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According to the Detroit Free Press, Les Miles is talking to the Wolverines again. Miles had a phone conversation Friday morning with Michigan athletic director Bill Martin and school president Mary Sue Coleman, according to several people with knowledge of the call.
While Miles did sign an LSU contract extension late last week, adding a year to his deal, his yearly salary — around $2.6 million if he loses the BCS national championship game and close to $3.4 million if he wins it — remains unchanged. The $1.25-million buyout to leave for Michigan reportedly is still in place.
I am no Dick Cheney
Miles was quoted as saying, “Yeah, I spoke with them, but only to help them identify other candidates like Brian Kelly, Kirk Ferentz, and Jeff Tedford. I wouldn’t pull a Dick Cheney and help the search committee and then offer my own name as the best candidate.”
Desmond Howard, a member of the Michigan search committee, told fellow ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit that he is suddenly out of the loop. “I have no idea why.”
Former LSU and Miami Dolphin coach Nick Saban said, “He should take whatever job he wants. That’s why there are buyout clauses.”
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Mockingbird said:
December 11th, 2007 at 7:41 am
Brian Kelly and Tedford are the best options.
Farentz is the most overpaid overrated coach/athlete/trainer in all of sports.
HenryJames said:
December 11th, 2007 at 8:07 am
What is the Michigan equivalent of Youngstown State?
HornInExile said:
December 11th, 2007 at 8:17 am
Tedford? Did you see how Cal finished this year?
Tedford and Ferentz are the two most overrated coaches in college football today.
echeese said:
December 11th, 2007 at 8:49 am
Mack Brown and Greg Davis are the two most underated coach’s in college football.
Nordberg said:
December 11th, 2007 at 8:54 am
Mangino would have that job by now if he weighed 200 lbs. less.
AugieSpiers said:
December 11th, 2007 at 9:04 am
I don’t know, he’d still be topping 5 bills.
HenryJames said:
December 11th, 2007 at 9:32 am
Al Borges is out as OC at Auburn.
Harriet Miers said:
December 11th, 2007 at 9:57 am
I have a bad feeling that Les Miles is going to use his role in the search committee to try to get himself hired as the new Michigan coach.
kchorn04 said:
December 11th, 2007 at 10:03 am
Anyone that could make Brandon Cox a serviceable Division I QB should have some great jobs lined up.
McLovin said:
December 11th, 2007 at 10:13 am
I hate Desmond Howard. What a tool. I can’t imagine why ESPN put him on the air.
I don’t know what to think of Tedford any more. But if you’re inclined to occasinally drop 6 games a year, Stanford and Cal are the places to do it and not get fired. It’s still interesting his name has not come up on Michigan’s short list (that I know of).
Redfoot said:
December 11th, 2007 at 1:28 pm
I am thinking that the most likely person to get the job at this point is Greg Davis. I will go out on a limb and predict that next year we will hear about how bad the new coordinator is from all of you negative nancies.
mileslong said:
December 11th, 2007 at 2:26 pm
“I am thinking that the most likely person to get the job at this point is Greg Davis. I will go out on a limb and predict that next year we will hear about how bad the new coordinator is from all of you negative nancies.”
greg davis will be hired for the michigan job right about the same time the pyramids match up with orion’s belt…you know, at the apocalypse.
BRAGGonUT said:
December 12th, 2007 at 10:58 am
I told you he was just helping the search committee an entire day before Les thought up the convenient lie.
“I had a conversation with Michigan last week that covered a wide range of topics. I was doing nothing more than helping them with their search for a football coach, just as any loyal alumnus might do. It was nothing more than that.