re: How many wins do Miles, Malzahn and Sumlin need to avoid being fired?

Sumlin's hot seat is a fabrication. Charlie Strong is the only coach in TX on the hot seat. Sumlin's contract is until 2019.

If Sumlin wins 9+ games, he will be "rumored" to be considering the NFL or another high profile college job. This is what happened after 2012. It is what happened to Briles (Baylor), Patterson (TCU), and now Herman (UH). This is just the way things are in TX.

Miles needs 11 wins in the regular season with the 1 loss being to anyone but Alabama. Sumlin needs 9 wins, but I feel of all listed, his may be the most difficult to retain; he has lost control of the program. Malzahn, barring a complete implosion, will be back next year. However, Jay Jacobs, the Auburn AD, will not. The new AD will be the one to fire Gus next year.

I think Les is safe at 10 regular season wins as long as we're competitive / close in the 2 losses. But, this is his most complete and experienced team since 2011 so we're expecting more than 10 wins. So he could really be in trouble if we lose again to Alabama.

Sumlin is in trouble, IMO. He probably needs 8 or 9 regular season wins to keep his job.

Malzahn can go 6-6 and be safe for another year, IMO.

I agree. If Miles only gets 8 wins with this team, he's gone. You are an idiot if you think otherwise.

Miles - I think LSU fans are as insane as other fan bases make them out to be. I think it's less "wins" and rather "winning some hardware". Of course, if there's a slate of devastating injuries, no one is going to call for Les' head at that point. Still, expectations are pretty high. I'd say anything less than 10 will probably raise the ouster talk to loud volumes, unless it's the West beating itself up and 10 wins gets him to Atlanta.

Malzahn - Considering the attrition of offensive skill positions? It's hard to think Malzahn will foot the entire blame. Of course, he finally started to field a decent defense as the season wore on, so the offense - the thing he's supposed to be a mastermind at - failing is problematic. AU's recruiting track record leaves few excuses for being so thin at these positions, especially considering the selling point of Gus' innovative offenses. 8 wins and hot seat, 9+ and he should be good. 6 or less, time to polish the resume. Assuming AU can afford to have yet another coach earning a paycheck when not working for them.

Sumlin - The wild card of the bunch, IMHO. A&M seems to have trouble finding an identity. Sumlin is like Malzahn in that he's been selling the high-powered offenses, but this has fallen short due to failing to find the next Manziel. It may also be noted that Manziel benefited a metric ton from his WR corps - if A&M's WRs are as good as advertised, then the entirety of a failing Offense will fall on the QB again. The question will be if Sumlin knows how to identify a good QB. I'd say 8 wins. There's some decent expectations, yet tempered by recent years. Texas being on the down swing certainly helps.

Miles needs to win exactly one game to keep his job.

My opinion for Miles is he needs to be in the NY6 game. Doesn't matter if it is a playoff game or just one of the top bowl games.

Malzahn is in a tough spot. I think 8 and he is good but it will be tough and just got harder without his top RB. DLine should be good but not sure about the rest of the D.

Sumlin needs 8-10 I think. With the cash coming into their program, they want to be great. I'm not sure single digits get it done this year. Also depends on the coaching market. If they could upgrade, I think they will...

More like 5, but whatever.