🏈 LSU AD, "Miles to remain head coach at LSU."

[planomateo]

The question I keep asking with alot of these hot seats or firings is who else are they going to get?

In this era of win now or be gone there is no room for coaches to have bad years and reinvent themselves. If that attitude had been back in the 60's/70's we maybe wouldn't have had a Coach Bear Bryant, Joe Paterno, Bobby Bowden, and maybe even Frank Beamer. I think in some cases the firing is deserved and in others its just dumb. So who else is LSU going to get?

Agree.

FSU might be in the hunt for a new HC when all of this is said and done. Wouldn't surprise me if Jimbo is looking for a change of scenery.

If Les does get a golden parachute, whoever his new suitor is will help soften the $15M blow to LSU's boosters.

 

[OldPlayer]

With $15 mil, he definitely wouldn't need to coach again (I'm sure he will). I don't think, however, he fits the...the...ideal candidate that ESPN is marketing to with Kannell, Palmer, and/or Galloway.

But he could replace Corso (not saying that's in the cards, but that's where he would fit).

 

[gc90]

I give them a 1 in 5 chance of making the "right hire" I don't really know who the right hire would be but I bet Alleva whiffs on it

law of averages. Hired two NationalChampionship calibre coaches.

 

[bamachine]

ESPN could just create a new show, the Les and Steve show. Would watch every Saturday or DVR at least.

 

[OldPlayer]

law of averages. Hired two NationalChampionship calibre coaches.

Their AD came from Duke. His best hire was Cutcliff after two bad hires. In other words, he doesn't know how to hire a championship coach.

 

[gc90]

Their AD came from Duke. His best hire was Cutcliff after two bad hires. In other words, he doesn't know how to hire a championship coach.

haa .. didnt know he did not hire Miles. Figures this madness

Here is something interesting i saw --
"FWIW, here is my prediction. Miles gets fired, LSU hires Jimbo Fisher. UGA fires Mark Richt, hires Les Miles. FSU hires Mark Richt. Millions of dollars in buyouts are paid, and everyone pretty much stays at the same level, just with a new guy to scream at on Saturdays."

 

[bama alum]

But he could replace Corso (not saying that's in the cards, but that's where he would fit).

The Hat pulling out a hat. HA!

 

[DV Flak]

Les is more than a good coach for LSWho, I just don't know if his quirky eat grass, believe in Cajun voodoo shtick will work anywhere else. He grew on me, though I never took LSU as a "rival" in the true sense of the word.

I hope he winds up commentating somewhere.

 

[Bamabww]

Les is the opposite of CNS. CNS hires assistants who can recruit, coach and coexist with each other. That has enabled Bama to compete at a high level. Les hires assistants who can recruit (yes), coach (?), and coexist (?) but it hasn't allowed them to compete at a high enough level to match Bama.
I think the difference is there's just not many CNS's around.

 

[rammerjammer]

Barnhart tweeted out an interesting stat today. If Miles/LSU beat aTm this weekend. Miles record over the past five years will be 49-15. Guess what Saban's record was his 5 years there?..........48-16

@planomateo read an interesting story on twitter today about whether Jimbo would head back to LSU or not. Story states that Jimbo and his wife are separated, and that if his wife didn't want to leave Florida she could stay and keep the kids and he would have to go on his own. Story also delves into his son having Fanconi anemia and how the expected life of someone with FA is late twenties. Really interesting. Unless his wife loved Baton Rouge and wanted to go back, the article made a strong case for him to stay d/t family issues. Made a lot of sense. Plus he makes around 5 million a year at FSU, how much more is LSU willing to pay?

 

[planomateo]

Barnhart tweeted out an interesting stat today. If Miles/LSU beat aTm this weekend. Miles record over the past five years will be 49-15. Guess what Saban's record was his 5 years there?..........48-16

@planomateo read an interesting story on twitter today about whether Jimbo would head back to LSU or not. Story states that Jimbo and his wife are separated, and that if his wife didn't want to leave Florida she could stay and keep the kids and he would have to go on his own. Story also delves into his son having Fanconi anemia and how the expected life of someone with FA is late twenties. Really interesting. Unless his wife loved Baton Rouge and wanted to go back, the article made a strong case for him to stay d/t family issues. Made a lot of sense. Plus he makes around 5 million a year at FSU, how much more is LSU willing to pay?

This one? Why I expect Jimbo Fisher to turn down LSU

 

[OldPlayer]

Any speculation about coaches going to A or B is just that - speculation. No coach is talking to other schools. All that's being done is: schools may be contacting the agents of coaches to determine interest. All agents are saying "yes" regarding interest (even if there isn't).

Agents will try to drive up the value of their clients to suitors and current schools. This stimulates current schools to up compensation and make pursuing schools to show the level of interest. Do you think the Texas rumors helped to make Alabama give CNS another raise last year? Jimbo has no reason to leave FSU. They've been good to him. His marital status is secondary. If they divorce, they can live in Tallahassee and never see each other.

 

[AFF]

From Joe Schad article:

Miles, coming to the end of his 11th season at LSU, has won a national championship and two SEC championships and averaged 10 wins per season while producing 64 NFL draft choices.

He has a 110-32 record at LSU, and his .775 winning percentage is the best of any LSU coach -- including Nick Saban (.750) -- in the past century. Miles has a 60-27 career record in SEC play.

Miles and his staff, meanwhile, currently have the No. 1 class in the 2016 ESPN RecruitingNation rankings, with 19 commitments. The Tigers have had eight top-10 recruiting classes since 2006.

Nick Saban was innovative enough to adjust to the up-tempo style of play. He adjusted on both sides of the ball to deal with the philosophical changes in how the game is played in the 21st century. Apparently Les doesn't see a need to change his philosophy. Whether it's because he's stupid or stubborn or both - the result is the same. I'm sure he learned a lot from what Saban put in place down there. He was smart enough to keep it going - maybe he'll be smart enough to take Nick's example and change his approach to the game. It may be too late to do that at LSU. I hope he does well wherever he winds up as long as it's not against us.

 

[TerryP]

 

[bamachine]

Barnhart tweeted out an interesting stat today. If Miles/LSU beat aTm this weekend. Miles record over the past five years will be 49-15. Guess what Saban's record was his 5 years there?..........48-16

The big difference, Les did not have to rebuild the program, he had a fully stocked roster.

 

[rammerjammer]

@planomateo, yep that's the one.

 

[TerryP]

This one? Why I expect Jimbo Fisher to turn down LSU

@planomateo, yep that's the one.

You guys notice who wrote that? I've never been a fan, and likely have seen him wrong 10X more than I've seen him right.

I'm familiar with this guy and stuff he's written for Florida. He's not to impressed ...bottom of the comment section.

Marty Cohen ·
University of Florida
This is an infuriating piece, writing about a personal, private matter that the author only knows surface knowledge about. He makes suppositions about the Fishers' life and handling kids and a special needs child within the framework of a divorce with absolutely no knowledge of whether the Fishers have discussed and researched options for their family outside of Tallahassee. With what he does, surely the idea of coaching away from FSU before he dies has been discussed. As a sportswriter, as a special needs parent, as someone who has been divorced, this story is awful on all three accounts

 

[TerryP]

I won't go as far as to say "this blew Twitter up," but there certainly were a handful of conversations about this last night.
LSU fans cry in attendance at what is likely the final radio show for Les Miles

 

[planomateo]

I just don't see LSU turning this into a positive...

 

[TerryP]

I just don't see LSU turning this into a positive...

If this proceeds like a lot are speculating and Miles is out it'll take a home-run type of hire for the nation to look at the move as positive.

LSU fans may view Jimbo as the answer. It seems to me there's a lot of confusion ... something I don't empathize with, at all.