re: list of college coaches that ranters prefer over miles

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That's all nice and everything, but the thing is...LM is 18-4 in the SEC since 2010 which happens to top the SEC in wins

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You entirely missed the point. Let's recap: The OP compared Miles to replacement candidates from other conferences and less advantaged schools, then came to the conclusion that Miles was a "better coach" because he had a superior record over the same time period. That reasoning is inadequate. As I've pointed out three times, that metric would lead someone to conclude that DiNardo was a better coach than Saban in 1997. Ridiculous. The proper analysis is far more complex.

As to your point about the SEC, let's be honest. There are only a few teams in the conference that consistently matched LSU's depth and talent over the last five years. They are: Florida, UGA, and BAMA. Against those three schools, since 2008, Miles is something like 6-7. (By comparison, saban is something like 7-3 against the same set over the same period.) The rest of the SEC teams clearly have had less talent than LSU over the last half decade (Vandy, KY, Ole Miss, MSU, Arkansas, Tennessee) or have been erratic (SC, AU - Auburn was brilliant in 2010, but that season was sandwiched between 5-7, 8-5, 8-5, and this year's atrocity, they are hard to categorize).

In any event - at least up until he lost the top four players in the state last season - I have always regarded Miles as a marquee recruiter. If last year was an anomoly, I will continue to do so. He deserves credit for the talent level on the team. But by the same token, when he faces one of the big three, his record doesn't indicate a dominant X's and O's coach.