Hiring Les Miles as an analyst
Les is almost certainly out of a job after this season unless he can somehow beat Alabama. Do you think Harbaugh hires him to his staff? He probably wouldn't get another head coaching job due to his age and he has ties to Michigan. He has always recruited well and could Harbaugh recruit the deep south due to his established relationships there.
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I'm good with this. I'd rather listen to Miles in the booth over 95% of the other stiffs that keep getting recast. I'd bet he'd bring some good stories and interesting* analysis, too!
(* Like how the grass flavor can tell you about the home crowd, or some such tidbit...)
September 25th, 2016 at 4:57 AM ^
Les Miles is a decent person and I like him. He's a fellow alum. However, I don't think he'd fit in our coaching plans.
He's a bright guy and could do well in the realm of TV.
September 25th, 2016 at 6:55 AM ^
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September 25th, 2016 at 10:42 AM ^
Alledgedly.
September 25th, 2016 at 11:18 AM ^
Almost certainly no. Insiders (even people who don't like Miles) say it's nonsense. They dislike him for other reasons, but none quite that soap opera-ish.
This not only slanders Miles but also the Moeller family. People have to stop repeating it.
September 25th, 2016 at 5:14 AM ^
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September 25th, 2016 at 5:20 AM ^
He'll do a few years in TV since he'd be a good TV personality, but I'm guessing he'll want to step away from coaching and go into a less stressful environment. Especially at his age.
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September 25th, 2016 at 8:13 AM ^
is the word "analyst." If he was remotely analytical, he would have never hired Cam Cameron in the first place. That was almost as dumb as RR hiring Greg Robinson.
He'll be 63 in November. No major university at the level of LSU is going to pay the crapton of money they would need to in order to get a guy that old, with his long record of coaching gaffes.
If LSU fires him at the end of the season, he'll retire from active coaching and some network will throw a bucket of money at him to be a color commentator.
September 25th, 2016 at 8:51 AM ^
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September 25th, 2016 at 8:12 AM ^
Not a chance he'll end up on Michigan's staff, let alone sharing the film booth with recently-ex HS coaches. C'mon!!!
Would love to see him go to the TV booth...
September 25th, 2016 at 8:14 AM ^
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September 25th, 2016 at 8:23 AM ^
September 25th, 2016 at 8:24 AM ^
LSU runs a caveman offense. They would never win without Fournette.
Sorry, I want no part of Les Miles at Michigan. I think we have it pretty good with Harbaugh. In fact, I'd simply ask who's got it better than us?
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September 25th, 2016 at 8:33 AM ^
He is the natural heir to Corso's throne on Game Day. Who doesn't want to see Les do headgear picks
September 25th, 2016 at 8:37 AM ^
Awesome. Didn't think of that angle!
September 25th, 2016 at 8:38 AM ^
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September 25th, 2016 at 10:51 AM ^
But yes, we talk about this all the time in the Gameday threads on Saturday's.
First we thought it was Spurrier, but he's terrible. Has no interest in being on camera unless he feels like being on camera. Just wants to golf, sip John Daly's and watch his Gators out in St. Augustine, FL with the retirees. Which is fine.
Les would be great on Gameday. And he's 19 years younger than Corso (who's in his early 80's!)
Let Les retire after this year and do gameday for the next 15 years. Hell, they can share it next year so Corso can get his going away year and pass the baton to less.
September 25th, 2016 at 8:36 AM ^
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Definitely not.
But he can certainly be on TV as a talking head. He's good in front of a camera...but he's not going to be a color guy for an actual game.
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when Dantonio hires Saban as an analyst
September 25th, 2016 at 8:57 AM ^
Miles loses his giant buyout if he goes to Michigan, and in fact would owe LSU $1.25 million. It would be a net loss of about 12 million.
http://sports.newsday.com/long-island/data/college/college-football/coa…
September 25th, 2016 at 9:56 AM ^
It was obviously about him taking the HC job here, as he might have done if it was offered.
September 25th, 2016 at 10:45 AM ^
Yeah my brain was clearly not working this morning. +1 to you
September 25th, 2016 at 8:57 AM ^
His only value to this staff would theoretically be recruiting, specifically in the south. But the type of student althlete recruited at LSU and UM is completely different.
September 25th, 2016 at 9:06 AM ^
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September 25th, 2016 at 9:18 AM ^
Now, if we're going to hire Les to be the dude who does all the Tru-Green stuff to my lawn, I think that's probably a better, funnier application of Less, but I have to think he would not just settle for being an analyst, even on a Harbaugh coached team and at his alma mater. I could be wrong though.
September 25th, 2016 at 9:45 AM ^
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I mean, like, I can think of a lot of teams where dumping your head coach for Miles even at 62 would be great.
If I were an Iowa fan, I'd love to switch... oh, wait.
September 25th, 2016 at 10:31 AM ^
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The fact that they're still married isn't a good barometer.
Now if MY wife fucked Les Miles I'd divorce her crazy ass...but plenty of couples deal with cheating and remain together.
Doesn't mean the rumor is true though.
September 25th, 2016 at 10:45 AM ^
Once in the times when dinosaurs walked the earth and the tar pits were still bubbling (i.e. pre-Internet) this type of speculation would be left to the days after the world series and before spring training and people would gather around and propose crazy trades and tout up and coming minor leaguers. Coaching speculation is now the latest way to pass time after a game and before the next big game.
At this point, if Harbaugh continues to win and building up his program, he has no need for someone like Les Miles. After recruiting for Stanford and building a strong team there, he knows the type of kids he wants to get and where he needs to go to find them.
Miles would probably go the TV analyst route - like Rich Rod and Brady Hoke until someone offers him a deal. Today it would be on ESPN/FOX/broadcast network, and in the old days, the old Mizlou TV network broadcasting on UHF.
September 25th, 2016 at 11:06 AM ^
great coach get him. forget all bullshit. would be a damn good recruiter