Les Miles speaks publicly for first time since firing

This cannot be denied, as well as the prevent crap that lost us the '12 and '14 Alabama games.

But Chavis was a solid, if not terrific, DC. I read somewhere over the summer that Chavis did, in fact, tell Miles that the clause in his new contract read the same as the one Tennessee had him sign prior to firing Fulmer. He saw the writing on the wall and got out of Dodge before it all went down (he's currently adding years to Sumlin's tenure; he's good at that.)

I feel really badly for Aranda if he left Wisconsin to come here only to be fired less than a year later (there are absolutely NO guarantees that the next coach will keep him; most of the time they don't.) That has to be hard for a man with a family.

My dad was offered an offensive line coaching job twice at LSU. Once, in 1977 or 78 with Charlie Mac, and another time, in '81 or '82 with Stovall. He turned both men down because he knew when they got fired, he'd be fired, as well, and he didn't want to have to start moving my mom and me around the country, at the mercy of a head coach's job. Of course, college assistant coaches in those days didn't make much more than my dad did as a high school teacher and coach.

 

Class act, Leslie. Expected nothing less.

got up this morning, got my work out in. The necessity to be productive is something this family, this Miles family, requires of you.

How were you told you were fired?

Face to face. Joe Alleva said we’re going to have to make a change. And I’m for the tigers. Anything they see that makes the Tigers better, I’m for it. I accepted the outcome and will support that decision and these Tigers going forward

Did you try to fight it?

It was beyond fighting. The enjoyment of being here, the enjoyment of community, the experiences that my family’s had, it’s too important to fight over. It’s history. It’s what we were are. If they see a change makes the tiger better, I’m for them.

If you beat Auburn, would you still be employed?

I want you to know something. How that game ends, with the Tigers fighting for their breath, maybe there’s a way the coach could’ve got them a second more. I would argue that I made those moves. One second. It’s certainly a decision that was made more appropriately over more than a second.

Was you being fired an undercurrent there or lingering?

If it was there, I went beyond it. I enjoyed going into my room and enjoying seeing the young men I recruited and I coached. If there was an undercurrent, it did not exist in the that building. What goes on inside the building just didn’t matter.

Did you talk to your players?

I did and I appreciate Joe Alleva giving me that opportunity. I took advantage of it. I did not stay long, but wished them well. They deserve the best. I think Ed Orgeron will do a great job for them.

How tough is this job?

I think it’s a blast. I think coaching football and being with young players and developing them … taking a team into an opponent’s stadium and coming out with a victory (is a blast). I don’t think this job’s hard.

Do you do anything differently?

I always review everything. In certain things, we could’ve been better. I gave us a chance to win the game.

Do you want to coach again?

I don't golf, play no tennis. I enjoy shooting the gun, don't necessarily like pointing at animals. Play cards, but not very well. But what I've done for 12-14 hours a day for the last number of years is coach football. I'd have a difficult time not being a coach.

What would you tell your successor?

How fortunate you are to coach the LSU Tigers. Taking them to the field, walking into the home and representing them.

 

Of course he would say this it's in his best interest to keep things stirred up. He is a good coach but Chavis is an asshole. I guess he expects coaches to be kept no matter how the program is doing. He knew Miles was taking the program down and selfishly saved his own ass. Aranda will make you look average soon.
"Why I outta"

 

An old navy expression: The two best ships in the navy are the one you just left and the one you are going to!

 

Miles made it easy to be forced out. Noone, NOBODY could have gotten rid of Miles if he would have made some changes and if his SEC record was ZERO or 1 loss per season. Prefce with the talent we have. Miles brought this on himself.

 

It boils down to this, Les. When you have superior talent you need to MAXIMIZE the number of plays run, not slow your team down. Frankly, you were never bright enough to understand that.

I'll give you an easy illustration: suppose you had to play the world's table tennis champion in a game, winner gets money and bragging rights. Would you prefer to play where 1 point wins the game, or to 21? I have no idea what YOUR answer would be, but I can tell you which of those two options that intelligent champion would choose.

 

Like he is going to blame anyone but the people that he sued.

 

Why I always wished they would promote him and shit can Alleva. Great figurehead for program, just no real decisons...

 

I'm on this train as well. I'd hire him today if it were me.