A lot of people enjoy the loose nature of Les Miles. His wild game finishes because of his inept clock management, his too-high hat, his aggressive nature. But sometimes being aggressive, especially when you continue to go after an 18 year old kid that decided he didn’t want to play for you, makes you an 8th Grade Girl. Les Miles is a jilted 8th Grade Girl. Or maybe even a teenage outsider girl in High School reading a poem to Mr. Kiel:
“Mostly I hate the way I don’t hate you, not even a little bit, not even at all.” -Les Miles to Gunner Kiel, via quotes about chest and swagger.
In two separate instances, Les Miles has gone after Kiel. In the first, he says that Kiel doesn’t have the ‘chest’ and ‘ability’ to lead LSU. If you haven’t seen it, check it out here:
#embarrassingtoalladults
And in the second he goes after Kiel again:
I was talking more about the confidence and swagger.
Here’s my problem with this. 1. He’s a kid and he made his choice – you are supposed to be a man, even a leader of men – shut your pie hole, deal with it, and move on. Enough already. 2. You RECRUITED the kid. If he doesn’t have the chest/ability/confidence/swagger, why were you recruiting him? You just must suck at your job, Les. Or your recruiting coordinator does. Unless you think all your #1 targets at all positions lack these important traits. No? Okay then.
Listen, I get it. You’re sad that your date left you hanging. You’re super sad that you had the most popular boy in school interested in you, that he had committed to taking you to the dance. You were SO happy and excited – you had a cute new dress that your mom helped you pick out and everything, and all the other girls were going to be SUPER JEALOUS of you!!!!!
But c’mon Les, don’t be an 8th Grade Girl. Be a man.
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kyndfan
As I sit here watching my 2 year old daughter play with her new bubble machine, I can’t help but think that Les Miles can be compared to a 2 year old girl as well. She’s excited as can be about her new toy, until it breaks or runs out of bubble mix. Then she cries and cries until somebody makes it all better.
Somebody please give Les some jellybeans so he’ll shut up.
The Subway Domer
I wished I loved anything like a kid loves bubbles.
Bayou Irish
With my perspective 90 minutes from Death Valley, I can tell you that this story has received zero coverage, which suggests it is personal (and seemingly VERY personal) to Coach Miles. The media here is not banging on Les for “losing” Kiel. The Kiel story was last season’s news and the denouement to the National Championship implosion. All of that could change, if the Tigers lose a regular season game to a team not named Alabama and that loss has anything to do with quarterback play.
thisistheyear
i bet when miles was in middle school he used to ask girls to go with him to the middle school dances, and when a girl would decline, miles would say “i didn’t ask you if you wanted to go the dance…i said you look fat in those pants!”
IrishBriand21
Then he would tell his friends about how she didn’t have the CHEST to go to the dance with Leslie Miles.
Father Sorin
I’ve said it before, but it bears repeating: What is this Miles fellow doing talking about the Kiel lad’s chest — he’s a quarterback, not a streetwalker. Can we use some more appropriate terms like “upper body strength?”
tlndma
Yeah, what’s under that hat?
tjak
What irks me as well is that he takes a jab at the quality of Notre Dame football as well. Also, he seems to think his is the only program that goes through this. The Irish lost four guys one the morning of signing day. Calling this guy an 8th grade girl is being too kind.