this hire will prove in time what the miles hire will starting this football season. its another sorry ass hire by bertman. skip is in the process of bringing the athletic department down to a mediocre level in all of the majors. get ready to get excited about independence bowls guys.
You would've b****ed if Skip had hired Bobby Cox. Why didn't he get Joe Torre instead? If Tony Dungy would've been hired in football, you would've asked for Bill Belicek. I'll tell you like I told your brother danthetigerfan "Don't jump back on our bandwagon when these men start bringing in titles"
But the issue is can you accurately predict the next few years based on last year? I don't think you can because there was a lot good, and still several things that Miles needs to do better. You can't ignore an 11 win season. I do know that this season will be a LOT tougher than last year. If he pulls another 11 win season he should get coach of the year consideration. IMO, if he wins 10, it will say more about him that last year's 11.
What a dumb post. All Coach Miles did was win 11 games in his first season - one of the few coaches in football history to do that. But anything less than a national championship is considered a bad season. And if you look at what Mainieri did while at ND you have to be impressed. He has built a fine baseball program in South Bend. He seems to have a good balance between defense and offense, with the emphasis on defense. Give the guy a chance for crying out loud. Berman interviewed some other top coaches but all withdrew their name from consideration. That was not Bertman's fault. Of course, we won't know how good his selection is for two or three years, but if you look at what Mainieri has accomplished in the last 12 years, you have to be impressed.
My thought exactly. Saban was a great coach and I hated to see him leave. But under Miles we went from 9 wins to 11 wins with the same talent. No knowledgeable sports fan would deny that coaching is always a factor in how a team performs. To say Miles was not responsible for the 11 wins is rediculous.
Coaching Awards ABCA Mideast Region Coach of the Year - 2001, 2002 BIG EAST Coach of the Year - 2001 College Baseball Insider National Coach of the Year - 2000 The Mainieri Era (`95-'06) - By The Numbers 3,507 - Record-setting attendance at Eck Stadium for April 21, 2006, game vs. Rutgers 2,514 - Record-setting Eck Stadium season avg. attendance in 2006 .740 - Win pct. in BIG EAST games (192-67-2) 533 - Total victories 231 - ND-record scoring streak ('99-'02) 215 - Recent scoring streak ('02-'06) 100% - Team graduation rate (among four-year players; 71-of-71) 73 - Record-setting 1997 home run total 51 - Record-setting 2004 victory total 47 - Players who have moved on to pro ball (as of June 25, 2006) 44 - Average victories per season 36 - Players selected in the MLB draft 36 - Different home states of ND players in his 12 seasons 24 - Players with 3.0+ GPA (spring '06) 24 - Players drafted who were not drafted out of high school 22-4 - Record-setting BIG EAST mark in '01 21 - Players with 3.0+ GPA (fall '05) 18 - Consecutive BIG EAST wins ('01) 18 - Players drafted in first 10 rounds 14 - All-America seasons 10 - Academic All-America seasons 10 - Consecutive 40-win seasons (16 straight for program; '89-'04, plus '06) 9 - NCAA Tournament appearances ('96; '99-'05) 8 - Consecutive NCAA trips (one of 10 teams in NCAAs every year since '99) 6 - Consecutive trips to the NCAA regional finals ('00-'05) 5 - Consecutive BIG EAST Tournament titles ('02-'06) 5 - Consecutive preseason top-20 rankings ('01-'05) 4 - Seasons with 20-plus BIG EAST wins (no other school has won more than 18) 4 - NCAA Regionals at Eck Stadium 3.28 - Team in-season GPA during the 2006 spring semester 3 - Former ND assistants who now are D-I head coaches 2 - First-round draft picks 1 - Recruit class ranking ('02 season) 1 - College World Series team ('02) 1 - National ranking in 2001 season Man this guy really sucks!
LSU and coach Les Miles Did a great job in the bowl game.. Obviously playing for the SEC title wasn't that big of a deal to Les.. He was with Skip in Dallas lobbying for the Cotton Bowl rather than preparing for Georgia. I'll take a SEC Championship any day over a Peach Bowl win.. But yes, LSU played great in the Peach...
I agree with this statement. It will take 4 years. It seems to me like Miles will crumble under the SEC heat. He doesn't seem to have the passion that Nick had.
