LSU Insiders Speculate Les Miles is Headed to Michigan

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The title says it all. That's the chatter from the folks over there. Also, Les Miles tweeted "Geux Blue.... beat em in the Horseshoe!!" yesterday.

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Brodie

November 30th, 2014 at 3:34 PM ^

this is not in any way a positive. It's essentially forcing you to implement a succession plan, as though we're doing this coaching search and the next one at the same time. And you're talking about Les retiring right when we start hitting our stride, which is suboptimal.

And nobody has really considered what might happen if Les, having left a perfect situation at LSU, insisted on finishing the job here and wanted to stay indefinitely. Are we prepared to have a 70-something Les Miles here, pulling a Bowden and fighting to keep his job even if the game passes him by?

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bjk

November 30th, 2014 at 2:28 PM ^

we never get better at it because we never have the same staff from one coaching search to the next. Maybe the AD can hire DRob or Devin as consultants on how to function in a turbulent environment.

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Sac Fly

November 30th, 2014 at 1:51 PM ^

Les Miles is a mirror of Mark Richt. Very successful, but he's losing traction with the fans. 3 losses in each of the past 3 years is not going to sit well when you've had 29 players drafted in that same time frame. 

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Swazi

November 30th, 2014 at 1:52 PM ^

They speculated that in 2007 and 2011, too.  I remember in 2011 a Louisiana sports talk show after LSU won...I think it was the Cotton Bowl, announcing on their show that they have learned that Les Miles accepted the Michigan job.

We all know how that panned out.

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Talcelm

November 30th, 2014 at 1:54 PM ^

Well we damn well now we aren't going to have harbaugh traded to us from the jets.... I'll take les so he can finish he career and lay ground work for harbaugh then

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Brodie

November 30th, 2014 at 3:41 PM ^

well, not really. He could refuse to sign an extension but he can't refuse the trade itself unless he opts out of his current deal to come here. So our best hope is that he has his eye on a particular NFL job and they don't want to pay what SF is asking, causing him to decide to head here.

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JZ

November 30th, 2014 at 1:55 PM ^

As many people have said, we are realistically not getting Jim Harbaugh. Why would you not want Les Miles? Almost every issue is minor. Age? Nick Saban is 63 and recruits well. Relies on Coordinators? Tell me a top program that doesn't have top coordinators. Agressive playcalling? I'd take it. 

The guy should have had the job several times in the past. Proven winner in the toughest conference. 

 

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