If Alleva has a brain, he will be prepared

And hopefully won't take Alleva his senses. The odds are Coach Miles stays put; however, any reasonable person would concede it's a possibility he could accept a Colorado or Michigan job, if offered. Therefore, Alleva should ALREADY be making contacts w/ prospective coaches' agents to assess interest in the LSU job, SHOULD it come open. That way, for ex., if Les bolts for Michigan the first week of January, LSU isn't left looking like a deer in the headlights, and is prepared. You don't need a stupid "coaching search hiring firm." A good athletic director already should know who the good coaches are. You put out feelers to Gruden, Cowher, Dungy, Patterson, Muschamp, Mullen, Carroll, (even Saban!), Pinkel. This can be done through the use of intermediaries, very quietly. Just to assess interest. Yeah, some of those names may sound ridiculous, and perhaps they are, but no harm in at least assessing interest. Wake up Mr. Alleva and be prepared in case your coach decides to move on.