list of college coaches that ranters prefer over miles

This will not end well.

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West Virginia
Boise State

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as long as we keep Chavis i would be all for one of these offensive minded HC's. and i like Les

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LSU GrandDad

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Naw, we have one of the best coaches in the nation. I love me some Les.

Miles come back.

I like Les too.

Just wished the Les of today and tomorrow would be better than the Les of 1/9. Is that asking too much? Just learn a simple lesson.

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less miles is a better coach than any one of these guys and wins a lot more consistently. no flash in the pan with our coach.

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Threads like this are always illogical, because they fail to take account of context and circumstance. For example, the mere fact that Les Miles wins more games at LSU than some other coach at, for example, USF or Boise State is really irrelevant and doesn't necessarily prove that Miles is the "better" coach. LSU obviously has a much more fertile recruiting base, vastly better facilities, and a more storied traditional that either USF or Boise State. Naturally, the head coach of LSU benefits from those circumstances.

I'll prove my point with an anecdote. When he was at Michigan State, Saban went 19-17-1 between 1995 and 1997. During that same time period, DiNardo went 26-9-1 at LSU. He even beat Nick Saban head to head in the Independence Bowl. Now, does that mean that DiNardo was a better coach than Saban? Of course not. No one in their right mind would contend as much. Rather, DiNardo benefitted from LSU's recruiting base while Saban had to make do with lumbering northerners. Saban was always the better coach, but he couldn't fulfill his potential until he came to a school with facilities, resources, institutional dedication to football, and a fertile recruitng base. (In fact, Saban recognized that LSU was a "sleeping giant" and that is precisely why he had Jimmy Sexton approach LSU.)

Similarly, I am quite certain that there is some bright young football coach in America who could come to LSU, blossom when provided with LSU's inherent advantages, and win NC's here. Great football coaches aren't THAT rare. They aren't once in a generation geniuses, like Einstein or Shakespeare.

All of this is, of course, idle speculation. Miles isn't going anywhere. So I just hope the offense improves, the staff learns from its mistakes, and we can win another NC.

I'd take damn near any besides mack brown and chizik

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have read a number of posters over the last few years that have screamed and demanded for miles head and that LSU hire the head coach of....

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I would be happy with a real, innovative, aggressive young OC. In that case, not necessary to change the head coach.

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TCU - Maybe West Virginia - Never Boise State - Maybe Florida State - No University of South Florida - No South Carolina - Maybe the coach of 10 yrs ago Petrino - Never

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If LSU doesn't look towards the NFL they are crazy. Not many good coaches in college. Saban is about it.

Nick Saban
Urban Meyer