re: Rabalais: Despite baggage, ex-LSU coach Les Miles deserves college Hall of Fame shot

With the exception of Wisconsin 2016, list me the games lsu lost while heavy favored

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With the exception of Wisconsin 2016, list me the games lsu lost while heavy favored

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I mean you said he never lost a game in which he was favored to win. Now you are making exceptions and changing it to “heavily favored”?

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The only problem is that none of the those 3 guys were realistic possibilities, as they were all hired before Saban announced he was leaving…

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I was agreeing with you.

My comment was intended as the only other candidate besides MILES (not the other two) that was realistic and interesting was petrino


And he absolutely was available and was strongly rumored at one point

Broadcast HOF his mentorship program was unrivaled

Hot take but Les Miles was a better coach than Brain Kelly. Under the bumbling goofy exterior persona he gave off to the public...he wasn't as dumb as his perception gave off.

It's not a coincidence looking at his record, his elite talent recruitment, and his teams having a very physical hard-nosed mentality despite the offensive struggles.

Sure, his mindset was archaic it worked all until his last few years here when the game finally passed him by. Happens to a lot of great coaches over time. With the exception of Wisconsin and the miracle win by Clemson's Qb throwing out of his mind the bowl game under pressure, Les imposed his will OOC.

He had a very impressive streak. You can complain all you want about how he mishandled offense but he always had physical teams with great defense. He had a lot more positives than this board gives him credit to. He was second only to Saban in recruiting and recruiting in that era was 50% of the battle to win NCs.

Much as this board takes a dump on him I can list you just as many negatives for BK. Not that BK is a bad coach. My point is no coach is perfect not even Saban was. You don't run through the SEC in an era of their dominance with pure luck for as long as he did. Thinking that is purely asinine. How many coaches did he outlast in the SEC when there was really no competition to the better conference?

The cupboard was full of elite talent because he brought it here. That was him doing it. Offensive development? Sure, you can complain about that. He sure did have some elite running games though and most of the time teams couldn't stop it knowing it was coming. Are we going to complain how terrible BK is on special teams and defensive management alongside personnel decisions? More to the point -- not knocking BK but all coaches aren't flawless.

LSU likely has 2 or 3 NCs under Miles if Saban didn't exist in that conference on our side of the bracket. That's easy facts to prove when you look at how many roads go through Bama LSU had to deal with under Saban's era and LSU was that close.

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Ehhh, Les mailing it in vs Bama in that shite show national championship game and doing the same thing vs Wisconsin in a season opener would be very tough for me to overlook.

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This has zero bearing on whether or not his resume is hall of fame worthy. It is.

His record at LSU even with the forfeited wins was 77-34. That's 69.37%. That's better than Cholly Mac at 69.2% who is in the College Football Hall of Fame.

He won a national championship and appeared in a second one.

LSU should nominate him.

Man sustained one of the best records for 10+ years at LSU in he country in the most competitive conference against the best coach in NCAA history. He deserves respect for what he accomplished. Most accomplished coach in LSU history. His off the field business I don't care about. That's his business.