Per LSU Officials: Les Miles Turned Down More Money From Michigan, Twice.
By Ty Duffy
Assembled media may be content with a feel good narrative about Michigan tradition. But, the reality is Dave Brandon spent a week flitting about the country in a private jet and throwing out flashing incredible amounts of money to find anyone not named Brady Hoke who would coach the Michigan Wolverines. He didn’t. He had trouble finding people who would even interview. Two Schembechler disciples took less money to coach somewhere else. That’s damning for Michigan and for the Big Ten.
Like Ohio State with Jim Tressel, Michigan’s fourth or fifth choice may prove the correct one, but when the Maize and Blue haze clears, Brady Hoke has much to prove.
Hoke inherits the toughest road any Michigan coach has had since Bo Schembechler took the job, with the team least suited to travel it. Winning a conference title may be Hoke’s EXPECTATION, but he has never been the head coach or even the coordinator for a team that won one.
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