable. Like I said before, he plays to win, that was the point. Yes, you chance an interception, but you also chance missing a field goal, botching the snap, etc. He simply plays to win the game and leaves conservative thoughts at home.
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This is the same Les Miles who sat on the ball and blew a 21 point lead to us two years ago, right?
 
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When you play not to lose, you must not have very much confidence in your ability to win
 
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gsb0824 said:
Looks like Les learns from his mistakes. CPF hasn't learned a damn thing!
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Les hasn't learned jack. He's played the lottery and won about 5 times now. The luster will wear off as soon as one of these goofy calls blows up in his face.
 
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GAVol said:
Les hasn't learned jack. He's played the lottery and won about 5 times now. The luster will wear off as soon as one of these goofy calls blows up in his face.
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Calling Lester's number at the end of overtime last week didn't work too well. I was sitting at Le Bayou on Bourbon Street listening to the LSU fans say what a mental invalid Miles was.
 
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GAVol said:
Les hasn't learned jack. He's played the lottery and won about 5 times now. The luster will wear off as soon as one of these goofy calls blows up in his face.
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I can see your dislike for Les Miles. I am not exactly a fan of his either. But I do like the way he doesn't mind taking some risk to win a game as opposed to what we have been seeing for the past few years. And if he can win the lottery five times in a row, then it is no longer considered luck!
 
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GAVol said:
Generally coaches that like to generate "excitement" last about as long as dogs that chase cars.
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Jack Pardee is one of the few I can think of that fits that bill. Spurrier, Meyer and the rest of these guys seem to be doing just fine.
 
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gsb0824 said:
I can see your dislike for Les Miles. I am not exactly a fan of his either. But I do like the way he doesn't mind taking some risk to win a game as opposed to what we have been seeing for the past few years. And if he can win the lottery five times in a row, then it is no longer considered luck!
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Someone should be asking why a guy with a roster full of NFL talent is having to play the lottery in the first place.
 
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