Dave Aranda is one of the best defensive coordinators in the sport. He didn't need any analyst to solve Miami's bland offense last year.
LSU's last four recruiting class national rankings going into last season—not counting the 18th-ranked freshman class Orgeron signed. The kids on the field were some of the best in the nation last September in Dallas:
#7 — 2017
#2 — 2016
#5 — 2015
#2 — 2014
LSU had a rough 2017 (going 9-4), but went 10-3 in 2018 starting with with that win over Miami—losing at Florida, getting waxed at home by #1 Alabama and losing a seven-overtime thriller at aTm before beating undefeated Central Florida (without the majority of their starters on defense) in the bowl game and topping #2 Georgia during the regular season.
Let's not reduce LSU's success last season, or as a program, to hiring a freaking analyst last year.
Give the University of Miami a roster full of 5-stars—two Top 2 classes, three Top 5 classes and four Top 7 classes over a four-year span—and it's a different ballgame.