re: When is the media gonna start demanding answers from Miles?

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So answering the questions of those who pay his almost $4,000,000/yr salary isn't part of his job description?

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I love it when people actually convince themselves they personally pay coaches' salaries.

i guess you will find out after he knows which direction he will take. the media just makes things worse, and miles knows this. i would say nothing til after i had made up my mind and was clear on the direction i was gonna take.

im not sure why it got locked.

I am not sure LSU can banish them but they can defiantly make it alot harder to get stories and stuff if the advocate doesn't want to play the way they say.

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I love it when people actually convince themselves they personally pay coaches' salaries.

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Are you implying that the fans, whether directly or indirectly, do not contribute to his salary??

Do you think CFB coaches would make $4MM/yr if there were no fans?

Quit spinning it. You know exactly what I meant.

If Miles would frick this program up AND the income from fans in the form of tickets, merchandise, and donations would CONTINUE to come in at the same levels, he won't be fired. It's a business, and the income is from the fans.

First of all, nobody would ask a question with the wording of the question in the original post on this thread, because it reads like a fan with an emotional investment in the team. It doesn't read like a question from a reporter, who's supposed to have more of a detachment than that.

Second, the kinds of questions you're talking about get asked on Sunday nights by print reporters at a weekly briefing Miles has for about 5-8 print reporters. There are no cameras on, it's not carried live on the radio and on the Internet, so you don't know the questions are being asked, but they're being asked. Miles even goes off the record sometimes, and what he says at that time can't be quoted. Michael Bonnette puts the highlights on the Internet and sends it to all the media via e-mail.

The Monday press luncheon is for show, for TV and radio soundbites. And because it's carried live, coaches treat it as a public performance, and they often say things they want their players to see on the TV news or they say only want they want to say knowing their face will be attached to the soundbite every time it's played. It's also attended by many athletic department workers, so it's not set up to be a true press conference. It's like being invited to a company's headquarters and having a press conference in the lunchroom surrounded by employees.

When reporters ask questions away from those soundbite opportunities, they get better answers. The answers have been reported, but you don't get to hear the questions, so you don't think they're being asked. They're being asked. You just don't like the answers.

You should call his radio show if you want a specific question asked. The media can't demand answers from Miles. You might as well learn that now. All they can do is ask, but he's going to give only as much information as he wants to. The media has nothing to hold over his head if he doesn't answer the way they (or you) want him to. There's little they can demand of a coach. The SEC rules only require him to show up, not to tell everything (or anything).

professional courtesy maybe? Asking him questions that are obvious attempts to get Miles to call a person out is unprofessional IMO, and more so if Miles were to actually answer it.

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Marco J Frisbee

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Thank you! That's exactly what I was looking for.

Does your answer make me feel better? Not really.

But you did answer my question honestly, and that's all I was looking for.

Thanks!

Ed Buggs would ask Les the hard-hitting questions...His interview of Monica Lewinsky a few years back was very powerful.

quote: I guess that means Miles is losing with Saban's players?

Good one GrayChef. I like your perspective.

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Who, like Buddy Songy?


Get serious.

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Buddy can be very spicy.