re: LSU will be the most coveted HC position in a long time

I don't think LSU football is at any risk of returning to the Hallman days should it part company with Miles.

Any coach with a lick of personality should be able to recruit for LSU. LSU sits in the middle of the most fertile football recruiting region in the country. It has some of the nicest football facilities in the country including a first rate stadium that would be the envy of a lot of pro teams. LSU plays on TV almost every weekend in the best football conference in the country. Finally, most student athletes can meet the admission standards.

LSU also pays its assistants like some schools pay head coaches. A head coach at LSU should have no problem obtaining quality assistants.

I would argue that any average major college football coach could regularly win 8 or 9 games a year at LSU. Given the schedule and the athletes at LSU's disposal, that many wins is a foregone conclusion. LSU probably loses nothing by trying to find a coach who can win 12 or 13 games. If they miss, it will look much like the last 3 or 4 seasons - not like the 90's.