I agree Red, toughest division in NCAA history thereby making it extremely hard to make the SEC championship game. So I don't expect to win it very often but I do believe we should be in the top two more often than not and win the SECW every few years. Of course then we'd still have to win the championship game every other time too. Easy pickings.
Never mind the fact Joe Pa only coached 101 games in his first ten years, or Bryant 109... It's a great accomplishment by Miles; no doubt. It rings a little hollow when you start bringing in names of coaches who started coaching four and five decades ago.
That is really all you needed to say. Bryant and Paterno had their accomplishments and Les has his own. You don't have to rain on Les' parade to be proud of Bryant.
Point is the OP brought up guys like Paterno who only coached 101 games in his first ten years. Why put Miles up for accomplishing something they didn't when reality says they couldn't?
Joe Pa played a horrendously easy schedule back on the day, although I'll admit he had good teams. But they didn't start playing good schedule until later on his tenure. Bear cheated his ass off.
Paterno and bear also coached in an era of unlimited schollys... those teams would often sign players just so the competition couldn't... Teams with 120+ on the sidelines was normal... How many of their wins wouldn't have happened if they had to limit the number of players to 85 like coaches today...
