Syracuse fired their coach this morning. ESPN reporting good chance Les Miles will step down at LSU today or be fired....Wow.

Coaching changes

It blows my mind how a guy with a .7999 winning percentage can get fired like that. They were preseason picked to finish out right about were they are. Its gonna take 20 Million plus to buy him and the staff out. That's a lot of moolah!

Miles is a goner. Freaking brutal business man

(11-23-2015 12:35 PM)shiftyeagle Wrote:  Miles is a goner. Freaking brutal business man

Getting his 15 million buyout will make it less brutal I expect.

(11-23-2015 12:46 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  

(11-23-2015 12:35 PM)shiftyeagle Wrote:  Miles is a goner. Freaking brutal business man

Getting his 15 million buyout will make it less brutal I expect.

And the fact that he will have no trouble finding work.

(11-23-2015 12:52 PM)shiftyeagle Wrote:  

(11-23-2015 12:46 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  

(11-23-2015 12:35 PM)shiftyeagle Wrote:  Miles is a goner. Freaking brutal business man

Getting his 15 million buyout will make it less brutal I expect.

And the fact that he will have no trouble finding work.

Just absolutely crazy to me that they would part ways. I haven't heard of anything, but it just feels like there's more to the story. Nuts to me that they would fire him. He'll get pretty much any college gig he wants, I imagine.

Firing Miles would be crazy. Some school is going to get a great coach.

(11-23-2015 12:59 PM)TribeNiner Wrote:  

(11-23-2015 12:52 PM)shiftyeagle Wrote:  

(11-23-2015 12:46 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  

(11-23-2015 12:35 PM)shiftyeagle Wrote:  Miles is a goner. Freaking brutal business man

Getting his 15 million buyout will make it less brutal I expect.

And the fact that he will have no trouble finding work.

Just absolutely crazy to me that they would part ways. I haven't heard of anything, but it just feels like there's more to the story. Nuts to me that they would fire him. He'll get pretty much any college gig he wants, I imagine.

Must be nice to have a program with boosters that can pony up $15 million on a whim.....

(11-23-2015 01:00 PM)shiftyeagle Wrote:  

(11-23-2015 12:59 PM)TribeNiner Wrote:  

(11-23-2015 12:52 PM)shiftyeagle Wrote:  

(11-23-2015 12:46 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  

(11-23-2015 12:35 PM)shiftyeagle Wrote:  Miles is a goner. Freaking brutal business man

Getting his 15 million buyout will make it less brutal I expect.

And the fact that he will have no trouble finding work.

Just absolutely crazy to me that they would part ways. I haven't heard of anything, but it just feels like there's more to the story. Nuts to me that they would fire him. He'll get pretty much any college gig he wants, I imagine.

Must be nice to have a program with boosters that can pony up $15 million on a whim.....

Yes and no, I think. You can afford to get coaches like Les Miles, which is awesome; but, then you can do something fickle, like firing Les Miles.

(11-23-2015 01:00 PM)shiftyeagle Wrote:  

(11-23-2015 12:59 PM)TribeNiner Wrote:  

(11-23-2015 12:52 PM)shiftyeagle Wrote:  

(11-23-2015 12:46 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  

(11-23-2015 12:35 PM)shiftyeagle Wrote:  Miles is a goner. Freaking brutal business man

Getting his 15 million buyout will make it less brutal I expect.

And the fact that he will have no trouble finding work.

Just absolutely crazy to me that they would part ways. I haven't heard of anything, but it just feels like there's more to the story. Nuts to me that they would fire him. He'll get pretty much any college gig he wants, I imagine.

Must be nice to have a program with boosters that can pony up $15 million on a whim.....

Here is the kicker....HIS buyout is 15 Million, the coaching staff is 5 Million and Jimbo Fisher's (Rumor he is headed there) is 5 Million. So they are going to cough up 25 million just to hire the guy they want and fire the guy the don't want. That doesn't include the new coach and staff salaries.

PS: Don't be surprised if you hear Les Miles pop up as the candidate to replace Charlie Strong at UT if CS heads to Coral Gables.

Insane business.

Not sure he should be fired, but he's been offensively challenged for years.

Would never happen, but it would be epic if Miles took the ULM job and destroyed LSU's recruiting classes. He can afford it.

Where is Brohm going after this season? Perfect time for him to leave. Loses their all God QB and a ton of others. He's done well in a short period of time.

lswhoo never really liked miles...

15m is a drop in the bucket to those guys.....

this day has been coming for years....

(11-23-2015 01:17 PM)Noodles Wrote:  Would never happen, but it would be epic if Miles took the ULM job and destroyed LSU's recruiting classes. He can afford it.

I think you vastly underestimate the dumpster-fire that is ULM.

(11-23-2015 01:38 PM)LaTechBanjo Wrote:  

(11-23-2015 01:17 PM)Noodles Wrote:  Would never happen, but it would be epic if Miles took the ULM job and destroyed LSU's recruiting classes. He can afford it.

I think you vastly underestimate the dumpster-fire that is ULM.

Aren't they operating at a loss (financially) and the school is cutting the football budget even more?

(11-23-2015 01:40 PM)THUNDERGround Wrote:  

(11-23-2015 01:38 PM)LaTechBanjo Wrote:  

(11-23-2015 01:17 PM)Noodles Wrote:  Would never happen, but it would be epic if Miles took the ULM job and destroyed LSU's recruiting classes. He can afford it.

I think you vastly underestimate the dumpster-fire that is ULM.

Aren't they operating at a loss (financially) and the school is cutting the football budget even more?

I'm pretty sure most of our public institutions operate at a loss, including the FB program.

I doubt they can cut it any more. But there really is no funding. Berry made 360k when he was fired. Good luck getting a top candidate.

They also have self-imposed admissions standards above NCAA mins for football because of APR trouble. (It's not because they're a tough school).

LSU would be very, very stupid to fire Miles. Miami should go for him. One down year, and the world is ending? I hope they become the next Vandy.

Maybe they are getting their asses kicked on the recruiting trail and the future is not looking so good??

(11-23-2015 01:17 PM)Noodles Wrote:  Would never happen, but it would be epic if Miles took the ULM job and destroyed LSU's recruiting classes. He can afford it.

I always wonder what would happen if some top-flight/legendary coach were to take over a much smaller program — Coach K to UNC Greensboro, Nick Saban to South Alabama, something like that. What kind of athletes can they draw? How successful can they be with the current roster? Do their programs become sustainable powers, do they fall apart once the coach leaves, or do they never rise above mediocrity because the other factors (facilities, TV, large-school presence) are too much to overcome?