re: Joe Schad just reported on Sports Center

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All this has happened since Les Miles officially pulled his name out of the 2007 Michigan coaching search...

- won a SEC Title
- won a National Championship
- stayed at the helm of a top program with his recruits, put his stamp on the program
- beat Urban Meyer
- beat Nick Saban
- beat Bobby Petrino
- qualified for two more New Year's Day bowls (in the traditional sense)

Les Miles had done none of those things the last time the job was open

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The SEC Title came mere hours after he pulled his name from the Michigan coaching search, and the national title came a month later. Since that championship game in January of 2008, Les has not won an important game. I could sit here and write about the losses to Urban Meyer, to Saban, to Petrino, to Nutt...about Ole Miss and Doley's debacle and Arkansas 2010 and all of the tough arse games that went to the wire (or farther than it should) against subpar competition. But what matters most is that Les hasn't won anything important...hasn't even gotten us into an important game since we slipped into the national championship game by virtue of a series of events less likely than another Ronnie Prude safety violation flag. No SEC championship games. No National Championship games. No BCS bowls. Hell, you can make the case that the Alabama game this year was the most important win Miles has ever had at the school.

Serious question.

What has Kiffin done to be considered better than Miles?

(I understand that you follow the Trojans and are somewhat biased)

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It seems that Miles,on the other hand, often wins in spite of his coaching ability rather than because of it, and at times his lack of attention to detail is downright embarrassing.

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signed,
nick saban '10, urban meyer '07, frank beamer 07, jim tressel 07, gene chizik 09, tommy tuberville 07, phil fulmer vs a backup qb 07, eff i'm tired of typing.....

Your analysis sucks. No matter how many times negatigers get corrected and no matter how many games miles wins, you are still obstinate about the whatever minor flaws miles has.

EVERY game is important. No game is a guaranteed win. Espn noted last night that miles has only lost one game to non conference team in six years. While you might think he hasn't won anything important, he has kept us in the upper third of the toughest conference. That is VERY respectable.

You mentioned the games that weren't pretty. How about bama '09. Lsu was beating them in the 4th quarter on the road and ended competitively. Why didn't you mention that?

The bottom line is this, you are expecting miles to do something that even the "best" coaches in America have trouble doing. The only thing miles hasn't accomplished is to dominate the best conference in America. Even if he did, people would then say it's not the best conference.