re: Am I the only one who thinks Miles might stay?

When a reporter asks a question, there is no requirement to answer. There is no jail for not answering. So why did Miles answer when asked about Mich? And if he was to answer all he had to say was he knew Lloyd, coached with Lloyd and has great respect for his leadership of the Michigan program. But that he is focused solely on Ark, the SEC CG and what ever lies beyond that for LSU and his team. And that he hoped for a chance at the ultimate prize PERIOD!

And that would have made sense, because it is now clear that he had not had any contact from Mich., formal or informal, from anyone in authority to suggest he was a candidate at all.

People do dumb things some times, Miles threw himself under the bus here and dragged LSU, his team and Mich with him. Clearly, it is beyond fixing at this point. The best avenue would seem to press forward and for LSU to do what is best for LSU. For Mich to do what is best for Mich. And for Les to salvage what is best for Les.

God only knows where that will leave everybody.

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Maybe, but again, I am sure was a candidate. That is A CANDIDATE. Not the only candidate. But until the advisory committee and the Admin. weighed-in on his candidacy who was to tell him he wasn't going to get the job. And that hadn't happened until after the Tuesday night meeting of Mich advisory committee, the Admin and the AD. Now do you tell Les then he didn't get the job, right before the SEC CG (given his emotional reaction to his possible candidacy), or wait until that is past and then let him down.

Many on this board and on others are convinced that he would crawl to Ann Arbor over broken glass to get the job and that possibility caused him huge distraction and lost LSU a NC shot. What reaction do you think the news that he in not going to get the job would evoke? And do you want that before the SEC CG game?

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There's one angle that I haven't seen discussed yet.

What if Michigan doesn't really want Miles? He is the fans #1 choice, clearly, but what if he's not the AD / Faculties choice?

Considering his tremendous fan support, any Michigan hire without at least attempting to get Miles would lead to a serious backlash in AA. Considering that, I'd say it's a possibility (though unlikely) that Miles is being publicly courted to placate the fans.

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Am I the only one who thinks Miles might stay?

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Nope. Count me in, too. I think he stays for family reasons.

Although the longer it drags out the harder it is to think so.

Bump.

Martini was right!

I think Les finally got the message...his interveiw with Mich was not about the job, but about why he was not getting the job. I will say it again: "There are powerful people at Mich that want the Schembechler era to end!" They love Bo, but this homage has gone on far longer than anything for Yost or Crisler (and they actually won NC's in their eras) and it needs to stop! I suspect even Bo would agree.

I honestly think that only two people at Mich know anything about what is going to happen: Bill Martin and Mary Sue Coleman. They are on the hook for the big ($280 upgrade to the football facilities) fiscal burden Mich football faces going forward. Their jobs are on the line here with the Board of Regents.

I don't think either BM or MSC are hanging around the water-cooler chatting up their process/choices with their staffs. So unless one of them says it or are cited as a source I am positive that it is just more speculation. And if it is a media source, well they have zero access inside Mich, they just can't stand that they are not going to be king-maker at Mich.

Mich has said it hopes to have this done by the end of Dec. (per Bill Martin -- the only reliable source in this). I would expect to hear almost nothing the next few weeks. Then after Mich's bowl game and possibly after the Jan. 1 bowls there will be an announcement. But that is just my opinion.

Who will it be? My money is now on either a really big name (and no I don't have any theories on this) or Chris Petersen from Boise St.