Cocky's statement about Miles doing better @ LSU than did Saban made me go and check this out for myself, especally since this has been a major point of contention between Bama fans & LSU fans for the last couple of years. Here is how both coaches stints at LSU break down

Year 1
Saban 2000: Record 8-4, won Peach Bowl, bad losses to Auburn & UF home loss to UAB.
Miles: 2005: Record 11-2, won Peach Bowl
Advantage: Miles

Year 2
Saban 2001: Record 10-3, SEC Champions, won Sugar Bowl, bad loss to UF
Miles 2006: Record 11-2, Won Sugar Bowl
Advantage: Saban, (tough call here since Miles actually had a better record, gave the nod to Saban since he won the conference)

Year 3
Saban 2002: Record 8-5, lost Cotton Bowl, bad losses to Va Tech, Auburn, Alabama,
Miles 2007: Record 12-2, won SEC & BCS national championships
Advantage: Miles

Year 4
Saban 2003: Record 13-1, won SEC & National championships
Miles 2008: Record 8-5, won Chik-fil-A Bowl, bad losses to UF, UGA, Ole Miss
Advantage: Saban

Year 5
Saban 2004: Record 9-3, lost Capital One Bowl, Third loss in five years to Auburn, BTW, bad loss to UGA.
Miles 2009: ???????

In Saban's first four season's at LSU he won two conference & one BCS title. Miles first four seasons have seen one conference & one BCS title. In four seasons Miles' record is 42-11. Saban had a record of 39-13 over his first four seasons. Looking at their conference records, Miles is sitting at 22-10 in SEC play, wile Saban had a record of 22-10. AS for bowl games, Saban had a 3-2 record. Miles has a 4-0 record in bowl games

Titles, Saban has the advantage
Overall wins Miles has the advantage
Conference wins it's a tie.
Bowl wins Miles has the advantage

In conclusion I have to say that Les Miles is as good and in some respects better than Nick Saban. Both are good coaches and I think that after studying both records wile at LSU, I must say that Miles is a better coach that I supposed before my research and conversely, Saban not quite as good as I supposed him to be.

One thing that I wish to point out here is that the contention of many that Miles has simply rode the wave of talent that Saban left behind, looks to be a gross over simplification of the facts. This over simplification has been accepted as gospel truth. I contend that wile Saban did leave a good deal of talent and in fact left the program in much better shape than when he arrived, there were still some issues with Saban's last LSU team. The fall off of the 2004 LSU from the 2003 team is appreciable. I think it is an accomplishment to be proud of in that Miles took this team and improved them to a 11 win season in 2005. Saban did help lay the foundation, but Miles has taken that foundation and improved upon it. Yes, 2008 was a bitterly disappointing season for LSU, but before anyone makes to much over this fact I think I must point out that Saban followed up his BCS title year with one very similar to Miles. In fact in Saban's five years at LSU, three of those seasons (2000: 8-4, 2002: 8-5, 2004: 9-3) must be considered as being just as, if not more, disappointing as 2008 was for Miles at LSU.

To say that Miles is an idiot wile at the same time contending Saban is one of best coaches in the nation is absurd.