A couple of questions about Les Miles
Also, can anyone speak to the rumors regarding the negative stuff that supposedly went down with Miles when he was on the coaching staff here? I'm sure we've all heard those stories by now, but I don't know how much of that is grounded in fact and how much is just some made up BS that got started on an internet forum somewhere.
January 7th, 2011 at 2:32 PM ^
Their statement wouldn't factor into my feelings toward him one way or the other, since I'd have no reason to think it would turn out to be correct.
January 7th, 2011 at 2:33 PM ^
Les may be nuts half the time, but he's an idiot savant when it comes to football. He just wins.
January 7th, 2011 at 2:39 PM ^
At a holiday party in 2007, a gorup of 4 guys were discussing Miles. Each claimed to have an "inside source" that had revealed what it was Miles did to piss everyone off. Each of these guys is a Michigan alum living in AA with means to have access to/run in the same circles as UM higher-ups and/or AD personnel. Each had a completely different story as to what Miles did. The above-referenced rumor was one of them, but the others were completely unrelated. That particular rumor has certainly bounced around more than others over the years, but IMHO that is as attributable to that rumor's salaciousness as to its potential truthfulness.
I accepted at that point I would never know the real story. If Martin didn't reach out to Miles, there is a very limited group of people (Martin himself, perhaps Carr or MSC) who really know why. Unless you hear it direct from them, I wouldn't put any stock in it. Even if Brian or Bacon wrote a book about it, I'd take the info with a grain of salt unless it was backed with quotes from one or more of that small group, and the source(s) later stood by the quotes. And that ain't gonna happen.
January 7th, 2011 at 2:38 PM ^
Absolutely not. But I think his flaws are being a little exaggerated right now. The man is not crazy, he is not sitting in his basement right now designing a wooden gun that can make it through metal detectors. Is he a little peculiar at times, sure, but that is not all bad. It is unlikely that anybody can confirm or deny that he had any relations with a certain coaches significant other, so it is best to not speculate in that regard. Could Miles have something of a possibly checkered past, possibly, but I seem to remember JH with a few "gulp-gulp-vroom-vrooms" in his past that are really not being discussed either. The fact of the matter is that I want a "damn strong football team." Les Miles has one, we don't.
OK, the perverbial gun to your head, Miles or Hoke?
January 7th, 2011 at 2:42 PM ^
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd6iRgnLlBw
DID YOU FUCK MY WIFE?
January 7th, 2011 at 2:44 PM ^
"Oddly enough, the people here aren’t that different from the ones back home, when you get past the lack of interest in real sports, and the need to have yellow rice at every f*ckin’ meal." - Kenny Powers
January 7th, 2011 at 3:55 PM ^
Only if I can give her a big hug. Not one of those ass-out hugs.
January 7th, 2011 at 2:48 PM ^
to the points already raised as to why Miles won't be Michigan's coach, there's this. He really seems to be a sandwich short of a picnic.
January 7th, 2011 at 3:02 PM ^
The HC job is now online: http://umjobs.org/job_detail/54639/head_football_coach
Posting validity dates: 1/07/2011 – 1/14/2011
Apply now!
January 7th, 2011 at 3:07 PM ^
Ok, so they took the posting down, and now i look like and idiot.
January 7th, 2011 at 5:39 PM ^
I work for the University in a hiring manager position. If the posting has been taken down it has probably already been filled. Wouldn't be surprised if an announcement comes soon.