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re: Honestly, will you be insulted as a LSU fan.....

Posted on 1/9/11 at 2:32 pm to
Posted by Tigercoop40
Northwest Arkansas
Member since Apr 2006
8040 posts
Posted on 1/9/11 at 2:32 pm to
No. Everybody has their own "dream job." Some coaches want to coach in the pros. Some are happy at high school. JoePa is happy at Penn State. Miles has done a good job at LSU.
Posted by TIGERFANZZ
THE Death Valley
Member since Nov 2007
4060 posts
Posted on 1/9/11 at 2:32 pm to
If he left for any other job than um, yes I would be insulted & probably wish him the worse. The fact that he "may" leave for the school he played & coached at.....no. That I can understand.

G E A U X T I G E R S!!!
Posted by Tiger Authority
Member since Jul 2007
29476 posts
Posted on 1/9/11 at 2:32 pm to
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Yea but it's not the best job


Well the best job is cyclical. I would say Texas may be the best job, but hard to argue that maybe UF is the best job right now. LSU is in the discussion though along with about 6-8 other teams.
Posted by KLSU
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2003
11205 posts
Posted on 1/9/11 at 2:32 pm to
No!

I would do the same if I was a coach at another school and LSU came calling for my services!
Posted by timlan2057
In the Shadow of Tiger Stadium
Member since Sep 2005
20580 posts
Posted on 1/9/11 at 2:32 pm to
Not insulted ... frustrated at the timing of it, though.

We can only stand here with out thumbs up our asses while this plays out.

I wish we could be the pro-active one, for a change.
Posted by TheRoarRestoredInBR
Member since Dec 2004
31166 posts
Posted on 1/9/11 at 2:34 pm to
No, it's his alma mater, and the timing has never been better for him, in Michigan needing a Michigan Man with the skills to fix their woes, their newly accepting of modern pay structure, and the situation being dire enough to buy him some time to get them fixed.

I think Miles was never offered the job in 2007, just Mich kicking the tires, and I've said so here for years. This time, though again a UM-HC fallback plan, they will be more genuine in interest. I would think right now, they downright want him.

As a member of GIC, I've seen his body language when asked about 'momma calling him home' many a time..his response though always PC verbally..always said 'gone pecan' physically and in delayed timing reaching for the right PC response in words.

The timing has never been better for him to go if he were to. He has a skin-on-the-wall now, Mich appears to be now offering equal salary unlike in the past(and before Miles got fattened up these last few years for his family's future), he can go where he will not be questioned too hard, regardless of results, for at least 4 to 5 years.

Despite the LSU success, butting heads with Saban, Petrino, Chizik, Mullen, Nutt, Richt, SOS, Muschamp, etc..much tougher than what the Big-10 brings in Tressell, Bielema, Ferentz, Dantonio, Fitzgerald, JoePa, etc..

Not in that the HCs are any better, but that Michigan when recovered properly to it's rightful place, has but OSU and maybe PSU as a true recruiting peer and in overall talent...where as the SEC goes much deeper and far more balanced in depth.

The shame of it if here were he to leave now, is that with this season, he is just finally beginning to escape Saban's shadows to the masses. As despite each HC's BCS title at LSU, Miles win pct and multi 11 win marks, are something to differentiate vs Saban's program rebuilding.

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