This whole Chavis thing indicates

I think it indicates that for some reason, Chavis wasn't 100% comfortable attaching his future to Miles being at LSU.

I hope you didn't hurt yourself with that stretch.

Its a good point man.

I'm not so sure.

on Dec 11th Chavis got his new contract. It had the Miles clause.

Miles was a candidate for the Michigan job and it is likely if he was offered he would take it. Meaning that in Chavis mind on dec 11th the contract that was given to them was very risky. He wasn't willing to sign. This Miles clause moved him to be willing to leave for a division rival.

This is a guess on my part, but it has been confirmed that he didn't like the miles clause. You guys think it has to dow with Miles being on the hot seat. I think it's more logical to think it had to do with the Michigan situation and the fact that if Miles was offered he would likely go there. Chavis didn't want a contract that could be worthless within a month of Miles to Michigan ever got serious. There was a decent chance.

Again these are just guesses but they are educated guesses.

I could be alot of things or a combination of a few. Doubtful we'll ever know the real reason vs the politically correct answer. Id just like to know if it were LSU seeing the chance to move on from Chavis or vice versa.
I'll say this, this was a great get for Sumlin and A&M, home run both politically and real. These are the types of moves that change the landscape.

As I mentioned to another poster in another thread, I didn't think about this yesterday and the day before when the smoke began to come up from the ashes, but with looking at what is being said if it is indeed true with the tie in to Les, I believe you may be right. Ole Joe may be rethinking that huge buyout and as many have said that buyout goes down each and every year and Hanny said on his show last night that he believes the automatic 1 year rollover is out of the deal too. All that to say this Sid, I agree with your point of view.