re: Name your Top Ten LSU coaches (all sports) of all time

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John Brady has a better resume than Will Wade at the present time.
2 SEC titles
1 Final Four
2 Sweet 16s
4 NCAAT appearances

I expect Wade to surpass what Brady did, albeit making a final four is going to be tough regardless, but as of right now you can't really give Wade the nod just yet

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I agree Brady has the better resume that WW, as he has only been here 3 years and won an SEC title in year 2 of his program. LSU was 2-16 in league play in 2016-2017, then in 2018-2019, an SEC title in a year when the SEC was probably as good as it has been top to bottom since the early 80's when UK, LSU, Alabama, Auburn and UGA all had teams capable of getting to the Final Four (3 programs, UK, LSU and UGA with Dominique did so).

But on strict Resume, Brady could get that spot yes and that Final Four appearance in hindsight probably warrants him the 10th spot. Good point and while I like Wade's upside more than any basketball coach at LSU since a young Dale Brown, Brady's Final Four is a resume line that WW needs to have. So after further review, I think you are correct.

Gerry Dinardo if for nothing else he made football fun again for a brief period of time

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Ed simply can’t be above the other 3 coaches mentioned. Not right now - and you have the reason all in your post. The other guys have multiple NC seasons. I’d go Miles-Saban-Dietzel-O.

He’s gotta have one more championship of some sort or by default he’s behind those guys. Yeah, he had the GOAT season - and it was phenomenal - but if we set recency bias aside the other 3 had better overall careers to this point (O has plenty of time to change this).

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My rankings were based on best performances at "LSU" only, not what they did at other Schools or in the Pros. Bill Arnsparger was the DC on the Dolphins 1972 17-0 team, the so called no name Defense. However, I ranked him based on winning 2 SEC titles in 3 years (I give LSU the defacto 1984 title as UF was stripped right after the season ended and LSU went to the Sugar Bowl. That was a weird deal, UF could not go to the Sugar Bowl, LSU went, but the title is deemed vacated. Charlie Pell that year resigned early in the year, Florida and LSU tied but UF went 5-0-1, LSU 4-1-1, NCAA hit UF and they vacated in December of 1984. Under modern Rules, LSU would be the SEC title. Had the NCAA came out with their report a few months earlier, the SEC could have ruled UF ineligible and LSU would have won the SEC. So DeFacto, I have always credited Bill A with that SEC title as LSU won the automatic to the Sugar Bowl.

Saban won 5 NC's at Alabama, not LSU.

So my rankings again were only based on performance at LSU.