Schad on Twitter: LSU willing to pay for part of Les' UM buyout
January 10th, 2011 at 8:00 PM ^
Hell, if Pinkel was on DB's board, that opens things up considerably to a bunch of other coaches. Methinks that more than a few coaches (or more specifically their agents) are using Michigan rumors to get nice raises.
January 10th, 2011 at 5:46 PM ^
He also doesn't even bother to claim "sources" told him this "might" be possible.
Sofia Vergara "might" be coming over to my house to rock my world. Saying it on twitter doesn't make it any more likely to happen though.
January 10th, 2011 at 6:11 PM ^
January 10th, 2011 at 5:46 PM ^
Every indication in the world that Les is loved because his teams have won ball games and that is it. I say this - his relationship with LSU would be exactly what Rich Rod's relationship would have been if he won at UM - winning shuts mouths, but doesn't make the Alumni comfortable. 11-2 LSU with a coaching opening - line up the candidates they could pick from nearly anyone so best to let LM go with no strings to speed up process.
January 10th, 2011 at 5:50 PM ^
Uh, your avatar might be stolen.
January 10th, 2011 at 5:54 PM ^
Poor form.
January 10th, 2011 at 5:49 PM ^
fucking kangaroos
January 10th, 2011 at 5:59 PM ^
It is the sport of kings. On his home planet.
January 10th, 2011 at 6:11 PM ^
Uranus?
January 10th, 2011 at 6:22 PM ^
It is called Xentzzxxertopiaq. You've probably never heard of it. It's that cool.
January 10th, 2011 at 6:34 PM ^
he's a scientologist?
January 10th, 2011 at 7:11 PM ^
please. My GF walks in to see me reading the latest on the CC. I am explaining about planes, twitter, and the candidates. Then she sees her second cat today on one of the threads im reading. Doesn't understand most of what im talking to her about, how many people are constanty refreshing. Or checking many links to find and "new" news on our CC.
However watching her laugh at the pics was great! Why kangaroos?
January 10th, 2011 at 5:47 PM ^
. . . whomever LSU wants to hire to replace Miles.
That'll teach them not to try to confuse us with reverse psychology.
January 10th, 2011 at 7:13 PM ^
Damn them and their cheap parlor tricks!
January 10th, 2011 at 7:37 PM ^
who would you rather have . . . Miles or Pelinni?
Neither one would make my list. They are both grenades with the pin pulled.
January 10th, 2011 at 5:47 PM ^
I stayed up to 1:30 in the morning on Friday/Saturday listening to Louisiana raido talking about how Miles had already taken the job. Supposedly, he hadn't even met with Brandon. Let's not get carried away.
January 10th, 2011 at 6:07 PM ^
Seemed like a good idea at the time
January 10th, 2011 at 5:47 PM ^
Perhaps the buyout waiver in contigent upon Miles/Michigan not pursuing any LSU recruits or other members of the Tiger coaching staff.
January 10th, 2011 at 5:56 PM ^
it does raise a question about his assistants, and what he's thinking. Hiring Les really only is half the suspense, because he's much more the "CEO-type" as Brian puts it. Who he pursues as OC and DC are nearly as important as him being the HC.
I presume Brandon would raise these issues with LM during any meetings they're having.
January 10th, 2011 at 5:56 PM ^
Makes perfect sense actually (and is bad for us bc it would mean no access to Miles' LSU staff).
January 10th, 2011 at 6:02 PM ^
Surprised that there is a buyout. Would have thought Les would have had language in contract if he jumped to UM.
January 10th, 2011 at 6:25 PM ^
I believe I read somewhere on here recently that his buyout is specifically for UM.
January 10th, 2011 at 6:32 PM ^
I'm sure Les would have loved to have that, but why would LSU have permitted no buy out for the one potential school that Miles would conceivably go to?
January 10th, 2011 at 7:22 PM ^
If my memory is correct I recall that his original contract at LSU had an exclusion for U of M should he want to return to AA. Obviously, he didn't care if he ever returned to UM after the sailboat incident or didn't have the leverage to place that language in his contract extention. Having a buy out exclusion for a specific school is not that unusual.
January 10th, 2011 at 6:13 PM ^
That would suck. I would rather have Michigan pay the buyout and have a shot at taking some of those 4/5* recruits and Chavis.
January 10th, 2011 at 5:47 PM ^
Hoke to Michigan, Miles to SDSU. Book it.
January 10th, 2011 at 5:52 PM ^
BKFinest it.
January 10th, 2011 at 5:48 PM ^
If Brandon is on the plane and if this is really a big misdirection.
January 10th, 2011 at 5:48 PM ^
to help speed the process for a smooth transition. Don't Les and Patterson have the same agent? Who knows shiite at this stage.
January 10th, 2011 at 5:48 PM ^
osu is paying for all the plane trips.
January 10th, 2011 at 6:08 PM ^
Brandon is just barrowing it for a test drive.
January 10th, 2011 at 6:13 PM ^
He paid for his ticket.
January 10th, 2011 at 7:09 PM ^
By selling JH's gold toilet seat, which is the real reason we didn't get him.
January 10th, 2011 at 7:14 PM ^
Go Blue!
January 10th, 2011 at 5:51 PM ^
to negotiate something where part of the buyout is waived in exchange for Miles not poaching certain assistant coaches? Would such an agreement even be possible?
January 10th, 2011 at 6:19 PM ^
If it's in exchange for not taking Gary Crowton, they'd be doing us a favor, as any dual Chicago Bears/Michigan fans are aware. He's not John Shoop-bad (currently employed screwing up North Carolina's offense), but he's not good.
January 10th, 2011 at 6:30 PM ^
LSU success, over the last few years has been directly a result of recruting and stifling D's. Crowton was bad in Chicago and has done nothing of note at LSU.
Keep him away!
January 10th, 2011 at 8:36 PM ^
I'll take great recruiting, stifling D and a halfway decent O over mediocre recruiting, wretched D, and an O with "exciting potential."
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January 10th, 2011 at 5:51 PM ^
can't believe lsu would already come out and say it now, but there is precedence for schools to not hold coaches to them.
remember beilein's was reduced- partly why rrod thought he could get his reduced as well.
January 10th, 2011 at 5:51 PM ^
Wake me when this is over...
January 10th, 2011 at 5:52 PM ^
if he comes with a Tressel voodoo stick pin doll. Get em right in the sweater vest.
January 10th, 2011 at 6:08 PM ^
We'll set the Tressel doll up on one side of the room and go after it with a semi-automatic pin shooter. Come on, my North Campus friends, innovate!
January 10th, 2011 at 6:13 PM ^
I AM having a bear of a time finding cognates to take... would that count for 4 credits of non CSE 500 level coursework? If you can get my advisor to sign off on it, I'm in.
January 11th, 2011 at 10:07 AM ^
a Full Auto belt fed pin shooter.
January 10th, 2011 at 5:52 PM ^
I have it! They will waive the buyout because LSU wants to hire rodriguez and there is something in his contract that would allow UM to recoup buyout money if he coaches again within a certain period of time!
This conjecture is brought to you by someone who has went insane as a result of this "process"
January 10th, 2011 at 5:59 PM ^
is based upon speculation derived from something called a twitter you're good.
January 10th, 2011 at 6:22 PM ^
First, an admittedly insane theory is posted. Then, someone tweets it to someone in the MSM. Then, that reporter tweets that it is being "discussed." (The character limit is the excuse not to reveal it is being "discussed" as a joke on a blog.) Then other MSMers pick-up on the tweet, only now it is being "reported" because the tweet came form a MSM "reporter." Then ESPN goes live on Sports Center on this new fact which is being "reported" in multilpe sources. This is soon followed by 72 threads on MGoBlog that call the insane theory insane.
See how easy it is?