re: Is Les Miles one of the greatest coaches of all time? ETA: message to come

I think his point was that losing the game makes it much tougher to give him credit as one of the greatest, while it adds to Saban's credit as one of the greatest. From my perspective, the two best teams in the country, coached by two of the best coaches in the history of the sport, played a game that by the standard of the day, shouldn't have been played. LSU was a one trick pony offensiveley, playing the best defense in the country, and got beat on round #2. Les gets shite for not trying a bunch of desperation moves in the second half, and that is viewed as being unprepared or quitting. Personally, I would have at least given JL a shot. But, considering that LSU had been so explosive all year sticking to the game plan until things broke open, even in adverse games like UGA and ARKY, it makes total sense that Les didn't scrap the entire seasons strategy and preparation at half time. We might have won, or the final might have been 49-0.