[washingtonismoney]

Care to expand on that?

Sure!

Offensively, LSU hasn't been many great shakes, despite producing oodles of NFL talent. Miles hasn't really had a great bead on creating great offenses during his tenure.

The core of his success has been on the defensive end of the ball -- basically he hired John Chavis, who was a great defensive coordinator for him. Now, it's obviously an essential head coaching skill to hire a great staff, but the question is, what does Les Miles bring uniquely to the table that other coaches don't? And can he continue to find great coaches to serve under him if he himself has no particular, special aptitude. (Urban Meyer knows the spread-option; Harbaugh knows the power running game; Shaw, the same; Bill Snyder knows developing players, etc.)

Stylistically, I think Shaw more-or-less knows how to handle these pro-style teams.

This is not to say Les Miles would be a poor coach or that SC would be a poor team under him. In fact I bet he'd win a conference title or two, given enough time. But in the overall universe of coaches who might conceivably be available to SC, he's not the stuff of nightmares. (That's Chip Kelly.)

[washingtonismoney]

Care to expand on that?

Sure!

Offensively, LSU hasn't been many great shakes, despite producing oodles of NFL talent. Miles hasn't really had a great bead on creating great offenses during his tenure.

The core of his success has been on the defensive end of the ball -- basically he hired John Chavis, who was a great defensive coordinator for him. Now, it's obviously an essential head coaching skill to hire a great staff, but the question is, what does Les Miles bring uniquely to the table that other coaches don't? And can he continue to find great coaches to serve under him if he himself has no particular, special aptitude. (Urban Meyer knows the spread-option; Harbaugh knows the power running game; Shaw, the same; Bill Snyder knows developing players, etc.)

Stylistically, I think Shaw more-or-less knows how to handle these pro-style teams.

This is not to say Les Miles would be a poor coach or that SC would be a poor team under him. In fact I bet he'd win a conference title or two, given enough time. But in the overall universe of coaches who might conceivably be available to SC, he's not the stuff of nightmares. (That's Chip Kelly.)