[Husker] Domino effect?

[Steve Schmadeke]

In Les Miles' case, I do certainly think that there is another dominating factor outside of conference, climate or money.  A significant portion of LSU's fan base has convinced itself that LSU has been successful despite Les Miles, not because of Miles.  They believe LSU won because of Saban's holdover players or because of Pelini's defense or because of just pure dumb luck that Miles' poor clock management down the stretch of yet another game didn't actually cost them the game.  If he goes to Michigan, the dynamic will change greatly.  He will be able to take credit for all subsequent success in the program.  If he struggles, it was because Rich Rodriguez left the cupboard bare of the the type of players he needed.

And yes, with the sour taste in his mouth from how the season ended, I could see Pelini being tempted by big dollars coming from LSU if it came to that.  Or he might decide that is not how he would want his tenure to end.

As for Harbaugh, I suspect that the reason the Miami interview came to nothing and the reason that Denver didn't even get an interview was because the Niners will be letting Harbaugh control his own destiny in the player personnel department.  In the other two cases, Harbaugh would be subordinate to the GM.  Miami's GM is the personally-picked protege of Bill Parcells.  In Denver's case, he would be subordinate to both John Elway and the holdover GM (who somehow was absolved of the personnel errors under Josh McDaniels' two-year run at the helm).  I think that's why Denver's public list of candidates is so anemic (including three coaches fired by the Buffalo Bills).


On Jan 9, 2011, at 7:05 AM, David Strong wrote:

> Maybe in winter, but Baton Rouge in the summer is miserable.  I think Miles
> is a Michigan Man.  Conferences and climates, and yes even money, sometimes
> aren't the most important thing.  I think Harbaugh took the SF job over
> Miami for about $2 million less per year. (reportedly)
> 
> Dave
> 
> On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 1:00 AM, Lynette Tillner <ltillner at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>> The SEC is currently the acknowledged "best" conference in the country. Why
>> would Miles leave that, and a WARM climate for Michigan?
>> 
>> 
>> Doesn't make sense.
>> Lynette (Tillner) Peavey
>> ltillner at yahoo.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
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