LSU allows Michigan to talk with Miles!!!
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He wanted the LSU job when Saban got it. His daughter...a hottie, I might add:drool5:...is a student at LSU. He's pretty much said he wanted the job at some point or another, but I don't know if it has been since Saban was here. I only know of the time before Saban was hired.
I don't know if he wants it or not, but there is a history of him wanting it...and his name keeps coming up.
And Gray Tide and 37 bama grl, do you really think he just came right out of the blue when he said he wasn't interested in the Bama job?
probably not, but it sure seemed like it - i was following the search pretty much as close as possible, heard ALL kinds of names and his had not been one of them when he came out and made that statement - it seemed out of the blue - i think to just about everyone on here - so that made it funny!!
I just don't get the Del Rio talk. LSU would have to go a month without a coach just to get a shot at him, and if he really wanted the LSU job, why didn't Bertman hire him last time around? Surely he would have hired him over Miles, and you cannot argue that the time-frame was a problem then because of how very late the LSU job came open at the end of 2004.
Moreover, two interesting points about Del Rio...
(1) He's a very laissez-fare head coach and that has resulted in a lot of off-field problems for his Jaguars. For example, Jacksonville is currently second in the NFL in ProFootballTalk's "Turd Watch," an index that ranks teams based on arrests and other legal incidents.
(2) He was an All-American linebacker at USC, and obviously he loves his alma mater very much. We all know how much LSU people loathe USC, so it would be interesting to see them give the job to a Trojan. Moreover, you have the same problem with him as you do with Miles. If he does well at LSU, and the USC job comes open -- something that will most likely happen in the next three-to-four years -- then he's going to be headed for LA.
Maybe I just don't get it, but I don't see Del Rio going to LSU, regardless of whether or not he has a daughter that goes there or what he has said previously.
Moreover, two interesting points about Del Rio...
(1) He's a very laissez-fare head coach and that has resulted in a lot of off-field problems for his Jaguars. For example, Jacksonville is currently second in the NFL in ProFootballTalk's "Turd Watch," an index that ranks teams based on arrests and other legal incidents.
(2) He was an All-American linebacker at USC, and obviously he loves his alma mater very much. We all know how much LSU people loathe USC, so it would be interesting to see them give the job to a Trojan. Moreover, you have the same problem with him as you do with Miles. If he does well at LSU, and the USC job comes open -- something that will most likely happen in the next three-to-four years -- then he's going to be headed for LA.
Maybe I just don't get it, but I don't see Del Rio going to LSU, regardless of whether or not he has a daughter that goes there or what he has said previously.
at the time, I didn't want the job either and I said so publicly. Just wasn't a good fit for me at time. I was knee-deep in new homes and couldn't leave them unfinished. Once Saban retires, I might be ready.
Yes, obviously, we did, but that doesn't mean that is the ideal strategy. It worked out for us because Saban came, but had he not came we might have been royally screwed by trying that strategy. Also, it's a strategy that is very rarely used, and probably with good reason. Going without a head coach for over a month is generally not the best idea.We went over a month without a head coach last year.
Moreover, we ended up waiting over a month because the man we offered the head coaching job (Rich Rodriguez) bailed out at the last minute. It's not that we really wanted to wait a month, but after Rodriguez bailed we figured we might as well stick around and take a shot at Saban. For better or for worse, our strategy was to hire Rodriguez and let Saban stay in Miami. It was only when Rodriguez bucked our offer that we had to alter the strategy to wait for over a month on Saban. That was not initially what we wanted to do.
I highly doubt LSU makes a legitimate offer to someone and they get turned down in a very public denial, ala Rodriguez.
I would think, assuming Miles leaves for Michigan by the middle of next week, LSU would hire someone before December 20th or so. I would not think that job would stay open any longer than a couple of weeks, barring some very unforeseen circumstances.
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It might not have been as much him making the statement, just someone asking him in a press conference or a radio interview if he was interested and then the media taking it from there. Just speculating though.
Guys, this keep drifting over into yet one more Saban to LSU thread. We've allowed one thread open for the wildest speculations to be aired. Air them there. If there's more of the CNS to LSU rumor aired here, then we'll close this thread. This thread needs to remain about Miles to UM...
I don't believe Michigan would have asked to talk with Les if it were not a done deal. Sorry LSU fans but Les to Michigan.
After all was said and done, Mal said that, if Saban hadn't come, he would have take UA1 and flown on to Cuba...
Has Walt Harris yet to announce that he is not interested in becoming the head coach at LSU? It seems the perfect time.
You might want to ask Okla. State fans about how classy and honest Les Miles is.
Les Miles has built his rep on one thing: He beat Oklahoma twice. No conf. titles, no MNC's. He just beat Bob Stoops. He will not take LSU OR Michigan to a national championship. Bank it.
Les Miles has built his rep on one thing: He beat Oklahoma twice. No conf. titles, no MNC's. He just beat Bob Stoops. He will not take LSU OR Michigan to a national championship. Bank it.
It's remotely possible that the Bush thing could drive him back to the pros. I wouldn't leave if I were him, unless the probation were to turn out to be something as severe as that which we received.
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Well he wasn't really all that successful in the NFL, but he wasn't bad either (which makes him successful I guess in some circles in the NFL). He personally approached the USC AD when USC got "Thanks but no thanks" from Belotti at Oregon and Erickson at Oregon State (same Erickson that is at Arizona State now). I'm obviously a bit biased but I just find it really hard to believe that Carroll would return to the NFL. He did say that he wants complete and total control in the NFL and Huizenga gave him just about that and he still didn't bite.
Back to the Les Miles saga, I had this conversation with a classmate of mine while we were waiting to start class. The Michigan job, seems to me, is a job that would be once-in-a-lifetime deal for Les Miles. If he doesn't take it now, I don't think that he'll get another opportunity to coach there. It's literally there for his taking, and since he'd be coaching in the Big 10, I'm sure he'll love the easier road back to the NC. However, I don't think he'll take it; I think he'll stay at LSU and later leave for another job.
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