Les Miles sounds like he’s voicing some frustrations with Ed Orgeron’s LSU

It’s been two years since Les Miles was fired from LSU, where he was replaced by former Tigers interim head coach Ed Orgeron. Miles hasn’t gotten another head coaching job since, so he’s still asked a good bit about LSU’s program. On Thursday, Miles appeared on Louisiana radio show The John Innes Show.

First, he was asked about LSU’s recruiting:

“The guys that I know that were recruited by the staff before this staff, recruited some really good players,” Miles said. “I mean you watch that middle linebacker play, you watch those defensive lineman play, there was some recruiting that was done.”

He probably doesn’t know much about the classes Orgeron has brought in, so he’s just sticking with what he knows here.

He then went on to reference an April quote from Orgeron, who asked for LSU fans’ “patience” as the offense developed under new OC Steve Ensminger. Emphasis added:

“I guess what I’m saying is that I never accepted the feeling of ‘Hey, you need to have patience,’” Miles said. “When you say that you need to have patience, aren’t you really just saying to your team is not good enough? Because I want you to know something … I never took the field with the Tigers where I didn’t think that I was absolutely going to kick somebody’s tail, and that we were the best team. Period.

“It took me a time during the week to get myself in a position where I said, ‘Yeah. OK. We got ’em. We got the plan. The plan is in. We’re ready to play,’” Miles continued. “That took some time, but I never asked to ‘give me break here.’ Hey listen — the Tigers are good. The Tigers got good players, the Tigers can play. Hey, you know what, we didn’t make any mistakes, You guys are going to play your butts off this Saturday and you’re going to kick the living hell out of the opponent and that’s not the way it is.

“Certain people need to have a safety net,” Miles said as he started to raise his voice. “If you need a safety net, you need not coach for the Tigers because the Tigers are your safety net! They are the winningest, toughest group of men that I’ve been around.”

So yeah, I think it’s safe to say Miles’ comments will make their way back to Orgeron. In Miles’ defense though, he’s probably saying out loud what a lot of LSU fans are already thinking, although some may pay no mind to it:

LSU’s offense has remained underwhelming (as it often was under Miles), and Orgeron’s calls for patience amid the latest change haven’t exactly soothed worries.