Brandon is in Dallas Interviewing Miles AND someone else...
According to Sam Webb and Scout.com.
RT @23gene: Miles is not the only coach Brandon will be speaking with. I'm hearing that a coach from one of this years BCS bowls is a target
Edit: Someone asked for Flight Tracker:
Brandon has a house in Scottsdale which what shown in this magazine: http://is.gd/koP8J
Flight tracker showing Dominos plane leaving Scottsdale for Dallas: http://is.gd/koPmz
January 8th, 2011 at 11:58 PM ^
I would be first in line. Motorboat.
January 8th, 2011 at 11:51 PM ^
let me see, patterson? you mean the patterson who runs the spread on offense and a 425 / 335 flex on defense? sounds like we just had a coach that did that same thing. i think the only thing we needed was to keep rr and to give him the power to get another dc without being a cheap ass university. read mgoblogs info regarding uofm pay for assistants and coordinators...pathetic! rr deserved better...uofm failed rr!
January 8th, 2011 at 11:55 PM ^
UM won games with that same pay scale before RR. And the difference is that Patterson runs predominantly 4-2-5. RR ran nothing BUT 3-3-5. Not to mention Patterson himself is a defensive minded coach and, statistically, ran the best defense in the country this year.
January 9th, 2011 at 12:01 AM ^
He runs the 4-2-5 and 3-3-5 because of who he plays in his conf. I have to believe that Patterson, based on his ability to adapt with the changes his school has faced, would adapt to a better fit scheme in the B1G if hired. That being said, I have to believe that with all the rumors coming from different sides of the story, instead of just from Mich this time, there is something to Miles coming to Mich and he may in fact be named HC soon.
January 8th, 2011 at 11:59 PM ^
Who cares what he ran, he actually beat Wiscy.
January 9th, 2011 at 12:53 AM ^
So did RichRod the first time he coached against them.
January 9th, 2011 at 3:11 AM ^
2008 Wiscy <<< 2010 Wiscy
January 9th, 2011 at 7:35 AM ^
Not to mention the 2008 Wiscy choke job.
January 9th, 2011 at 12:12 AM ^
Shit and move on. I supported rr as much as anyone but he made his own bed. The picture of him driving away after being fired sums it up. The guy takes a paycheck from the state of michigan and drives away in a lexus. He just never got it.
January 9th, 2011 at 12:24 AM ^
is what exactly? A high paid individual can't drive a nice car? I am pretty sure most people would be driving a nice car if they could afford it as well. Would driving a 1980 junker indicate somebody getting it to you?
January 9th, 2011 at 12:55 AM ^
I think his point is that a Lexus is a foreign car.
January 9th, 2011 at 12:20 AM ^
you mean the patterson who runs the spread on offense and a 425 / 335 flex on defense? sounds like we just had a coach that did that same thing.
The difference: Patterson actually understands how to run that defense.
January 9th, 2011 at 12:40 AM ^
Don't forget, Also....Patterson knows how to develop players. I.E. former 2* recruit Tank Carder
January 8th, 2011 at 11:54 PM ^
with Pelini taking over LSU is the same rumor as in 2008. Just recycled because Tiger fans hate every coach they've ever had.
I would be surprised if this is anything more than a courtesy interview for Miles. I'm sure Brandon is talking to Patterson there as well.
January 8th, 2011 at 11:59 PM ^
Just like Harbaugh to Michigan, Miles leaving LSU for any job is something the local media and fans of both schools were and are trying to make happen because they really want it to.
January 8th, 2011 at 11:59 PM ^
Is Brandon still chairman or something at Domino's?
January 9th, 2011 at 12:03 AM ^
But he's on the board of directors.
January 9th, 2011 at 12:10 AM ^
So that means he can use the corporate Domino's jet for non-Domino's business? Anyone care to explain?
January 9th, 2011 at 12:30 AM ^
As I noted below, he's still Domino's chairman. And according to this source, Brandon "keeps the right to use his 'Yearly Aircraft Hours' on the company’s plane through the end of FY 2011, or until he stops serving on Dominos’ board." His rights to the plane includes at least 35 hours per year of "personal use."
January 9th, 2011 at 12:22 AM ^
Brandon is still the chairman of Domino's. This is his bio from the Domino's website:
David Brandon is currently Chairman, and served as Chief Executive Officer and Director from March 1999 to March 2010. Prior to CEO and Director, Mr. Brandon was President and Chief Executive Officer of Valassis, Inc., a company in the sales promotion and coupon industries, from 1989 to 1998, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Valassis, Inc. from 1997 to 1998. Mr. Brandon serves on the Board of Directors of Burger King Corporation, TJX Companies, Kaydon Corporation and Detroit Renaissance. He serves on a number of Southeast Michigan-based civic and charitable boards including the Gerald R. Ford Foundation and the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital National Advisory Board in Memphis, Tennessee. Mr. Brandon is the Athletic Director at the University of Michigan.
January 9th, 2011 at 12:00 AM ^
Jim Heacock? not in dallas but seems like he could be due for a step up in ranks
January 9th, 2011 at 1:03 AM ^
I've wondered about him as well. I'm somewhat curious as to why he's never rumored for head coaching jobs.
January 9th, 2011 at 1:13 AM ^
He was HC at I-AA Illinois St and had a losing record just about every year he was there
January 9th, 2011 at 1:18 AM ^
That explains that then, I guess. I really didn't know much about him; just something I'd thought about. Thanks for the info!
January 9th, 2011 at 1:57 AM ^
Isn't in his sixties? He could be in Dallas for the coaching convention though.
January 9th, 2011 at 12:19 AM ^
Since day 1 Patterson has been my pick. Not like DB calls me and asks but if he did I would be all over the Patterson train. TCU has played teams like Oklahoma in the recent past and done very well. He has proven his ability to do more with less. Patterson please come to Ann Arbor. FWIW Stoops had the option to go to FL and he turned it down. Not based on facts, merely suspicion here, but I don't think he turned down the FL job on the hopes that we would fire RR.
January 9th, 2011 at 12:30 AM ^
Take it for what its worth.
http://www.wwltv.com/video/featured-videos/Miles-mum-on-future-at-LSU-113142724.html
January 9th, 2011 at 1:01 AM ^
This has been posted on here before, but its the first time I took the time to watch it. Definitely, a very interesting comment from Les to say the least.
January 9th, 2011 at 12:35 AM ^
I will support anybody but Pelini. Thankfully he has denied interest. This article says it all. http://msn.foxsports.com/collegefootball/story/bo-pelini-nebraska-cornhuskers-holiday-bowl-broken-promise-to-naval-officer-010511
January 9th, 2011 at 12:35 AM ^
i just want to know already
January 9th, 2011 at 1:01 AM ^
Times-Picayune website has an updated article with a quote from Jamie Morris regarding Les Miles:
Former Wolverines running back Jamie Morris, who was recently a member of the Michigan athletic department, said his best information was that talks are ongoing.
"I don't know exactly what that means, but there is pressure here to get a coach in place quickly," Morris said.
"And when one of your own is out there and one of the elite coaches in the nation, it's pretty obvious who your first choice should be."
January 9th, 2011 at 1:26 AM ^
January 9th, 2011 at 1:08 AM ^
Wade Phillips
January 9th, 2011 at 3:15 AM ^
is the new DC of the Houston Texans
January 9th, 2011 at 1:48 AM ^
like that DB is trying to get a big time coach in here.We sure do need it at this point in time.GO BLUE!!!
January 9th, 2011 at 1:50 AM ^
January 9th, 2011 at 2:22 AM ^
He's doing a radio brodcast for the BCS National Championship. Mystery soved!!!
January 9th, 2011 at 6:30 AM ^
......that David Brandon will talk or maybe has talked to Miles, and if asked, he's in Ann Arbor shortly after that discussion. It just seems like that, if Les said "yes", then this is over.
January 9th, 2011 at 8:42 AM ^
I have a strong inclination that he's talking to Pete Fredenburg, also speaking at the convention.
Just saying