Les Miles

[Mortimer]

Moronic "news conference" is a good way to put it.


Coaches consdering jumping ship will hold these things when caught sneaking around. They will deny they may be leaving and vent about the press for several minutes .... who made them sneak around .Then they will say" no questions" and leave.

The "no questions" is always a hint.





Miles and TOP Michigan officials( President and AD...that's all.) are scheduled to talk this morning. Subjects are limited to the weather and their baseball card collections as per Miles' contract.

[Mortimer]

BREAKING SPORTY NEWS





Coach Saban of Alabama reportedly has purchased the home of Les Miles in Louisiana.


Miles continues to pass the time of day over the tely with TOP Michigan officials.

[Danzig]

saban was in louisiana recruiting the other day, they were all over that happening as well. it's amazing.

i wonder tho, if miles is really leaving, how long petrino would wait before calling lsu. he'd bolt arkansas for a better sec opportunity faster than you can say 'contract negotiation'.

[Mortimer]

Originally Posted by Danzig

saban was in louisiana recruiting the other day, they were all over that happening as well. it's amazing.

i wonder tho, if miles is really leaving, how long petrino would wait before calling lsu. he'd bolt arkansas for a better sec opportunity faster than you can say 'contract negotiation'.

I think if you really look at this......LSU made it public that Michigan asked for ( and received) permission to talk to Miles about the Michigan job.That'd be the only job mentioned in his LSU contract finding it necessary for Miles to give LSU 1.25 mill. should he jump to Michigan.This is because Michigan is Miles' number one desire as he is Michigans'. This is no news.

So stay with me on this..............is it very hard to connect a line from this sequence of fact and lead it to contract negotiations?


Do you really think Herbstreit just made his report up out of chocolate pudding??

The guy with the million plus dollar sports analyst/game commentater job?

Originally Posted by Mortimer

I think if you really look at this......LSU made it public that Michigan asked for ( and received) permission to talk to Miles about the Michigan job.That'd be the only job mentioned in his LSU contract finding it necessary for Miles to give LSU 1.25 mill. should he jump to Michigan.This is because Michigan is Miles' number one desire as he is Michigans'. This is no news.

No stay with me on this..............is it very hard to connect a line from this sequence of fact and lead it to contract negotiations?


Do you really think Herbstreit just made his report up out of chocolate pudding??

The guy with the million plus dollar sports analyst/game commentater job?

Don't forget his exclusive self-tanner contract.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Pillow Pants

Don't forget his exclusive self-tanner contract.

and hair gel...and pencils.

what's the deal with everyone holding a g--d--- pencil anymore?!?! even al michaels does it now.
thanks lee corso.

[Mortimer]

Originally Posted by Pillow Pants

Don't forget his exclusive self-tanner contract.

Really...I have no great feeling on Herbstreit one way or the other..I really don't.


He doesn't even have the rep of someone who breaks news so by looking at the whole thing it seems to me he did have what he reported. I think that alone is probably what caused all the hernias.Easy to see.

I'm sure no one was happy this broke right before their conf. title game thus the mass damage control.

[Danzig]

what has it cost herbstreit to make the report? nothing.
he and others do it all the time. where is the punishment if they're wrong? nowhere. oh, well a source said-he didn't confirm it, he was too anxious to get it out there before the game....so they run with it. there's no harm, no foul if they're wrong, so why not hope to be right?

mark may announced nutt resigned as a done deal, as tho nutt was already packed and gone, weeks before it actually happened. who went after him for making a report that at the time was incorrect? no one. it was reported grobe was going to arkansas, didn't happen. it's not life or death, so no one really feels they're laying their neck on the line to run with a possible story.

[Mortimer]

Originally Posted by Danzig

what has it cost herbstreit to make the report? nothing.
he and others do it all the time. where is the punishment if they're wrong? nowhere. oh, well a source said-he didn't confirm it, he was too anxious to get it out there before the game....so they run with it. there's no harm, no foul if they're wrong, so why not hope to be right?

mark may announced nutt resigned as a done deal, as tho nutt was already packed and gone, weeks before it actually happened. who went after him for making a report that at the time was incorrect? no one. it was reported grobe was going to arkansas, didn't happen. it's not life or death, so no one really feels they're laying their neck on the line to run with a possible story.

You're blind Dannie.



Herbstreit said on national tv he went over the details with his bosses at ESPN...and they said to report it.



I can't say anymore to you pointing out how grossly illogical are your thoughts here. You hate Ohio State and therefor you hate Herbstreit...I guess. That's all I can see from you.

[Danzig]

i didn't even know til just now that herbstreit played at osu. i knew he played somewhere.

did you read the ombudsman article i put up the link to? the lady who wrote it said that herbstreit should never have run that story the way he did. that it was irresponsible on his part.

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by Mortimer

You're blind Dannie.



Herbstreit said on national tv he went over the details with his bosses at ESPN...and they said to report it.



I can't say anymore to you pointing out how grossly illogical are your thoughts here. You hate Ohio State and therefor you hate Herbstreit...I guess. That's all I can see from you.

I don't care for Ohio State, but I actually enjoy Herbstreit. He is typically one of the more knowledgeable reporters on ESPN IMO.

With that said, I don't believe that Les Miles will be going to Michigan. LSU is a better coaching job and I can't see him leaving.

[Mortimer]

I read the story again,Dannie.

I'm still not sure what it says other than she doesn't feel they should have reported it.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Mortimer

I read the story again,Dannie.

I'm still not sure what it says other than she doesn't feel they should have reported it.

i think her article had more to do with trying to get espn to not jump so quickly to conclusions, since the miles story was one of three she mentioned. seems she wants them to go more for accuracy than speed.

hey, i don't have an issue with herbstreit, this one time is the only story i know of in which he seemingly jumped the gun.

[ddthetide]

Originally Posted by Mortimer

I think if you really look at this......LSU made it public that Michigan asked for ( and received) permission to talk to Miles about the Michigan job.That'd be the only job mentioned in his LSU contract finding it necessary for Miles to give LSU 1.25 mill. should he jump to Michigan.This is because Michigan is Miles' number one desire as he is Michigans'. This is no news.

No stay with me on this..............is it very hard to connect a line from this sequence of fact and lead it to contract negotiations?


Do you really think Herbstreit just made his report up out of chocolate pudding??

The guy with the million plus dollar sports analyst/game commentater job?

the monday after herbstreit's report mike tirico opened his radio show by backing herbstreit. tirico went on to say they he knew herbstreit's source and it was trusted. tirico went on, that he had recieved a call from one of his sources, that miles was leaving, so he stood behind herbstreit.