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
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.
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We better understand that games in this stadium with non-conference opponents can have a very negative effect if they're not prepared, ... UAB and Miami of Ohio are two such evidences of that.
defense offense
We're getting out-schemed by the defense right now, ... Our offense has been sloppy.
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Our football knows how to play the second half. We finished the game. Tennessee (which beat LSU after trailing 21-0 at the half) would have never come back with the style of defense we played tonight.
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Matt Flynn had a good day. He operated the offense well. Both Jacob Hester and R.J. Jackson made a good showing. R.J. is coming of age. He's doing everything that's expected in the offense.
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I think that will continue. I think everybody fits ideas into the system they have and the personnel they're coaching. We share it with people that are friends with our program and will keep it disclosed, so not to give away anything that we're certainly counting on winning games with.
I said, 'Well, frankly, there's one more left.'
defense extremely played
I thought that our defense stymied them all day, and really played extremely well,
expect short
We don't expect him back in the short term.
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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.
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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.
control
We have to control him. He's their big playmaker.
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Those things can be adjusted. There will be a differing degree of 'come get ya' and press and cover one and a good zone attack. That variance will change week to week.
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This team (LSU) might be the worst team to play if you're the next team,