CC: Baton Rouge Writer: "Take the Job Les"
http://theadvocate.com/sports/11002207-123/time-is-right-for-les
Very neat article regarding Les' situation at LSU. Apparently one of his kids is considering Michigan for college. It also talks about how he is under appreciated at LSU and that he should follow his heart.
Personally, if both of the Harbros don't end up here (which seems pretty likely).. then my coaching list would be
1) Stoops (if genuinely interested)
2) Miles
3) Frost or Herman?
FWIW...
December 4th, 2014 at 4:15 PM ^
Ahh yes the lovely Carr contingent that led us into this mess in the first place. I don't get it. Why does Michigan allow these cronies to keep having influence on shit? Does anyone see Tom Osborne haunting Nebraska football the way Carr still does here? Osborne was a way better coach too. Geeze.
December 4th, 2014 at 4:31 PM ^
haunts NU football daily. He shut down U Neb-Omaha football because he didnt want another D 1 program in the state.
December 4th, 2014 at 7:38 PM ^
He also forced them into a new conference against their fans wishes, hired the coach they just shitcanned and basically appointed himself AD while serving as the interim
Anyone complaining about Lloyd, who isn't even employed by the university, should use a better example than effing Tom Osborne
December 4th, 2014 at 4:54 PM ^
Did Carr lose to Toledo like Rich? Did he lose pretty much every big game like Brady? Why not just calm down and see how this all plays out before complaining about a guy who hasn't coached here in years.
December 4th, 2014 at 5:12 PM ^
Lol you are seriously gonna play the Toledo card? Okay I'll bite. Carr lost to App St., the biggest upset in the history of college football resulting in one of the largest plummets from the Top 25 in history.
Yeah, I'll complain about that and I'll complain about the shenanigans his contingent pulled after hiring RR.
December 4th, 2014 at 5:16 PM ^
Toledo...and 8 other games the same season.
December 4th, 2014 at 5:29 PM ^
Actively pushing recruits out of AA and encouraging transfers away b/c his man English couldn't get the job (turned out to be a flop in Ypsi anyway).
Keep going.
December 4th, 2014 at 8:08 PM ^
No. HTTV said his choices were DeBord and Fernetz. Not eeeee! but not English.
Which recruits did he push away, by the way? Nothing in 3 and Out about that that I recall. Also, consensus is that he said he'd sign papers but didn't TELL guys they should transfer (only two guys did iirc, which is a pretty bad record of encouragement).
December 4th, 2014 at 8:12 PM ^
Lloyd Carr, the Great Satan, told a bunch of tall wideouts, fat offensive linement and rocket armed statue QBs that they would be a poor fit in a zone-read option offense and that he would be willing to sign their release papers
HE IS HISTORY'S GREATEST MONSTER
WITHOUT HIM WE MIGHT HAVE HAD RYAN MALLETT RUNNING THE OPTION WHILE MARIO MANNINGHAM BLOCKED DOWNFIELD, JUST LIKE RICH WANTED
December 4th, 2014 at 5:13 PM ^
Did RR or Hoke lose to Appy State?
LC had one MNC year, but he also presided over the time when Michigan gave control of the OSU rivalry back to OSU. He also gutted the roster and undermined recuiting from his cushy office in Schembechler Hall. LC and his followers put their personal agenda ahead of "The Team, The Team, The Team" and are responsible for eight years of terrible football, counting 2007.
If LC had shown the class that a departing Bump Elliot or Rich Rod showed, Rich Rod would have gotten his fourth year and been able to bring Jeff Casteel along with him. LC did a lot of good things but he is very much responsible for the shit we have been watching the last eight years, too.
December 4th, 2014 at 5:40 PM ^
That Appy State team would have beaten that Toledo team by 30 points. Toledo was so bad that year they fired the coach.
December 4th, 2014 at 5:47 PM ^
We we're coming off a potential natl championship year and were ranked #5. We should not have lost to Appy State. PERIOD. No matter how good they were. What part of that don't you understand?
2008 was a shit show regardless just by looking at that damn skeleton of a roster with walkon QBs
December 4th, 2014 at 5:40 PM ^
That Appy State team would have beaten that Toledo team by 30 points. Toledo was so bad that year they fired the coach.
December 4th, 2014 at 5:20 PM ^
To think there aren't going to be people associated with him on the search committee isn't realistic.
December 4th, 2014 at 7:42 PM ^
Lloyd is in control
him and Stapleton
the Ypsi Illuminati is about to stage their coup any day
all hail Ron English, bringer of light, the one true successor
(I think too many people in our fanbase have confused college football Game of Thrones)
December 4th, 2014 at 4:18 PM ^
Michigan football has turned into a country club. A bunch of rich guys pining for a past that will never return, turning the whole thing toxic.
December 4th, 2014 at 5:16 PM ^
December 4th, 2014 at 4:19 PM ^
So let me see if I have this straight. The "Michigan Man" meme is dead according to Hackett but the Lloyd Loyalists, the same people who put the killshot into the last HC who was an outsider from day one, are leading the search committee.
This ought to be just fucking great then. I can see it now....
MIles?
NO - He does bad things at press conferences
Mullen?
NO - He does bad things to recruits
Pinkel?
NO - He doesnt know our area well enough
Stoops?
NO - What's he done lately that's so special
Cameron?
Now you're talking. A guy with vision, a coach that knows what's what and definitely a guy this campus can embrace day one. Love it!!!!
December 4th, 2014 at 4:34 PM ^
December 4th, 2014 at 6:06 PM ^
I don't think it's a comment. I think it's a conversation he actually overheard.
December 4th, 2014 at 7:17 PM ^
I don't if I should pos you because of how accurate this could be or neg you for the same reason.
December 4th, 2014 at 7:45 PM ^
Lloyd Carr was the head coach here for over a decade. He spent 28 years working at the university. Would you like to exclude anyone who worked or played for him from any position of authority with the school?
Bye bye Woodson avatars and cheering for Tom Brady and calling for Mike Hart to be our next head coach... you're all part of the EEEEEEEVIL Lloyd faction that is irrationally out to destroy Michigan football for uhhh reasons I guess?
December 4th, 2014 at 4:23 PM ^
I would like to believe that Hackett's comment about laying the "Michigan Man" to rest means we've gotten past such thinking, but ugh. These guys helped* sink one coach, then clamored for, and were granted, the hiring of an inadequate one. Will they just not be happy until Michigan is Notre Dame?
*Obligatory, "Yes, RR also made plenty of mistakes of his own" acknowledgment to appease certain parties
December 4th, 2014 at 4:36 PM ^
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December 4th, 2014 at 4:13 PM ^
I love Miles. Over Stoops, to be honest.
1) Stoops (if genuinely interested)
2) Miles
December 4th, 2014 at 4:16 PM ^
Your sentence and ranking are in complete opposition sir.
December 4th, 2014 at 4:35 PM ^
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December 4th, 2014 at 7:20 PM ^
Exactly, it's not 2007, the year he won a national championship. It's also not 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012 or 2013 when he won 10 or more games. It is not one of the 5 seasons his team finished ranked in the top 10 in the country.
But holy smokes, he might do some of those things again, right?
December 4th, 2014 at 4:13 PM ^
December 4th, 2014 at 4:57 PM ^
The one thing that excites me most about Miles is his potential ability to recruit the deep south. There is a ton of front 7 talent down there that UM has missed out on the last decade.
December 4th, 2014 at 4:20 PM ^
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December 4th, 2014 at 4:22 PM ^
Huge is going absolutely wild right now over the mere thought of DeBord being involved in the coaching search.
December 4th, 2014 at 7:21 PM ^
December 4th, 2014 at 7:53 PM ^
in case anyone was interested in tuning in. I listened to Huge go off for a while, pretended to put away the work I wasn't doing, got in my car and listened some more. It was a very animated show today.
December 4th, 2014 at 4:25 PM ^
Miles uber alles.
If we end up with some half ass MAC coach or unproven coordinator, with Miles chomping at the bit for the job, we might as well quit drinking, go to bed, find another team to root for, and have a nice life.
If it wasn't for the goddamn Carr contingent Les would have been here for 7 years already. Winning the B1G, playing for the NC, and beating the piss out of sparty and tOSU.
Thinking about getting Schiano instead of Les makes me feel all stabby.
December 4th, 2014 at 4:33 PM ^
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December 4th, 2014 at 4:41 PM ^
correctly, it was DB who said Miles would only get hired "over his dead body".
December 4th, 2014 at 4:49 PM ^
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December 4th, 2014 at 5:58 PM ^
this cracked me up bigtime!
December 4th, 2014 at 5:19 PM ^
December 4th, 2014 at 4:39 PM ^
If we get some "half ass MAC coach or unproven coordinator, with Miles chomping at the bit for the job," then we should start drankin'. Heavily.
December 4th, 2014 at 6:08 PM ^
You mean like the last time?
December 4th, 2014 at 4:30 PM ^
Stoops or Miles would be home run hires. No one should be anything but tickled with either. If Stoops had been at LSU for a decade and Miles at Oklahoma I bet both programs do the exact same thing give or take 3 wins over a decade.
Neither are Saban. There is only 1. Maybe neither is Urban. But fergodsakes Urban is beatable with Hoke as a coach, we almost did it last year and we could have done it this year with any viable QB who didnt have a pick 6 on his first pass and another fumble gift wrap TD late in the game. Piece of crap PSU should have beaten them if not for the refs. Urbz at OSU doesnt scare me like Urbz at UF - talent in the Midwest is just not the same.
Look it is going to be difficult for a Big 10 team to win a NC - not sure anyone north of Mason Dixon has done it since 2002. That's not my goal when Bama is getting 6 five stars a class. Main focus at this stage is find guy to beat Dantonio 2 out of 3, and Meyer 1 out of 2, get to a playoff every 3rd 4th year and get us back to some Rose Bowls. Both these guys get us to this path. And Les would provide shits and giggles along the way.
December 4th, 2014 at 4:46 PM ^
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December 4th, 2014 at 5:15 PM ^
Sorry my bad. Too many INTs the past 2 years to keep straight.
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