re: Who actually believes Miles was helping UM??

It's no excuse, he's just being respectful to Michigan. He doesn't want to do anything to publicly embarrass Michigan.

I feel confident Michigan offered Miles or at least expressed a very strong interest and Miles basically said Thanks, but No Thanks and I'm happy where I'm at.

However,it is no secret and we all know how much respect Miles has for Michigan, so instead of publicly "turning Michigan down" and making them look even more pathetic in their coaching search failures, Miles comes up with this "helping them with their search" story.

Makes sense to me.