Les Miles Appreciation Thread

I remember it vividly. About to play for a SEC title, Herbstreit breaks Miles to Michagan, confirmed with sources. The internet explodes. Every sports and local new outlet is running it.

I imagine the team, sitting in the hotel doing last min prep, sees the stories and is deflated. "Why should we go out there and bust our asses?"

And then...


Imagine you're a player and you watch your coach go on tv and basically give the finger to ESPN. You go out with a backup QB and light up Tennessee. It was a good day to be a Tiger fan.

94-24. 2 SEC titles. 1 NC. 10+ wins in 6 of 8 seasons with the opportunity to make it 7 of 9,

We love to look at Bama/Saban. The Rant has tremendous penis envy for T-Town. But lets remember, it took ten years for Bama to be dominant again after Bear left, and then came the NCAA sanctions, bad hires, and long years until Saban got there.

The reality is, we are lucky. The odds of getting a coach that makes your program successful, and hiring a coach immediately after that continues that level of success are slim to none. It just doesn't happen. It didn't happen for Bama. It didn't happen for Florida. It still hasn't happened for Michigan, Notre Dame, or USC.

If Texas does hire Saban, it looks like they will be betting the farm that Saban can come in and make them instantly successful. The amount of money they are going to spend (reportedly) is damn near absurd. More power to them.

But still, Tiger Fans, I'm happy to have this guy. I really am.

Because it never gets old.