January 8th, 2011 at 12:49 AM ^
this is good for a laugh...
@GreggHenson GreggHenson
January 8th, 2011 at 1:20 AM ^
yup, happens all the time. transplant pays big bucks to borrow a jet, and a few trips a month can really offset the cost of ownership.
when the med jet gets tied up survival flight will contract out private planes for a lift. not sure where that jet was based but this is par for the course for many private planes.
January 8th, 2011 at 12:49 AM ^
BREAKING NEWS: Les Miles to Michigan
January 8th, 2011 at 12:52 AM ^
Link or source?
January 8th, 2011 at 12:53 AM ^
there ya go
January 8th, 2011 at 12:55 AM ^
Gracias
January 8th, 2011 at 1:37 AM ^
Great scoop lukepanici!
January 8th, 2011 at 12:56 AM ^
callers already talking about Bo Pelini as Miles's replacement
January 8th, 2011 at 12:50 AM ^
Legit question here....
Many people salivate over Gruden, but do pro coaches often do well going back to college? Weiss was clearly a flop (funny visual), but did others succeed?
January 8th, 2011 at 12:53 AM ^
dave wannstedt?
January 8th, 2011 at 12:53 AM ^
January 8th, 2011 at 12:57 AM ^
Pete Carroll is the main success story, and he basically ran a pro team.
January 8th, 2011 at 1:18 AM ^
It is hard to draw conclusions since so few NFL head coaches go to college (and so many of those were college coaches first). Carroll had a winning record and two playoff stops in four years with the Jets and Pats. We know what he did to college football.
Wannstache got 11 years in the league (same as Gruden) as a head coach and had a losing record with 3 playoff appearances (don't think he ever won a playoff game). Gruden made 5 playoff appearances and went 5-4. He finished with a 100-85 record. To me he's a more dynamic personality as well as a better coach.
Even a guy like Weis was able to recruit because of a Super Bowl connection as an OC and he looked like a beached sea mammal. Wannstache recruited well to. To me Gruden is a far superior coach (as evidenced by his track record) with a much more engaging personality (he reminds me a lot of Carroll, in fact, from an infectious personality perspective).
January 8th, 2011 at 12:53 AM ^
Patterson and Mullen as my top 2 choices as well. At this point, I don't think either one would come here though. At this point if I had to choose between Miles or Hoke, I would go with Miles, despite the problems I have with his oversigning practices at LSU.
January 8th, 2011 at 12:52 AM ^
A handicapper named "Johnny Detroit" just tweeted:
Not confirmed by any national media, but have a solid source who is telling me Les Miles is planning to go to Michigan. Stay tuned....
January 8th, 2011 at 1:04 AM ^
Must be legit.
Sorry for dickiness I just want a coach nothing personal.
January 8th, 2011 at 3:06 AM ^
sez it's Hoke.
January 8th, 2011 at 1:01 AM ^
They seem to think Bo Pelini to LSU and Miles to Michigan is a done deal. They don't sound too upset because they understand "home is home". Either that or they can't wait for him to leave.
January 8th, 2011 at 12:54 AM ^
Funny article about JH being being hired at Stanford. I hope it will make some of the more pessimistic posters feel better.
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<br>http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/2006/12/18/stanford-hires-ji…
January 8th, 2011 at 12:54 AM ^
BREAKING NEWS:
RR to Stanford!!
lol
January 8th, 2011 at 12:56 AM ^
January 8th, 2011 at 12:56 AM ^
don't know if source is valid
January 8th, 2011 at 1:11 AM ^
Listen to the post game show. I think these guys are their official radio broadcast team AKA Brandstatter, Beckmann and Karsch. They seem to think Miles is coming to Michigan and Pelini to LSU.
January 8th, 2011 at 12:57 AM ^
If we get les I will cream my pants at this point, its best case scenario to make a smooth transition from RR's recruits to someone elses. please be true.
January 8th, 2011 at 1:06 AM ^
NSFW-H!
January 8th, 2011 at 12:58 AM ^
Miles is didging questions about Michigan and if he'll return to LSU. Just says he loves LSU. That's pretty much coach talk for he's leaving.
January 8th, 2011 at 12:58 AM ^
LES IS MICHIGANS NEXT HEAD COACH. Bo Pelini leading candidate to replace him in Baton Rouge
January 8th, 2011 at 12:59 AM ^
Has losing Harbaugh made everyone lose their minds? Most everyone will march in lock-step with Brian's Hoke-Hate, but don't listen to him when he says he'd rather even have Hoke than Miles??? Have the last few years been so bad that so many are ready to give up what Michigan has stood for and say "eh, screw the kids, everyone does it". If Miles is named the coach, Michigan Football as we've known it is dead. Never should anyone every quote Bo again on this site. Because the idea that someone would take one of their kids and boot them out because "hey, I got someone better" would make him puke. And probably get on a plane to fly down there and kick Les in the ass! I can't believe so many are so beat down they're rationalizing Miles. Ugh.
January 8th, 2011 at 1:02 AM ^
Brian doesn't do my thinking for me.
January 8th, 2011 at 1:05 AM ^
You should let him sometime. I love it because it totally frees me up to do all sorts of activities.
January 8th, 2011 at 1:08 AM ^
does he come with a political opinion so i can dodge all that pesky election garbage?
January 8th, 2011 at 1:10 AM ^
Really, no one needs Brian to explain to them why Hoke should not be the top name on the list. And I assume Brian will be "all in" no matter who the new coach is.
January 8th, 2011 at 1:17 AM ^
Why Miles shouldn't be on the list. And if Brian is "all in" with Miles, he'll only be going against everything he's said.
January 8th, 2011 at 1:15 AM ^
Maybe you should.
January 8th, 2011 at 1:41 AM ^
Michigan Football, as we have known it, is dead and has been dead since at least Ohio State 2006. Sorry. Les Miles is our coach and I intend to fully support him.
January 8th, 2011 at 1:03 AM ^
Unfortunately college football isn't the way it was when Bo was around. You've got kids selling trophys, oversigning, loner cars. I'm willing to stand behind him at Michigan as long as he doesn't bring those SEC antics to Michigan.
January 8th, 2011 at 1:06 AM ^
Meh, I'm pretty sure it's been corrupt for quite some time, just a lot more obvious these days. But how long has it been since SMU got the death penalty? And that certainly wasn't the start of it.
January 8th, 2011 at 1:14 AM ^
If anything, it may be less corrupt than it once was. It used to be that when a college athlete got arrested, it never made the papers. And the NCAA slapped programs on the wrist for a long time - when SMU got the death penalty, that was the sixth time they'd been caught.
January 8th, 2011 at 1:33 AM ^
I agree with this.
It's much harder to sweep things under the rug nowadays with the the advent of internet, facebook, twitter, cellular phones, etc.
January 8th, 2011 at 1:07 AM ^
I'm done on this thread. Too much work and not enough sleep and sanity. I'm just glad someone of influence thinks this is batshit crazy as well.
January 8th, 2011 at 1:25 AM ^
+1
by the way, that phrase in particular works much better with periods.
what's that i smell around here?
why it's bat. shit. crazy.
January 8th, 2011 at 1:08 AM ^
I doubt anyone knows the whole story about that. He may have done something terrible to the kid or he may be trying not to trash him in the media. Who knows?
January 8th, 2011 at 1:08 AM ^
First, Brian's become a bit of a drama queen when it comes to coaches. He finds some flaw in every one. I'm a little tired of it.
Second, we do not know the full story of that kid losing his scholarship. Miles has not gone public with his version of events. Why do we assume that every kid who leaves Michigan is a "bad apple," but that this kid is some Joe College?
January 8th, 2011 at 1:18 AM ^
Why do we assume that every kid who leaves Michigan is a "bad apple," but that this kid is some Joe College?That's not the point. It doesn't matter if the kid was lazy or an asshole. Miles could have done something similar to what Rod always did and called it a "violation of team rules" that led to a dismissal Instead, Miles has just shut up about it and apparently refused to talk to the kid about it. I sense no remorse.
January 8th, 2011 at 1:30 AM ^
You "sense no remorse"? What, have you interviewed Miles about this? I doubt you know what you're talking about, And I don't either. Maybe we shouldn't rush to condemn when we don't have the facts at our disposal.
January 8th, 2011 at 1:18 AM ^
Couldn't agree more. The Michigan lovefest and the blindness that it results in is almost sickening at times on this board.
January 8th, 2011 at 1:22 AM ^
On a Michigan board. Where the hell did you come from, anyway?
January 8th, 2011 at 1:31 AM ^
You're inablitly to read and comprehend is incredible.
Of course people should love Michigan on M board. My point was the **BLINDNESS** that sometimes results from it gives the impression of a self-entitled, arrogant school. You can see these feelings from posters and fans who you talk to or read posts by.
I'm not sure why you got it out for me, but this is twice now I've came back at you with a logical thought. The first time you didn't respond, this time will probably be no different.
January 8th, 2011 at 1:58 AM ^
So I haven't gone back and responded to anything. State of the board right now.
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<br>I can "read" you fine. You just don't make any sense. It's not "entitlement" to believe Michigan should hold itself to a higher standard. Primary among that is college sports are about the student athlete first, and what is best for them. Win doing things the right way, and you have something to beat your chest about. Selling out, that's for other schools. You pop in, and basically say "fuck that". And frankly, if you didn't go to the school, you saying how that school should represent the rest of us doesn't hold a lot of water. And if you did, you weren't really paying attention to any of the coaches or leaders while you were there.