OT: Arkansas pursuing Les Miles for head coaching vacancy
per the Twitters. Nothing on SBB website yet.
SPORTSbyBROOKS @SPORTSbyBROOKS
Exclusive: SbB has learned Arkansas is engaged w/ reps of the interests of Les Miles & a $5-yr $27.5M offer is on the table
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November 27th, 2012 at 4:20 PM ^
November 27th, 2012 at 4:21 PM ^
It is Les Miles....
November 27th, 2012 at 4:23 PM ^
November 27th, 2012 at 8:20 PM ^
November 27th, 2012 at 4:20 PM ^
Why? It seems that is not a good move for Les.
November 27th, 2012 at 7:01 PM ^
would not want to follow John R. Smith?
November 27th, 2012 at 4:21 PM ^
If Arkansas can lure Les Miles and Sailboat couldn't, I quit.
November 27th, 2012 at 9:54 PM ^
"Sailboat McSquashington"
November 27th, 2012 at 4:21 PM ^
L-O-L. What are they offering? A buffet of grass?
November 27th, 2012 at 4:22 PM ^
And stay. It's not the first time he's been floated for another job and turned it into more money from LSU.
November 27th, 2012 at 4:24 PM ^
But if I'm LSU, this is an easy bluff to call.
November 27th, 2012 at 4:28 PM ^
Yeah, Les has tried this trick too many times I think.
November 27th, 2012 at 4:23 PM ^
Representatives for Mr. Miles have made an official statement to the public:
November 27th, 2012 at 4:23 PM ^
i wonder if Herbstreet will announce this before he is ready and screw the whole thing up
November 27th, 2012 at 4:23 PM ^
Via Twitter
Just hung up with George Bass, Miles' agent, on Ark rumor: "There's nothing like that going on."
November 27th, 2012 at 4:23 PM ^
For another pay raise.
November 27th, 2012 at 4:25 PM ^
Les will at best act interested to get a pay raise
He ain't going anywhere....tommrow LSU will anouncr a 5 year 30million dollar extension for Les
November 27th, 2012 at 4:26 PM ^
the TMZ of the sports world.
November 27th, 2012 at 4:35 PM ^
to TMZ.
November 27th, 2012 at 11:28 PM ^
I think TMZ has published an incorrect story once and they made a public apology for it. You just gave Sports by Brooks way more credit than he deserves.
November 27th, 2012 at 4:30 PM ^
Jeff Long and Miles are buddies from their Michigan connection. There's nothing in that tweet that mentions anything even close to Miles actually considering this. Just that Long called up his buddy, told him he'd get a raise...and Les probably laughed his ass off and hung up the phone.
November 27th, 2012 at 4:40 PM ^
November 27th, 2012 at 4:47 PM ^
I suspect delusional Arkansas thinking, or just Internets rumor-mongering, on this one.
November 27th, 2012 at 4:49 PM ^
Let's see, he turned down his alma mater to remain at an elite program in LSU. I can't see his leaving LSU to go to some middle-tier, non-elite SEC team in Arkansas, especially when he cannot even pronounce "Arkansas" correctly.
November 27th, 2012 at 4:50 PM ^
that's completely realistic! but if things don't pan out with miles, perhaps they should go after bear bryant. or bill cowher. or maybe a robot that's a combination of don shula, chip kelly, vince lombardi and bill parcells.
November 27th, 2012 at 7:43 PM ^
or a robot who looks like No. 6 (see: blonde in my avatar), in which case, Petrino would instantly come coach the team.
November 27th, 2012 at 4:54 PM ^
Michigan never offered Les and it was rumored that he would love the opportunity to coach his alma mater.
November 27th, 2012 at 5:01 PM ^
November 27th, 2012 at 4:57 PM ^
November 27th, 2012 at 5:02 PM ^
November 27th, 2012 at 5:03 PM ^
Doesn't Les have an escalator clause in his contract to keep him in the top 3 highest paid coaches anyway?
November 27th, 2012 at 11:15 PM ^
November 27th, 2012 at 5:12 PM ^
Well, this adds an interesting angle to my observation last week that Lesticles is a cross between Bo and John L. Smith. Maybe Arky's AD said, "Hey, we want another guy who's stranger than nine kinds of hell, but this time we want one who wins."
November 27th, 2012 at 5:21 PM ^
they think they can just pull anyone in with enough money despite the historical mediocrity of the program and the relatively infertile recruiting grounds of Arkansas.
November 27th, 2012 at 5:31 PM ^
Good luck with that guys...
November 27th, 2012 at 5:32 PM ^
I would call Arkansas a "sleeping giant," but they're more like a "tall guy who dozes off too much."
November 27th, 2012 at 5:36 PM ^
November 27th, 2012 at 10:49 PM ^
As long as Jeff Long stays the hell away from his high school friend turned D-I football coach with whom he also has Bo-Michigan ties with...
November 27th, 2012 at 5:45 PM ^
From an Auburn fansite admittedly, but still succinct and to the point:
"Les Miles may not be very smart but even he is not that stupid."
In any case, LSU's sports information director reported a while ago that Les has been informed of the tweet and has nothing to say. As for myself, I think we would have officially seen it all if this were in fact the case - it wouldn't make much sense for a 59 year-old Les Miles to make such a move now, especially to a program in a state of flux. Nice try, Sports By Brooks.
November 27th, 2012 at 9:39 PM ^
"LSU's sports information director reported a while ago that Les has been informed of the tweet and has nothing to say.
"Well if he is aware of the tweet and didn't respond, it is clearly not happening.
Gotta love the meaningless PR babble. Not to say I think it will happen.
November 27th, 2012 at 6:03 PM ^
November 27th, 2012 at 6:08 PM ^
I love how Arkansas tries to be a big fish in the big pool.
November 27th, 2012 at 7:07 PM ^
Not real until the first invocation of FlightAware and/or first television interview with a Baton Rouge waiter.
November 27th, 2012 at 8:33 PM ^
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
November 27th, 2012 at 8:45 PM ^
Gary Moeller is sitting front row right now at the UM vs NC State B-Ball game.....
November 27th, 2012 at 9:13 PM ^
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November 27th, 2012 at 9:29 PM ^
I thought Gruden was a lock for the Arkansas job? /s
November 27th, 2012 at 9:33 PM ^
ESPN guys just reported on it after the b-ball game.