MILES STAYS PUT!
by PodKATT on Jan 11, 2011 11:33 AM CST
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PrintOfficial release from LSUSports.net
Miles to Return for Seventh Season at LSU
BATON ROUGE - LSU head football coach Les Miles notified LSU Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Joe Alleva on Tuesday morning that he will remain at LSU.
"I am pleased to announce that Les Miles will remain the head coach at LSU," said Alleva. "Les has led this program to many great successes on the field and his players represent LSU well off the field. We look forward to many great years of LSU football under his leadership."
Miles will have a press conference upon his return from Dallas where he is speaking at the convention of the American Football Coaches Association.
Commence Partying.
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CHAD JONES!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
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by Poseur on Jan 11, 2011 11:34 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
Awesomeness embodied!
Much man-love to Coach Miles!
Stability is worth a ton, this is a good day for us. Wait...
is Crowton staying with him? Oh, shit.
"They play violent football at risk of injury for their team and for their school. The gift that I'm given is to be allowed to be on the sideline with them and coach them." Les Miles
by ZimmZimmZalaBimm on Jan 11, 2011 11:40 AM CST reply actions
Effin right!!! Thank you Coach Miles! Geaux Tigers!
"...never seem to get far enough, staying in between the lines, hold on—to what you can, waiting for the end, not knowing when, may the wind take your troubles away, may the wind take your troubles away, both feet on the floor, two hands on the wheel, may the wind take your troubles away...."
--Son Volt from the song "Windfall"
Breaking news
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LSU announces Les Miles will remain as coach; don’t know yet if he was offered the Michigan job
My best guess
Les meets with Dave Brandon, informs him of what it will take to get him to Michigan (which involves more than money — there’s still the Lloyd Carr/control issue). Brandon takes that knowledge back to Ann Arbor and consults the other power brokers, and Michigan moves on.
So technically, Miles was never “offered” the job. His interest was merely gauged.
Writer (and a handsome one at that),
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by Billy Gomila on Jan 11, 2011 11:54 AM CST up reply actions
Yes...
and neither will ever say if an offer was made. That way those that want to excuse it from either side can do so.
MI knew they’d have a coach today for the team meeting and it’s Brady Hoke – the guy that LC and Coleman wanted all along and a darn good choice for MI. Even if Les had accepted initial terms I think a poison pill would have been added before the contract could be signed.
Everyone is better off the way it ended.
Miles played this pretty well for LSU
Think about the hype LSU gained between the secret Cotton bowl and now. If not for the UM rumors LSU would be off the news radar. Instead, the day of the NC game, he meets with UM and keeps LSU on the crawler during the game. And the big finale, he gets top news billing on ESPN over the AU championship news. Good stuff.
I was pissed when Saban announced he was going to gO’bama on the day LSU was lining up in the Dome against ND, because he stole our thunder while recruits tuned in. Miles just did the same thing…but now I like it!
"They play violent football at risk of injury for their team and for their school. The gift that I'm given is to be allowed to be on the sideline with them and coach them." Les Miles
by ZimmZimmZalaBimm on Jan 11, 2011 11:53 AM CST reply actions
The stupendously consistent
accuracy of ESPN reporting about Miles/LSU/Michigan continues.
Now he can concentrate on winning that second MNC, first and foremost by trying to make whatever changes, personnel or otherwise, that are needed to make sure that offense consistently performs at a level approximate to the talent on the roster.
YES YES YES YES YES!!!!
Poseur you called it. If you were here I would kiss you!*
*No homo.
In the history of college football, no player, no coach, no guru, compares with [Les] Miles’s masterful incorporation of applied chaos theory and time relativity into strategic game planning. Simply put, the man is on another level. A level many don’t or can’t understand. Genius.
So true.
All he’s done is win since he got here. And he wins in an entertaining way to boot!
In the history of college football, no player, no coach, no guru, compares with [Les] Miles’s masterful incorporation of applied chaos theory and time relativity into strategic game planning. Simply put, the man is on another level. A level many don’t or can’t understand. Genius.
Glad he's staying but o be perfectly honest I could
do with about half the “entertainment”.
So does my delusional optimism
from the game thread get some vindication now? Michigan can’t match us anymore. Not in pay, not in control, not in budget for assistants, not in recruiting, nothing. We are L S U and that makes us better than Michigan. It just does.
The good news for Michigan....
… is that mgoblog can go back to calling Miles an unethical cheat for oversigning. In the past week, that blog has called Miles a scumbag, our AD a liar, and this blog as snarky (ok, they’ve got a point there).
They can retreat now to their moral high ground and continue to look their noses down at us poor, ignorant, cheating rednecks.
Fake Pundit. Real Fan.
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My answer to Mgoblog
Writer (and a handsome one at that),
And the Valley Shook
by Billy Gomila on Jan 11, 2011 12:14 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Fixed
poor, ignorant, cheating, WINNING rednecks/cajuns
:)
I must create my belief system lest I be enslaved by another - Thomas Paine
by Curtis Bleaux on Jan 11, 2011 12:16 PM CST up reply actions
The fox, upon realizing he could not reach the grapes, declared ‘they were sour anyway.’
Don't Panic.
by 4.0 Point Stance on Jan 11, 2011 12:59 PM CST up reply actions
Lol, I saw some of that also, Miles is an Michigan Man official Coonass now. He is one of us as he has turned down those F**ks twice now.
"...never seem to get far enough, staying in between the lines, hold on—to what you can, waiting for the end, not knowing when, may the wind take your troubles away, may the wind take your troubles away, both feet on the floor, two hands on the wheel, may the wind take your troubles away...."
--Son Volt from the song "Windfall"
They are just jealous because.
we actually know how to beat Ohio State.
In the history of college football, no player, no coach, no guru, compares with [Les] Miles’s masterful incorporation of applied chaos theory and time relativity into strategic game planning. Simply put, the man is on another level. A level many don’t or can’t understand. Genius.
Great day!
Listening to Cowherd rake LSU fans across the coals, and begrudgingly agreeing with him, I’m very happy that Les decided to come back. We as fans have an opportunity to NOT be delusional and to be appreciative of our head coach, and learn to live in our moment as we truly NOW are building what can be a long lasting legacy of consistent greatness at LSU, that won’t have to be met with “delusional optimisim”, but “eternal optimism”, and rightfully so.
The Search Continues
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by PodKATT on Jan 11, 2011 12:22 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
To be fair
I feel quite bad for the non-Brian Cook Michigan fans, who don’t deserve to have their search process be this effed up.
Writer (and a handsome one at that),
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by Billy Gomila on Jan 11, 2011 12:27 PM CST up reply actions
I don't feel bad for any of the Michigan fans....
They’re shopping for champagne on a PBR budget.
by CounterAttack on Jan 11, 2011 12:35 PM CST up reply actions
That's not their fans' fault
Writer (and a handsome one at that),
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by Billy Gomila on Jan 11, 2011 12:37 PM CST up reply actions
World's smallest violin for them then....
about all I can muster.
by CounterAttack on Jan 11, 2011 1:40 PM CST up reply actions
So this officially means
That CLM is now completely an LSU man instead of a Michigan man. Turning his dream job down TWICE to stay in Baton Rouge, this is the man we want as our head coach. To hell with all the people who hate him.
by carlizle84 on Jan 11, 2011 12:38 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
Yup
Miles is not the idiots our detractors claim, and I’m okay with him staying. But I think Del Rio was a real possibiltiy. He wanted it after 2004 but flaked, regretted it, wanted it again at the end of 2007, and apparently he still wants it. That would’ve been a scary prospect for the rest of the SEC.
Maybe.
I don’t trust NFL coaches. Then again, I don’t trust coaches. With the way this program is trending, consistency is the way to go.
I hear you
I don’t generally trust them either, but that’s mainly because I don’t think they “get it” as far as what makes a successful college coach, but I think Del Rio does. He has local ties, and is widely respected and would be the face of the program needed to mop up in recruiting. He’d have the X’s and O’s of one side of the ball locked down like nothing we’ve seen in a while, and I think LSU would pony up big $$$ to get a big time OC.
Del Rio is one of the ONLY NFL guys I would like to see in here.
I'm still excited
about great seasons ahead at LSU, but I’m not gonna lie and say I think we’re going to get anymore national championships. I think we’ve seen Miles’ ceiling, and I’m going to pencil in at least 2 losses/yr. until proven otherwise. With the way the west is looking these days, I’m not even sure how much we’ll get back to ATL and conference crowns. Sad, I know, but it’s gotten to the point where I expect more than just 11 win seasons. We haven’t had an undefeated one in over 50 years. Auburn’s done it twice recently with two different coaches, Alabama’s done it…….we should be able to do it.
While I disagree abut the ceiling...
… I don’t disagree about the high standards. The perfect season is the hurdle still left uncleared.
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Luck
Auburn is no better coached (almost certainly worst at HC level) and less talented (with a couple of tinny exceptions) than LSU. Last season a mediocre LSU team almost beat a fairly dominant national champion Bama in Tuscaloosa. Its foolish to expect but it would be no shock to see LSU go 14-0 (or 11-3 next year). Bottom line the coaching and the talent level is clearly good enough for a perfect season and can happen with a bit of luck.
There is some concern that Les is hardly a spring chicken, and while the one thing he doesn’t seem to lack is energy there is some doubt wether he can sustain his coaching peek beyond 5 or 6 years. Within that time frame though there is no reason to presume perfection is unattainable.
Didn't say we couldn't do it
14-0 in 2011. C’mon, Les!
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by Poseur on Jan 11, 2011 3:52 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Neither AU or Bama...
have Florida as the permanent East rival either. LSU has the toughest path of any team in the West year after year. As long as Florida remains the beast of the east, which I expect to continue, we have the toughest road to an undefeated season.
As Founder of the ATVS Les Miles Appreciation Club
I declare today 1/11/11 the 1st annual “Hat” Day.
For the duration of the day please wear your hat on the very top of your cranium and if anybody ask you why just tell them very sternly to “Have a Great Day!”
And I’d also like to propose a permanent extension of Poseur’s ‘Boot Sack’ Policy.
Geaux Tigers!!!
GEAUX TIGERS!!!
by SouthernMan on Jan 11, 2011 12:51 PM CST reply actions 6 recs
Part of me wants to say even a broken clock is right twice a day...
But I’ve moved on from my ignorance.
I’m proud that Les is staying. I’m glad we have fans like you that not only believed in Les, but wouldn’t stop until you helped everyone of us slow learners jump on the bandwagon.
"I know the quarterback has a strong arm, but...I mean the ball's not gonna outrun ME" --PP7
by LSU Jonno on Jan 11, 2011 2:03 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
Awesome.
Miles is the man.
ESPN’s lousy reporting strikes again.
YYYYEESSSSS
Now we have years of very good opportunities to win the SEC and National Championships staring us in the face. Let’s do something with them. 8)
Although now David Lee going to Ole Miss as OC is much bigger news...
I still want a Crowton replacement, and he seemed like a good one.
I agree
But he goes way back with Nutt, so its not a shock.
I’ll get the OC search post queu’d up for tomorrow with some fresh names.
Writer (and a handsome one at that),
And the Valley Shook
by Billy Gomila on Jan 11, 2011 1:39 PM CST up reply actions
Is this a "wish list" IF we we're hiring a new OC
or a “wish list” BECAUSE we’re hiring a new OC?
More signs pointing to
There being a hire — but I’m sure only Les can say for sure.
Writer (and a handsome one at that),
And the Valley Shook
by Billy Gomila on Jan 11, 2011 4:30 PM CST up reply actions
I was dead wrong on this one
props to Miles for being honest with the players, who said all along he wasn’t leaving. This should earn him some real cred with the fans, although I’m not sure it will. No longer can anyone say he stayed just to win a championship. I’m glad he stayed…a bird in the hand and all that.
As far as Crowton is concerned. I don’t think he’s going anywhere, but I hope I’m wrong again. We scored 40 points in a bowl game, and I don’t see Miles canning someone for that (although he definitely still deserves it).
Happiest Day of my Life as an LSU Fan
I don’t know (nor care) about anyone else, but for me this is the happiest day of my life as an LSU fan. I can’t thank Les Miles enough for deciding to remain at LSU, especially given some of the completely unnecessary grief he’s had to take from some so-called fans. I hope these fans will quit being “so-called” and become “true” LSU fans, which means sticking by our coach and players through thick and thin. Have any of you ever thought about the young men that play football for LSU and the fact that at that age they would love nothing more than fan support and respect, when they’re going through tough periods which are inevitable in the game of football especially when played in the SEC. In these tough periods, the last thing they want is to have the fans (the people they truly play for) turn their backs on them and abandon them despite all the hard work they do during practice and throughout the season to win. Like the article says, now is the time to come together and pledge our support for the coaches and players such that they always feel that intangible something that drives athletes to win even under the worst of circumstances. THANKS COACH MILES AND GEAUX TIGERS!!! I can’t wait until next season.
AMEN
HAPPIEST DAY AS A TIGER FAN! EXCEPT MAYBE WINNING THE TITLE AGAINST osu CONSIDERING I LIVE IN COLUMBUS, OH!!!
Moffitt
A little off subject but has anyone heard anything about Moffitt potentially leaving to become Tennessee’s strength coach now the Bennie Wylie left for Texas?
?
Doesn’t make alot of sense. He’s a Tenn. native, sure, but he built this S&C from the ground up and has been here since Dinardo. I can’t see him leaving
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Moffitt has a lot of ties here too
Yes, he’s from Tennessee, he attended Tennessee Tech but he has a lot of friends down here. Apart from Tennessee setting some sort of world record for a strength coach salary, I doubt he’d leave LSU.
For what it’s worth for secondhand info, many of my Curtis contacts (Moffitt was my strength coach in high school at John Curtis) say he’s very happy in BR. Maybe when his children go to college he might conside leaving but from all I’ve heard through the grapevine is he loves it at LSU.
I must create my belief system lest I be enslaved by another - Thomas Paine
by Curtis Bleaux on Jan 11, 2011 3:00 PM CST up reply actions
I would never leave you guys
Each of you means the world to me. I just had to see this thing through.
- LM
by Les Miles on Jan 11, 2011 2:40 PM CST reply actions 3 recs
Rec'd thanks Coach! You made us all happy :)
"...never seem to get far enough, staying in between the lines, hold on—to what you can, waiting for the end, not knowing when, may the wind take your troubles away, may the wind take your troubles away, both feet on the floor, two hands on the wheel, may the wind take your troubles away...."
--Son Volt from the song "Windfall"
LES Miles! AKA Mad Hatter!
WE LOVE YOU MAN!!!!!!!! COMING FROM A GUY THAT RESIDES IN COLUMBUS, OH! I’m without a doubt the biggest TIGER fan in the state of OHIO!!! My wife was more nervous than I was I think, she says your the Hottest coach in football!! She even wore an LSU garder belt!!!!But she’s got her man back and so do I!!! We Love you and hopefully we can make a trip down to see the Tigers in Tigers Stadium next year we’ve never been and cant wait to go. Les Miles the greatest coach in all of football!!!!
by big_A_1982 on Jan 11, 2011 4:46 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Dude, if you've never been to a game in Tiger Stadium....
start saving money for the trip NOW. It’ll be one of the best experiences of your life. Words can’t describe the energy of the place when it’s rocking.
I actually didn’t care for LSU until I attended the school & then the 1st game….. when I walked out of that entry way in the student for the section for the 1st time & heard The band strike up the 1st notes of Tiger Rag, I was hooked FOREVER. It was one of those epiphanous moments where you just know you’ve found “truth,” “love” or something that is just “right.” I get chills every time I think about it…
You never forget your 1st time. You’ll certainly never forget your 1st time in Tiger Stadium!
I must create my belief system lest I be enslaved by another - Thomas Paine
by Curtis Bleaux on Jan 11, 2011 7:20 PM CST up reply actions
has anybody heard what concessions LSU made?
I think the consensus was that a raise wasn’t likely but that an extension or some anti-firing safeguards would be put into place. Anybody heard? And if he didn’t use UM’s interest to his economic advantage, then I guess Diogenes can finally stop toting that damn lamp around.
On another note...
The Times-Picayune stated that the owner of The Chimes hoped Miles would go, as he thinks we can do better. Well, I think The Chimes can ‘do better’; I won’t eat there again.
I will, I love that place
regardless of their football views.
Yum.
Sorry Xan
I lack the intestinal fortitude to give up the Chimes.
Writer (and a handsome one at that),
And the Valley Shook
by Billy Gomila on Jan 11, 2011 3:32 PM CST up reply actions
Half Hatters!
;)
My wife and I never were really high on the Chimes anyhow; rather George’s or Sammy’s.
I'm an admitted beer snob (or a beer whore, dependingon how you look at it)
So I’m big on the Chimes. Plus, some buddies of mine tended bar there a few years back.
Writer (and a handsome one at that),
And the Valley Shook
by Billy Gomila on Jan 11, 2011 7:51 PM CST up reply actions
First, I don’t think that was the real Chimes, it was the “new” Chimes which we all know blows chunks anyway. Second, I’m pretty sure he wasn’t the owner but the floor manager, who is one step above the waiter.
Don't Panic.
by 4.0 Point Stance on Jan 12, 2011 9:34 AM CST up reply actions
Bill McCartney
F*** this guy!!! This is a Michigan Assistant I guess and coached with Les at Colorado and he sent Les an email on Monday stating: “From one Michigan man to another, go build them back up” "I’m really disappointed he didn’t take the premier job in all of sports." "When you get on a plane with your wife to go talk to a guy like Dave Brandon did, you’re showing respect and you’re showing you’re very interested," "I tried to tell Les to take the job, but obviously he didn’t and I can’t and won’t hide my disappointment." Wow do I hate this guy!!!!
Bill McCartney`
big A I cosign 100% Why doesn’t he go “coach’em up” then?
by Howard Green on Jan 11, 2011 4:19 PM CST up reply actions
Michigan Assistant I guess and coached with Les at Colorado
Uh, he was Les’ Boss and probably second only to Bo in influencing Les’ coaching style, etc…
TJ McCartney (our 3rd/4th QB) is his grandson.
If BM tried hard to persuade LM to go back to UM and his TEAMMATE and lifelong friend, Dave Brandon (UM’s AD) put on the full court press as it is obvious that he did we should feel EVEN MORE fortunate that LSU still has King Miles reigning.
Don’t hate BM, he was trying to get LM to do what MANY people thought was the right thing for him to do.
Just be glad that Miles is a full grown man who makes his own decision as to what is best for HIS family and be thankful that he considers LSU part of HIS family!
All HAIL King Miles, long may he graze in Tiger Stadium!
GEAUX TIGERS!!!
Michigan Assistant I guess and coached with Les at Colorado
Excuse me for not know the history of a guy from a school I hate with all my being and a school like Colorado seriously man get a life!
FYI If my grandson played football for a guy that I mentor then I would get down on my knees and cry and beg for him to leave!!!
Michigan Assistant I guess and coached with Les at Colorado
Excuse me for not know the history of a guy from a school I hate with all my being and a school like Colorado seriously man get a life!
FYI If my grandson played football for a guy that I mentored then I wouldn’t get down on my knees and cry and beg for him to leave!!!
It's me that needs to get a life?
really?
What part of my response to you was a personal attack?
You came of like it was some Grad Assistant that Miles met once or twice back in the day, I was helping you to understand that, at least IMO, this is even more reason to LOVE Les Miles.
As far as McCartney goes, he thought it was the right thing, he gave his opinion. If you are going to hate him what percentage of our own fans do you hate? (hint; it’s probably more than the number of people who still attend Colorado games…)
GEAUX TIGERS!!!
Can't fault McCartney for that
he loves Michigan and thought Miles would be the man for the job. You can, however, fault the man for leaking bogus rumors that he was already gone (which seems pretty likely at this point). I actually think this is good for LSU; it says a lot about how much our national prestige is at this point. The media in general still has a hard on for Mich. but when their own guy turns them down to stay at LSU, I think it makes us look really good.
How awesome are these quotes...
From the Advocate write-up…
“Mark Twain once said, ‘The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated,’” Miles said. “Well, the reports of my departure (from LSU) are greatly exaggerated.”
“My wife and children and myself really love being in Louisiana. This is home to us.”
Can I get some sticky man love!
"Mark Twain once said, ‘The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated,’" Miles said. "Well, the reports of my departure (from LSU) are greatly exaggerated."
Dude, Miles don’t read no dad-gum books….
GEAUX TIGERS!!!
Loyalty
Something we sure as hell have from Miles that we never got from Saban. I think that goes a long way in a state like Louisiana. Thank you, CLM.
"Tiger Stadium is by far the worst place to play for a visiting team. It's like being inside a drum." - Paul "Bear" Bryant
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