Les with more?

Before I start this thread, I just want to say that I'm super excited about the new regime and truly believe that we will soon be back among the top 5 teams year in and year out. After saying that, I just want to pose the question of do you think anyone in the history of college football has done less with more talent than Les Miles? Sure, we'd win at least 10 games every year and, of course, there was the 07 championship, but let's break that down. If you look at the '05, '06, '07, '11, '12, '13, '15, '16 squads, all of those were legit NC contenders. How many actually were in consideration? Only '07 and '11. And that '07 team needed A TON of help to get there even though we were definitely the most talented team. Also, at least 11 of the starters on that NC team were Saban recruits. We all know what happened in '11 '05 we can put some of that on the hurricane as well as Texas/USC just rolling through the reg season. But the other 5 years, we just lost games that we had no business losing and continually fell out of contention. Not to say Les isn't a good dude, but he was a terrible coach. He was a great recruiter and his players played their tails off for him, which I believe is why we were as successful as we were. Look at the talent we continually send to the NFL. We also were incredibly lucky and fortunate at other times (Auburn '07, Tenn '10, Auburn '12 just to name a few) But I also truly believe that if we hire another qualified candidate (such as promoting Jimbo Fisher) after Saban left in '04 that we could be sitting where Bama is currently ruling college football. At least for the last 11-12 years. Les really burnt himself and all of Tiger Nation because he could've been the head guy for establishing one of the most successful dynasties ever. Thanks to the talent gap Les inherited when he took the job, it took a few years to start to see everything unravel which is why Les got a pass until '09, '10 got people talking again. '11 helped him get back in the good graces but after that Bama rematch, the writing was on the wall. It's a shame that it took as long as it did causing us to waste so much talent.

Now that I got that off my chest, it's time to move on and get ready to see Coach Oeaux pick up the pieces and move us back to yearly title contention. Geaux Tigers!