🏈 Les Miles named Kansas HC - signs 5 years @ $2.775M per year (pockets $1.5M additional from LSU)

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[50+yeartidefan]

Kansas....how long since Kansas was a player....in CF

 

[BamaFan334]

Miles is an excellent catch for a middle to upper middle class team. I keep telling my Georgia Tech buddies that have pull that they should snag him. Les will get them to Chan Gailey, Calvin Johnson, Phillip Wheeler, Tashard Choice days.

 

[JoseyWalesTheOutlaw]

What is Miles buyout from Dr.Pepper? Anybody,Bueller?

 

[planomateo]

Kansas....how long since Kansas was a player....in CF

Never.

 

[JoseyWalesTheOutlaw]

Kansas....how long since Kansas was a player....in CF

Josey Wales........Yeah, well, I always heard there were three kinds of suns in Kansas, sunshine, sunflowers, and sons-of-bitches.

 

[TerryP]

Kansas....how long since Kansas was a player....in CF

Never.

Mangino (sp?) had them as high as the top five, didn't he?

 

[OldPlayer]

Miles would make an impact at Kansas, but will kill his career.

 

[252BAMA]

Was at 11-0 and ranked at #2 in 2007. Finished in Top 10 three times, and in the Top 25 seven times.

Kansas AP Football Poll Summary
Lawrence, KS - Big 12


Weeks...All...at #1 0...at #2 1...in Top 5 9...in Top 10 38...in Top 25 109

Kansas 2007 AP Football Rankings - College Poll Archive - Historical College Football and Basketball Polls and Rankings

Kansas AP Football Poll Summary - College Poll Archive - Historical College Football and Basketball Polls and Rankings

Kansas Final AP Football Rankings - College Poll Archive - Historical College Football and Basketball Polls and Rankings

 

[#80]

Three yards and a cloud of dust will not work in the Big 12

 

[bamachine]

Three yards and a cloud of dust will not work in the Big 12

It will if it is executed correctly and put with something else the B12 does not see very often, a good defense. It may not win the conference at a school like KU but it should get them bowl eligible every year.

 

[UAgrad93]

Mangino was the last HC to have them relevant. They have been the laughingstock of college football for a lon time though. Miles would need some talent there to even try to get to .500 and stay there.

 

[#80]

Three yards and a cloud of dust will not work in the Big 12

It will if it is executed correctly and put with something else the B12 does not see very often, a good defense. It may not win the conference at a school like KU but it should get them bowl eligible every year.

It might with elite athletes but he will never get them there.

 

[Elderfalsedemigod]

Miles is getting dangerously close to the line of age/relevance/perception with getting another P5 HC gig. I don't know that he would be successful at Kansas but IMO he may need to look at it closely if he wants to continue coaching. JMO

 

[Tidestalker]

I don't see why they wouldn't. Would bring some notoriety to their program... He's been a good recruiter... Interesting guy.

Hell I'd take him over Mike Bobo in a heart beat at CSU. Still waiting on Mac to get the call home

 

[bamachine]

I don't see why they wouldn't. Would bring some notoriety to their program... He's been a good recruiter... Interesting guy.

Hell I'd take him over Mike Bobo in a heart beat at CSU. Still waiting on Mac to get the call home

Mac would be fine for you guys, as long as he does not try to bring Nuss with him.

 

[saturdaysarebetter]

Three yards and a cloud of dust will not work in the Big 12

I'd love to see a coach try to create a running game, much like Georgia Tech's in the Big 12. The other schools wouldn't be used to seeing it and it would limit the amount of possessions the other Big 12 teams would have. See how that madator-defense-flag football they play handles that.

 

[TerryP]

It seems to be a rush to judgement when saying Miles wouldn't work there. There's a lot of similarities to Kansas and Okie State (when he was first hired there.)

OSU had won six games over the last four years before Miles was hired as OC in the mid-90's. Kansas has won about the same over the last four years. OSU went from three wins the year before he was OC to eight wins the year he left to coach at Dallas. They fell back to that three and four win season until OSU re-hired him as their head coach and he turned that around again to an eight and nine win team. The foundation we saw Gundy inherited was from Miles. When Pickens started throwing money at the OSU athletic department we saw them hit the double digit win mark.

If he's done it once--and it's essentially twice--in the Big 12 with his style of offense what's to say he can't again at KU? OSU doesn't have any inherent advantages over OSU.

 

[EasyTider]

Miles would make an impact at Kansas, but will kill his career.

Saban already did that

 

[planomateo]

Miles would make an impact at Kansas, but will kill his career.

Saban already did that

Lol, in honesty, at 64 he's probably got 1 last opportunity to be a HC.