charblue.

September 25th, 2016 at 4:56 PM ^

college football more seriously than protection against natural disasters. I guess because one thing is a natural disaster and the other is man-made and completely avoidable. Oh well.

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Gentleman Squirrels

September 25th, 2016 at 4:57 PM ^

Recruits to watch: Jacoby Stevens, Austin Deculus, Grant Delpit, Jhamon Ausbon, Kary Vincent. Michigan has been invovlved with them all to some capacity even if they weren't strong connections previously.

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BlueMk1690

September 25th, 2016 at 4:58 PM ^

Pretty sure he was really pissed off when he did that job at USC and was then never even considered for the permanent job. We all know he's not considered for the permanent job at LSU but I guess if they say 'heres a few hundred grand to do it', he'd be hard-pressed to say no.

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BlowGoo

September 25th, 2016 at 5:02 PM ^

So, how does this work?

Do the LSU players have to downgrade to, like, 2015 cars?

Or do they have to pay for gas now which is not too bad because $2/gallon?

Hookers, but no Wolf-Of-Wall-Street blow off their ass?

I wish I knew more about SEC football...

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michfan23

September 25th, 2016 at 5:04 PM ^

For the life of me I cannot figure out why so many here want to offer him a job. What about his brand of football says 21st century? Can he recruit, sure, is he going to take a job to simply recruit players when a week ago he was the coach of a football team? We know Harbaugh and his staff recruit well, and like it or not, many SEC athletes stay in the south because the academic standards aren't quite up to the Michigan level and the cash offers are much more lucrative than anywhere else in the nation. Why would Harbaugh want another head coach on his staff that would upset the current mix of what he has going on?
I just don't get it!



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Danwillhor

September 25th, 2016 at 5:10 PM ^

he'd have to be in retirement mode to take a job as some non-coaching assistant or whatever. I don't know if his love for Michigan is enough to not have an ego. It would be a juggling act but very boom or bust. It would be great or atrocious, nothing in the middle. You pass on those.

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BlowGoo

September 25th, 2016 at 5:21 PM ^

Well, I'm not saying I necessarily WANT this to happen, but it wouldn't be without precedent.

It depends on what Miles wants. It could very well be he'd be thrilled to be a well compensated SEC footprint recruiter, and his connections would be priceless.

In any event, wrt question of whether or no we would ever want Les Miles here in any capacity, the right answer is the same right answer we always have: whatever Harbaugh wants.

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micheal honcho

September 25th, 2016 at 8:10 PM ^

In his 2 losses this season his team has allowed ONE offensive TD. Les is to D what RR was to O. Now let me ask you this. Given what you have seen over the past 10 years, would you rather have a team with a great O and weak ass D or vice versa? I know with a Les Miles team you are ALWAYS going to have a vicious D and that means you're always going to at least be IN the game in the 4th Q with a CHANCE to win. Can't say the same for RR, Chip Kelly etc.
Watching the opposition barge into my end zone 7x while I hope we can get into theirs 9x is not football that I desire. It's basketball. When LSU played Chip Kelly's team at the height of their offensive juggernaut Les gave them like 16 points and physically beat the ever loving SHIT out of those guys en route to defeating them. That game was a perfect example of what happens when "communist football" meets a real D.
I understand them firing Les but they will rue the day they did it if they think hiring an offense first guy is better.



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LSAClassOf2000

September 25th, 2016 at 5:05 PM ^

Man, this is one of those events in life where you thought it might come but you were never certain if those with the power to make the decision would actually have the nuts to go through with it. That being said, it might actually be better that they did this now for a lot of reasons, many of them having to do with recruiting. Still, I did not expect to see those words - "Les Mile Fired" - now, in the latter of half of September of any year. 

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Mr. Yost

September 25th, 2016 at 5:23 PM ^

People wanted us to fire Hoke midseason to do the same thing for Harbaugh.

It's a terrible move when you have a sitting coach...because all you do is piss them off because they have to deny so much eventually they come out and make a public statement about how they have no interest in your program.

The best move is to do JUST what Michigan/Hackett did...you take the Dantonio approach and you lay in the weeds. No need to bring any pressure or attention to the guy you want.

You don't need to fire a guy to talk to an agent...let's be real. If that's the goal. Just figure out a way to meet the agent in an airport somewhere where you both have layovers in the same city. Happens all the time. Airport meetings.

That LSU fanbase is going to be ALL over Herman. It's going to be a distraction while they're trying to get into the playoff...only bad things can happen. We all know there is ZERO percent chance he goes "Oh, yea, as soon as I'm done with this year...I'll move on to LSU." So just relax, IMO...fire Cameron, keep Miles until the end of the year and let him go after the season.

Then go all in for Herman. Blank check. But you've saved him 2 months of distraction and speculation.

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SLS

September 25th, 2016 at 5:29 PM ^

I agree with almost everything, except Herman agreed to the Houston job and then went on to coach in a couple more games for OSU. Is it possible in a few weeks he could agree to coach LSU, but stay with Houston until their season ends?

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Mr. Yost

September 25th, 2016 at 6:08 PM ^

Kirby Smart did the same with Bama/UGA.

Apples and Oranges.

For a bowl game? Yeah, it's happened before. But no chance he'd commit to LSU during the year or even during the playoff. I suppose if they made it to the national championship game, maybe he could accept it before the game and tell his team afterwards, but the fans find out during the game?

A head coach has so much more to consider and think about...he'd look TERRIBLE if he committed to LSU while still at Houston.

We all know what Athletic Director Bo would do if he was at Michigan.

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Perkis-Size Me

September 25th, 2016 at 7:06 PM ^

The problem is not everyone has the same mindset as you.

What if Auburn fires Malzahn first and goes full steam ahead for Herman? Or UT fires Charlie Strong? Or USC fires Clay Helton? Do you really want to wait to "do the right thing" and end up competing with all of those blue bloods?

Or do you say "fuck it," cut ties right now, and get out ahead of everyone else for the coach that everyone claims to be the next Urban Meyer? At some point, when you know the guy you have isn't going to get you to where you want to be, you have to let him go if you know that the next guy is going to get you to the next level. Herman will do that for whoever he coaches next.



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drzoidburg

September 25th, 2016 at 5:16 PM ^

For a school that just declared bankruptcy, they sure have their priorities in order I'll add i would've loved to have Miles as our coach in the 7-8 years (so abysmal i forget how long exactly) between Carr and Harbaugh, and i still think Martin was a jackass for botching that

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