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Is There a Better Coach in the SEC Than Les Miles?

Posted on 9/28/08 at 4:03 pm
Posted by AlaTiger
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Member since Aug 2006
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Posted on 9/28/08 at 4:03 pm
38-6. Ranked #2/3 AFTER losing a ton of players to the NFL.

Is Richt better?
Meyer?
Tuberville?
Fulmer?
Spurrier?

The only one you can make a case for is Saban, and even then, Miles has done as much as Saban in less time.

If Miles wins out and beats Tuberville, Richt, Meyer, and Saban again, you have to say he's the best coach in the SEC, if not America.
Posted by siliconvalleytiger
Bay Area, CA
Member since Apr 2004
31326 posts
Posted on 9/28/08 at 4:03 pm to
Hard to say. Saban is up there with Miles imo.
Posted by learnthehardway
B.R./Northshore
Member since Oct 2007
10023 posts
Posted on 9/28/08 at 4:03 pm to
quote:

Is There a Better Coach in the SEC Than Les Miles?



NO
Posted by LSUtigahs28
Member since Sep 2008
14561 posts
Posted on 9/28/08 at 4:04 pm to
Rankings that had Richt as the best going into this season

:fail:
Posted by TigerOnTheProwl
Banned for eating Chicken and Grass
Member since Jan 2005
12325 posts
Posted on 9/28/08 at 4:06 pm to
Petrino...oh wait, at any time he will be jumping another ship and heading for another job elsewhere.

j/k of course

Miles, hands down- for the reason that he coaches to WIN games, doesn't coach games thinking he might lose
Posted by guttata
prairieville
Member since Feb 2006
22626 posts
Posted on 9/28/08 at 4:07 pm to
Would Miles have Bama ranked #2-3 after one season? Possibly. On the flip side, would Saban have LSU ranked #2-3 after losing so much talent and having a freshman qb?
Posted by stout
Porte du Lafitte
Member since Sep 2006
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Posted on 9/28/08 at 4:07 pm to
Saban is at least as good if not better IMO.
Posted by TigerJeff
the Emerald Coast
Member since Oct 2006
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Posted on 9/28/08 at 4:08 pm to
neaux
Posted by siliconvalleytiger
Bay Area, CA
Member since Apr 2004
31326 posts
Posted on 9/28/08 at 4:09 pm to
quote:

Would Miles have Bama ranked #2-3 after one season? Possibly. On the flip side, would Saban have LSU ranked #2-3 after losing so much talent and having a freshman qb?


That's actually a good perspective.

IMO neither could do what they are both doing right now.
Posted by tigerbill002
Member since May 2008
2318 posts
Posted on 9/28/08 at 4:09 pm to
I have alot of respect for Steve Spurrier as a coach even though he used to be an arse. If he was coaching at Florida right now I would be much more scared than CUM at Florida. Spurrier just cant get the recruits at SC.
Posted by otowntiger
O-Town
Member since Jan 2004
16748 posts
Posted on 9/28/08 at 4:10 pm to
Saban.
Posted by TigerOnTheProwl
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12325 posts
Posted on 9/28/08 at 4:11 pm to
Spurrier has never been known as a big-time recruiter. He is a good game coach, but he can't and won't do the things at SC that he did at FL, and you can tell that is not making him happy
Posted by Coonass
Buckhead
Member since Sep 2005
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Posted on 9/28/08 at 4:16 pm to
Negatory.
Posted by Impotent Waffle
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2007
10105 posts
Posted on 9/28/08 at 4:19 pm to
I say No. I like his style
Posted by Sammich
Member since Apr 2004
9375 posts
Posted on 9/28/08 at 4:19 pm to
quote:

Saban is at least as good if not better IMO


Saban has 2 double digit win seasons in 12 years of College Football. Also 2 of the worst losses for an SEC Coach: UAB at LSU, UL(M) at Bama

Posted by jepmyers
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Posted on 9/28/08 at 4:19 pm to
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Posted by Nuts4LSU
Washington, DC
Member since Oct 2003
25468 posts
Posted on 9/28/08 at 4:19 pm to
quote:

The only one you can make a case for is Saban, and even then, Miles has done as much as Saban in less time.

If Miles wins out and beats Tuberville, Richt, Meyer, and Saban again, you have to say he's the best coach in the SEC, if not America.


I agree. It'll be interesting to see whether Saban can maintain this run that Alabama is on. His track record suggests they'll falter, so we'll see if that happens.

Meyer, Tuberville, Richt and Fulmer really aren't in the discussion. Spurrier should be, though. When he had talent comparable to Miles' at Florida, he produced a lot of SEC titles, albeit in a much weaker SEC than the one Miles has to deal with now.
Posted by Sammich
Member since Apr 2004
9375 posts
Posted on 9/28/08 at 4:20 pm to
quote:

Saban.


You prefer to Win 9 games a season rather than 11? wow.
Posted by deuce985
Member since Feb 2008
27660 posts
Posted on 9/28/08 at 4:21 pm to
Saban is a better coach, don't care what anyone says. Hes a program builder, Miles doesn't have that on his list...
Posted by Nuts4LSU
Washington, DC
Member since Oct 2003
25468 posts
Posted on 9/28/08 at 4:22 pm to
quote:

Would Miles have Bama ranked #2-3 after one season? Possibly. On the flip side, would Saban have LSU ranked #2-3 after losing so much talent and having a freshman qb?


It's impossible to answer the Miles question because he's never been in a situation like that. On the Saban question, we have one example from his time at LSU, and that was 2004, plus a another possible example, 2002. So far, although granted it's very early, Miles has performed better than Saban did in either of those years.
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