At Ole Miss he wasn't good
He seemed to turn USC around as the interim....who knows. I know he was pissed he didn't get the job.
Is Les Miles a good coach? Or a rah rah guy and great recruiter?
I lean part 2
turned it around? yes, a bit. inherited a team that was coming apart at the seams under Kiffin but one that was loaded with talent as Kiff had some great recruiting classes at SC. also, it is very common for programs to get a temporary boost that can last a few mos, but then reality sets in.
take a closer look a the sched:
[TABLE="class: wikitable"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]October 10[/TD]
[TD]7:30 PM[/TD]
[TD]
Arizona[/TD]
[TD="align: center"][/TD]
[TD]Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA[/TD]
[TD]FS1[/TD]
[TD]
W 38–31[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]64,215[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]October 19[/TD]
[TD]4:30 PM[/TD]
[TD]at
Notre Dame*[/TD]
[TD="align: center"][/TD]
[TD]
Notre Dame Stadium •
Notre Dame, IN (
Jeweled Shillelagh /
Rivalry)[/TD]
[TD]
NBC[/TD]
[TD]
L 10–14[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]80,795[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]October 26[/TD]
[TD]1:00 PM[/TD]
[TD]
Utah[/TD]
[TD="align: center"][/TD]
[TD]Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA[/TD]
[TD]P12N[/TD]
[TD]
W 19–3[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]64,715[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]November 1[/TD]
[TD]6:00 PM[/TD]
[TD]at
Oregon State[/TD]
[TD="align: center"][/TD]
[TD]
Reser Stadium •
Corvallis, OR[/TD]
[TD]
ESPN2[/TD]
[TD]
W 31–14[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]45,379[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]November 9[/TD]
[TD]12:00 PM[/TD]
[TD]at
California[/TD]
[TD="align: center"][/TD]
[TD]
Memorial Stadium •
Berkeley, CA[/TD]
[TD]
FOX[/TD]
[TD]
W 62–28[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]49,199[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]November 16[/TD]
[TD]5:00 PM[/TD]
[TD]#5
Stanford[/TD]
[TD="align: center"][/TD]
[TD]Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA[/TD]
[TD]
ABC[/TD]
[TD]
W 20–17[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]93,607[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]November 23[/TD]
[TD]6:30 PM[/TD]
[TD]at
Colorado[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]#23[/TD]
[TD]
Folsom Field •
Boulder, CO[/TD]
[TD]P12N[/TD]
[TD]
W 47–29[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]36,005[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]November 30[/TD]
[TD]5:00 PM[/TD]
[TD]#22
UCLA[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]#23[/TD]
[TD]Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (
Victory Bell/
Rivalry)[/TD]
[TD]ABC[/TD]
[TD]
L 14–35[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]86,037[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
a closer look yields the only real good win as beating Stanford. losses to the next two best teams ND and UCLA, the biggest rivals.
wins over slightly above avg to below avg teams: Zona, Utah, Oreg St, Cal, Colo.
that was the worst edition of the RichRoad zona teams, who scored 31 in the coliseum. Utah was a 5 win team. Oreg state 7 wins. Cal 1 win, Colo 4 wins.
you can see that even KIFF likely goes 6-2 or at worst 5-3 in those 8 gms. Orgeron did not lead them to the 45-20 pasting of Fresno St - Helton did.