Les Miles on the oil spill
I've been convinced for some time that Miles is an idiot both on and off the football field. His swagger belies his insecurity. I think he knows he is in over his head. But damn, if he wasn't given the keys to Saban's Ferrari. I think he's about to destroy Saban's shiny car, however. He is an unlikeable Larry Coker. He is what Lane Kiffin aspires to be. Anyway, he was asked about the oil spill the other day.
"Well, it uh, the impact is more of a ... you know ... anything, anything along the ... the uh ... the ... shore and those issues are very serious issues and there ... the impact is on the ... the uh (long pause) you know, what is, the natural resource of our country, uh, but ah ... I don't know that it's, I don't know exactly, uh, to what extent it's being handled well and managed or mismanaged I have no idea.
"The only thing I know is it's very sincere and it's, it's uh, it affects more than Louisiana and it affects (muffled pause) ... the ocean."
You can hear the audio at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/23/les-miles-oil-spill-inter_n_656989.html
I completely agree about being given the keys to Saban's
by APND02 
, Winston-Salem, NC, Wednesday, July 28, 2010, 08:28 (5796 days ago) @ Bryan (IrishCavan)
Ferrari. When LSU hired Miles I scratched my head thinking "what has he done to deserve this?" In many ways, I thought he was like Willigham, one (or two) year(s) of success at a school that isn't known for their football exploits. He is simply a completely inane in-game gambler.
Of course, he has continued to recruit well so whomever follows him will walk into a gold mine.
How could he have interviewed well?
I'm sure he can talk football and all of that - but just small talking with the guy about current events or whatever during the hiring process - wouldn't he out himself as a moran?
He can't put one sentence together about the gulf situation. A fifth grader could do better.
Aren't the people making these hiring decisions even trying to be thorough?
It's mind blowing to me.
I agree.
by APND02 , Winston-Salem, NC, Wednesday, July 28, 2010, 14:29 (5796 days ago) @ cujaysfan
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He has to keep it together long enough to succeed Rodriguez
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I thought he was out of favor
in Ann Arbor bc of the last go round, and that Harbaugh was the presumptive nominee. Plus I think Miles aligned himself with the anti-Carr faction at U-M, and they have lost power b/c of Rodriguez's failures.
Maybe Harbaugh can get another DUI or something.
I thought Harbaugh was out because of the academics stuff
You remember, when he said that Michigan's academics for football players were subpar (see the story here: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=2966536&spo...
I know the coach for them, if SC doesn't grab him first. He recently said he's finished, but I think he'd come back for the right challenge, the right price, and the right access to good golf courses nearby.
They'll forgive Harbaugh for that in a heartbeat
The second he clarifies what he meant and explains how it's why he's going to bring True Michigan Men back to Ann Arbor.
I know his story is far from over
by HumanRobot , Cybertron, Wednesday, July 28, 2010, 11:44 (5796 days ago) @ MadisonDomer
But up to this point, has Harbaugh done much to warrant a top job?
Plenty of people think so
Presumably because he managed to beat SC twice and he's running an old-school type running attack. I don't think he's qualified for a "top" job, but he does have some positive attributes, mainly in the realm of recruiting.
Well, it's more than the "old school" running in my mind
When he arrived at San Diego, they were a mediocre program at best. He took them from a standard offense to a pass-happy one and they went on to the best stretch in their history. In one year, they were seriously considered for the 1-AA playoffs despite being a nonscholarship school and really not being able to or expected to compete at the 1-AA scholarship level. He turned the switch on the program to "on" and in doing so merited the Stanford job, apparently.
At Stanford he made a big splash by calling out Petey and beating him in Jimmy-boy's first season at Stanford. Then after making that splash, he jumped with both feet into the Gearhart-based offense and made "some people" think he was great because he was running the ball. But in my mind he did so because Gearhart was what he had -- witness the development of Luck last year, and hanging 55 on the Trojans (yes, some by the defense), as proof that Jimmy wants to score points, not just grind clock.
I would guess, though I have no knowledge, that Jimmy will use Luck quite a bit this year and will surprise people who think that he's a run-first guy. At San Diego, he definitely spread the field and passed and I think that if he has the horses to do it at Stanford that's what we'll see.
Ultimately, he may not deserve a big job yet, but he probably has come to deserve the chance to coach Michigan, because it's his alma mater and because it's falling apart and because his recent history at two jobs shows that he can turn things around relatively quickly and will make use of what he has on campus to do so.
I hope Jimmah
by Chris (HCC) , Paradise, Wednesday, July 28, 2010, 13:29 (5796 days ago) @ Greg
humps the Michigan AD's wife and shoots his dog. He may not have earned the job yet, but damn it if it worries me that he'll turn the program into, ya know, something resembling competent.