re: Who has the leverage?

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I honestly don't think that Miles could have done what Saban did.

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That's the difference between you and I then. when I don't know a thing, I'll gladly say I don't know. Miles is clearly good enough to have done that, but there is no way to know if he would have had he had the chance.

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Saban came in with credentials and a reputation as a defensive schemer. He designed defenses and schemes. Kids knew that and wanted to learn from him. He's also on a different level than Miles as a recruiter.

Miles is the guy that parents want to send their kids to...Saban is the coach that parents want to send their players to. Saban brought an air of dominating defense to LSU.

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Honestly...none of that really means anything and most of it is either speculation or opinion.

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I think that most football people would agree with me

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I don't...unless you consider "football people" to be random LSU fans still frothing at the mouth about 1-9-12. Most everyone else in the country is able to see Miles' success st LSU without the emotional connection to the guy over is Tuscaloosa tainting it for them.

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Miles isn't a program builder.

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Ok St. was exponentially better while he was there and afterwards than before him.

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He isn't an great X/O coach.

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Again...I don't know that for a fact. It's an assumption based on what you think you know by watching TV. You may be correct, but if you were it would be purely accidental.

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What is he great at?

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Given his record over the past decade, I'd say he's great at running the LSU Football program. Despite the fact that like most fans I'd like our success to be even better, I'm thrilled at just how fantastic the program has been this past 15 seasons. Miles has been an enormous part of that.