what would you do? be honest

fricking make up your mind and go

Don't leave us in limbo

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fricking make up your mind and go

Don't leave us in limbo

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How are we in limbo? Les is the coach at LSU, he has said so definitively 8432587023784 times, but you want one more?

If I'm happy where I am, I wouldn't risk my current happiness and success just for a familiar environment where the pursuit of equal happiness and success will ultimately be decided by factors of limited control and far less certainty.

So in Miles' case, his current success is not strictly a result of his input. He can credit the LSU facilities which attracts recruits as well as the multiple coaching assistants, the quality of players, and the virtually exclusive territorial recruiting rights to one of the highest per capita concentrations of athletic talent in the US. To maintain this success may require only incremental changes each year. It is easier to keep doing what has worked.

To go to Michigan, there will be a much more diverse set of changes whose intertwining effects will have no track record of success to have faith in - optimism that your input was the sole determining factor of success has a pretty good chance of turning out to be false optimism. In Michigan, if Lloyd Carr was the only personality in place who didn't want Miles, Carr would be out of the picture. He's already retired (due in part to public pressure), so he can't wield that much political influence without the support of others. So why would Miles risk what he has for a more divisive political environement?

The list of successful coaches who succeeded elsewhere is not very pursuasive of an expectation of continued success when compared to a list of successful coaches who failed to achieve the same level of success elsewhere.

But, to repeat the question, if in the same circumstances, would you come out and say absolutely not, close that chapter, or talk to them?

I think the guy was sincere when he made his statements. It's BS to say he's "helping them find a coach"... C'mon, we all know they are making a pitch to overcome objections and lure him back.

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But, to repeat the question, if in the same circumstances, would you come out and say absolutely not, close that chapter, or talk to them?

I think the guy was sincere when he made his statements. It's BS to say he's "helping them find a coach"... C'mon, we all know they are making a pitch to overcome objections and lure him back.

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I would talk. But only so they can hear my reasons directly from me and give them an opportunity to fully understand my reasons so that they can move on. I think he's sincere as well (though it's only based on optimism). A gentleman will talk to the people courting him, regardless of occupation. Of course he knows they will try to lure him in - even if it is a face saving gesture to appease the Michigan community. If Miles loves that community, he would absolutely chat with them. He would also make it clear to the LSU community once he returned from that chat what his motivations were for chatting with them.

I also wouldn't call it b.s. that both parties are interested in helping to find a coach. He's a credible source for finding a good fit for a job that he has a lot of ties to. He also turned his back on that opportunity for good reasons (probably Lloyd Carr's divisive influence among others). Helping them overcoming that would be of mutual benefit.

To be completely honest, I would want to go back to where I played; however, I would stay for my family.
He has kids entering their teenage years and you know they definitely do not want to pick up again and have to make new friends. Also, the pay is better and would allow for me to provide for them better (a new infiniti instead of a nissan)