re: If Ole Miss hires Miles, who will have the better head coach?

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You simply have to give credit to Orgeron for keeping the wheels from falling off laat season.

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I'm perfectly happy that he was able to keep the team from collapsing, that was never the issue. He did a great job of transitioning. That was his job, he did it in the past at USC, and I'm pretty certain that's part of the reason he came here (I'd be curious how much choice Miles had in taking him on, and whether that led to some of the distractions that occurred the past couple years).

I just don't think that alone has earned him the position of permanent head coach.

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If Aranda was not good with the situation with Orgeron he would already be gone as he had the opportunity to go to Texas with Herman.

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I'm thinking he's taking a wait and see approach to it all.
He just came here, and who knows if the likelihood of Miles retiring in a couple of years and passing the reins over might have been part of the plan. If that's the case, I doubt he's wanting to go to Texas, as he definitely isn't jumping Herman at that spot. Plus, Texas just fired another can't-miss prospect in Strong, so the potential for unrealistic expectations and another purge does remain there.

We'll just have to wait and see what happens. I suppose it's entirely possible that O runs the team a couple of years and then becomes assistant AD, and Aranda takes over. If that happens LSU and Alleva will look smart, the team will have a smooth transition and a potential long-term solution better than most of the SEC, and it would seem clear that Miles was at least offered this and fumbled it, if he didn't balk at it.

I still think Miles was looking at getting to 150 wins and age 65, and retiring; and Aranda was the consensus successor. And that O was brought in as the safety net interim prospect in case the rumblings worsened, which they did.