re: Would you trade Les Miles for Bret Bielema?

In 2012 Arky hired Bielema on a 6-year contract as $3.2 million per year. Before hiring him they offered Les Miles 5 years at $5.5 million per year. Arky was willing to pay Miles $2.3 million per year more than the guy they decided on. LSU chose to extend Miles with a raise to $4.4 million. I assume they could have hired Bielema for the same $3.2 million that Arky paid him. While your question is hypothetical, that pretty much answers the question if it was posed to the 2 AD's for whom that question was not hypothetical.