LOL @ Les Miles

[OrangeSquare]

"Heck, I'd been in Iraq for a week, eight days, so you miss your wife. I kind of wanted her to wake up. I kind of skooch over by her and nudge her a bit."

His wife wasn't taking the bait and asked Miles what he was doing.

"Maybe you'll want to wake up and TALK," Miles said with a wink-wink to a crowded room of reporters. "Well, she was mad. She rolled over, looked at me, gathered her wits and says, 'So tell me, who you going to play at quarterback?'"


WHY IN THE HELL WOULD YOU TELL PEOPLE THAT YOUR WIFE PUNKED YOU LIKE THAT!!!!!!?????

[Lexvol]

I think he was using a brilliant analogy to describe how close to the vest he intends to play this particular issue. It may come as a surprise, but effective communicators often use humorous barbs at themselves to get a point across.

[OrangeSquare]

Nope. the article was talking about how many times he had been asked the question. He said he had even been asked while over in Iraq, and then followed with this story.

I'm not worried about a man that attempts to wear a Britney Spears headset to coach a Major College team, and tries to call a timeout, only to be stopped by a GA when his team intercepts the ball, not realizing the clock stops on a change of possession.

I wouldn't put Miles up there with Bear Bryant, General Neyland, Steve Spurrier, Phil Fulmer, Lous Holtz, Skip Holtz, Bobby Johnson, or even Rich Brooks when it comes to "smart" head coaches.

I'm pretty sure even you or I could go in and coach LSU's current crop of talent to a 10 win season.