Who actually believes Miles was helping UM??

I have doubts about it

Like what was stated earlier by another poster, I think it was just to smooth things over for the way everything went down

I believe it.

That makes sense and if it is true then kudos to Miles for the twofor. He had the sense to keep his job and then made sure that Mich did not publicly suffer. I have no problem with him making suggestions on the coaching search. That is just polite class.

But I will say this: we have forgotten what a pain Saban was about this kind of thing. At the end of EVERY season he flirted with jobs. Miles has impressed me with his sincerity and integrity.

Like I said....

The only thing that makes me go "hmmmm" about all this is that, apparently, Miles was helping UMich with advice and Skip Bertman/LSU knew nothing about it until it came out in the media.

To me, the much more plausible story is that UM was definitely still pursuing Miles and called him Friday. He was not going to burn a bridge so he talked with them and said he really is staying and then the conversation turned to "providing input" to UM in their coaching search.

It's like the guy who is married, yet "helps" his old girlfriend who is having boy trouble.

Dude, you're married. Let her find someone else to help her.

If I were given to speculation about what happened, I would guess that Miles got a call from the President of The University of Michigan, a callyou don't lightly decline, no matter who you are, and she made a pitch to try and get him back in the game. I would guess he listened politely, thanked her for the high compliment of wanting him, and expressed his feelings that in other circumstances he would be inclined to consider the opportunity quite seriously. I would speculate, however, that he made it clear that he had made a commitment to LSU that, as a man of integrity he wouldn't renege on, and that, in any event, he loves his current job, he hasn't nearly done all the things he wants to do at LSU, and that he isn't a candidate for the MIchigan position. I would guess that, finally, he offered to be of whatever assistance he could in Michigan's hunt for the best possible person to take the reins in Ann Arbor. And if he said all of that, I have no problem with any of it, nor should any other rational person.

yep

I believe it.

I do. What is it going to take? You guys see a conspiracy everywhere. Get a life!