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re: Do you think Miles ever showed real interest in Michigan job?
Posted on 10/15/15 at 11:04 am to Grim
Posted on 10/15/15 at 11:04 am to Grim
No, he wasn't ever going to go back to Michigan. Only a few places in the country allow you to recruit the majority of your players from within a 2 mile radius and LSU is one of them. He was as interested as he needed to be to get some love and pay raise in the past.
Plus I am sure he is connected enough at UM to know that Harbaugh was going to get the first shot.
Plus I am sure he is connected enough at UM to know that Harbaugh was going to get the first shot.
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Posted on 10/15/15 at 11:14 am to Gray Tiger
Ya got me!! Just made this up!! You have it figured out. Miles, who loves Michigan as much as ANY fan here loves LSU, who credits UM and Bo with making him the man he is, who thinks Bo walked on water, was not interested in becoming THE HEAD FOOTBALL coach at his beloved Alma mater after UM officials made an all out blitz to hire him. Miles the great family man who honors loyalty and remembers those who have helped him reach where he is today, said thanks but no thanks to UM. Got it, better make my phone call to my imaginary sources to straighten them out!!
Posted on 10/15/15 at 11:19 am to DIGGY
quote:as i said before, this is an assumption that mich made an offer to him which it appears they never have done. hard for miles to accept an offer he's never received. herb gambled and it didn't work. it happens every coaching search.
said thanks but no thanks to UM
Posted on 10/15/15 at 11:54 am to AR_Tiger
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nly a few places in the country allow you to recruit the majority of your players from within a 2 mile radius and LSU is one of them
Les Miles had to recruit after Katrina so this is false. Les won the bcs with 51% of his players being from OOS.
This whole LSU recruits itself is complete bullshite.
Posted on 10/15/15 at 12:09 pm to Grim
I remember an interview Miles gave some time after the 2007 season in which he said that he wanted to speak to Michigan so badly but could not until after the season was completed including the NC game. He did not elaborate but it deducing the meaning of his comment I would think that even if he had wanted to be considered for the HC job his personal ethics would not permit him to discuss it until he finished the season in Baton Rouge. By then it was too late.
And yes I do believe Herbstreit is not above sabotaging LSU when he has a chance to help OSU. It was a Dan Rather moment for sure.
And yes I do believe Herbstreit is not above sabotaging LSU when he has a chance to help OSU. It was a Dan Rather moment for sure.
Posted on 10/15/15 at 12:31 pm to Grim
https://www.thepostgame.com/features/201110/book-excerpt-how-michigan-chose-rich-rodriguez-and-brady-hoke-instead-les-miles-and-
After Rich Rod was fired:
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On Friday, December 7, and again on Monday, December 10, Bill Martin, Mary Sue Coleman and Les Miles talked on a conference call. Both conversations were simple and pleasant. During the second call, Coleman said she could not hire Miles without meeting him first, and asked Miles to meet her and Martin in Miami, where Miles had already scheduled a recruiting trip. Miles replied that he could not do any face-to-face meeting until after the national title game. Miles let them know both times, however, that, "If you want me, then after the bowl game, I will be your coach. I just can't do anything before that. [But] I would never say no to Michigan."
After Rich Rod was fired:
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The one coach who everyone agrees did not receive an offer from Michigan, again, was Les Miles. He had been handled shabbily during the 2007 search, and it appears he wasn't treated much better in 2010, either. All overtures to him were strictly a show designed to appease his supporters. When Rodriguez asked Brandon in December of 2010 if he already had someone lined up, Brandon denied it but said he would hire Les Miles "over my dead body." The rest was theater.
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This post was edited on 10/15/15 at 12:38 pm
Posted on 10/15/15 at 12:35 pm to Grim
WHO CARES! This is a dead topic, especially since Jim H is kicking arse his first year as head coach.
Posted on 10/15/15 at 12:39 pm to bfniii
Oh I am agreeing with you that he was never a serious candidate for that job. EVER!! There is a rift between Miles and certain factions within the UM family. Different stories bout exactly what that is from but suffice it to say that it prevented him from attaining his dream job. If the interest was mutually intense for any of the times it has been open, Miles would be at UM.
Posted on 10/15/15 at 1:04 pm to Grim
IDK what is true or if he was going or not but what I do know is I won $100 off of him staying lol.
I was at SEMA in November 2007 and was listening to a big speaker at one of the seminars they had talking. Well I of course had my LSU hat on like always and about half way the seminar the speaker stopped talking and looked at me and ask me this "You do know UM is taking Les from you all at the end of the season right?", it took me a second to realize what he meant but I just started laughing and and we went back and forth for a minute or so. Well at the end of the seminar he walked up to me to talk some more we ended up exchanging business cards and making the $100 bet. About a week after UM hired their coach I received a check in the mail with a note saying "You win this time but we"ll take him soon". Haven't spoken to the guy since lol.
I was at SEMA in November 2007 and was listening to a big speaker at one of the seminars they had talking. Well I of course had my LSU hat on like always and about half way the seminar the speaker stopped talking and looked at me and ask me this "You do know UM is taking Les from you all at the end of the season right?", it took me a second to realize what he meant but I just started laughing and and we went back and forth for a minute or so. Well at the end of the seminar he walked up to me to talk some more we ended up exchanging business cards and making the $100 bet. About a week after UM hired their coach I received a check in the mail with a note saying "You win this time but we"ll take him soon". Haven't spoken to the guy since lol.
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