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Can you go home again?
Posted on 11/29/07 at 6:43 pm
Posted on 11/29/07 at 6:43 pm
For the purpose of this thread, let's assume that Miles does indeed go to Michigan (not too far of a stretch I think). 
Do you think it will live up to his memories? It certainly seems like he has a romantacized recollection of the place. (The hosts on the Songy show today were just about making fun of the way he tears up when he hears the Michigan fight song).
It just seems to me like when you go back to visit old places from your youth or young adulthood it's rarely as you remembered it - your old school, the place where you kissed your first girl, the nightclub you used to party at, etc.
I doubt that there are too many people still at Michigan from when Miles was a coach there and even fewer from when he was a student. The buildings are probably mostly the same but I wonder if he won't have a bit of a hard time trying to resurect the ghosts of his youth.
Do you think it will live up to his memories? It certainly seems like he has a romantacized recollection of the place. (The hosts on the Songy show today were just about making fun of the way he tears up when he hears the Michigan fight song).
It just seems to me like when you go back to visit old places from your youth or young adulthood it's rarely as you remembered it - your old school, the place where you kissed your first girl, the nightclub you used to party at, etc.
I doubt that there are too many people still at Michigan from when Miles was a coach there and even fewer from when he was a student. The buildings are probably mostly the same but I wonder if he won't have a bit of a hard time trying to resurect the ghosts of his youth.
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Posted on 11/29/07 at 6:46 pm to Methuselah
"It's true what they say Oatman, you can never go home again, but I guess you can shop there."
Posted on 11/29/07 at 6:49 pm to Methuselah
I agree. The older I get, the less I look forward to my trips "home". I don't want to offend anyone, either...but even when we went back to Baton Rouge this year for the South Carolina game, my husband and I both said that it was fun to be there for a visit, but that we didn't really think we'd enjoy living there day in and day out. Not that it's a bad place either. It's just that we're not the same people we were when we lived there. No matter where you are from, or where you go---neither you or the place is the same when you return!
Posted on 11/29/07 at 6:51 pm to LSUmomma
The older I get, the less I look forward to my trips "home". I don't want to offend anyone, either...but even when we went back to Baton Rouge this year for the South Carolina game, my husband and I both said that it was fun to be there for a visit, but that we didn't really think we'd enjoy living there day in and day out. Not that it's a bad place either. It's just that we're not the same people we were when we lived there. No matter where you are from, or where you go---neither you or the place is the same when you return!
No one could have articulated it better than that.
No one could have articulated it better than that.
Posted on 11/29/07 at 6:53 pm to tjayeasy
Ask Bon Jovi
Posted on 11/29/07 at 6:55 pm to oldschoolqb
It is the exact opposite for me, the older I get the more I can't wait to be home.
different strokes I guess.
different strokes I guess.
Posted on 11/29/07 at 6:58 pm to Methuselah
If it's his dream job, and he wants to go, God bless him. But I seriously doubt if he will enjoy the success that he had at LSU. At Michigan, it isn't enough to field a winner. You have to regularly beat Ohio State too and that's a very tall order in the Big Ten.
Miles stepped into a program overflowing with athletic talent at LSU. To his credit, he made the most of it and built on it.
I see Miles as a Coach Mac type of coach. The basic difference between the McClendon era and the Miles era is that LSU has a lot better facilities and more money than they had back then. It's easier to win today. If MIles stays at LSU he will recruit great talent and field an SEC contender almost every year. Dietzel and Saban both had similar situations when they opted to leave LSU. We all know what happened to them. Good coaches make LSU, but LSU makes good coaches too.
Miles stepped into a program overflowing with athletic talent at LSU. To his credit, he made the most of it and built on it.
I see Miles as a Coach Mac type of coach. The basic difference between the McClendon era and the Miles era is that LSU has a lot better facilities and more money than they had back then. It's easier to win today. If MIles stays at LSU he will recruit great talent and field an SEC contender almost every year. Dietzel and Saban both had similar situations when they opted to leave LSU. We all know what happened to them. Good coaches make LSU, but LSU makes good coaches too.
Posted on 11/29/07 at 6:58 pm to pitbull20
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It is the exact opposite for me, the older I get the more I can't wait to be home.
How far and long ago is "home"? I just feel like where I have raised my own children is more "home" that where I went to high school or college. I love to go visit that place, but don't see us all taking this life and trying to live it there. Maybe, however, when my children are all gone....I will again see myself living in Louisiana.
Posted on 11/29/07 at 7:07 pm to Methuselah
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I doubt that there are too many people still at Michigan from when Miles was a coach there and even fewer from when he was a student. The buildings are probably mostly the same but I wonder if he won't have a bit of a hard time trying to resurect the ghosts of his youth.
If the institution is not the storehouse for these memories, who is? You can argue that it is in the collective minds and souls of the members. Yes, the University of Michigan is just a collection of buildings and departments and chaired professorships and slots for students. However, to people who went there, coached there, played there - there is a soul to the place, a presence, a collective storehouse of all of those memories.
I feel that way about LSU. I can walk on campus and get a rush of many, many memories. I can feel the soul of the place in the Stadium, the Quad, the PMac, and other places.
You can't go home again, that's true. You can't really leave home in the first place.
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