re: Rank the SEC Coaches on job performance this year

Miles isn't to really blame for the losses this year...what can you do when juniors leave early fopr the pros and your defense is gutted? Hard to recruit for that... but every top tier coach knows that if players are good (or think they are) then you only have four years usually unless they are qbs...which always need four years in most cases before being draft ready.

Muschamp has had a ton of injuries and so have other coaches...but with Richt I see a program where the defense was only so so yet so many were drafted? That's DC coaching.

Don't think you can rate coaches simply by won/lost record...Muschamp had a BCS team last year. The Ole Ball Coach has had a few disappointments...but he has taken USC to new heights and is a hall of famer. AU, UK, Arkie & UT all have new coaches and I think they will need two more years at least before we can see what progress.

I felt before the season started that Jones at UT was going to be successful if given time because of the recruiting work he has put in. UT has not gotten marquee players...yet, but they will be getting visits and looks from some of the better recruits.

Ole Miss's Freeze has dnne a very good job and has shown that even a smaller budget school can hustle and recruit. Mullen? He has not shown so far that he can take MSU to a position of west contender. Franklin at Vandy is a winner in my book when you see the constraits that Vandy has in trying to recruit and bring in top talent.
Pinkel? I don't where he got the players who were on the field Saturday...but they sure could play.
Sumlin has raise the bar at A&M out the gate.