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Thursday, November 29, 2007
Coaching search craziness
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
One big national story this morning was that Michigan had asked LSU for permission to speak with Les Miles. Why was it a big story when people had been linking Miles to the job for weeks? Because Michigan finally did something that confirms a candidacy that had previously been speculated.
Those of us asked to report and write about coaching searches seize any opportunity to tell readers something that is attributable and confirmable.
Florida athletics director Jeremy Foley today told me by e-mail that Georgia Tech hadn’t asked him for permission to speak with Gators defensive coordinator Charlie Strong. That’s one small data point to put alongside my late-night conversation on Wednesday with Georgia Southern coach Chris Hatcher, who said he had not been contacted by anyone.
Candidates often don’t return phone calls and e-mails, and the people running the search rarely say much. I did manage to reach Brian Billick to ask him some questions about Rick Neuheisel, although I neglected to ask him whether Tech had contacted him about Neuheisel. (The story should be posted Thursday afternoon.) And Tony Barnhart spoke briefly with Tommy Tuberville about Will Muschamp. (That story also should be posted Thursday afternoon.)
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