Michigan consistently refers to itself as "the winningest program in college football history" as they have the most wins all time. I think that is a joke as they have only 2 or perhaps just 1 1/2 national titles. Alabama, Ohio State, Notre Dame, and several others have a much stronger claim to that title.

A great win loss record with little to no hardware is somewhat hollow. Les's idol Bo had a great win loss record but no national championships. That does not garner legendary status in my opinion. Is Marty Shottenheimer legendary?? A solid coach, but not on anyone's list of coaching legends.

Very good coaches win a lot of games over a long period of time and are considered to be of legendary status by most of their fan base (Beamer, Lavell Edwards, Jim Mora Sr., Hayden Frye, Bo, Les Miles, many more). The great ones and true legends win national championshipS!!!!!!!!

If Les gets us back to the top and wins another national championship, he will move into that elite group. Until then, he simply is not!

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Posted by slackster

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Posted on 1/7/15 at 7:46 am to Bengal Sporto

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Very good coaches win a lot of games over a long period of time and are considered to be of legendary status by most of their fan base (Beamer, Lavell Edwards, Jim Mora Sr., Hayden Frye, Bo, Les Miles, many more). The great ones and true legends win national championshipS!!!!!!!!

I read your post and had to question whether or not Les had ever won a National Championship.

Nega-whatevers tend to criticize Miles supporters for moving the goalpost, but the same can be said of their group.

In 2008 and 2009, the narrative was that Miles would never have a season with less than two losses. Hell, I believe Maximus had a signature that said he would never post again if Miles ever won the SEC championship again. Then 2010 and 2011 happened, and those criticizers somehow grew in strength and numbers. It is mind-blowing.

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Posted by jrodLSUke

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Posted on 1/7/15 at 9:17 am to Bengal Sporto

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If Les gets us back to the top and wins another national championship, he will move into that elite group, unless he doesn't win the championship the following year, at which point I will once again remove him from the list.