November 29th, 2007Les Miles Booking His Flight to Ann Arbor

I’m disgusted with the way the NCAA handles coaching interviews in college and football. There shouldn’t be any coaching discussions during the regular season. ESPN is reporting that “LSU athletic director Skip Bertman confirmed Wednesday night through spokesman Herb Vincent that his Michigan counterpart, Bill Martin, has officially requested permission to speak with Les Miles about becoming the next coach of the Wolverines. Bertman requested that the meeting not take place until after LSU plays Tennessee Saturday for the SEC championship. Martin told Bertman he will comply.”
Doesn’t Michigan know that LSU has a SEC Title game to play on Saturday. Can’t they wait 4 more days before they start calling Les Miles and creating distractions for the LSU team? It’s not fair to the players who committed to Miles and gave it their all this season. They deserver a chance to be an SEC Champion.
Les Miles could probably give two shits about what LSU does this weekend. He’ll be coaching Michigan next year. If Miles does leave LSU to coach the Wolverines, he must pay LSU $1.25 million. But big deal, the UM will probably reimburse him for those losses.
I don’t blame Miles for wanting to leave LSU. It’s every coaches dream of coaching for their alma mater. Just freaking wait until your done with the current season before you go making arrangements to fly to Ann Arbor.
