re: Where do high level college football teams get their coaches: An analysis

A great hire can later go off the rails, which is what happened to Miles.

Orgeron was a horrible hire that had some success, but Miles had prolonged success and then became a victim of his own ego, similar to Gerry DiNardo.

DiNardo did, in fact, "Bring Back the Magic" and was building a nice program. He let his ego get in the way with his coordinator hires and it spiraled down. He left a lot of talent for Saban to start with.

So, I would say Archer, Hallman and Orgeron were horrible hires, and DiNardo, Saban and Miles were good hires.