Les Miles year 3

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N.ohio vol

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Where would we be right now in year 3 with Les Miles? I thought for a moment Fulmer was going after him in the beginning. I know people are going to bring up kansas. But where do we fair at this point record wise? Would we be in better shape?
 
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escapegoat2 said:
He’s not the answer to any question. He’s so far gone he’s the same as Fulmer.
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I was really hoping Fulmer was going to hire him back in 2018. Now not as much. I just thought hed recruit well. Hes run a championship program. Knew highschools in sec country won alot of ball games. I was hoping for Miles during the crazy search.
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
Lol. Miles is 1000x the coach Pruitt is. If Miles were in the SEC only Saban would be the better coach.
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At the time Les i dont believe was on the market long i thought hire him he can recruit in the sec. But i knew it was to good to be true. Fulmer passed him up and took cornbread. I thought Fulmer slipped up not giving Les a call. I was hoping we'd get miles.
 
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N.ohio vol said:
At the time Les i dont believe was on the market long i thought hire him he can recruit in the sec But i knew it was to good to be true Fulmer passed him up and took cornbread. I thought Fulmer messed up not giving Les a chance. He was my number 1 candidate i would of took.
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I agree. Would we win a NC with Miles? No way. But I do believe he would have stabilized the program fir the next HC. Big time recruiting relationships in Louisiana as well. Miles is a proven winner that I believe would have won here.

Some say he underachievied. Maybe he did. But the only Reason for that was Saban. If Saban never came to the SEC, Mules would have dominated.
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
I agree. Would we win a NC with Miles? No way. But I do believe he would have stabilized the program fir the next HC. Big time recruiting relationships in Louisiana as well. Miles is a proven winner that I believe would have won here.

Some say he underachievied. Maybe he did. But the only Reason for that was Saban. If Saban never came to the SEC, Mules would have dominated.
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Couldnt agree more. I wish i knew Fulmers stance on Miles in 2017 did he even entertain the idea? Ive wondered that in the past. But i believe he would of been a big hire for us. Some 10 win seasons some bigger upsets florida georgia.. By 2024 25 hire another somewhat bigger name unless he wanted an extention..
 
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AshG said:
How has he done at Kansas?
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lol i know theyre good in basketball. Im sure theyre horrible but i cant help but think he would of done better than pruitt at Tennessee. We'll never know because right now all we hire is coaches that has never won at a high level. No coach in the last 3 hires comes close to miles resume. Miles has forgot more than the last 3 coaches have shown they know on gameday.
 
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N.ohio vol said:
lol i know theyre good in basketball. Im sure theyre horrible but i cant help but think he would of done better than pruitt at Tennessee. We'll never know because right now all we hire is coaches that has never won at a high level. No coach in the last 3 hires comes close to miles resume.
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My opinion varies but I think Pruitt is the best recruiter and worst coach of Butch, Dooley, and himself. So it isn't a high bar for Les Miles to surpass.

I also think Les Miles would have failed here, even if it wasn't as spectacularly as Pruitt.

I think people sometimes don't understand that places with a good stretch of winning and an entrenched winning culture can run on their own momentum. Guys like Gus and Les Miles benefit greatly from coaches, administrators, bag men, etc that really have nothing to do with their ability as a coach.

Saying we have no momentum would be the understatement of the century. Bringing in those guys that have been coasting on their support staff for years and asking them to revive a dead program is just asking for disaster. It would not work.

Pruitt is a failure. Unfortunetly, hires like Pruitt are the only way out. High risk, high upside.
 
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Ten_Titans said:
My opinion varies but I think Pruitt is the best recruiter and worst coach of Butch, Dooley, and himself. So it isn't a high bar for Les Miles to surpass.

I also think Les Miles would have failed here, even if it wasn't as spectacularly as Pruitt.

I think people sometimes don't understand that places with a good stretch of winning and an entrenched winning culture can run on their own momentum. Guys like Gus and Les Miles benefit greatly from coaches, administrators, bag men, etc that really have nothing to do with their ability as a coach.

Saying we have no momentum would be the understatement of the century. Bringing in those guys that have been coasting on their support staff for years and asking them to revive a dead program is just asking for disaster. It would not work.

Pruitt is a failure. Unfortunetly, hires like Pruitt are the only way out. High risk, high upside.
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Good point
 
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Since Pruitt is literally the worst coach in the SEC I’d have to go with Les would have done better.

Doubt we’d be winning the East or anything but probably tack 2 or 3 more wins on the schedule by this season.
 
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I don’t know... talk about a qb killer.. or terrible at developing qb’s anyways.. but if he had the talent and plenty of fresh grass to chew on yea he’d win us at least 8 games a year
 
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N.ohio vol said:
I was really hoping Fulmer was going to hire him back in 2018. Now not as much. I just thought hed recruit well. Hes run a championship program. Knew highschools in sec country won alot of ball games. I was hoping for Miles during the crazy search.
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I’m not sure who I wanted when Pruitt was hired that was realistic. I wanted Gruden, but wasn’t realistic.
I was honestly happy with the Pruitt hire, and thought we lucked into a great situation with him. Oops

I remember now. I wanted Leach. Another oops.
 
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