Oops.
ESPN reported, citing an anonymous source, this morning that LSU head coach Les Miles had accepted the vacant head coaching position at the University of Michigan. Kirk Herbstreit and others spent much of the morning discussing the ramifications of this move.
“Not so fast my friend!”
Apparently, the anonymous source was not so reliable. Miles called an angry press conference prior to the SEC title game to address the issue.
“I am the head coach at LSU. I will be the head coach at LSU,” Miles fumed. “I have no interest in talking to anybody else.”
Miles, a Michigan-alum and coaching progeny of Bo Schembechler, has been speculated for a long while to be the leading candidate to replace Lloyd Carr at Michigan. LSU had granted permission to Michigan to contact Miles about their coaching vacancy, on the condition that it occur after the SEC title game.
LSU had anticipated the potential for Miles to take the Michigan job when he signed his contract. His contract has a “termination by coach” clause stipulating that he would have to pay the university $1.25 million should he seek employment at the University of Michigan.
Miles is 32-6 in three seasons at LSU.
For a network that so cavalierly ridicules bloggers for rumor-mongering and failing to follow journalistic standards for source integrity, this is, at the very least, an embarassment.
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