re: So how good of a coach is Les Miles?

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Both are/were players coaches and great team managers whose overall success depended largely on the quality of their coordinators.

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First off, Seifert was a defensive backs coach & defensive coordinator himself on Bill Walsh's staff before getting promoted when Walsh retired.

Secondly, he took over with tGoat at WR & a Hall of Fame QB in Joe Montana & later in Steve Young. There was a level of familiarity with the players when Seifert took over. Seifert's success had more to do with having future Hall of Famers as leaders at key positions.

Because of that, this comparison makes no sense when you have the amount of turnover on the college level & factoring in that Miles wasn't a member of Nick Saban's staff at LSU.