re: When Les retires in 3 or 5 years who would you hire?

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Be careful what you wish for. I know you and a lot of other really cool dudes think anyone could win at LSU, and any great coach would love to come here. But if you paid attention to the real world it doesn't always work that way.

The success rate of coaches following a coach that has won a NC is not good. In the last 30 years, only 3 coaches that followed a coach that won a NC, won one themselves: Jimmy Johnson, Dennis Erickson and Les Miles.

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And coaches with impressive resumes at one school can fail at another. Look no further than Rich Rod at Michigan, and Skip Holtz at USF. It can be argued that LSU has never hired a coach with a better resume prior to LSU than this guy...

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23-11 in three years at his first HC job. Highest win pct of any coach in school history. Won games on the road against national powers. Led his team to two bowl games. Was a standout college player, and an assistant under three legendary college coaches.

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...and he turned out to be the worst HC in LSU history.