Hypothetical, but serious question. Two scenarios, Miles leaves LSU or Saban leaves Bama...

As I see it, if Saban were to leave Bama and the administration hired Bret Bielema as head coach I wouldn't be upset at all.

When I look at what he's done at Wisconsin I see several things.

A very balanced offense.
A good defense.
The ability to sustain success.

I'm curious.

Let's assume Miles decided to retire and the LSU administration hired Bielema. How would you feel about the hire?

When does this hypothetical retirement take place? Since it's all make believe, where is Bielema? Is he still at Wisky or is he the head pig?

If Miles had retired or announced his retirement right after the Arkansas game and Bielema was still at Wisconsin, I wouldn't have a problem with him as the next coach at LSU. If Miles would retire anytime between now and the start of next season I would have to question Bielema's loyalty and character in general. I would then have issues with the hire, but on the other hand getting to hear the pigs squeal would be tempting.

It would make for one hell of a conversation that's for sure, I think what I would be the most concerned with would be retention of the rest of the staff, namely John Chavis, Frank Wilson, and Brick Haley, and then recruits that have committed for the incoming class. Those things would trump the departure of Miles and the arrival of BB for me anyway.

Success on the field.

Does maintain the current success?

The Big 10's representative to the Rose Bowl loses their coach to the 4th best team in the SEC West...

Good hire by Arkansas. He's not going to be flashy and throw up huge offensive numbers like Petrino. He's going to field a good defense and lean on a solid running game, which is how LSU and Bama have become perennial BCS CG contenders. I'd be more than happy with him at LSU. He's a young guy as well, so he should have no problems relating to recruits.

Especially since he dates the same chics.

If you and TT leave with Saban, I think we'd all be thrilled. Hypothetically speaking of course.

The offense is much more run-oriented. The only year they had a passing game was because of Russell Wilson.

The defense is average, good enough to win but not the strong point of the team.

The success is definitely there...but not in bowl games.

He's 2-4 in bowl games including 0-2 in the Rose Bowl which is a little concerning.

But then again, Les Miles or Saban didn't exactly come to LSU as world beaters so you never know.

No for several reasons.

Losing record against Ohio State (1-5), losing record against against Penn State (2-3), did have a winning record against Michigan (3-2)..but it was the Rich Rod years, he beat LLoyd 1 time, but never coached against Brady Hoke.

So, his record against the Top of the Big 10 is only 5-11 overall. And even against the Mid-Level Big 10 schools, he doesn't have a winning record over Michigan State (3-4) but had a winning record over Nebraska (1-2) Still 4-6 overall, against the Mid-level teams.

After that, who's left in the Big 10? Minnesota, Purdue, Indiana, Iowa, Illinois, Northwestern

He doesn't do well in Bowl Games, 2-4.

Recruiting is suspect. He's brought down most of his old Big 10 defensive coaches & hired the OC at Tennessee who was just fired by the Vols.

So what are we looking at here? A coach who has not had great success against the Top or even mid-tier Big 10 schools. He has a good record, but look who he's playing & winning against. There's a reason why Bielema has never been a "Hot name" in coaching searches.