A Salute To Les Miles, College Football's Most Interesting Coach
By Ty Duffy
The Les Miles Era appears to be over in Baton Rouge. Some will say it was time. Others will say it wasn’t. One thing that isn’t in dispute: Les was one odd man. Words will be expended. For now, we’ll leave our tribute to his tenure in images.
May his verbal tics and halfback tosses live on at some down-on-its-luck Big Ten school.
LES KNEW HOW TO CLAP ALL ALONG. HE JUST DIDN’T WANT TO DING HIS HAND ON THAT RING.
LES WAS ALL OVER THE HARLEM SHAKE CRAZE.
YES, LES MILES LIKED TO SAMPLE THE GRASS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY.
THAT ONE TIME SOMEONE GAVE LES A HULA HOOP.
THAT ONE TIME LES KISSED A PIG.
IT RAINS OUTSIDE TIGER STADIUM. LES HAD A MANSERVANT FOR THAT.
LES KNEW HOW TO LIVEN UP A PRESS CONFERENCE.
SOMETIMES, LES JUST NEEDED TO CLEAN THE PIPES.
LES OFFERED THE OCCASIONAL WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT
LES ALSO OFFERED POIGNANT ADVICE.
" #LSU coach Les Miles tried to warn our camera man, but it was too late #SECCMD15 ??? pic.twitter.com/mZMISqUVVb — Ben Bolton (@BoltonSports) July 16, 2015 "
LES SCOFFED AT YOUR SILLY FASHION CONVENTIONS.
Sandals with socks MT@LSUBonnette Look who surprised @finebaum at his book signing tonight here in B.R., coach Miles. pic.twitter.com/m0UGDUPLoM
— Alex Dusza (@AlexDusza) August 10, 2014
A LESSER ATHLETE WOULD HAVE GONE DOWN IN A SIMILAR FASHION TO LES