Miles makes bad call on Perrilloux's future with team
the Editorial Board
Issue date: 4/4/08 Section: Opinion
LSU coach Les Miles has made very few mistakes in his three-year tenure as the Tigers' head coach.
Miles has 33 wins in three seasons, capped off by winning a national championship this past January.
His on-field results are open-popping, but his off-the-field decision concerning junior quarterback Ryan Perrilloux is flat-out wrong.
The junior quarterback should have been kicked off the team.
Period.
No questions asked.
Miles announced Thursday that Perrilloux will regain full-team membership after Saturday's spring game. The junior quarterback again garnered negative attention when he reportedly used racial slurs and cursed a server and a manager at Kona Grill on Sunday.
The latest incident is certainly not the only knock on Perrilloux. Since joining the team in 2005, he has been officially suspended twice and missed a week of practice before the Alabama game this past fall.
Perrilloux has become known more for his antics off the field rather than his on-field accomplishments. He was reportedly a person of interest in a money counterfeiting ring; he allegedly tried to enter a local casino with his brother's ID; he was reportedly involved a nightclub brawl at The Varsity; and he has been rumored to be slacking in the classroom.
The decision to keep Perrilloux on the team is a slap in the face to the rest of the team. There is certainly no blatant blanket rule on player discipline. During Perrilloux's embarrassing streak of bad behavior, Miles has kicked six players off the team - Tyson Andrus, Derrick Odom III, Jeremy Benton, Troy Giddens, Zhamal Thomas and Kyle Anderson.
LSU burst onto the scene this past season in a positive light after capturing the national championship. But the recent Perrilloux news frenzy has turned the Tiger football program into the butt of a national joke.
This school's name does not deserve to be associated with a player who consistently embarrasses this community.
Thank you, Coach Miles, for everything you have done for the team - specifically this school, its students and this town.
But you made a bad decision this time. LSU football is about more than wins and losses; it's also about maintaining positive national attention.
We guarantee this won't be Perrilloux's last problem - you can take that to the bank.
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Miles has 33 wins in three seasons, capped off by winning a national championship this past January.
His on-field results are open-popping, but his off-the-field decision concerning junior quarterback Ryan Perrilloux is flat-out wrong.
The junior quarterback should have been kicked off the team.
Period.
No questions asked.
Miles announced Thursday that Perrilloux will regain full-team membership after Saturday's spring game. The junior quarterback again garnered negative attention when he reportedly used racial slurs and cursed a server and a manager at Kona Grill on Sunday.
The latest incident is certainly not the only knock on Perrilloux. Since joining the team in 2005, he has been officially suspended twice and missed a week of practice before the Alabama game this past fall.
Perrilloux has become known more for his antics off the field rather than his on-field accomplishments. He was reportedly a person of interest in a money counterfeiting ring; he allegedly tried to enter a local casino with his brother's ID; he was reportedly involved a nightclub brawl at The Varsity; and he has been rumored to be slacking in the classroom.
The decision to keep Perrilloux on the team is a slap in the face to the rest of the team. There is certainly no blatant blanket rule on player discipline. During Perrilloux's embarrassing streak of bad behavior, Miles has kicked six players off the team - Tyson Andrus, Derrick Odom III, Jeremy Benton, Troy Giddens, Zhamal Thomas and Kyle Anderson.
LSU burst onto the scene this past season in a positive light after capturing the national championship. But the recent Perrilloux news frenzy has turned the Tiger football program into the butt of a national joke.
This school's name does not deserve to be associated with a player who consistently embarrasses this community.
Thank you, Coach Miles, for everything you have done for the team - specifically this school, its students and this town.
But you made a bad decision this time. LSU football is about more than wins and losses; it's also about maintaining positive national attention.
We guarantee this won't be Perrilloux's last problem - you can take that to the bank.
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Contact the Editorial Board at opinion@lsureveille.com
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Jones
posted 4/04/08 @ 6:31 AM CST
"and he has been rumored to be slacking in the classroom"
Are you saying rumor, not fact, about someone's academic record (which is not public information) is reason enough to kick that person off the team?
Greg
posted 4/04/08 @ 1:22 PM CST
After reading the daily articles about Ryan Perriloux I wonder what the Reveille's intentions are. It seems like the kid can't make a move without being scrutinized. (Continued…)
Aligater
Aligater
posted 4/04/08 @ 5:22 PM CST
I Owe Ryan Perrilloux an Apology
I made a couple of nasty posts following the Reveille stories this week. I said things like "get rid of the punk. (Continued…)
Landon F
posted 4/04/08 @ 6:19 PM CST
the reveille ( home of LSU's worst journalism) reports on RP with false info because they have no life and they cant write about the good stuff. RP has yet to get arrested and no other major new organization reported on this story (opps tigerdroppings. (Continued…)
lsu_national_champs08
posted 4/05/08 @ 3:14 AM CST
Hey RP is a typical college kid.He is just under the microscope.Lay off him and give him a chance to develope into a responsible adult.
John
posted 4/05/08 @ 10:20 AM CST
And the editorial staff of the Reveille should be kicked off the paper's staff for continually spreading rumors faster than junior high girls, then passing judgement based upon the rumors. (Continued…)
Bill
posted 4/05/08 @ 8:33 PM CST
I go along with the idea that Ryan's behavior is not what it should be but to be kicked off the team for what he has done so far would be an overly drastic reaction and probably wrong. (Continued…)
anyone
posted 4/05/08 @ 9:31 PM CST
i dont think RP should be allowed to represent the LSU tigers. He has outstanding athletic abilities but he is just not the kind of person LSU should allow on the team. (Continued…)
zack
posted 4/06/08 @ 12:03 PM CST
Wow, I'm surprised at all of the RP supporters. I'm not saying that I've never seen or participated in similar events as Perrilloux, but I still ask myself this question, "if I was suspended from the LSU football team (which I love and support) and my suspension was almost at its end, would I be hanging out late with strip club employees being confrontational in a restaurant?" My god, he was about to rejoin the team. (Continued…)
Tiger Alum
posted 4/06/08 @ 7:20 PM CST
In defense of the Reveille, they are a school newspaper. They'll pursue a story about a student and interview people from an incident like the one at Kona. (Continued…)
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