Poll; Miles, Tressell or Briles
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Probably an unpopular opinion, but I don't think Les Miles is all that great of a coach. He is horrible at making adjustments, is the worst clock manager in the country, and has underachieved almost every year that he has been at LSU, with talent on par with what Meyer and Saban have had every year. Not to mention he has zero in-state competition in one of the most talent-rich states, and the overwhelming majority of the top targets in the state are loyal and have such pride for LSU, that there isn't much work needed on the recruiting trail to keep them home.
Briles = a culture where rape is a-ok.
http://www.espn.com/college-footbal...ibility-mishandled-sexual-assault-allegations Spare me the "well he isn't in jail!" or whatever. We all know money buys you out of situations. He had his staff investigating sexual assaults, which I'm sure was a kangaroo investigation. It was all to protect football. Football is more important than people getting raped to him. No thank you.
Petrino, Kiffin, they're all jerks and they're crappy people to those around them, but I haven't yet heard of them playing police officer, investigating rapes, and dismissing them.
http://www.espn.com/college-footbal...ibility-mishandled-sexual-assault-allegations Spare me the "well he isn't in jail!" or whatever. We all know money buys you out of situations. He had his staff investigating sexual assaults, which I'm sure was a kangaroo investigation. It was all to protect football. Football is more important than people getting raped to him. No thank you.
Petrino, Kiffin, they're all jerks and they're crappy people to those around them, but I haven't yet heard of them playing police officer, investigating rapes, and dismissing them.
I agree with you on Miles, on par or maybe even ahead of Richt at underachieving. If not for the huge talent gap he has over everyone not named Bama he would struggle to get to 7 wins a year.
But on a different note, your instate rival are talking new coaches as you might expect. First there is the issue of Gus's buyout which they are saying is over 13m, but if that gets done, the 2 names they are mentioning the most, Bobby Petrino and Art Briles. I know that is a shocker from them, but was never a doubt in my mind Briles would be brought up there.
Petrino to the SEC and Brohm to ul. There's a reason the instate non-compete clause was removed for Brohm
Bet Petrino gets a HUGE extension before the season is over. If not Auburn will be calling again.
Sneaky P will have offers flooding in over the next couple of seasons. College and pros...
You can say a lot about him, but his coaching prowess is known, respected, and sought after...
so i think brohm will wait to see if the UL job opens, or at least have his eye on it if he goes somewhere else.
as for the other candidates.
Briles won't happen if Sneaky P wasn't an option so higher ups could sleep well at night on their morals.
Tressell, at this point, the game has probably passed him by, don't know that he is interested or capable of an up hill climb from bottom feeder in the sec to something competitive. He would be a great assistant/coordinator though if he did have some interest in coaching again.
Miles has been successful at LSU with easy access to all the best talent in the south, as well as an ability to go into texas.
He is a very good coach and has just enough crazy in him though, so out of the list he is probably the best.
You can say a lot about him, but his coaching prowess is known, respected, and sought after...
so i think brohm will wait to see if the UL job opens, or at least have his eye on it if he goes somewhere else.
as for the other candidates.
Briles won't happen if Sneaky P wasn't an option so higher ups could sleep well at night on their morals.
Tressell, at this point, the game has probably passed him by, don't know that he is interested or capable of an up hill climb from bottom feeder in the sec to something competitive. He would be a great assistant/coordinator though if he did have some interest in coaching again.
Miles has been successful at LSU with easy access to all the best talent in the south, as well as an ability to go into texas.
He is a very good coach and has just enough crazy in him though, so out of the list he is probably the best.
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A hungry Tressel looking for redemption would be my pick. Turning around a perennial loser in the SEC would be a good way for him to restore a tarnished legacy.
Tressel. Tressel would be a lot like brooks but better. He could coach another ten years and have the program in a really stable place when he retires. He knows how to build a program. Our recruiting in Ohio would do nothing but get better. He would bring in top assistants at every position. He would be a grand slam hire that is attainable.
For those wanted Brohm, I hate to disappoint you but there is apparently a provision in his contract that prevents him from leaving on his on volition to take a job with another in-state program, for a 2 year waiting period. Obviously that will never happen.
I've read that was removed when his contract was renegotiated last spring .
Have no idea if it's true though .
Look. I think Briles is a hell of a coach. And before this rape stuff went down he was one of my favorites in the game. But that **** is unforgivable in my opinion. When you are involved in covering up multiple sexual assaults you are as low as a human can get. The fact that so many on here are willing to hire this man is both embarrassing and disgusting.
You make him give 10% of his contract to abused woman organizations and you make him hold clinics for abused woman. Give him a chance to right his wrongs
Briles first, second and third. The guy didn't condone rape nor did he rape someone. He mistakenly covered for his kids - which was a huge mistake. As I said in a previous thread, Mitch needs to vet the guy. Meet with him face to face - like he did with Calipari - and ask him the hard questions. Hire an outside firm to review everything on and off record about what went on at Baylor and find out if this guy is really the devil or if he just made a bad call. If it checks out, hire him. If he's the devil, move on. But you have to turn over that stone.
One thing I've noted is there's obviously more than meets the eye because Baylor paid him out his entire contract. No way they do that if they could fire him for cause.
One thing I've noted is there's obviously more than meets the eye because Baylor paid him out his entire contract. No way they do that if they could fire him for cause.
Art Briles will never coach another down at a P5 school. Mike Price was never hired by a major school after his stripper incident in Alabama. That doesn't even remotely compare with the media coverage of the Baylor scandal. It doesn't matter what Briles did or didn't do. In the court of public opinion he is essentially a rapist. And unfortunately for him that isn't going to change any time soon. My guess is the guy will finish his career out at school like UTEP or North Texas.
Brohm.
A younger Petrino, without all the baggage.
The thought of Tressell, or Miles, just makes me:
A younger Petrino, without all the baggage.
The thought of Tressell, or Miles, just makes me:
Briles is a Texas guy. KY is a long ways from there. Not sure how many great recruits he can get from there, but the guy is a great coach. I want to win as bad as anyone, but hiring him is really pushing it. As long as Mitch is at UK there is 0.0% chance he gets mentioned.
Tressel would be the perfect pick. Could elevate OH recruiting even better than it is now, recruited FL well when at OSU. Guy is simply a bigtime winner and would have the ability to bring in a very high caliber staff. He was a top 5 coach in college football not long ago and is very likely itching to get another shot. KY would be insane not to go after him.
Neal Brown may be UK best shot at getting a bigtime young gun, but he needs at least five years of proven re taking on this job.
Tressel would be the perfect pick. Could elevate OH recruiting even better than it is now, recruited FL well when at OSU. Guy is simply a bigtime winner and would have the ability to bring in a very high caliber staff. He was a top 5 coach in college football not long ago and is very likely itching to get another shot. KY would be insane not to go after him.
Neal Brown may be UK best shot at getting a bigtime young gun, but he needs at least five years of proven re taking on this job.
I'm voting for Bill Cowher. He's just as likely as some of the names that people throw out.
everyone needs to come back to earth......we are not going get briles, miles or tressel. it's nice to dream but sometime you have to face reality. big time coaches won't come to uk. get serious and look at asst coaches who have coached in the sec. maybe we might lure one in. atleast if they coached in the sec they will have and idea as to what type of players it will take to play in the sec. but big names won't come here now. sad but true.
UK needs to get serious about football and hire Briles. Someone is going to hire him.
Agree 100% Briles will never coach P5 again. Unless something drastic changes in that case.