miles and coker

3. LSU was nowhere near the same level of program in 2005 when Miles took over that Miami was when Coker took over.

Everyone that posted is right on the money.Coker won the nc the year after Davis left.Saban has been gone for 3 years prior to Miles winning the nc.

He had some Saban recruits,but he took those recruits and molded them into champions.He made Hester a hybrid rb,offered Trindon a scholly when only SMiss and Southern offered.The comparisons stop at how many rings each of them won,that's it.Saban still doesn't have a better win percentage than Miles at LSU,and Saban had his own guys to coach.

Miami got a lot of mileage out of being in the Big East. They only had like one big game a year - Fla St at the time out of conference

Yeah, I also don't think Miami had the conference schedule that LSU has.


11-2, 11-2, 11-2, and 7-5 is an eerily similar pattern to Coker's, but only time, recruiting, and Miles coaching hires will tell if it is legit

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However, your statement puzzles me.

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Why? LSU only had two seasons of less than 3 losses in the previous fifteen years when Miles took over. Miami was a juggernaut that had won 4 national titles in the previous 17 seasons when Coker took over and was widely known as the premier school for NFL talent in the country.

He also inherited a team that had gone 11-1 the year before and should have been in the national title game and was ranked #2 to end the year.

LSU had only had one really good year where they put it all together, and still didn't even go undefeated, and was coming off of a 3 loss season.

And Coker also wasn't coaching in the SEC, a much tougher conference than either the ACC or Big East.

There simply isn't a comparison. There is no question that Miles has continued to build LSU's program up to higher a level than it was when he arrived.

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In the LSU vs Miami game there were nine Hurricane players drafted that season and all made an NFL roster the following season. Five LSU players were drafted that year and not all made an NFL roster

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Which is yet another point that proves that the Miles and Coker comparisons aren't valid.

The two actually coached against each other head to head in a bowl game with a month to prepare and Miles' team blew the doors off of an arguably more talented Miami team.

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2004 Auburn

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It's not made because of similar situations, but the majority of people make the comparison in response to the crowd that says "well Les won a NC, Have a GREAT day!" and shite like that. Winning a national title doesn't always mean you're a great coach.

However, this is the major difference:

Coker won it all in his 1st year, whereas Les won it in his 3rd. Les is a better coach.

Miami's 2001 Team:
QB-->Dorsey
RB-->Portis, McGahee, Frank Gore
FB-->Davenport
WR-->Andre Johnsom, Roscoe Parish
TE--> Shockey, Winslow

DE-->Jerome McDougal, Andrew Williams
DT-->William Jospeh, Vince Wilfork
LB's-->Vilma, DJ Williams, Chris Campbell
CB's-->Phillip Buchanon, Mike Rumph
Safety's-->Ed Reed and Sean Taylor