There have been many posts suggesting that Harbaugh and Miles are the best possible hires. I'm not so sure. I think about the sort of hire that Bo Schembechler was. He was little-known to most people (though Woody Hayes sure knew about him). He drew complaints of "Bo who?" from Michigan fans. But he had a lot of up side, to say the very least. And he had the ability to last a very long time. To me, Tom Herman is the closest thing to that right now. Way more upside than Miles. Probably more ability to last a long time than Harbaugh. If it were me, I'd be looking to hire Herman. I don't know how to quantify this, but to me, he has classic great hall-of-fame college football coach written all over him.
Les Miles in 6 seasons at LSU:
62 Wins, 17 Losses, .785 WL%
Bo Schembechler in final 6 seasons at Michigan:
54 Wins, 17 Losses, 2 Ties, WL% .761
Les is more. By miles. DB + alumni + board geeks with way too much time on your hands and hate in your hearts...get over yourselves. Time to sign Miles.
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There have been many posts suggesting that Harbaugh and Miles are the best possible hires. I'm not so sure. I think about the sort of hire that Bo Schembechler was. He was little-known to most people (though Woody Hayes sure knew about him). He drew complaints of "Bo who?" from Michigan fans. But he had a lot of up side, to say the very least. And he had the ability to last a very long time. To me, Tom Herman is the closest thing to that right now. Way more upside than Miles. Probably more ability to last a long time than Harbaugh. If it were me, I'd be looking to hire Herman. I don't know how to quantify this, but to me, he has classic great hall-of-fame college football coach written all over him.
Les Miles in 6 seasons at LSU:
62 Wins, 17 Losses, .785 WL%
Bo Schembechler in final 6 seasons at Michigan:
54 Wins, 17 Losses, 2 Ties, WL% .761
Les is more. By miles. DB + alumni + board geeks with way too much time on your hands and hate in your hearts...get over yourselves. Time to sign Miles.