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On one hand, DiNardo may be bitter about his firing form LSU still but on the other, he and Les are good friends and he may have talked to Les.

I don't think if Les left it was about the money, but about the commitment to him they were willing to make and support they were willing to give him and it being his alma mater.

On the other hand, if he stayed, I don't think it was for money either. I think maybe he felt they took him for granted and didn't feel they made a serious sale on him to be their coach. And/or he felt like him going up there, he'd be walking into a hornets nest with the Carr faction and the Carr assistant coaches he'd have to keep who might not be loyal to him. I thought his wife would be the deal breaker for him to go though.

There are so many twists and turns and scenarios....who knows. ESPN did screw his chances by indirectly or directly putting him in a dilemma forcing him to call a press conference to hush the talk and Lloyd Carr's camp may have been the folks who leaked it.