OT: Wow Source say Miles might be out at LSU

[huskeynut]

Its official - Les Miles will coach his last game at LSU against Texas A & M on Saturday. I hope their Gridiron Club (boosters) is happy.

 

[Dooley]

LSU fans are insane. Unless they plan on luring Bill Belichick out of New England or Urban Meyer from Ohio St, there aren't many coaches who can beat Nick Saban. Paying him $15M to bring in a replacement who will also lose to Saban (and probably with more losses on the season) seems incredibly silly. Like they say, I'm happy it's not my money.

 

[BNich]

IDK word on the street says Barack Obama is set to take over at LSU.

 

[huskymedic]

LSUfball5:02pm via Twitter for iPhone
Contrary to media reports, #LSU coach Les Miles has not resigned nor did he indicate he was resigning when speaking to booster group today.

Even the MadHatter wouldn't resign...

 

[Jax Husky]

LSU fans are insane. Unless they plan on luring Bill Belichick out of New England or Urban Meyer from Ohio St, there aren't many coaches who can beat Nick Saban. Paying him $15M to bring in a replacement who will also lose to Saban (and probably with more losses on the season) seems incredibly silly. Like they say, I'm happy it's not my money.

Y'all don't watch closely. The program has been declining g and is on par with Ole Miss and Texas A&M now. Still play undisciplined, and they haven't changed the offense in years.

It is time to part ways, and that comes from a big fan of the man Les Miles is. It is not just Saban. Arkansas kicked LSU's butt 2 years in a row. Lost 4 out of 5 bowl games. 13-10 in the SEC over 4 years, putting them at a lofty 6th in the SEC.

Miles is a good coach, not a great one. He will get another job, and will likely win. The way this has been handled by LSU is shameful, and on that note I can agree with the National perception.

He is not resigning with a $11 million buyout. The national media has lampooned Les for years, and now they all think he is the greatest thing to ever happen to LSU. I HATE the media in this country with the way they try to impact stories and steer the narrative.

 

[Dooley]

Y'all don't watch closely. The program has been declining g and is on par with Ole Miss and Texas A&M now. Still play undisciplined, and they haven't changed the offense in years.

It is time to part ways, and that comes from a big fan of the man Les Miles is. It is not just Saban. Arkansas kicked LSU's butt 2 years in a row. Lost 4 out of 5 bowl games. 13-10 in the SEC over 4 years, putting them at a lofty 6th in the SEC.

Miles is a good coach, not a great one. He will get another job, and will likely win. The way this has been handled by LSU is shameful, and on that note I can agree with the National perception.

He is not resigning with a $11 million buyout. The national media has lampooned Les for years, and now they all think he is the greatest thing to ever happen to LSU. I HATE the media in this country with the way they try to impact stories and steer the narrative.

They were ranked #2 in the country 3 weeks ago. Then they lost to Saban and the wheels fell off. No coach and team in the country other than Belichick and the Patriots were going to go on the road against a 1-loss Alabama and win.

As for losing to Arkansas, who did LSU play the week before Arkansas? That's right - Alabama. LSU fans want to can a guy who can't beat Saban. But they are in for a rude awakening when they find out that not many coaches can beat Saban. Maybe they can lure Belichick out of the pros or maybe put together an all-star staff of Chip Kelly at OC, Pat Narduzzi at DC and Urban Meyer HC. Who knows - it's not my money.

Geez, I sure hope that we get to the point in our program that includes a declining year that we are ranked #2 in the country.

 

[huskymedic]

Ross Dellenger ‏@DellengerAdv 9m 9 minutes ago
#LSU AD Joe Alleva out here speaking

Ross Dellenger ‏@DellengerAdv 9m 9 minutes ago
Alleva: "There's been quite a bit of speculation about the future of our football coach."

DellengerAdv 11:29pm via TweetDeck
Alleva: "I want to make it very clear that Les Miles is our football coach and he'll continue to be our football coach."#LSU

Ross Dellenger ‏@DellengerAdv 9m9 minutes ago
Alleva: "Les and I have talked about this program. We are committed together to working to win to compete at highest level." #LSU

Ross DellengerVerified account‏@DellengerAdv
Les Miles said he found out after the game that he'd continue to be #LSU's head coach.


You know it won't happen but ya gotta be rooting for the MadHatter to tell the AD to off after letting him swing like a pinata in a breeze for a few weeks.

 

[traitor71]

They let public pressure get to them on this one I think. If you want to part ways with him, then be decisive about it. It will be interesting to see what might happen if say Miles coaches for a few more years and decides to hang it up and if Saban does the same. I would think you don't want to be competing with Alabama for a coach, even though the scenario I just laid out might be a bit of a stretch.

 

[traitor71]

They look happy don't they?

 

[huskymedic]

schadjoeNov 29, 12:21am via Tweetbot for iΟS
Decision to retain Les Miles was made in meeting of LSU decision makers during 3rd quarter of tonight’s game, per source

schadjoeNov 29, 12:23am via Tweetbot for iΟS
LSU decision makers felt media had swayed public and if Les Miles was fired school would have apoeared mean-spirited, per source

schadjoeNov 29, 12:24am via Tweetbot for iΟS
LSU felt thought buyout would have been through private donations, sum would have made it tough to ask state for future funds, per source

 

[Jax Husky]

Joe Schad is an idiot. This decision wasn't made because they didn't want the media to perceive them as mean.

They couldn't get Jimbo done. Period.

I do love Les, and hope he retires on his own accord, but the media had as much to do with all this as anything.