Still confused about Herbstreit/Miles thing
I was hoping Three and Out would shed some light on this, but apparently not. I never understood how Herbstreit got his info that Michigan and Les Miles came to an agreement, and how/why neither he nor ESPN was ever held accountable in any way for reporting false info and pretty much sabatoging a coaching search in the process.
Although I was all about PB&J time when we hired RR, reluctantly accepted that he had to go for a number of reasons, and am quite content with our current staff, I'm still dying to know wtf happened. At that point I was extremely excited about the prospect of Miles as our new coach, and I remember mgoblog was going nuts celebrating our early Christmas present that Saturday morning. I don't want to give away too much from the book for those who haven't read it, but it was pretty clear that Miles could have been our coach if the process wasn't botched by Herbstreit/ESPN and Martin. At this point this is neither here nor there, but I really do think Miles would have gladly adapted his ethical standards at Michigan compared to what he can and does get away with at LSU, and I think he would have turned us into a powerhouse (sooner than our current trajectory, though not necessarily better in the long run).
I'm not really bitter at this point, and despite the last 3 years of pain, I feel awesome about our program and its future. Even though Herbstreit is a Buckeye, I find him to be relatvily objective and skilled at his job, with this one glaring exception. Does anyone have any clue what happened and why there was never even an apology or acknowledgment of such a major confabulation and screw up? My apologies if I'm missing info of which others have been aware.
November 13th, 2011 at 9:03 PM ^
it was a very weird moment in our history, but there was something so exciting about that coaching serach, even in the Bacon book describes how big of a fail it constituted. On the other hadn, the past coaching serach felt so desparate. Even though Brandon handled it better than Martin, it just seemed like all the news coming from propsective hires was negative. Then, of course, Hoke walked from my current home town to the Big House, and the rest is history.
November 13th, 2011 at 11:53 PM ^
as noboy has said this name yet. Anyways, I know a guy who has been right about a lot of past inside happenings at the UM athletic department. And he claims to this day that it was Mike DeBord who leaked it to Herby
November 14th, 2011 at 12:26 AM ^
Hi 1Cat!
Go back to the kiddie pool. MLive misses you.
November 14th, 2011 at 1:29 AM ^
I've heard Miles wanted to come to coach Michigan after RR was fired but Brandon was not willing to pay him what he wanted, plus Brandon always wanted Hoke.
I'm happy with Hoke. He seems to be doing a good job during his first season. I thought we would finish 8-4 this season but I think there's a good chance that we will win our final two home games and go 10-2. Hoke could end up with the same or fewer losses than Bo had during his first season in '69. I wish we would have played better against IA, that was a winnable game!
November 14th, 2011 at 9:00 AM ^
SImple, the Fescule is better in LA