Hiring Les Miles as an analyst
Les is almost certainly out of a job after this season unless he can somehow beat Alabama. Do you think Harbaugh hires him to his staff? He probably wouldn't get another head coaching job due to his age and he has ties to Michigan. He has always recruited well and could Harbaugh recruit the deep south due to his established relationships there.
September 25th, 2016 at 2:20 AM ^
September 25th, 2016 at 9:34 AM ^
Amen. I think Harbaugh would be wise to stay away from the Hatter. Especially if all the Moeller's wife stuff is true. Let sleeping dogs lie.
September 25th, 2016 at 10:48 AM ^
People need to let that rumor die. It's almost certainly unfounded but the internet echo chamber keeps reviving it.
There are some other allegations about Miles that may have legs, but they're about more mundane matters like possible NCAA improprieties.
September 25th, 2016 at 2:23 AM ^
Steve Spurrier was 60 when he got the South Carolina job. You don't think a team like Kentucky would hire him in an instant? He'll more than likely get another coaching job.
September 25th, 2016 at 2:26 AM ^
Is Miles still considered that after his last couple years, at his age, and his seeming refusal to address his offensive staff?
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September 25th, 2016 at 2:38 AM ^
has a tenth of Miles' resume, and the same refusal to address his offensive staff, and he got a head coaching job less than a year after he got fired. Miles has a national championship ring and a pretty good recruiting pedigree. Kentucky, Baylor, and possibly Mississippi State will be open this year. A bunch of other mid level jobs will become available. Someone will take a chance on him.
September 25th, 2016 at 3:05 AM ^
Why is Baylor going to be looking right now? Theyre currently 4-0 and favs to win the conference and are probably the Big 12's last hope at a playoff team.
And I highly doubt Les takes a mid major job after being at LSU for so long. I wouldnt be surprised if he did in fact retire.
And unless Mullen leaves on his own, Miss St isnt going to fire him. Theyve had 3 10 win seasons since 1940, and Mullen has one of them just two years ago and just sent a QB to the NFL thats currently starting.
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September 25th, 2016 at 3:46 AM ^
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September 25th, 2016 at 11:56 AM ^
Spurrier got tired of losing and quit on his team in the middle of the year. IMO he is a quitter.
September 25th, 2016 at 8:41 AM ^
September 25th, 2016 at 9:32 AM ^
What could possibly go wrong?
September 25th, 2016 at 10:37 AM ^
September 25th, 2016 at 11:57 AM ^
He's had years to hire a decent OC. Why would going to psu cause that to change?
September 25th, 2016 at 2:38 PM ^
Aranda following him to Penn State if that were to happen. He's gonna get paid.
September 25th, 2016 at 2:30 AM ^
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September 25th, 2016 at 8:04 AM ^
NOOOOOOoooooooo!!!!!
September 25th, 2016 at 2:31 AM ^
If Miles can give up the dream of being the highest-paid coach +$1000, he could do something really Mike Leach-esque out there.
You have to think that guy is sitting on a plane tonight thinking about how it all went wrong...
September 25th, 2016 at 2:31 AM ^
Les should get a nice beach house and call it a day.
Although I am not 100% against him as an assistant. I think he would be good. Up to him though.
September 25th, 2016 at 2:33 AM ^
Lots of peeps haven't much use for him, including one man whose name I won't mention, but his initials are Lloyd Carr.
September 25th, 2016 at 3:01 AM ^
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September 25th, 2016 at 10:33 AM ^
the 1st time around he seemed pretty cold to the idea....the second time around I think he'd figured out it was time to do whatever it took to get the program back in the right direction.
September 25th, 2016 at 11:39 AM ^
Wow! I never knew someone with 9 initials had that much influence at Michigan.
September 25th, 2016 at 2:47 AM ^
September 25th, 2016 at 3:03 AM ^
Don't analysts basically study film all day everyday? Does that really seem like Les Miles' forte?
September 25th, 2016 at 7:54 AM ^
September 25th, 2016 at 8:41 AM ^
I'd imagine he would have plenty of value as an advisor and a recruiter. I'd let him work on whatever he wanted; scouting, watching film, watching practice.
I expect to see him working on TV next year. Seems like a good fit.
September 25th, 2016 at 8:58 AM ^
Nothing like a having someone represent the programs whose most recent accomplishment was to get fired. Wouldn't you think RBs would flock to him after the stellar job with Fournette?
September 25th, 2016 at 9:41 AM ^
2) He has a lot of good connections with HS coaches and recruits.
3) He's not going to be coaching here. No recruit is coming to play for him. He would be selling recruits on playing for our staff and on Michigan.
4) He would be getting paid by LSU with us kicking in a token amount.
I think it would be a no brainer to hire him as an analyst. I expect to see him on ESPN or FS1 instead.
September 25th, 2016 at 10:21 AM ^
he would be an awesome recruiter, but he'll either retire, tack a year off and then go coach, or go right back into coaching
October 8th, 2016 at 3:46 AM ^
September 25th, 2016 at 9:34 AM ^
What's Miles going to tell Harbaugh, Brown, and Drevno that they don't already know?
September 25th, 2016 at 10:07 AM ^
I wouldn't dismiss Miles' knowledge of the game..
By the same logic, what could our other analysts, say Devin Bush Sr, tell Don Brown and Greg Mattison that they don't already know?
October 8th, 2016 at 3:50 AM ^
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September 25th, 2016 at 10:09 AM ^
but they definitely can do a lot of recruiting. Look at Chris Partridge last year or Tony Tuioti now.
September 25th, 2016 at 11:09 AM ^
As an analyst he couldn't directly contact recruits. He could meet some on campus if they decide to visit.
I don't see a particular reason for Harbaugh to do this unless he just wants to give Les a soft landing. He could possibly help with Louisiana recruiting, but in general, Jim wants to hire younger, hungrier guys who want to climb the ladder.
September 25th, 2016 at 11:30 AM ^
analysts. Erik Campbell is certainly a veteran coach and there's no limit on how many support staff we can have. I'm not saying this is at all likely, but Michigan would just be a short term stop for Miles. He get's to spend a year in Ann Arbor before moving on the another HC job.
I'd expect him to do that in broadcasting, but maybe that's not what he wants.
September 25th, 2016 at 3:07 AM ^
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September 25th, 2016 at 3:28 AM ^
he just loves thinking about Herbstreit late at night.
September 25th, 2016 at 3:58 AM ^
True. It's 4AM and I'm thinking about Herbie...
September 25th, 2016 at 3:40 AM ^
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September 25th, 2016 at 7:32 AM ^
I'm thankful for Herbstreit's help.
September 25th, 2016 at 11:17 AM ^
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September 25th, 2016 at 11:12 AM ^
Look at it this way: if we'd hired Miles in 2007 he'd still be here, so we'd have no Harbaugh now.
Would Les have been better than RR/Hoke? Most likely. Better than Harbaugh? Uh, no.