re: You're lucky to have Les Miles instead of Nick Saban

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Miles is honest, and no one is loved more by his players (which should mean a lot to you)

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Nope. Doesn't mean a damned thing to me. I could not care less how honest he is or how his players feel about him, provided they perform well on the field.

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Sabin seems like a jerk. I think winning is important, but so is having a good guy as your coach.

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By all accounts Jerry Stovall was an absolutely great guy. Super loyal, very kind, a stand-up guy in every respect. Guess what? I don't care. He couldn't cut it in the won-lost record, so it didn't matter one iota what a nice guy he was. And yes, Saban is, according to nearly everybody who has dealt with him, a jerk. But, I didn't care about that, either. When he was our coach, pretty much all I cared about was how good the team was. Just like with every other coach we've ever had.

I have never seen a single example of a team in any sport getting votes in the polls or a bid to a playoff tournament or bowl game because their coach was a good guy. Coaches are not paid seven-figure salaries to be good guys. There are tons of great people who would be more worthy than any coach out there if that were the criterion. Coaches are paid to produce great teams and win championships. The only people who care about anything else are the ones who are making excuses for a coach who isn't doing well enough at what he's really being paid to do.