Bertman Defends Miles (Warning: Glenn Guilbeau article inside)

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Former LSU athletic director Skip Bertman, who hired Miles from Oklahoma State after Coach Nick Saban left LSU after the 2004 season, was shocked by the story.

“It stunned me,” Bertman said Tuesday afternoon. “We checked Les with every background check there is off the field as well as with the NCAA and with the Oklahoma State athletic department. You can find out if a coach was ever just looked at for even a secondary violation, and he had a clean slate. I worked with Les for five years, and the guy is very, very anti anything close to a recruiting violation or drugs or cheating. He’s always been a good recruiter.”

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“Les always worked very well and very closely with our NCAA compliance department,” Bertman said. “I’m confident that when Les was coach at Oklahoma State that if Oklahoma State did anything against the rules, it was without his knowledge.”

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