Sportings News has Miles as the 10th best coach in cfb.

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Article also says it's a "prove it" year.
I agree.

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Without a doubt.

Not disagreeing with you but I feel like every year we say it's a "prove it year".

Looks about right. I think you can make an argument that the MSU HC is ranked too high, but others look about right.

Big year for CLM, put up (win) or shut up (time to walk). Pretty straightforward with the returning talent, favorable home schedule, coaching staff, recent recruiting class, etc. Just Win Baby!

If you have not won a national title or a few conference titles you should not be in the top 10

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I posted cbs as well.

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I noticed that.

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Does it bother you that people that get paid to evaluate sports has something good to say about a LSU coach?

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Not at all. I just think rankings in general are pretty much meaningless.

It's fine to discuss it. I think it's erroneous to draw any conclusions from it.

None of that matters if he delivers a championship this season, he will be paid 7mm and will remain at LSU until he decides to step down.

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Not disagreeing with you but I feel like every year we say it's a "prove it year".

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This is truer than every other year, most of the time people are just being stupid.

Advantages that no recent years have had all in the same year
- No year of a billion early exits to the NFL
- A returning QB with over a year of experience
- A legit top 5 DC
- A legit heisman contender in his junior year at RB
- Based on rankings the fourth most talented roster of the past 4 years (in the country). That's a full cycle of kids for programs that don't redshirt much.
- 97% of offensive production returns, defense brings back all but 2 full time starters (I don't count Louis as a full time starter, and I could go even further as Jefferson started half the year before Mills came back).

Reasons why it's a must win year (SEC West, SEC title, playoff contention)
- Four straight 3+ loss seasons with back to back losses vs Arkansas
- 0-5 vs Bama since TGOTC win
- Hasn't won the division in 4 years
- Has finished 3rd, 5th, 4th, in own division the past 3 years
- In the last two years alone we have lost 5 games by more than 2 TDs
- He was almost fired last year after 3 straight pathetic losses and struggled to a win vs a TAMU team that was also pretty poor.


On the surface it seems like he is pulling out all the stops for this one season.

" Is the sporting news ranking our metric now for evaluating coaches?"

Well, when their ranking Parallels along with LSU being the 2nd ranked School in power five conference football for wins and the second ranked School for conference wins in the SEC during a coaches tour of duty, I think it's a fair metric to use in evaluating coaches. Throw in the fact that LSU has it been to two National championship games under miles, I am hard pressed to find five more productive coaches currently much less 10.