Could Miles have done what Saban did at LSU?

1991 Curley Hallman 5-6 3-4
1992 Curley Hallman 2-9 1-7
1993 Curley Hallman 5-6 3-5
1994 Curley Hallman 4-7 3-5
1995 Gerry DiNardo 7-4-1 4-3-1 Independence Bowl
1996 Gerry DiNardo 10-2 6-2 Peach Bowl 12

Dinardo probably had a more significant win than Saban did early in his career - knocking off #1 Florida when they had no business being on the field with them talent wise!

Saban didn't come close to touching Florida until Spurrier left! He did have success against arguably more talented Tennessee teams though.

Saban is the bestest coach in the history of the world ever.

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So far, it seems, Les has done an admirable job of sustaining a program, but I guess it remains to be seen if he has what it takes to shake things up, and retool, if and when that is necessary. (Is it now? I don't know.)

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At the very least, he is not afraid to retool at the coordinator level.

DiNardo: He had a problem at DC; he was unwilling to fix it.

Miles: He had a problem at DC; he fixed it.

I'm not a huge Miles guy but you have no idea what his schedule is, nor how much his family is abandoned throughout the year.

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These are obviously false numbers. It is a well known fact that LSU never lost a game while Saban was at the helm.

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The biggest difference I have seen between the two in rebuilding a program

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Miles hasn't had to rebuild a program, so how can you make that assessment.

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you have no idea what his schedule is, nor how much his family is abandoned throughout the year

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But we know what his pay check is. I have never like Miles. He is not a bad coach, but we can do better.

Before this thread gets completely derailed by comments about who is a better coach by how much they are willing to sacrifice (really?), people falsely assume that anyone can recruit at the level that Miles has been recruiting.

LSU has seen plenty of coaches who couldn't recruit like Miles. Moreover, the NCAA is strewn with the ended careers of coaches who couldn't recruit like Miles.

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Could Miles have done what Saban did at LSU? It is a commonly stated belief that Saban saved the LSU football program.

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Saban was fortunate to come at the time when La had one of the best HS senior crop in the nation and many of that crop were coming to LSU because they grew up fans of LSU. Now fast foward Saban to Alabama and plug in what was wriiten about La HS talent that year and apply that to Alabama and you get identical situations. LSU and Alabama made/is making Saban, not the other way around. Now to answer your question. Most likely. Miles has already proven he could win with LSU players. Dinardo/Watts/Reese also proved to be a winning combination. Dinardo's bad OC/DC replacements and stubborness and Tepper's bad schemes set LSU back, but the sleeping giant with the talent already on board and the talent prepared to come was already set in motion.