U of M thread (in the Lions Forum) :)

[jaadam4]

If we get Miles I'm gonna change my forum name to NostraJaadam4domis since I've been preaching for him for 3 years.

[jaadam4]

And then I will drink!!

[chemiclord]

Well, except for that period where you were "Harbaugh or Bust"...

[Cody_Russell]

ESPN reporting that sources close to Miles say he'll take the job if it's offered tomorrow.

[nhwbrooklyn]

Serious question, can Brandon NOT hire Miles now? can you imagine the outcry if they would hire Hoke and he struggled for a year or two?

Yeah it would be crazy...

[nhwbrooklyn]

Well, except for that period where you were "Harbaugh or Bust"...

[nhwbrooklyn]

I strongly feel Miles will be a very good signing. RR failure will only increase Miles chances of success and the support he gets for just having a Carr or near Carr level season. And beyond that Miles doing better than RR will get huge national attention (it still is UofM) and will be able to recruit very very well.

He can beat the sweater vest.

[jaadam4]

Nostrajaadam4domis agrees!!!

[Rocky Bleier]

Serious question, can Brandon NOT hire Miles now? can you imagine the outcry if they would hire Hoke and he struggled for a year or two?

Agree, SLF. Hoke is a guy you hire to make a seamless transition - like Alverez to Bielema. People would say "Brady who?" but then shut up when he wins. Brandon needs a name coach who can inspire confidence and lure recruits. Michigan hasn't been this bad since before Bo arrived, and no one would be willing to give Hoke time to turn the program around.

[Topweasel]

You do if you know there may be interest before the contract expires and might be able to parlay it into an extension with more money.

Then the cheap buy out wouldn't be only for Michigan. To have a single team buy-out coupon means that in the end and in his heart it was basically "the only other team I would want to coach is Michigan". Now that can't mean that with the actual option available he doesn't decide that he would rather stay LSU. But that Michigan entry in his contract does display a real desire to coach for them.

[SeattleLionsFan]

Agree, SLF. Hoke is a guy you hire to make a seamless transition - like Alverez to Bielema. People would say "Brady who?" but then shut up when he wins. Brandon needs a name coach who can inspire confidence and lure recruits. Michigan hasn't been this bad since before Bo arrived, and no one would be willing to give Hoke time to turn the program around.

This would be my ideal outcome here. THey hire Miles, and then within the next 2-3 years they identify a coach in waiting, to replace him when he steps down in 5-10 years. (Loeffler maybe? Or bring in Hoke as DC if they like him that much)

They need to break away from the Bo "pipeline" though. Bo hasn't coached for 20 years.

[LionsWolverines]

As it starts to look more and more like a done deal with miles, I've decided I'm going to write off the dumbass stuff he's done on and off the field at LSU, give him the benefit of the doubt that he's not going to start SEC shit like oversigning and cutting kids with form letters and lying about it in press conferences. And just take him for what he is, a NC winning coach who probably benefited from an easy recruiting job in LA. If he keeps doing dumb crap, I'll go back to thinking he's a scumbag, but for now, Go Blue.

[CGVT]

Miles took over OK St after they had a three year run of 13-20. He was 4-7 his first year, but ended up being 31-21 for his 4 years there.

His record is 62-17 at LSU.

Apparently he does something right.

[Rocky Bleier]

Latest news says Miles is staying at LSU.

http://lsu.rivals.com/

http://twitter.com/WAFB

[nhwbrooklyn]

That would suck...