How I think the Les Miles coaching situation went down

I understand what you were saying. However, I don't think the presser should have been called; at all.

What is the point? If he had already addressed the players on the matter what purpose did he have calling the presser? Was it to establish credibility in the eyes of the players? It reminded me vividly of how he acted at Okie State.

 

I on the other hand take the man at his word, even if some of this did take place (and I have no doubt it did), CLM has said point blank. He is LSU,s coach and will be for a long time...thats enough for me!


:tigereye::tigereye::tigereye::tigereye::tigereye::tigereye:

 

The link (ESPN): http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3138826

Then again, it is ESPN so maybe its incorrect also.
Go figure
:miles:

 

I would love to know what the price was that Meeeechigan was throwing around to get CLM. I bet it was peanuts compared to what we pay him. I bet they thought he wanted the job so bad they could low ball. I'm glad that I think we found a long term coach. This program needs some stability. It's amazing that we have been able to maintain such excellence between all the distractions with Saban and this deal.

 

I don't care how it went down - I'm just glad it did.

WOOT! Geaux CLM!

 

Don't quote me, but I read or heard over the weekend the UM offer was in the $2.5 million neighborhood.

 

They don't put a timeline on it. "No talks" since when? Last week? Last month?

1.5. :thumb:

Still leave it open to what I suggested above.

In the end, he ended up staying and I'd posted in the "Crow" thread already about being wrong, in the end; and hadn't planned to add anything cause when someone is wrong, it's usually better just to say you're wrong and move on. I never cared to hear people qualify mistakes. If anyone believes he didn't entertain, minimally, taking the UM job all you have to ask is why wouldn't he have come out and put all the speculation to rest early on.

Along those lines, to think LSU was going to get caught in a pickle again and hadn't started putting a backup plan (Including contacts), you'd at least have to be disappointed in our Admin for running such a risk- at least I would.

I did say, however, if Michigan offers, he's gone. I even added, "Mark it". (Forgot who that comment was made to). I'll have to go sit in the corner with Crayfish now. lol

Being wrong on that didn't make me feel as bad as not thinking our guys would be able to get through the distractions going into the week and coming off of such a devastating loss. They proved to be very resilient and made me dam proud of that dam strong team. :wink:

 

None of this matters. Coach Miles wants to win a National Championship for his players ahead of himself or anything else. You can bet on that. He has heart and integrity. What happens after the NC game in January is another story. Any school with a brain wants to find a coach like CLM and you can bet he will get contacted. As for as anyone speculating on all this is just that, SPECULATION!

 

You may interpret substantially as you wish.

 

Beautiful, inspiring, emotional explanation of how the LM situation went down by the Memphis newspaper:

"The news arrived ... ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit was reporting -- exclusively, of course -- that "barring something extraordinary," Miles had decided to accept the Michigan coach job. Only problem? "It wasn't true," Miles said. Miles said he hadn't even talked to Michigan. Miles said his agent hadn't talked to Michigan, either. "I was embarrassed," Miles said. "I've got a team that's sitting there, they see me, and they're going, 'Coach, it sounds like you're catching a plane Monday.'" So Miles did the only thing he knew to do. He did something he might, someday, live to regret. He called a press conference -- a pregame press conference -- to announce that he was throwing away a lifelong dream. He would not be going to Michigan. He would not be going anywhere. "I am the coach at LSU, I will be the coach at LSU," he said. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the Coach of the Year. No disrespect to ... Dennis Erickson or Gary Pinkel or Rich Rodriguez. They're all great coaches. ... But none can match what Miles did ... None put their teams ahead of themselves. ... Miles said he would talk to Michigan after the game. This seemed reasonable enough. Miles played at Michigan. He worked as an assistant under Bo Schembechler. ... If Saturday hadn't unfolded the way it did, he might have have been the Michigan coach ... ESPN's "GameDay" opened with Herbstreit's scoop. Miles would be going to Michigan, said Herbstreit. ... "I can tell you that it'll be interesting to find out where their sources were," Miles said. ... But however it happened, the false report put Miles in a very hard spot. ... Miles still planned to talk to Michigan next week. Maybe he'd stay at LSU. Maybe the tug of his alma mater would be too much. Saturday morning, faced with a team on the verge of an SEC Championship Game, Miles changed course. And, in changing course, he restored some dignity to a coaching profession that is in dire need of some. Everywhere you look, coaches are jumping from job to job. For more money. A better chance to win. Hey, it's a business. The players will understand. Miles said, you know, there are times the players shouldn't have to understand. One of those is the morning of a championship game. ... Miles asked his sports information director to organize a quick press conference. He would tell the world something he had not even decided until that moment. "If I'm going to stay, there is no finer time to make a decision than before we play the championship game," he said. And then it was done. ... It was good to see a coach who didn't let his future stand in the way of his present, or his obligations to the day in front of him. Miles sounded happy but wistful when it was over. He told a story about Schembechler. Seems that Miles turned down another Big Ten job when he was at Oklahoma State because he didn't think he could ever jump from that job to Michigan. But when the LSU job came open, Miles called Schembechler. "I said to Bo, I said, 'Bo, what do you think about LSU?' He said, "'Let me tell you something, it's a great place.'" Miles seemed to take comfort in this story. "Bo told me LSU was a great place," he repeated. What more reassurance does a man need? But it was done, in any event. Life goes on and dreams change. "I wish I could be two places," Miles said. "But I'm home."

By Geoff Calkins, The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

http://www.commercialappeal.com/new...go-nowhere-other-than-baton-rouge/?printer=1/