LSU considered premier coaching job

i totally agree with you. The SEC produces some of the best talent in the nation year in and year out but no school is considered a platinum job. The SEC has won the BCS national championship the last three years but no love. Oh well, we know who the best conference is. and the best job, LSU.

If you coach at Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, or LSU, there is no possible place you can go that is a better job, unless you go coach an Alma mater. For us to be just 2nd tier on that list is ridiculous

USC and Texas are the best two jobs in America, loaded states with lil' or no competition for the best ballers. Their ab$olutely loaded financially, have top-tier academia, and both are in highly desired sophisticated cities, with plenty of the amenities that draw collegians. That either schools trail UF and LSU in BCS crowns this past decade is sorta an indictment upon Carroll and Brown, despite their consistent 10 and 11 win regular seasons..especially when coming out of one-or-two-horse conferences.

Of SEC schools Fla is next in line, based upon the aforementioned two schools & Fla's premier state school status, as they are amongst the nation's three most populous and talent-loaded states, and all three's warm-weathered status allure. One strong factor also at hand for Fla of current is that Miami and FSU have dropped off, thus creating a dominant UF of current, able to grab players from right under the two ACCers in former Nole and Cane strongholds, also aided by the SEC's dominant best national conference allure of current.

Then comes Ohio State, whom's main edge over LSU, UGA, Bama, OU, Mich, ND, etc..is it's obscene economic engine and large national recruiting prowess, which imho rates over it's much-heralded yet slightly overrated Ohio high school footballer output, of which is usually listed as one of it's top one or two strengths. Also OSU is only challenged by Michigan for longterm Big-10 supremacy, as Penn State has been smacked around by both OSU and Mich since their arrival. Wisky, Iowa, MSU,etc..never a serious longterm threat to OSU.

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they play in the little 10

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Well, just look at Miles', Saban's, and Meyer's salary and ask them if they think it is a premier job....

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LSU is one of the top 12 coaching jobs in the nation

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no shite.

talent, money, facilities

Homerism is strong today...

Look, ALL of those jobs were considered destination jobs. That means that no one would leave any of those jobs. He isn't saying that a coach would leave LSU to coach at USC. All he's saying is that coaching at USC, Texas, etc is easier than coaching at the top tier SEC schools.

Don't take that as an insult. Take pride in it.

P.S. LSU isn't "fourth" in the gold tier. Teams aren't ranked within tiers; they are listed in alphabetical order.

I have always considered LSU a premier job, but never thought of it as the "best" job in college coaching for pretty much the reasons everyone else said (tough to compete, high expectations, other equally prestigious positions with less pressure or competition, etc.). However, I have always thought of LSU as a perfect place for an excellent coach to prove himself at the highest levels outside of the NFL. All the tools exist here to build a strong program, and the competition affords the opportunity to show how successful a coach has been at building the program. To me, that makes us the perfect place for a coach who wants to get higher (i.e., the NFL). That was exactly the formula Saban used to get his dream deal with Miami. He would never have had the opportunity to earn that kind of offer at Michigan State. There are probably only 2 or 3 other programs in the country that could offer a similar opportunity (Florida, maybe Georgia, possibly OU/Texas).

As such, I kind of figured that our job would be most targeted by coaches who have their sights set on the NFL (which isn't a problem, as long as we keep replacing them with equally successful coaches). Happily, Miles has not yet shown that intent, despite having the success to do so.