Showing posts with label Michigan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Michigan. Show all posts
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Brandon Says Michigan Job Was Never Offered to Miles -- Wednesday Hot Links

Brandon must love the Bayou.
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Joe Schad might have been right after all.

Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon said the Michigan job was never offered to Les Miles or San Francisco 49ers head coach and former Stanford head coach Jim Harbaugh.  

Michigan hired San Diego State's Brady Hoke as their new head coach yesterday.

The problem for me is that this hard to believe. So did Brandon just feel like traveling to Baton Rouge because for the warmer weather?


Hopefully some of this will clear up by the end of today's press conference. 


Here are more must reads regarding LSU Football...

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Miles Remains at LSU, Schad Remains Confusing

Carter "The Power" Bryant Tuesday, January 11, 2011 , , , , , , , , , ,
Miles will return as head coach of the Bayou Bengals.
Photo via TigerRag
Les Miles will return as LSU's head coach next season.

Miles addressed the situation earlier today in Dallas at the AFCA coaches conference.

LSU athletic director Joe Alleva said about Miles, "We look forward to many years of LSU Football under his leadership."

ESPN's Joe Schad was once again the center of the college football reporting world. And once again his reporting left a lot to be desired by college football fans.

Schad reported earlier this week that LSU could possibly waive or lower Miles $1.25 million dollar buyout. He then would later say a source close to the situation said if the Michigan job was offered to Miles, he would take it.

WAFB reported Miles met with Michigan AD Dave Brandon Monday night. After "The Mad Hatter" said he was staying in Baton Rouge, Schad said Miles wouldn't comment if the Michigan job was ever offered to him. Schad tweeted soon after something I have yet to understand...

An LSU source claims Miles was offered Michigan; another person briefed on search said he was a "candidate not the candidate."

What in the name of Jacob Hester is he talking about here?

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If Les Leaves, What's Next?

Luke Mayeux
A pictures is worth $4 million words
Photo via LukeMayeux
Michigan is already interviewing Les Miles. ESPN is reporting that Miles will take the job if offered. LSU will evaluate over the different options that could possibly take over, should Miles leave.

Let's take a brief look at a laundry list of candidates that could possibly replace Les at one of the best jobs in the country....



On-Staff Options

To keep it short, there are no major candidates currently on the LSU staff.

The only member on staff with head coaching experience is offensive coordinator Gary Crowton, who might be the only coach some fans would rather see go than Miles after the Tennessee game. He served in that capacity with BYU from 2001-2004. I've suspected that Miles has long had a hand in play calling and giving Crowton the reins would let him have complete control over the offense, but hiring him would not exactly rally the fan base.

John Chavis has only served as an assistant and Defensive Coordinator at the schools he has worked at in his long coaching career. Having a resume that goes back 30+years with the highest position being defensive coordinator says that Chavis has no interest in becoming a head coach. He would've done it by now.

The only wild card that I see on staff is Wide Receiver coach/Passing Game Coordinator Billy Gonzales. He has a decent pedigree, serving under Urban Meyer since Meyer's time at Bowling Green. Other than that, I cannot give much more argument for Gonzales to get the job, but I have a feeling he will at least get a look from the powers-that-be.

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Tiger Talk -- Saturday Hot Links (Miles, Harris)

Carter "The Power" Bryant Sunday, January 9, 2011 , , , , , , , ,
There is A TON going on in the world of LSU Sports. Here is the latest...

Sports by Brooks reports that Michigan Athletic Director Dave Brandon's private jet is in Dallas. Miles will be back in Dallas on Tuesday.

The Big Lead writes Brandon will learn the hard way that Michigan football is not what it used to be.

Ben Love of Tiger Rag reports men's basketball forward Dennis Harris has been dismissed from the team because of violation of team rules.

The men's basketball team only allowed six first half points in their SEC opener versus Auburn. LSU moved to 9-7 overall, 1-0 in conference.
 
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