January 8th, 2011 at 1:19 AM ^
Would have been a good time to clear up any confusion.
January 8th, 2011 at 2:09 AM ^
You want Brady Fucking Hoke to be the next coach, and we should all listen to you? Give me a break. Michigan needs a "name" coach right now, and Les Miles is that coach. Has he done some shit we'd rather he hadn't? Yes, but that's the game these days. We could spend eternity screaming about un-punished NCAA violations or under-punished NCAA violations, but at the end of the day, the teams with violations are the same ones winning championships. There are no moral imperatives against many of the NCAA rules (though I can think of some against things Miles has allegedly done), so if the NCAA is willing to overlook O$U's two hundred violations each year, who cares if Michigan has a few?
January 8th, 2011 at 1:03 AM ^
Les Miles isn't very discreet, it seems pretty clear watching his post game question dodging that he wants to come here. I'm really not to thrilled about it, his success really seems like a mystery to me, I guess he can recruit but I don't understand it. Any help?
January 8th, 2011 at 1:07 AM ^
When you're LSU, recruiting in the state of louisiana is like fishing with dynamite. All of the kids want to play for you and there is no other in-state rivals. Not sure how good at recruiting Les is because he has a Texas-like advantage in his home state.
January 8th, 2011 at 1:14 AM ^
This is true. LSU routinely gets top talent from Texas and Florida as well, though. And just about anyone anywhere will want to play for a guy who won a national title.
January 8th, 2011 at 1:24 AM ^
But for years, LSU coaches couldn't lock down their state, and the talent went elsewhere. Think Anthony Thomas, Chris Howard, James Hall, Ron Bellamy, et al. Fred Jackson has been our go-to guy for Louisiana kids, but now we could have some others on staff.
January 8th, 2011 at 1:10 AM ^
He has good coaches around him, and like you said, he gets ball players. He won at Ok State, a place not nearly as established as LSU, so I'd trust him.
I'm still not sure about the oversigning. I'd give him a second chance if he admitted that it was wrong or at least addressed it to some point. We all know that won't happen, though. I suspect DB brought/brings it up at one point, in private with Les (if he's the coach, of course).
January 8th, 2011 at 1:24 AM ^
But when he was on the field after the trophy presentation, he kept talking about how LSU was basically the best place the be. The education the kids get, everything seemed to be direct shots at staying at LSU and why would he consider any place else. The only thing more he could have said was, LSU > Michigan for these kids and me.
So I don't think he's coming back to Michigan anytime soon.
BTW - where is everyone hearing these Les Miles rumors, I can't find anything with any substance on that.
January 8th, 2011 at 1:05 AM ^
The other story is that LSU's preferred replacement for Miles, apparently, is Bo Pelini. Landing a solid coach for Michigan and weakening Nebraska right as they join our division? Two birds with one stone.
January 8th, 2011 at 1:14 AM ^
Unless they think he is going to take the Stanford gig.
January 8th, 2011 at 1:27 AM ^
anyone lese think it's odd that pelini would say no to michigan but yes to LSU?
January 8th, 2011 at 1:36 AM ^
January 8th, 2011 at 3:15 AM ^
Makes sense to me.
January 8th, 2011 at 1:06 AM ^
Les to be introduced in the next 48 hours.
January 8th, 2011 at 1:06 AM ^
MIles is a top notch coach, a sweet recruiter, and his players love him. People think he was a bit shady in the SEC but what coach in that conference isnt shady? I think that he will clean up UM, bring back respect, defense, and the fear that opp once felt when they played Michigan. He wont be here for the 15 years that we wanted JH to be, but I believe that he'll have enough time to groom a successor worthy of the position. I just hope that the Lloyd/Brady Hoke camp doesnt do anything to sabotoge this like last time. Go blue,
January 8th, 2011 at 1:07 AM ^
This will all have me lying naked on the kitchen floor and sucking my thumb in the fetal position by the end of the week...
January 8th, 2011 at 1:08 AM ^
Hey we are due.
January 8th, 2011 at 1:09 AM ^
radio host just put his job on the line regarding this story. hope he's right
January 8th, 2011 at 1:09 AM ^
I have a good feeling about this weekend.... "in DB we trust" #goblue
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January 8th, 2011 at 1:45 AM ^
Talking about recruiting weekend, probably.
January 8th, 2011 at 1:50 AM ^
Can't recruit without a coach! All recruiting visits were cancelled for this weekend. Maybe he's talking about the All American Game, but then why the in DB we trust? I DO think we're going to pick up Kris Frost at the very least, though, FWIW.
January 8th, 2011 at 1:09 AM ^
can we get that live blog going from last night again? was much easier to keep up with everything for us that have not slept much this week!!
January 8th, 2011 at 1:09 AM ^
I was the first person to know that news on MIles.. thanks to all that doubted. 419
January 8th, 2011 at 1:11 AM ^
I will admit I doubted. We'll know for sure soon but it's looking solid at this point.
January 8th, 2011 at 1:15 AM ^
I gave you some props on the front page of this thread by name fwiw. If this is true, we owe you some points!
January 8th, 2011 at 1:16 AM ^
I had you down as a troll too!
January 8th, 2011 at 1:45 AM ^
If it turns out to be true, I'll give you props. Not yet though.
January 8th, 2011 at 1:10 AM ^
Hey LSU post game dudes, turn down your MSN Messenger/Facebook sound effects!
January 8th, 2011 at 1:11 AM ^
For what it's worth and I don't know if its been posted yet but..
"Everybody I think we going for Les Miles that's my pick!!"
"In a couple years after football I want to one day be able to wake up and say "I'm the fucking Head Coach of Michigan." Coming Soon!!"
- Brandon Graham
January 8th, 2011 at 1:12 AM ^
Any chance DB is waiting to see if the Ravens lose Sunday in Kansas City? Just throwing it out there...
January 8th, 2011 at 1:12 AM ^
Ads I would not expect: Cirque de Solei on an LSU football post-game show.
January 8th, 2011 at 1:18 AM ^
This was actually funny. What would suprise you more: Cirque de Solei ads on an LSU football post game OR a tOSU football post game?
January 8th, 2011 at 1:13 AM ^
saying miles assured his team after the cotton bowl that he would return and not take the michigan job.
January 8th, 2011 at 1:14 AM ^
If they hire Hoke, Brian can make shirts that looked like the ones that Hulk Hogan wore, except they would say "Hokemania" instead of "Hulkamania" ( thanks for the idea PurpleStuff)
January 8th, 2011 at 1:23 AM ^
Hokus Pokus
January 8th, 2011 at 1:14 AM ^
Lol who would have known from Toledo Ohio this news could be brought to me at 9 pm Thursday. Way before this mediastorm is going spiral outta controll. Riker Products was the reason we knew so shoutout to them.
January 8th, 2011 at 1:14 AM ^
That this was DB's plan all along? He played everything so close to the vest it's hard to say what he was thinking. Rumors swirled that obviously UM was interested in JH, but other than John Clayton saying we offered JH $5.2 mil, I haven't seen anything that said we even contacted him. Also, common perception was that Hoke was DB's guy. If that was true, then why isn't he HC? Even though I'll be very happy with the hire, if any of this speculation is true, I can't say I'm thrilled with the process.
January 8th, 2011 at 1:19 AM ^
I hope he (DB) writes a book about it eventually. I'd buy it.
January 8th, 2011 at 1:27 AM ^
If he gets Miles, what about the process doesn't thrill you? The media speculation has been frustrating but Brandon seems to be working pretty quickly and professionally.
January 8th, 2011 at 1:48 AM ^
But the timeline leaves me scratching my head. Based on how soon after the Cotton Bowl we heard the news, one can assume that DB and LM have been in talks since before the Gator Bowl. Meaning, the result of that game probably factored very little in the decision regarding RR. If that's the case, then why wasn't some sort of move made post OSU, pre Gator debacle. Some sign of competency that wouldn't have cost us further embarrassment and nearly four weeks of recruiting. I'm not saying Les couldn't have coached LSU in the cotton bowl, but maybe the announcement of his hire at Michigan could have saved some face.
<br>Sorry, it's late, this whole thing has me resorting to paragraphs of random streaming consciousness, and for that I apologize.
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<br>/rant. /speculation. /brain diarrhea.
January 8th, 2011 at 2:03 AM ^
I think DB honestly thought RR and the team deserved and earned to play their bowl game. Thus he didn't make any changes until after the bowl.
January 8th, 2011 at 4:28 AM ^
that made you rant...
January 8th, 2011 at 1:15 AM ^
Lol who would have known from Toledo Ohio this news could be brought to me at 9 pm Thursday. Way before this mediastorm is going spiral outta controll. Riker Products was the reason we knew so shoutout to them.
January 8th, 2011 at 1:17 AM ^
these radio guys in LA have no idea how many UM fans are listening to this right now. we should let them know.
January 8th, 2011 at 1:18 AM ^
Has anyone considered the possibility that the Michigan plane that flew to Baton Rouge was to meet Les after the bowl game to take him back to AA? People seemed so focused on the fact that the plane flew to Baton Rouge when Les was in Texas. Well, Les will be back in Baton Rouge very shortly....
January 8th, 2011 at 1:20 AM ^
It was carrying organs.
January 8th, 2011 at 1:21 AM ^
with that is that the plane only spent two hours in Baton Rouge, before leaving. It is not in Baton Rouge anymore.
January 8th, 2011 at 1:19 AM ^
ha ha and someone did call and let them know!!