65 years old, no thanks.
Tennessee cannot mess up this hire. You know what your getting with Les Miles. You know he will load the shelf with NFL talent. You get 8-10 years out of him then your in a position to be dominant again. Nearing Saben end at that point and will be a loaded talented football team.
The days of hiring a HC for 20+ years are over
Les Miles is a slightly better version of Butch.
Both are horrible at game & clock management and stubborn as hell.
Pass.
Slightly better?? I guess winning the SEC twice, winning a MNC once while playing for another, and winning 10 or more games 7 times at LSU is slightly better than CBJ who is winless against Will Muschamp.
Once again...Miles on his WORST Saturday was still a better coach than Fulmer. Miles as far as i can remember never lost to Vandy, Memphis or Wyoming. Miles was known for winning the games he was supposed to win and having trouble beating Saban. As every other coach in America seems to share characteristic number 2, i am not too worried viewing CLM as a major upgrade over EITHER Fulmer or Jones
I think Miles would be a fine hire although he will be 64 in November but you're really overdoing it here. Miles and Fulmer have the same number of SEC Championships and National Championships. Tennessee was 45-5 from 1995-1998, that is better than any four year run that Miles had at LSU. Yes, Miles had to compete with a dominant program and a great coach in his own division but you could say the same thing about Fulmer with Florida and Spurrier in the '90s.
...and let's not forget that LSU went 8-5 in 2014, so it wasn't just an inability to beat Alabama. Miles couldn't put together a good passing attack in his last few years.
I think Miles would be a fine hire although he will be 64 in November but you're really overdoing it here. Miles and Fulmer have the same number of SEC Championships and National Championships. Tennessee was 45-5 from 1995-1998, that is better than any four year run that Miles had at LSU. Yes, Miles had to compete with a dominant program and a great coach in his own division but you could say the same thing about Fulmer with Florida and Spurrier in the '90s.
...and let's not forget that LSU went 8-5 in 2014, so it wasn't just an inability to beat Alabama. Miles couldn't put together a good passing attack in his last few years.
This hire is a gamble, he'll every hire is a gamble. I'd choose Les Miles because unlike Butch, Les Miles actually learned from his mistakes and fixed those issues. Had been a couple years from his last one.
I'd put my money on the guy coming back with a year of self evaluation coming back with a chip on his shoulder who is the PROVEN second best coach in the SEC in the last 10 years.
Did he? The passing game at LSU was pretty bad his last 4 plus seasons. Their defense kept them in most games.