Wow: 'Strong indications' LSU coach Les Miles coaching for his job vs. Ole Miss, A&M

[BleedGopher]

Wow: 'Strong indications' LSU coach Les Miles coaching for his job vs. Ole Miss, A&M

per The Advocate:

The margin between winning and losing is indeed a thin one, often a matter of inches, a knife’s edge. Just two weeks ago, LSU was 7-0 and No. 2 in the initial College Football Playoff rankings, led by the player everyone was calling the best in America, tailback Leonard Fournette.

But in the span of just two Saturdays, with two humbling losses to Alabama and Arkansas, the ice has thinned under Miles’ feet to the point where strong indications are that he will be coaching for his very job at Ole Miss on Saturday and the week after that against Texas A&M.

If Miles is terminated without cause before Jan. 1, he would be owed $15 million, payable over eight years (twice the time remaining on his current contract). His assistants would have to be paid roughly an additional $2 million for six months salary (thanks to the “Les Miles clause” in their contracts) for a total buyout of $17 million.

It’s a staggering sum, but apparently not a deal breaker.

http://theadvocate.com/sports/lsu/14016697-128/thinning-ice-lsus-les-miles

Go Gophers!!

 

[Deckergopher]

And who do they got in mind to replace him ??

 

[JZsportswhiz]

Well the Cubs ditched Rick Renteria after Joe Maddon became available and things worked out pretty damn well for them

Maybe the Gophers can ditch TC for Les Miles?

lol just wishfully thinking aloud

Gophers job != Cubs

 

[GophersInIowa]

And who do they got in mind to replace him ??

The Alabama offensive coordinator of course.

 

[Deckergopher]

Well the Cubs ditched Rick Renteria after Joe Maddon became available and things worked out pretty damn well for them

Maybe the Gophers can ditch TC for Les Miles?

lol just wishfully thinking aloud

Gophers job != Cubs

Who said les miles is a better coach ?? Swap em and you just might be suprised who would have more success ..

 

[GopherWeatherGuy]

And who do they got in mind to replace him ??

Bo Pelini, former defensive coordinator under Miles.

 

[GVBadger]

The dream would be Bielema rolling into Lambeau with the Tigers in September.

 

[dpodoll68]

The LSU administration is batsh1t f*cking insane if this is even close to true.

 

[The Lorax]

Who said les miles is a better coach ?? Swap em and you just might be suprised who would have more success ..

Settle down

 

[60's Guy]

Surprised this hasn't come up yet...

According to what I read on here, the true Gopher fan response would be: Jerry Kill discovers the cure for epilepsy, gets hired at LSU, takes his entire coaching staff with him at twice their salaries and Glen Mason turns down the job leaving the Gophers with Bo Pelini.

 

[Ski U Mah 55]

And who do they got in mind to replace him ??

Tim Brewster

 

[GopherVictory]

My father-in-law, an LSU grad, said that the author of that piece is kind of a rabble-rouser and naysayer when it comes to LSU. So who knows how serious the rumblings are?

 

[Great Plains Gopher]

Would be a big mistake to fire Miles. Even Alabama floundered for awhile - as has USC, Notre Dame, Nebraska, Michigan, Tennessee, after firing coaches or having good ones retire. The move led to a string of coaching failures for most of these big programs, until they finally found someone, usually at high cost, who could bring them back.

 

[Spoofin]

The Alabama offensive coordinator of course.

Unless Mason is interested

 

[GophersInIowa]

Unless Mason is interested

They could be co-head coaches. Just think about it, we would win the National Championship 18 years straight! We'd be unstoppable.

 

[Some Day...Is Coming!]

Well the Cubs ditched Rick Renteria after Joe Maddon became available and things worked out pretty damn well for them

Maybe the Gophers can ditch TC for Les Miles?

lol just wishfully thinking aloud

Gophers job != Cubs

Not sure Les Miles would have what Gopher fans describe as 'success' here at Minnesota. LSU not exactly hard place to have success.


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[JZsportswhiz]

Who said les miles is a better coach ?? Swap em and you just might be suprised who would have more success ..

While TC may go on to do great things, I don't think it's a stretch to say Les earned his stripes at LSU. It's fair to say the coach with the National Championship is better than the one without a win.

 

[Word]

While TC may go on to do great things, I don't think it's a stretch to say Les earned his stripes at LSU. It's fair to say the coach with the National Championship is better than the one without a win.

Claeys had 4 wins as acting head coach a couple years ago. Not that that changes the premise of your post.

 

[mnsportsgeek]

I wanted LSU to lose to see if this was true.

 

[50PoundHead]

Unless Mason is interested

If the phone rings, he's going to answer it. Don't know how many on here remember that quote.

 

[Mulligan]

If the phone rings, he's going to answer it. Don't know how many on here remember that quote.

That bit Glen big time. I think it cost Tubby some also when he kept being linked to other jobs. It's not what gets them fired, but it certainly made it easier for the AD to pull the trigger. I hope our current BB coach stops playing those games.

 

[50PoundHead]

That bit Glen big time. I think it cost Tubby some also when he kept being linked to other jobs. It's not what gets them fired, but it certainly made it easier for the AD to pull the trigger. I hope our current BB coach stops playing those games.

He could have said the same thing in a different way and it wouldn't have caused a ripple, but it came off as flip and snarky.

 

[mnsportsgeek]

That bit Glen big time. I think it cost Tubby some also when he kept being linked to other jobs. It's not what gets them fired, but it certainly made it easier for the AD to pull the trigger. I hope our current BB coach stops playing those games.

Is a written statement from Richard that he's not going anywhere not good enough?

 

[Spoofin]

Is a written statement from Richard that he's not going anywhere not good enough?

I'd trust it about as far as I could throw him. Of course with the results he has produced we'd be lucky if someone else took him.

 

[mnsportsgeek]

I'd trust it about as far as I could throw him. Of course with the results he has produced we'd be lucky if someone else took him.

Well he didn't sign it in blood so there's that.

 

[Ralph_Wiggum]

This is why there should have been a national search for a coach. Les Miles would be a good hire. It's not like people were knocking on the door for Coach Claeys. Heck Bo Pelini would be a good candidate. The U has already decided on Coach Claeys, but they could have decided on Coach Claeys in early December after a national search.

 

[westcoastgopher11]

It is inane that anyone with a .775 win percentage, 2 conference titles, and a national championship would be on the hot seat like this. Les Miles has more 10 win seasons during his tenure in Baton Rouge than LSU had in its entire history. Oh, and that national championship, the only other title taken home by the Bayou Bengals post CFB integration was won by a guy named Nick Saban (more on him later).

That being said, this shows highlights two major trends in CFB today:
1. offensive ineptitude is less forgivable in an age of spread offenses, 400+ yard passing games, and basketball like scores. Les Miles has demonstrated a complete inability to win games with offense, or develop nearly any QB or skill players whatsoever. There is ZERO point in recruiting 5 * WRs if you can't throw them the ball. This isn't an irrational frustration though, look at a lot of the grumbling and complaining has been about this year in Minneapolis.
2. The "what have you done for me lately" arms race has escalated yet again. When you have an all time great like Saban doing the ungodly things he has for a rival, its going to lead to irrational decisions. It might just take a Saban taking another stab at the NFL (unlikely, but who knows) for the SEC to be released from his death grip.

I'd like to think Miles wouldn't get canned after this season, although with a notable lack of high profile vacancies so far its very possible this would be the time to strike. USC is the obvious elephant in the room, VaTech will promote from within, Miami doesn't take football seriously, and South Carolina will probably shy away from splashy Spurrier-like hires and opt for a good Xs/Os guy (maybe even Fedora from UNC). Those are the four job relatively on par or better than LSU, and it frankly doesn't get much better than that in terms of coaching competition.

 

[matt]

He could've been a real Tubby Smith type hire.

 

[Iceland12]

He could've been a real Tubby Smith type hire.

Is that the guy who beat Pitino yesterday?

 

[50PoundHead]

This is why there should have been a national search for a coach. Les Miles would be a good hire. It's not like people were knocking on the door for Coach Claeys. Heck Bo Pelini would be a good candidate. The U has already decided on Coach Claeys, but they could have decided on Coach Claeys in early December after a national search.

I want to make it clear I'm fine with Claeys, but the lack of a permanent AD really hamstrung any kind of search possibilities. Miles is a superb coach and would have been a big-time hire. I wonder if Illinois makes a move for him if he is indeed fired at LSU.