LSU coach Les Miles has an offer on the table to become new Arkansas coach

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REPORTS: LSU coach Les Miles has an offer on the table to become new Arkansas coach, according to source. Deal is reportedly 5-yr/27.5M



LSU Coach Les Miles has a "serious offer" from Arkansas, source says
Jim Kleinpeter, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune By Jim Kleinpeter, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
on November 27, 2012 at 8:05 PM, updated November 27, 2012 at 8:37 PM
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LSU Coach Les Miles has an offer from Arkansas for the head football coaching job, a source close to LSU confirmed to the Times-Picayune/NOLA.com Tuesday. The offer is reportedly for five years and $27.5 milliion.

"They made a serious offer," the source said "(Athletic Director) Joe (Alleva) is meeting with his (Miles') agent and the discussion is ongoing."
LSU sports information director Michael Bonnette declined to comment and said Miles, was out of town recruiting. His LSU team defeated Arkansas 20-13 in the regular season finale Friday.
les_miles.jpg LSU Coach Les Miles reportedly has an offer to coach at Arkansas. Eliot Kamenitz / The Times-Picayune

Another source familiar with the Arkansas coaching search said the original report, which came from a twitter post from the Sports by Brooks website, was "speculation based on Miles and Arkansas Athletic Director Jeff Long having spent eight years together at Michigan."

Long worked in the athletic department at Michigan during Miles' eight-year tenure there.

"We've seen the tweet by Sports by Brooks and we're not going to comment on rumors or bits of information," Bonnette said. "It has been brought to Les' attention and he didn't have anything to say."

Miles' agent, George Bass of Dallas, could not be reached for comment. Tom Murphy of the Arkansas Democrat Gazette tweeted that he spoke to Bass by phone and Bass said, "There's nothing like that going on."

Miles is at the end of his eighth season at LSU and is the school's second winningest coach with an 85-20 record. His current LSU contract calls for $3.751 million plus post season and academic incentives and was last increased in August of 2011.


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[Tombstone RJ]

Originally Posted by O.city

I guess money talks especially with Jerry jones and Walmart paying some bills.



But from a competitive and recruiting standpoint, I do t see it being a spot that would lure the type of HC they seem to think it will.

IMO Peterson would be a great hire

Arkansas is a lot like OU (Oklahoma) in that many of the good players come from Texas.

[NewChief]

Originally Posted by O.city

I guess money talks especially with Jerry jones and Walmart paying some bills.



But from a competitive and recruiting standpoint, I do t see it being a spot that would lure the type of HC they seem to think it will.

IMO Peterson would be a great hire

Yes. Peterson, to me, would be the ideal hire.

[NewChief]

And Hogville has shut out non-registered members, meaning that things have gotten nutty even by Arkansas standards.

[Tombstone RJ]

Originally Posted by NewChief

And I agree with everyone saying he'd be an idiot to leave LSU for Arkansas. He would completely fail at Arkansas. At LSU, he has one of the strongest talent pools in the nation from which to recruit. Arkansas doesn't. Arkansas needs a coach who can take 3 star talent and coach them up to compete with 5 star recruits. That's a unique skill set that few coaches possess.

That's also one of the reasons that Long would be an idiot to make him an offer.

The thing about Miles is his name would help recruiting right away. Plus, Miles would probably bring some of his staff too.

[NewChief]

Originally Posted by Tombstone RJ

The thing about Miles is his name would help recruiting right away. Plus, Miles would probably bring some of his staff too.

I just have a hard time envisioning it. Arkansas fans have been making fun of this guy's coaching decisions ever since he's been at LSU. Albeit, some of that is sour grapes, but a lot of it is genuine puzzlement and marvel at some of the idiocy in which he engages. When you're at Arkansas, you don't have the margin of error to make stupid freaking decisions and still manage to win games.