Michigan officially reached out to Les Miles - Sam Webb
According to Sam it just happened.
http://michigan.scout.com/story/1490391-michigan-reaches-out-to-miles?s=162
December 9th, 2014 at 6:37 PM ^
its just a smoke screen harbaugh is all locked up
/s
December 9th, 2014 at 6:45 PM ^
It's a screen for JH so it doesn't appear UM has him locked up. Take a deep breath and remain patient everyone...
December 9th, 2014 at 7:04 PM ^
About that time?
December 9th, 2014 at 7:30 PM ^
We need a full slate of candidates in order to pull the trigger before everyone returns to campus in January.
December 9th, 2014 at 9:20 PM ^
I believe it. But it's not swim lanes. This is the search firm seeing who's available in case Harbaugh says no. If so, the search firm can tell Hackett which of Mullen/Miles/Cutcliffe/Stoops/Payton/Patterson/Schiano/Tom Herman/Mora Jr./Jerry Kill/Mike Trgovac/Mike Tomlin/Teryl Austin/Al Golden/Bill Belichek/Jon Gruden/Jay Gruden/Gru the guy from Despicable Me/Joe Lombardi/Vince Lombardi/Dale Earnhardt/Dale Earnhardt Jr./Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. Or Bevo the Texas Mascot might be interested if it gets to that.
December 9th, 2014 at 10:51 PM ^
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And local.
Listen.
Now.
December 10th, 2014 at 1:16 AM ^
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December 9th, 2014 at 8:13 PM ^
From what I hear, /s not necessary. Really.
That sound you hear is Jim Harbaugh becoming the highest paid coach in college football.
Give it time.
December 9th, 2014 at 9:20 PM ^
Bubble screens.
Harbaugh, because, Harbaugh.
December 9th, 2014 at 6:37 PM ^
Well, so much for Harbaugh coming home...
seems the writing is on the wall...
December 9th, 2014 at 6:39 PM ^
Everyone agree with this?
December 9th, 2014 at 6:41 PM ^
Nah. A thorough search has to include Les. The last "thorough" search was the perfect example of Brandon's tunnel vision on Hoke--not thorough
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December 9th, 2014 at 6:42 PM ^
We hear nothing other than Schiano fluffing himself for a week or so and now we are reaching out to multiple candidates - certainly sounds to me like the AD thinks their chances with Harbaugh have greatly diminished.
December 9th, 2014 at 6:53 PM ^
You're very... jumpy. We've known from the start that this would be a slow and deliberate process. Relax. You're looking at this like you snorted too much meth.
December 9th, 2014 at 7:30 PM ^
Apparently one can snort just enough Meth. Who knew?
December 9th, 2014 at 7:51 PM ^
Shows how ignorant I am. Didn't know you snorted meth
December 9th, 2014 at 7:57 PM ^
I like to eat it by the handful. :-[]
December 9th, 2014 at 8:48 PM ^
I take it as a good thing that MGoBlog members aren't very well-versed in the preferred methods for using meth.
December 9th, 2014 at 9:26 PM ^
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December 10th, 2014 at 2:00 AM ^
By saying you can do too much of something does not necessarily imply there is a correct amount you can do. Anything >0 may be too much.
December 9th, 2014 at 6:58 PM ^
You know you likely have to wait until January for JH. You know it isn't a sure bet. You told the team you'd have a guy by shortly after that -- and for the sake of the program you need a guy by shortly after that anyway.
If you're not reaching out to anybody else in the meantime, you're just being foolish. There has to be a plan B, of course.
December 9th, 2014 at 6:49 PM ^
And who knows what they reached out to say. Might've been something like, "We're not interested, so don't have your agent out there spreading lies in hopes of landing you a contract extension/raise."
December 9th, 2014 at 8:15 PM ^
Even if we weren't interested, I'm not sure why we would care if his agent spread lies to get him an extension or raise. I'm sure Jim Hackett would rather Les have money than LSU.
December 9th, 2014 at 6:56 PM ^
Believe nothing til the press conference!
December 9th, 2014 at 7:49 PM ^
Depends what "reached out" means.
If it means an offer, then yes I agree.
"Reached out" could mean so many things though.
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December 9th, 2014 at 8:46 PM ^
It means they needed somewhere to stay while meeting with Sean Payton.
/s
December 9th, 2014 at 6:51 PM ^
Hey man, I'm single, and I'm not reaching out to just one girl at a time, and last time I changed jobs I didn't apply to them one at a time..
December 9th, 2014 at 7:58 PM ^
Right where they want you. Focus on other candidates to give them time to get a deal done and give JH some breathing room to evaluate it.
December 9th, 2014 at 8:20 PM ^
I find it funny that when I first read this headline, I got a sinking feeling in my gut. After reading the comments, I guess most everyone else also got that sinking feeling, as if: "they would only reach out to Les if Harbaugh had fallen through." On the contrary, however, reaching out is not offering the job, and they should reach out to Les. It's time to move beyond old wounds.
December 9th, 2014 at 9:25 PM ^
So much for Harbaugh coming Harbaugh
You subjects and verbs aren't properly Harbaghed up. Harbaugh that please..
December 10th, 2014 at 8:22 AM ^
Well, like someone below stated, you do need a thorough search. You cannot put all your eggs in one basket to have that egg tell you no at last minute...then you scramble to grab a plan D which sets the program back to the stone ages.
However, it 'could' also be bad news. We don't know.
December 9th, 2014 at 6:37 PM ^
Backing the Hatter after JH
December 9th, 2014 at 7:32 PM ^
Les would not be a bad 2nd option. If he gave us 4-5 years while grooming his replacement I would be fine with that.
December 9th, 2014 at 7:41 PM ^
Lurves me some Les Miles
December 9th, 2014 at 6:39 PM ^
This. Is. Not. Good. (for getting Harbaugh)
December 9th, 2014 at 6:40 PM ^
"Reached out" is a whole hell of a lot different than "offered the job to." No reason to not hedge your bets when you aren't assured JH is coming.
December 9th, 2014 at 6:48 PM ^
The two are not mutually exclusive. It's not panic time yet but to have waited this long and now to be doing so speaks some words.
December 9th, 2014 at 7:04 PM ^
You are right, I am sure we "reached out, but not fully reached out" to Les Miles.
December 9th, 2014 at 7:28 PM ^
I reached out to Les Miles once. Through back channels, he told me to stop.
I was drunk, and don't really remember why I reached out in the 1st place.
December 9th, 2014 at 6:38 PM ^
Means Harbaugh has said no. Coincidence that we don't hear much of any leaks about people being contacted and then in one day we get word that two people (Cutcliffe and Miles) are contacted?
December 9th, 2014 at 6:41 PM ^
The relative lack of leaks to date probably means Hackett is running a tight ship. But I agree with your reaction -- this is unambiguously bad news re: Harbaugh.
December 9th, 2014 at 8:18 PM ^
How could "Michigan reached out to Les Miles" mean absolutely anything unambiguously other than Michigan reached out to Les Miles?
December 9th, 2014 at 8:45 PM ^
Well this one time my car made a funny noise so I lit it on fire. No sense in taking foolish chances.
December 10th, 2014 at 1:10 AM ^
I spewed my drink. It was delicious Woodford Reserve. Damn you.
December 9th, 2014 at 6:42 PM ^
its smart to reach out to these people and handling it this way is much better than giving JH an ultimatum
December 9th, 2014 at 6:49 PM ^
And Michigan just waited a week for the heck of it? I can understand waiting a week on Miles bc there are internal issues/approvals to get figured out before you reach out to Miles (based on what has been reported about the internal disagreement on him as a candidate), but no reason to wait a week to reach out to a guy like Cutcliffe other than because it has been decided that "Plan B" needs to be set into motion.
December 9th, 2014 at 6:55 PM ^
Yes Plan B guys need to be set into motion regardless of if Harbaugh's coming or not unless he told us straight up that he's coming. They waited to get the search firm together, to hold meeting on the matter. I imagine that they're done prepping and are now reaching out to gauge interest.
December 9th, 2014 at 7:36 PM ^
Job posting timeline perhaps? Let the deadline pass before making official contacts so it doesn't appear it was a one candidate hire besides a dog and pony show of token interviews. You know, like last time.
December 9th, 2014 at 8:46 PM ^
there are plenty of reasons to reach out to Coach Miles now, and as indicated above, doing so does not have to have any sort of exclusionary effect on the Harbaugh of Harbaughcisco... in most business scenarios (and coaching searches as well), if you failed to check off an obvious box on your to-do list for candidates, you would be accused of not having done your due diligence in properly weighing all your options. i am clearly on the Harbaugh-train, but i really can't read "UM reached out to Miles" as anything other than "we were always going to talk with him at some point, and today became that 'some point'"... if there was an offer involved, that would be different, but there's no indication there was discussion of an offer; moving on...