re: 247: Tennessee has reached out to Les Miles

Honestly Vol fans you could do much, much, worse.

You won’t win the SEC but in your worst years you would go 7-5. You will probably have some 9-3, 10-2 years. Les would probably coach there for 5 years or so and make you better while providing stability. Then you move to the next chapter in a much better place than you’ve been in a long time.

Les will build your depth and recruit well. He will get guys from the Midwest, the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida (he always did at LSU) while getting TN guys. Just what you need to be successful.

I wanted Les out of LSU because he was stubborn, stale, and his football is ugly style. But he would be a good choice for TN now because of what I said above.

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I think you're probably correct but 247 said last night now that Phil is in charge, Tee would be open to an AHC/HCIW type thing at Tennessee.

Miles for like 3 years with a clear succession plan to Tee would be a home run after this disaster of a coaching search imo

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I could see where it would be smart to let Les handle stabilizing the program. That would keep fans from abandoning a young coach when the inevitable struggles hit. This team is talented but has issues - some are soft in mindset while others are physically soft. Others have simply been so poorly coached they're in need of help in a bad way.

Tee taking over a stable program would be far more ideal.