re: MGOBlog reporting UM offer to Miles...

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Maybe I'm a little dense here but I saw nowhere in the MGoBlog that Miles has been offered, in fact I haven't seen anyone with any credibility at all suggest that Miles is even interested.

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According to some people on a Michigan premium board, Miles hasn't been offered and never was offered(or at least never told the job was his)but he is interested and there has been some talking on both sides.

They are on lockdown up there at UM.

Maybe they aren't talking, I'm just telling you what I've read.

But, if they are talking, I am not surprised because of all of the backlash Bill Martin and Mary Sue Coleman have received for screwing it up the first time and it's likely Mary Sue Coleman took over the reigns of this search and has gotten in touch with some of Miles' folks.

Belowpar's silence in this thread may mean something.

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Maybe I'm a little dense here but I saw nowhere in the MGoBlog that Miles has been offered, in fact I haven't seen anyone with any credibility at all suggest that Miles is even interested. I guess my question is what has everyone's collective panties in a bunch? Boredom?

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Taken from www.mgoblog.com entitled
Call it a Comeback....posted earlier today:

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I've long since discarded the idea any information can be considered solid in the ever-shifting sands of a coaching search, especially one as schizophrenic as Michigan's, but... yeah: several previously reliable people have told me that Mary Sue Coleman has gotten directly involved with the search and there exists a solid offer out to one Les Miles.

I was debating whether or not to mention this -- the fear of things falling apart and Miles talking about his damn strong team while talking about misinformation on MGoBlog, etc. -- but when I guested on EDSBS live to talk about the coaching search, Orson was not only unsurprised that Miles was still a possibility but named the exact hypothetical salary hypothetically offered on hypothetical Friday, $2.5 million dollars. So it's not exactly top secret anymore. Yesterday morning Sam Webb and Michael Taylor were discussing it on WTKA, too. A secrets go, this one is pretty open.

The set of things that seem most likely to be true at this time:

* Miles has an offer for $2.5 million a year.
* He's got a few days to consider it.
* The main hangups appear to be assistant pay and the role of Carr in his program.
* Martin has been at least partially usurped.

Thing which seems completely implausible but given the sailboat thing cannot be ruled out -- nothing can be ruled out anymore:

* The anti-Miles faction in the AD is pushing Brady Hoke heavily.

Thing as of yet undetermined:

* If Miles will accept the offer.

So there you go.

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he could be sick, could be working you know

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He is certainly not sick enough or working hard enough to not post on supatigah's thread on this board.

I think the Clement commit proves Miles isn't leaving. You can bet the question came up.

you can also bet that kid would have gone to LSU no matter what happens.

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I've long since discarded the idea any information can be considered solid in the ever-shifting sands of a coaching search, especially one as schizophrenic as Michigan's, but... yeah: several previously reliable people have told me that Mary Sue Coleman has gotten directly involved with the search and there exists a solid offer out to one Les Miles.

I was debating whether or not to mention this -- the fear of things falling apart and Miles talking about his damn strong team while talking about misinformation on MGoBlog, etc. -- but when I guested on EDSBS live to talk about the coaching search, Orson was not only unsurprised that Miles was still a possibility but named the exact hypothetical salary hypothetically offered on hypothetical Friday, $2.5 million dollars. So it's not exactly top secret anymore. Yesterday morning Sam Webb and Michael Taylor were discussing it on WTKA, too. A secrets go, this one is pretty open.

The set of things that seem most likely to be true at this time:

* Miles has an offer for $2.5 million a year.
* He's got a few days to consider it.
* The main hangups appear to be assistant pay and the role of Carr in his program.
* Martin has been at least partially usurped.

Thing which seems completely implausible but given the sailboat thing cannot be ruled out -- nothing can be ruled out anymore:

* The anti-Miles faction in the AD is pushing Brady Hoke heavily.

Thing as of yet undetermined:

* If Miles will accept the offer.

So there you go.

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Paper thin. I don't think there's anyway in hell miles leaves for michigan. Something other than a blog would maybe give me pause but for right now he looks like he's basing most of his assumption on the shock he experienced when orson swindle guessed the supposed salary amount - he's easily amazed and probably TIVOs David blaine.

Skip

kinda dumb coming from a lameduck AD