August 31st, 2015 at 2:28 PM ^
Love the guy even though he's a bit weird. He may have made a mistake not coming to Michigan. Not that it matters now but If he goes through another 8 win season at LSU anyone else think they might can him?
August 31st, 2015 at 2:30 PM ^
How would he have come? He was never offered the job.
August 31st, 2015 at 2:36 PM ^
He wasn't offered in '07 or '11?
August 31st, 2015 at 2:38 PM ^
Nope, read JUB book. His personal quote was "I'd never say no to Michigan"
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August 31st, 2015 at 2:43 PM ^
I read Three & Out, and that rings a bell now.
I was always under the assumption that he agreed to be the coach before the 2007 SEC championship game, but the fact that ESPN leaked it before the game he backed down and therefore we went to Rodriguez
August 31st, 2015 at 2:52 PM ^
There's a reason we call him Sailboat Bill Martin around these parts.
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August 31st, 2015 at 3:36 PM ^
I always gave Miles' agent credit for calling up ESPN to get his client a huge payday from LSU.
August 31st, 2015 at 2:43 PM ^
Nope. Three and Out should be required reading for every Michigan fan.
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August 31st, 2015 at 2:46 PM ^
[[[[shudder]]]]
August 31st, 2015 at 2:44 PM ^
how goddamn incompetent the AD has been for at least the past decade. Thank goodness for Jim Hackett.
August 31st, 2015 at 5:14 PM ^
At least Martin hired Beilein
August 31st, 2015 at 5:50 PM ^
Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn every now and then.
August 31st, 2015 at 5:57 PM ^
Martin did a lot of good things overall. He oversaw the construction of a lot of beautiful facilities. His one big screwup was the football hire, and it justifiably tarnishes his legacy, but not completely.
August 31st, 2015 at 6:52 PM ^
that on paper, Rich Rodriguez should have been a home run hire. He was one of the biggest names in college football when Martin landed him. He flamed out here because he was a bad fit for Michigan, not because he was a terrible hire in general. Matin made a mistake in that he may have hired the best guy on the market for any generic college football coaching position, but he didn't think enough about culture fit. IMO that isn't enough to tar and feather him. He made a big hire, one that could have been explosive (in a GOOD way) for the program, and it just didn't work out.
Rodriguez is obviously doing just fine at Arizona, a place where there was nothing to fit into and they are letting him do whatever the f*** he wants. That isn't how things were going to work at Michigan, nor am I saying they should have been. I just have a hard time pointing a finger at Martin and saying he totally screwed up the Rodriguez hire, because in 2007, Rodriguez looked like a fantastic hire from most angles.
August 31st, 2015 at 4:26 PM ^
I never knew this was confirmed. Damn u Dave brandon
August 31st, 2015 at 8:43 PM ^
What was the whole "Herbstreit and Les Miles to Michigan"? I have never heard where Herbie said he got that info. I had always assumed Michigan had offered him the job the day before the National Championship and he was put between a rock and a hard place and stayed at LSU. Anyone heard what really happened? I know it is ancient news but curious nonetheless.
August 31st, 2015 at 5:39 PM ^
You mean Michigan made a mistake not offering him and letting idiots like Rich Rod and Hoke come here and destroy our program. You can think Carr,Martin,Coleman and Brandon for the last seven years of crap football we've been forced to watch.
August 31st, 2015 at 2:29 PM ^
Seems to be okay.
"LSU Coach Les Miles went to a hospital Monday as a precaution after feeling sick, but is "fine" and will be at the Tigers' 3 p.m. practice today, according to Vice Chancellor Joe Alleva."
August 31st, 2015 at 11:20 PM ^
bloodletting, trepanation (the boring of a hole in the skull), and mercury serum.
He came out of treatment in great shape.
http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/7-unusual-ancient-medical-tec…
August 31st, 2015 at 2:31 PM ^
Probably ate grass that had recently been fertilized.
Jokes aside, wish him a speedy recovery..
August 31st, 2015 at 2:48 PM ^
...for Weed'n'Feed
August 31st, 2015 at 2:33 PM ^
Go Blue
August 31st, 2015 at 2:33 PM ^
But harbaugh on fox1
Noe
August 31st, 2015 at 2:39 PM ^
August 31st, 2015 at 3:22 PM ^
Bad grass ...
August 31st, 2015 at 5:02 PM ^
I have had alligator gumbo, as well as Hunan Alligator. Both were actually pretty good...but what the hell, I also like raw oysters and crawdad boils (but I ain't sucking no head, no way!).
August 31st, 2015 at 2:39 PM ^
Bacon's reddit AMA was interesting on this topic yesterday. It was RichRod who asked Brandon if Les Miles would be Michigan's next coach after he'd been fired, and Brandon told him "Over my dead body."
I'd heard the story many times before, but didn't know RR was the source.
August 31st, 2015 at 2:42 PM ^
and Fuck Bill Martin for not hiring Les.
Get well soon Hatter. There's at least one Wolverine that's praying for you. Although that may do more harm than good.
August 31st, 2015 at 3:19 PM ^
Lots of stories why, but when Lloyd Carr took over, the first person he told to get out of town was Les Miles.
August 31st, 2015 at 3:31 PM ^
Lloyd wasn't the coach anymore. Whatever beef he had with Les should not have mattered. Les was the best candidate available for the job in 2008 and he should have been hired, Lloyd's opinion be damned.
August 31st, 2015 at 3:45 PM ^
Lloyd probably would've forged transfer papers to get Mallet out. And the former players that fueled most of the anti-RR talk were Lloyd's players. I doubt he would have been more active in keeping the fort united with Miles around.
To be fair to Les, if Bill Martin went outside the box to land Harbaugh in 2007, Lloyd probably would've balked at that too.
August 31st, 2015 at 3:54 PM ^
games than RR. That 3-9 season wouldn't have ever happened. It would have been an 8-4 / 7-5 rebuilding year before he really got the ball rolling. 2011 would have been his (1st) NC year, followed by at least one more by today.
I love Harbaugh and he's the best coach for Michigan right now, but a big part of me wishes Les would have gotten his shot in the big chair. He would have done great here.
August 31st, 2015 at 5:27 PM ^
I think he could've won the NC with that first team. It seems that the public will never fully know how or why Les burned his bridges with the football program, but either way it's unfortunate.
August 31st, 2015 at 4:40 PM ^
that is why Loyd Carr is a selfish, crotchy dick.
August 31st, 2015 at 4:19 PM ^
opposed to hiring Miles. Aside from that, Carr had earned the right to have his opinion respected. It's not as if he was being allowed to name his successor, but he should have been the first person talked to about potential candidates.
August 31st, 2015 at 4:27 PM ^
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't he want English or DeBord, or Ferentz from Iowa? His judgment was clearly impaired in that regard.
August 31st, 2015 at 5:09 PM ^
Bingo. There are too many people who think Carr's poopoo doesn't stink.
August 31st, 2015 at 6:32 PM ^
Never groomed a successor like Bo did before he retired.
August 31st, 2015 at 5:44 PM ^
Yeah that is correct maybe Coach Carr shouldn't of left his wife and kids while he broke up McCartney's brothers marriage. That is the reason Carr and Miles don't get along. Miles wife let Carr's wife and kids move in while Carr was running around behind there back. Even worse was when the dumb asses in our fan fase started the rumor that Miles hooked up with another coaches wife to try to draw attention away from what really happened. I like coach Carr but he was not a nice man early on in his coaching career.
August 31st, 2015 at 2:50 PM ^
Les Miles would have been.... ????
So confusing.
August 31st, 2015 at 2:42 PM ^
Les was perfect for Michigan in 2007. By 2011 he was already overshadowed by Harbaugh. Unfortunately it didn't work out for the "Mad Hatter". I hope after he gets out of coaching he can make a few visits and be more visible around the program.
August 31st, 2015 at 2:55 PM ^
Ah, the halcyon days of 2007...
August 31st, 2015 at 4:30 PM ^
This comic is hilarious.
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August 31st, 2015 at 2:43 PM ^
Too much grass does that.
August 31st, 2015 at 3:10 PM ^
It could very well have been one of those awkward moments in life when you discover why certain species eat certain things as an emetic.
In all seriousness, the buzz on Twitter is that he is fine and will be at practice later on today, so it doesn't sound serious, so definitely some good news there.
August 31st, 2015 at 2:45 PM ^
Geaux Blue!
August 31st, 2015 at 2:53 PM ^
Passez au bleu?
August 31st, 2015 at 3:07 PM ^
That would mean "pass into the blue."
The best translation for "Go Blue" is Allez les Bleus. (Which is a common cheer, incidentally, as France's national teams almost always wear blue at home.)
August 31st, 2015 at 2:51 PM ^
I'm glad he has a NC under his belt. Get well and have a great year.
August 31st, 2015 at 2:58 PM ^
Always loved Les Miles.
Good luck down in the Bayou. LSU has always been my SEC team to root for. Hope they can exceed expectations this year and take the SEC away from those Alabama schools.
Geaux Tigers and Geaux Blue!
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