Miles' trends like Coker's

Trends.
In 2001 Larry Coker was in his first year as the head coach of the University of Miami, FL, football team. He was celebrating their first National Championship since 1991 and their 5th overall. In 2002, the head coach of the same team this time mourned the loss of their 6th title try, this after winning 23 consecutive games as head coach of the Canes. Coker's first loss in two seasons as head coach was the 2002 BCS title game...With previous coach Butch Davis' recruits.
In 2006 Larry Coker was fired as head coach of the Canes.
Why?
How could this be?
This coach was fired after posting a 60-15 record?! He was 2-1 in BCS bowl games! 4-2 overall in bowl games! Yet, he was canned?!
Why?...
Trends.
Larry Coker's Canes were trending downard.
Consider. After winning 35 of his first 38 games, going 12-0,12-1, and 11-2. Coker was 33-12 over the next three seasons, posting records of 9-3, 9-3 and 6-6. More importantly, under his watch, Miami had gone from regaining the powerful image of "The U". Brash, intimidating and cockey. Back, simply, to Miami of Florida. Thus he was fired.
What does this have to do with LSU?
Trends.
On January 2, 2005, Leslie Edwin "Les" Miles was tagged to fill the unenviable void of the departed Nick Saban as LSU head football coach. He was charged with the caretaking of a program that had been rebuilt into a national power unlike any time in the previous 50 years of it's gloriuos history. A program reborn from one that had gone through a decade and a half of blundering coaches, unprecendented losing seasons, heartbreaking losses and oh too few flashes of brilliance.
Miles would inherited an embarassment of rich football talent, worthy of 5 number 1 draft choices, including 3 top 10 picks. QB's,RB's,WR's, DL's and OL's. You name it and not one position had a vacuum of 4-5 star recruits.
Miles' first season produced a 10-1 record and winners of the Western Division of the SEC. Losing only to Tennessee on a Monday night just weeks after Katrina. The season ended with a Chic Fil-A Bowl 40-3 thrashing of the Miami Hurricanes (coached by Coker). A # 5 ranking in the final polls.
Year 2 was 10-2 and a Sugar Bowl victory. A #3 ranking in the final polls.
Year three produced one of the most memorable seasons in NCAA history. Highlighted by 5 fourth down conversions in route to an epic 28-24 win over defending BCS champion University of Florida and their electric Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow.
However, LSU wasn't the same team after that game. The next week saw LSU lose an overtime game to Kentucky, blowing a two score lead in the 4th quarter. A close call to Auburn followed by a season ending defeat at the hands of the infamous "AR-Kansas" Razorbacks in overtime, at home,with a chance to clinch a BCS title game birth.
After wishng to the nation "have a GREAT day!", then winning the SEC Championship game without starting QB Matt Flynn, the football gods smiled gracefully on Miles and the Tigers as the stars aligned and hell froze over. LSU claimed the title birth that seemed all but lost the week before. The Ohio State University fell to another SEC team and LSU was crowned BCS champions.
Les Miles had compiled a 34-6 record, 19-5 in SEC play in his first three seasons at LSU...with Nick Saban's talent.
In the two season's since Saban's recruited players have moved on and Miles' coaching stamp has been put on the program, LSU is 17-9, 8-8 in conference play. Including 1-7 record against Alabama, Arkansas, Ole Miss and Florida. Oh, by the way, Nick Saban has sinced returned to the SEC, at F***ing ALABAMA!
Trends.
One can certainly say that LSU is trending downward under Les Miles. Well I certainly am.
As you loook at the paralles of coaches Coker and Miles, I have one question. When would you have fired Coker? At 60-15 , certainly the critics were all over Miami for doing it. Well, it's been 3 season's since Coker has been fired and Miami is still trying to recover from his ineptitude. Still haven't regained "The U "status.
Les Miles' overall record at LSU is impressive at 51-15 on the surface, but the trending of last two seasons show no signs for optomism. This is year 6 of the Les Miles era at LSU. Trending downward in the SEC is not where you want to be in year 6 of your program. One more season trending down and Miles will join Coker in the ex coaches fraternity who possess "unfireable" records. Why?...
TRENDS!!
Especially since Nick Saban's Alabama Crimson Tide, coming off their first title since 1992 is trending upward...like a bullet!