Les Miles
Les Miles
Leslie Edwin Milesis an American football coach and former player. He is the current head football coach at Louisiana State University, a position he has held since January 2005. Miles is nicknamed "The Hat" for his signature white cap, as well as "The Mad Hatter"...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth10 November 1953
CityElyria, OH
coach gone guys morning practice schedule separate specialize veterans younger
We are going with two separate practices, one for the upper classmen and veterans and one for the younger guys. The schedule allows us to specialize and coach the younger guys individually much more. When the newcomers' practice comes in the afternoon, they will have already gone through the morning meeting.
certainly consistent decisions guy kick opportunity performed proved short
He's just a guy who proved to be consistent and performed pretty well. I'm not making any long-term decisions but in the short term, he's certainly going to get an opportunity to kick 'em.
job offered three took
I offered him the job three times before he took it,
confident controlled dominant final football game line played season thrilled
I'm thrilled for this football team. They come into the final game of the season with a new quarterback, a very capable, confident young man. And they controlled the line of scrimmage for him and played dominant defense.
eliminate entire practices run start team test
If you can eliminate a 110 test where the entire team has to run 16 110s on a day before you practice, you eliminate having to start your two-a-day practices in a deficit.
ask field game goal kick lead looked notice team
I'm going to let my field goal kicker kick field goals. I'm not going to ask my team not to score. I didn't notice anything during the game that looked like it was going to lead to a fight.
defense good great mixture offense pressure style team
I think our defense had a great plan. I think the mixture of pressure and the athleticism of our team in that style of offense is a problem. We anticipated good play from our defense.
defense good great mixture offense pressure style team
I think our defense had a great plan, ... I think the mixture of pressure and the athleticism of our team in that style of offense is a problem. We anticipated good play from our defense.
bit campus failed great lose men needs operated start summer team time
It's a great day. It's time to get the team on campus and start getting better. I think the summer went well. We had two men that failed the conditioning test, one of which was operated on and the other just needs to lose a little bit more weight.
banner early forward great justin terms three
It's early to guess, but I think in terms of our three tailbacks, I think Justin Vincent is going to have a banner year. He's unselfish. He's the right kind of person. He's improving, and I look forward to him having a great year.
ali bit fine guy kenny moved outside
Spadoni will be a guy that will play a little bit more football. Ali Highsmith and Kenny Hollis, those two will be moved around in those outside spots. We think we'll be fine there.
approach competition determine game guy matt point russell starter time week
The competition is between JaMarcus Russell and Matt Flynn to start, ... I think we will find that we will approach our game week and our game days, determine who our starter is and at that point in time we'd like to go with one guy from that point forward.
thinking next-week lsu
I think we are trying to improve for next week. Period. I do not think anybody is thinking about anything else.
thinking lsu two
I think there are some things that we got accomplished in the last two weeks. Our defending was good and our offensive line took some strides, but we will look at it and analyze it so it will be a long day tomorrow.