Note to SL Tiger: In an effort to avoid any confusion on your part as to the meaning of what I will say in the following, nothing in the paragraphs that follow should be construed as an attack, put down or denigration of what Saban was able to build at LSU in the 2000-2003 period. Conversely, nothing stated in the following is to be construed as an attempt to compare the relative merits of the jobs done by Saban or Miles during their respective Head Coaching tenures at LSU.

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For these reasons, I seriously doubt that Miles could do what Saban did at LSU. Mile didn't even come close in his 4 years at Ok St. Saban started in 2000 and already had one in 2003

For this to be a valid comparison, Team A and Team B would have to start at relatively the same point in strength of program. It would be disingenuous to suggest that this was the case.

By far, there were more building blocks in place (talent on hand) and an inherent recruiting advantage for LSU in 2000 when Saban became the Head Coach at LSU relative to what Miles' inherited at OSU in 2001.

Also there is a dirth of top end talent in the state of Oklahoma in comparison to Louisiana, thereby making it necessary to recruit primarily out-of-state (namely Texas) talent to a historical also-ran program based in Stillwater, OK; recruiting head-to-head against the cream of the crop of college football programs. Yet, Year 3 (2003) of Miles' tenure as Head Coach of OSU resulted in an appearance in the Cotton Bowl with a 9-3 record.

The evidence suggest that Miles' did a good job of building-up OSU during his tenure as Head Coach.

Your attempt to make an apples to oranges comparison to arrive at a conclusion that the job done by Coach A could never be done by Coach B is logically flawed.

Here's a good question for you. Could Saban have built a NC winner at OSU during the 2001-2004 years?

This post was edited on 12/12/14 at 6:42 am