How is it running down Miles to say he should not talk to Mich and should just let the story die?

What positive for LSU has come out of his Friday conversation w/ Mich AD and Pres?

My allegiance is to LSU, not Les Miles. I want LSU to win, regardless of who the coach is.

Please realize that the Detroit Free Press did not get the story wrong. They reported a conversation happened. Les confirmed. There would not have been a story w/out the contact.

So again how is it running down Miles, to say he should not have contact w/ UM and should simply keep his mouth SHUT??????

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Posted by specs1

Member since Dec 2005

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Posted on 12/13/07 at 8:02 am to specs1

Stevo, since your calling me out, I do not criticize players. They are amatuer atletes that are playing a sport they love at a school that they love. I restrict my criticisms to the professionals that are paid, i.e. the coaches.

Have I been unduly harsh towards Miles? I don't think so but you obviously do. Regardless of that disagreement I want Les Miles to represent LSU well and win everytime they touch the field. Obvioulsy they will not win every game, but I'll be rooting for them to do so.

However, this latest conversation w/ UM has had no positive effect for LSU. It's obvious that Les' conversations with them are being leaked to the press. So again, it does not benefit LSU. Therefore, it would be better for LES not to talk to them at all until they have a new coach. I still can't see how that's negative.

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Posted by King Joey

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Posted on 12/13/07 at 1:14 pm to specs1

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How is it running down Miles to say he should not talk to Mich and should just let the story die?

So what happens when he "doesn't talk to Michigan" and the story is, "Miles avoiding suspicion by pretending not to talk to Michigan!"

You have a coach that is a former player and assistant at Michigan, who mysteriously is not answering calls from his own alma mater. Do you really think the media would not spin that into a suspicious smoke screen? "Of course he would answer that call if he had nothing to hide!" they would write. "If he wasn't really interested, there'd be no reason not to talk to them and tell them so" they would say.

Answering or not answering that phone would not have killed this story. Nothing will, because the media does not want it to die.

All that can be said now is that when Les Miles is not the Head Coach at Michigan next year, the entire sports media world will have been proven irrefutably to be absolute liars, and not one word ever printed or spoken by any of them again should be accorded any more credibility than Joseph Goebbels.