November 30th, 2014 at 2:03 PM ^
Are we sure about that? Part of me is concerned he is doing so well because he is in a recruiting hot bed that he would not have here.
November 30th, 2014 at 2:26 PM ^
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November 30th, 2014 at 2:46 PM ^
I know it's one of the first things we ask - but can he recruit? - but let's look at the ability to coach these guys.
November 30th, 2014 at 1:57 PM ^
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So Miles is going to magically decide at the end of his career that he should hire an OC/QB coach to completely run that side of the ball, despite having never given up that much control?
People who love his recruiting really need to look at how many greyshirts, medical hardships, and borderline qualifiers he has pulled in. Then look at how many of those 5 star guys he has are from LA. LSU pulls instate talent, because they ARE the instate school.
November 30th, 2014 at 2:05 PM ^
November 30th, 2014 at 2:17 PM ^
In the 2002 and 2003 he had the 25th and 15th ranked class according to rivals. The 2003 class had 31 guys in it. The 2004 class was 65th. Doesn't sound like great recruiting to me.
November 30th, 2014 at 2:21 PM ^
Oklahoma State was 3-8 before he got there. Miles was the one who turned that program around.
November 30th, 2014 at 2:21 PM ^
That's like looking at John Beilein's recruiting rankings from 12 years ago. Miles is a much better-known coach now than he was then. Michigan is also a much bigger name than Oklahoma State, especially the pre-T. Boone Pickens version.
BTW, LSU wasn't much of a program before the turn of this century. Their home state had talent but it frequently left (including to Michigan). Saban and now Miles have been able to lock it up.
November 30th, 2014 at 3:44 PM ^
he went 28-21! His final season was worse than the two preceeding seasons! People think Mullen's record is lackluster, take a look at what Les actually did at OK State and tell me that it was in any way impressive other than beating Oklahoma twice.
November 30th, 2014 at 4:01 PM ^
Harbaugh's record at Stanford wasn't much better. That's what happens when you have to rebuild a program, your record won't look glamorous.
November 30th, 2014 at 5:17 PM ^
Bob Simmons went 26-30 in the 5 years before Miles arrived. Stanford went 16-40 in the 5 years preceeding Harbaugh. Mississippi State, fwiw, split the difference at 21-38 in their 5 pre-Mullen years.
Of those three turn around jobs, Harbaugh's is easily the most impressive.
November 30th, 2014 at 5:46 PM ^
Their respective tenures at the schools:
- OK State 28-21
- Stanford 50-29-1
Preceding five seasons:
- OK State 26-30
- Stanford 16-40
Change in win. pct. vs. the preceding five seasons:
- Miles +.107
- Harbaugh +.346
For comparison's sake, and laughs, I also ran one more:
- Hoke +.053
We're not impressed by that; why should we be impressed by Miles at OSU?
November 30th, 2014 at 2:29 PM ^
I watched 3 minutes of this video and laughed the entire time.
November 30th, 2014 at 2:04 PM ^
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November 30th, 2014 at 2:34 PM ^
1,000,000 reasons why hoke won't be fired before Jan 1.
November 30th, 2014 at 6:36 PM ^
Hackett probably wants to give the appearance of following through on what he said he was going to do, which is a thorough review. I didn't expect anything sooner than Monday, maybe mid week, but probably Monday.
November 30th, 2014 at 2:04 PM ^
November 30th, 2014 at 7:11 PM ^
"Bleaux" would be pronounced "Blow".
November 30th, 2014 at 2:04 PM ^
= Les Miles's agent.
Ed: Never mind...Wolv1984 had already pointed out the obvious.
November 30th, 2014 at 2:05 PM ^
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November 30th, 2014 at 2:29 PM ^
Hoke has proven that you don't need to recruit dirty at Michigan. He got top 10 recruting classes without the SEC recruting practices. At LSU, Les probably had to do that in order to keep up with Saban and everyone else. That will not be the case in the Big 10.
November 30th, 2014 at 2:28 PM ^
Get it done Hackett! Les is more...
Love speculation season...
(Grown men sounding like giddy school girls since 2007)
November 30th, 2014 at 3:46 PM ^
I'm pretty sure that kids who are currently going to LSU will continue going to LSU instead of deciding to come play here because Les Miles. Baton Rouge is the draw for them, the next guy in at LSU will be winning 11 and 10 games a season, too, you can book that shit.
November 30th, 2014 at 2:08 PM ^
Honestly I am not really sold on some of these SEC guys, they do a lot of shady things there and they get away with them. They use a lot of juco players (michigan NO No), over recruit (also michigan No No), no academic restrictions ( Big No No) nice weather where players practice longer ( Huuuuuge No No in the frozen tundra), bigger high school football states (except ohio and now Jersey we dont have shit)..
So how do we know this guys can succeed here or at a B1G school overall? So far Meyer is the only ex SEC coach who has gone to a northern school and has showed he can do it, BUT ohio also has huge high school football schools and they breed a lot of players.
November 30th, 2014 at 2:25 PM ^
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November 30th, 2014 at 2:11 PM ^
If Harbaugh doesn't come home I hope it is Miles! He recruits well and his teams are always in the top ten. He is the next best option and actually wants to be here.
November 30th, 2014 at 2:26 PM ^
Les as head coach
Pelini as defensive coordinator/associate head coach/coach in waiting.
Boom!
With the NFL trade rumors Harbuagh seems less and less likely. Nothing to be upset about, not like Miles is minced meat or anything.
Speculation season seems to be more fun than our regular season...
November 30th, 2014 at 2:13 PM ^
They said this the last two times our job came open too.
November 30th, 2014 at 2:16 PM ^
Okay...third time's the charm.
November 30th, 2014 at 2:18 PM ^
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November 30th, 2014 at 2:23 PM ^
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Miles was the one who turned Oklahoma State around and Nick Saban was the best coach MSU had until Dantonio came around. Also, don't forget the Big 10 was a great football conference back in those days. Saban had to compete with Michigan, Penn State and OSU at a time when they were all top-notch programs.
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