According to Wally Hall (lol i know) Les Miles straight up used Jeff Long

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After the fiasco with LSU Coach Les Miles, and that’s what it was, rumors finally died down concerning the search for the Arkansas Razorbacks’ next head football coach.

Just to finalize that fiasco and put the finishing touches on it, it appears Miles took advantage of a 25-year friendship with Arkansas Athletic Director Jeff Long and had zero concern how it would make Long and the UA look. He just wanted more money and was going to do whatever it took to get it, even if it meant throwing his friend under the bus.

How far back do Long and Miles go? Their daughters went to kindergarten together in Ann Arbor, Mich.

When Long called to discuss a couple of candidates with his old friend, Miles asked what about me. Long laughed and said Miles would never leave LSU. Miles said LSU was dragging its feet on his contract extension, then Miles said he would call his agent and get back with Long. That was the extent of it. The next thing Long knew it had gone viral that Miles had been offered more than $25 million for five years. Not long after that first call, Miles called Long back and said he was right, that he was happy in Baton Rouge.

All Long could do at that point was weather the storm. Miles said at his Wednesday news conference that he and Long had never mentioned specific numbers, that everything was preliminary.

Yeah, it was less than that, but Miles got his raise and Long got a little egg on his face. But it will soon be forgotten because it is expected that Long will announce the new head coach this week

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