re: who was available when miles was hired?

I have no idea who was a "serious" candidate, as far as who wanted to come here and who was able to come here.

I personally thought RC Slocum would have been a helluva hire.

I'd never heard of Les Miles and I was skeptical.

But hey, he won a National Championship and his record speaks for itself.

We hired the right guy.

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Steve would have never come here, or even think about it.

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Actually...if Saban had decided to leave about a week earlier there is a decent chance Spurrier would've came here. He had signed his contract about 2 days before Saban announced he was leaving and USC would not let him out of it.

Gerry DiNardo

Would not be at a major BCS school. Aside from the MI rumors, who had knocked on his door in the last 6 years?

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Would not be at a major BCS school. Aside from the MI rumors, who had knocked on his door in the last 6 years?

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Nobody....probably because they know he wouldn't go anywhere except for Michigan. What schools have been knocking on Mack Browns door? Does that make him a bad coach?

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Come on, fellow. If JDR seriously wanted a college job, he would have one. He didn't in 2005 and he didn't in 2009 when USC opened up.

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Del Rio's daughter was a student at LSU at the time. His wife is from Louisiana and went to LSU. His family has serious LSU ties. It wasn't just an opening at a college program.

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When u can coach and win at the highest level, u do that. When u can't, u drop down to the college level.

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See above.

Why are we even arguing this? What I've said is fact and has been reported by multiple news sources.

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I'd never heard of Les Miles and I was skeptical.

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I had heard of him because of his beating Oklahoma and his development of OSU, but I was some what skeptical too.

I can't complain about LM since his record is the best we have ever had at LSU. I leave that to our rant haters and fairweather clowns who puke their nonsense out here daily .

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Then why were the LSU admins snubbed when they went to go meet with him in Jacksonville? Not being a smartass, serious question. I've always wondered this because there was obviously some interest from both parties.

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There's two camps, one that says he was snubbed, the other that says he wasn't interested. Only Skip knows for sure I guess.

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U said it was a skip CF. It was a JDR CF. He had LSU people in Fla to interview him. They didn't pack their bags and go there w/o him agreeing to a meet. He fricked it up, but u want to hang it on Skip.

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Holy crap, you're dumb. Skip's frick up was not waiting until after Jacksonville's playoff game before pulling the trigger on Miles. I don't know where you get half the shite you argue.

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And if u think OSU and Miles were just going to sit around and wait on LSU and JDR to get their act together, u r mistaken.

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Where was Miles going to go? He was still under contract with OSU, had already interviewed with LSU, and no other outstanding interviews or offers.

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We don't know what time table ANYONE was working under, but the CF was JDR not knowing his own fricking contract

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Yes, we do. Miles was going no where. There was no need to rush the process. Hiring Miles five days later would have not made one bit of difference.

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I wouldn't expect a coach to know his contract inside and out, but do u really believe he wouldn't know when he was allowed to interview for another job and when he wasn't?

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That's his agent's job. And his agent told him he was forbidden to interview under his contract while the Jags were still playing. You don't think hiccups like this happen all the time in Professional Interviews? Del Rio wanted to interview, all Skip had to do was wait two days.

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Do u really believe he wouldn't discuss such a move with his agent or legal staff.

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He did you dumb frick. That's why he didn't interview. He had to wait until after Jacksonville's game.

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What schools have been knocking on Mack Browns door?

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Please don't compare Mack Brown to Les Miles. Please don't compare leaving TEXAS for another school. I mean are you that freaking dumb? What the hell school would Mack Brown leave for?

I can't name one school!!!!! CAN YOU???? Please tell me what school can come close to Texas as a whole???? Mack Brown will basically be the AD when he stops coaching...he is set for life!