Miles 28th Best Coach in the Nation

Well hello all. I know it’s been a while but unfortunately we LSUtopians have to hold day jobs to keep bringing you these literary masterpieces each day, so we’re a little behind. I came across a story the other day on Rivals that ranked Les “The Hat” Miles as the 28th best coach in the nation. It was a great showing for SEC coaches with 6 in the top 30, but I found myself wondering if that was an appropriate rank or should Les be higher in the coaching food chain and the answer is…..I had no idea (kick ass run-on sentence, eat me!). My gut reaction was to think he was hosed and should be in the top ten due to stats like this: three straight 10 wins seasons, 4 – 0 in bowl games, an SEC Championship, oh, and that little National Championship thingy. After I removed my purple and gold blinders, I started to wonder if Lesticles could win with the talent that Jim Leavitt at USF, Greg Schiano at Rutgers or Mark “Me Hungry” Mangino at Kansas had to work with (all actual AP photos of these coaches). And hey, it’s easy to rag on Les, just look at the picture at the top of this post and listen to his interviews and that’s not what I ‘m looking to do. jump

I’m just trying to take an objective look at his place in the nation’s coaching hierarchy. I think he as done a really good job so far at LSU with a few major WTF! moments, but all in all it’s been a good run. So after hours of meditating and stat checking, I do feel Les should at least be in the top 15 best coaches in the nation. The reason I wouldn’t have him any higher is not due to that fact he is a poor coach.  It’s because I believe there are 14 other coaches who have done more with less talent and all around manage the game better. I also didn’t base my decision strictly on wins, loses and post season accomplishments. Because it’s a hell of a lot easier to win National Championships with Percy Harvin and Tim Tebow (if he and Tyler Hanbrough had a kid, it would be the whitest, nerdiest, best effing athlete that everyone loved to hate EVER!) than it is with Mike Teel and Tiquan Underwood. (yes, they really do play college football) Yeah, it can turn into comparing apples and oranges when you start considering schedule strength and all that doo doo but half the fun of college football is bitching about it. So I turn it over to you, the millions of LSUtopia readers out there. Let us know where you think Les should be ranked. Don’t be internet shy. Leave a comment. Let me know how stupid I am! We won’t bite, well, BMOT50 will, but the rest of us won’t.