You have to have really good recruiting classes and exceptional talent to pull off 8 wins with a Miles offense. I'll give you the 6 though.
I don't see him competing against Michigan, but I could be wrong. He would win 7-9 games a year if he went there.
I have learned that Miles is like the mule you have to hit over the head with a 2x4 before he learns a lesson. Maybe being fired was the 2x4 he needed. If he hires correctly and gets almost completely out of the way of his coordinators he will win. Players love him and he is a good decent man I wish him luck.
Purdue is the opposite of where he should be. They throw the ball more in a game than les does in a year. Their fans may commit suicide halftime of game 1. Imagine if poor Drew brees ended up there back in the day with Les at the helm.
He has a want to throw the football though and have all 3 phases play against a quality opponent and represent their university as quality young men.
PJ fleck is a more attractive offer for Purdue . He has ties to that area and already being at western Michigan , It wouldn't be big of a move .