re: So if LSU has to hear 5 years into the Miles era..

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that Nick Saban is still the reason we are winning because he still have a few of his players here or there, how long does Ole Miss have to wait to get credit for Nutt being a good coach.

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Not that you'll understand it, but...the reason there's a difference is because Leslie took over a winning program in a state that has a single university that gets recruits (as most of the other football programs in Louisiana are a joke)and has had similar results to Saban.

Nutt, on the other hand, took over a program that did not win a SEC game the year before and brought them to the Cotton Bowl. When you win with a team that lost for four straight years it is a bit more impressive than maintaining what was already in place with someone else's players (known as the "Coker Technique"). Time will tell if Nutt can win with his own players (which will say more about his recruiting than his coaching) as opposed to Leslie, who came in after the Saban Express and is at the only university talented kids in Louisiana would even think about going to to play football in state.