WJBO IN BATON ROUGE IS REPORTING LES MILES AS LSU'S NEXT COACH The story is breaking on WJBO-Listen Live . In my opinion, this is a c*appy hire. I think we could of done much better in terms of bringing in more of a tier one coach. Let's Discuss.
He's a good choice imo. He's won in a big time bcs conference at Ok St which competes against schools with as good as and better facilities, resources, and so on. Del Rio would have been a much bigger risk and Ferentz, Tedford, Spurrier, and other tier one coaches weren't interested. He's unlikely to go to Michigan, since they are likely to promote an assistant when Carr and retires and they really don't like the business of hiring away another fb coach.
This is the worst news I've heard all week. "Underwhelmed" doesn't even begin to cover it. I guess our worst fears are now confirmed and LSU was just turned down, left and right, and settled on a lower choice. WTF? I'd rather elevate Fisher. Very disappointing if true. PS-If the guy really is the new coach, I recommend the folks over at WJBO learn how to spell his name. It's "Miles", not "Myles". :dis:
Les Miles Interview from September Publication Date: September 17, 2004 [font=Verdana, sans-serif]The clutch performance[/font] [font=Verdana, sans-serif]Les Miles[/font] [font=Verdana, sans-serif]Tim Landes [/font] [font=Verdana, sans-serif]TL: What’s the best part of coaching? LM: The relationships with the guys; the players, the coaches. The enjoyment of our lives. TL: What’s the toughest part? LM: Injuries because they try so hard and work so long and they inspire excellence. When they finish, that kinda hurts. TL: You’ve had a lot of great players play under you as an assistant or a head coach. Who’s been the best player you have ever coached? LM: There are a lot of name guys I was around. I was around a Heisman trophy winner at Michigan and I was around a number of All-Americans. At the (Dallas) Cowboys I was around a lot of guys. But I had a player of mine come to see us play at the Rose Bowl. His name is Dean Dingman. He’s an All-American guard who was drafted into the NFL, blew his knee out. He was a 6-foot-3-inch, 280 pound offensive guard, real fast, really strong. His interpretation of the game was really special. He was a tremendous college player. TL: Is there any possibilty that we’ll ever see Les Miles as a head coach in the NFL? LM: No. I think I’ll be right here for as long as they’ll have me. TL: Do you really know the words to the “Alma Mater?” LM: I do. “Proud and immortal, bright shines your names.” I can do it all. (laughs) TL: Players have interesting pre-game rituals. We’ve heard about Morency’s all week. Do you have any? LM: On home games, I take my boys to the hotel with me. I check the team in and they get the room by themselves. When I get back in there, generally the snacks are eaten and there’s something on the T.V. that there shouldn’t be. It’s kind of a boys night out. TL: Describe success. LM: Success is all in relation to what you’re after. There are constant small successes. The small ones certainly lead to the big ones. I think success is very relative. Especially when you graduate a class, win, have a great year. There is satisfaction taken by the coaching staff and the school. Certainly, I share in that. TL: Fast forward to the future when you’re son is getting recruitment letters to play football. What coach would you want him to play for? LM: He’s gonna play for me. No question. TL: The Big 10 has implemented instant replay from the booth. Do you think the Big 12 should do the same thing? LM: I think there are real positives with the replay, but it’s all in how you implement it and that it’s not a distraction to a good officiating crew, who are doing a great job. TL: Can you possibly have too much depth at quarterback? LM: Well I’m absolutely certain you can, but we’re not there yet. TL: What kind of music fires you up? LM: (laughs) I have always enjoyed Toby Keith. I mean, I hate to tell you that. It fires me up. “The Angry American” he won not only me, but my family and everybody else. My son Ben can sing every lyric of that song at six, but did it even better at five. TL: When you were younger, what concerts did you go to? LM: Oh yeah. I’ll tell you right now, I really enjoyed the Stones. That was a great concert at Cleveland Stadium. I enjoyed it a lot. TL: What is bigger; winning at the Rose Bowl or getting hugged by Gary Busey? LM: (laughs hard) I think winning at the Rose Bowl seriously. (laughs) I felt like we were gonna win. I didn’t know I was gonna get hugged by Gary Busey. TL: So it was kinda like being given a trophy. LM: It wasn’t anything like being given a trophy. Trust me.[/font]
