It's really very simple. Neither Miles nor "Michigan" ever told a reporter anything. Nothing on the record or off. So Les lied to nobody. If she or Herbstreit chose to take the story of some third party and run with it, they have no one to blame but their own gullibility and greed to break a story. Michigan has made two serious, overt runs at Les, but Les knows where his toast is buttered. He created his own legacy here and he is proud of it. He was no more going to Michigan than Nick is going to Kent State. Breaking this phoney story hours before LSU's championship game was professional misconduct by Herbstreit of the highest order.
I see a bit of a different world than you do. As example, Gregg Doyle isn't hiding behind a screen name. So, that in itself differentiates him from "people hiding behind a computer screen." I'm curious. When he wrote the piece about the discipline problems that Meyer had at Florida did you have a problem with his opinion then?
I don't have a problem with his opinion. It's how he presents it in such a disrespectful way that it's something I would expect from someone posting in a message board. He's not like a reporter where he actually interviews players and coaches and interacts with them. I would have more respect for a reporter who says these kind of things and is man enough to face the person later on.
I tend to see this as the story had to have had a credible origin or it never would have made the airwaves. "Greed to break a story?" No disagreement there. Reasons to break a story? There was something there.
I agree with this 100%. He does not report, but spouts the extremes (for instance calling Hill a vicious predator) as to illicit a response from passionate fan bases. My problem is that it seems like he has no real regard for what he says or how he says it or whether or not any of it is factual. I assume he will get in line very quickly to be on the Finebaum show to spout his dribble to a fan base that will eat it up (as long as he does not talk about the Gumps).
Skip isn' done being Skip yet. Both he and Steve A. were highly critical this morning of Les' leaving the Hill decision to the players.
Which is the basic premise of editorial pieces ever since they existed, right? Funny you mention Finebaum. Again, a guy that I don't agree with everything he says or how he handles his production. But, I have a great amount of respect for him because he does it well.
"leaving the decision to the players" I've never heard a more more spun, twisted, yanked out of context phrase in my life. I hate that Coach didn't see it coming. Isn't there a PR guy that reviews these things before they happen?
