SEC MEDIA DAYS: LES MILES, LIFE CLOCK MAVERICK
by Spencer Hall on Jul 22, 2011 3:39 PM EDT
Email
Print
Yes, Les Miles did that dunk with no stunt doubles. You want to know important things about the Willie Lyles case? Sorry, that's an ongoing investigation, and one that they cannot by rule comment on at the moment. Are you curious as to why Russell Shepard was a late scratch on the media day player contingent, replaced by T-Bob Hebert? You won't hear much from Miles, who said Shepard "had some things to take care of back in Baton Rouge." (By that he means some sort of off-campus housing issue of some sort, most likely.) Like everyone else, Les Miles likes his defensive unit's speed, and is looking forward to the season. Blockquote. Something everyone else has said. Harumph.
The fun part with Miles is him being Les Miles, something he does without trying because there is no other option. He entered the room and sat in the moderator's seat confidently. He appeared poised, confident, and ready to address the crowd. He was also sitting in the wrong place, and for all we know was just being polite and waiting for the moderator to cue him, but that's the best part: everyone in the room laughed because Les Miles would strut in and with the utmost assurance take the wrong chair. He would get visibly annoyed that the editor on the Les Miles Basketball Video cut the entire length of his daughter's national anthem. He would make a statement that suggested he knew what artificial turf tasted like. He would embody the entire internet by the name of one commenter named "Slick Willy," a name that is undoubtedly Les Miles' name for anyone shady portrayed in instructional moral tales told to his children or players.
"And then Slick Willy thought he was clever by siphoning the gas out of the gas tank, and that's why you always wrap a live rattlesnake around your gas cap. If you survive the first four bites, the fifth is like a shot of expresso. Don't correct my pronunciation. That's the way I'm gonna say it, and that's final."
That is not a real quote, but it sort of could be, and that is why Les Miles is a national treasure. He showed up late, and left relatively early when everyone suddenly ran out of things to ask him all at once, and then the thing was over. The Hat remains a true clock management maverick in all aspects of his life.
We're hitting the road. Thanks for playing along on a shambolic week from SEC Media Days. Normal madness resumes Monday.
69 comments
|
1 recs |
Do you like this story?
Comments
Great day!
I’m having one.
As your attorney, it is my duty to inform you that it is not important that you understand what I'm doing or why you're paying me so much money. What's important is that you continue to do so. -HST
by blanx73 on Jul 22, 2011 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
It runneth over, to be sure.
"We may have to retire this feature, because the final story in this post will never be topped for sheer Spicy Livin' outside of the silver screen or our own imaginations."
by Silver Britches on Jul 22, 2011 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
That picture is pure glory and manhood
And you shed a tear because you don’t have one of yourself or your coach throwing down that sweet Shaq dunk in some sweet Converse.
by LSUJOSHUA on Jul 22, 2011 3:42 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
No, but neither do we have one of him grazing
Various fields of play. It’s an acceptable trade-off.
SPIKE IT
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
GTHTSUN
by CoastalCowbell on Jul 22, 2011 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Scene from a Basement
“giggle giggle giggle giggle” THUNK
“giggle giggle giggle giggle” THUNK
“giggle giggle giggle giggle” THUNK
I come downstairs to observe my girls (4 and 3) throwing a D battery into the walls around the basement and laughing their fool heads off.
Not sure if I should be proud or horrified.
"I have never been noticeably reticent about talking on subjects about which I know nothing." Prince Phillip
by Go Big Rev on Jul 22, 2011 3:57 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Drywall? Was there damage?
Or are we talking cinderblock here?
Also, did the battery explode at all?
THESE ARE IMPORTANT VARIABLES!
by The Commenter Formerly Known as Not You on Jul 22, 2011 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
70s era wood paneling and cinderblock.
no battery ‘splosion. As much as I like y’all, I would have cleaned up the mess before posting. and, you know, made sure no one needed an ER visit.
"I have never been noticeably reticent about talking on subjects about which I know nothing." Prince Phillip
I'd stick with proud.
They obviously took all of those variables into account before throwing batteries. Smart kids.
Will work for football.
by purwho on Jul 22, 2011 4:02 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Hey now, hey now.....
I’m pretty sure no moonshine or arson was involved. Gotta be future B1G students.
The voices in my head sound just like Hope Solo. No wonder I do all these crazy things
by MtnEer_in_SC on Jul 24, 2011 6:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Go with proud.
They are making their own fun!
As your attorney, it is my duty to inform you that it is not important that you understand what I'm doing or why you're paying me so much money. What's important is that you continue to do so. -HST
by blanx73 on Jul 22, 2011 4:22 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
They're getting ready to be Philly fans and working on battery-throwing skills.
You need to practice chucking them before trying it in real life, you know.
by ElRocco337 on Jul 22, 2011 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Kruk? From the Phillies??
“man, I spent a weekend in the clink for chuckin’ a battery at you in 89, it was worth it to see you go down in anguish!”
" Every Christmas my Mom would get a fresh goose, for gooseburgers, and my Dad would whip up his special eggnog out of bourbon and ice cubes. "
by alex henery's foot on Jul 22, 2011 8:45 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Giggle Giggle Thunk from the basement?
With absolutely no disrespect intended for your fam:
If they were playing “Craig James killed 5 hookers while at SMU” would you then be proud or horrified?
by dogtown gator on Jul 22, 2011 8:14 PM EDT up reply actions
I wouldn't hear the "thunk"
Craig James Killed 5 Hookers While at SMU uses a spinning wheel and cards. Kind of like roulette: Craig James Kills A Hooker every time the spinning wheel lands on black (death, natch).
"I have never been noticeably reticent about talking on subjects about which I know nothing." Prince Phillip
Giggle Giggle Thump
I see a rap song in this.
We're all on the Hindenberg. No reason to fight over a window seat.
That's not bad.
Should you hear maniacal giggles from a 5 and 3 year old during lunch time, and wonder what’s so funny about chicken noodle soup, and walk into the hardwood floor living room to discover they’ve stripped naked, dumped their soup on the floor, and have improvised their own slip-n-slide, then you can debate proud or horrified.
by Norm Parker's Amputated Toes on Jul 23, 2011 3:42 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
OT: Help
a few months back someone linked to a site that showed which liquor stores carried The Kraken. I need that link again por favor.
by RockyMountainOyster on Jul 22, 2011 4:00 PM EDT reply actions
may your children rise up and call you blessed
and may you see the sunshine from a thousand college football stadiums.
by RockyMountainOyster on Jul 22, 2011 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Just FYI, that website did not show any Kraken released in my municipality.
However, I found it at my two most-frequented likker stores. Do your homework, of course: if the website gives you no clues, you may just be embarking on a great adventure.
"I have never been noticeably reticent about talking on subjects about which I know nothing." Prince Phillip
If anyone is interested FoxSportSouth is playing the
1998 Georgia vs Kentucky… A young and spry Leach can be seen on the sideline
Where we're going we don't NEED clock management...
by Broncanous Mendenhall on Jul 22, 2011 4:11 PM EDT reply actions 38 recs
Great Scott!
That’s a rec
by RockyMountainOyster on Jul 22, 2011 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Is there something wrong with the gravity in the future?
As your attorney, it is my duty to inform you that it is not important that you understand what I'm doing or why you're paying me so much money. What's important is that you continue to do so. -HST
by blanx73 on Jul 22, 2011 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Why don't you make like a tree
And get outta here.
by Gaknar on Jul 22, 2011 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
I hear Spike's good for that
"My mistress is pooped, the reds have Oklahoma, and I'm going to bed."
-Hodge Podge, Bloom County
"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. "
"In practice, there is."-Yogi Berra
by Dogrel on Jul 22, 2011 11:16 PM EDT up reply actions 6 recs
rec'd hard
"set the game ablaze, i'm an arcade fire."
by whiskey_soup on Jul 22, 2011 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions
OSU skates, no failure to monitor or lack of institutional control.
"I have a commanding voice." - Ed Orgeron
Isn't Ohio State an employee of ABC Sports?
Patiently waiting for The Golden Era to kickoff at Sun Life Stadium.
This is what I spent my afternoon on (with a few lines obviously lifted from elsewhere)
(Subject line) We’re breaking up :(
I’m sorry. I’m sorry it has to end this way.
No, stop crying. It will be okay. There are other guys better suited to you, and so many more girls who are better for me. Or who are even just good for me.
You see, this is the thing. It’s not you. You know that, right? It’s. Not. You. I have problems, you know. I can’t help that I’m drawn to horrible people. That’s something I need to work on, and that’s why this won’t work out. This is my fault.
Remember when I told you I never called because I’m worried about cell phone radiation? Well, that’s true. But it’s also because your laugh sounds like someone shredding a bunch of soda cans. Why didn’t I call last night though? Yeah, I had my land line open . . . did you ever see the movie Brian’s Song? Well, it was kind of like that.
I helped a guy with cancer, basically.
That time I told you that you’re like a mother to me? I didn’t mean that in the "you take such great care of me" way. I meant that as in, "our relationship is highly disfunctional and dissatisfying." Besides, that would make it kind of Oedipaal, which is gross. Besides, she’s the one who really wanted me to date you, not me. And to be honest, my life has been boring. Boring enough to make me want to experiment with crazy shit. Like BASE jumping, heroin, or you.
I can’t stop thinking about how you’ll probably be totally caught up on me. I’m sorry you’ll get so absorbed.
Maybe someday, when I forget why we broke up, we can try this again.
We await silent Tristero's empire.
by Illusions, Michael. on Jul 22, 2011 4:55 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
I apologize for this being totally unrelated to anything
I’m just friggin bored at work, with a half hour left stil. I haz a sad . . .
We await silent Tristero's empire.
by Illusions, Michael. on Jul 22, 2011 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions
see,
I’m a copywriter intern for a marketing company. I write copy for clients who are either beginning a fundraising campaign or ending one, and my boss described ending campaigns today as ending a relationship. And this, along with the ennui that often accompanies summer temp work, led to this letter. Sorry to subject you to the result of my mind-numbing boredom.
We await silent Tristero's empire.
by Illusions, Michael. on Jul 22, 2011 5:21 PM EDT up reply actions
did you email that to your girlfriend...
by Kevin@LSU 2.0 on Jul 22, 2011 5:22 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
all the other interns, and the copywriters
toyed with the idea of writing it as if I was breaking up with the company, but then I’d like to work here after graduation.
We await silent Tristero's empire.
by Illusions, Michael. on Jul 22, 2011 5:28 PM EDT up reply actions
/contemplates addressing the circuit court of cook county in this fashion
You get that chocolate milk!
by Ancient Chinese Secret on Jul 22, 2011 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Sure you're not looking for the Cook County Assessor's Office?
by Broncanous Mendenhall on Jul 22, 2011 5:36 PM EDT up reply actions 9 recs
HUT HUT HUT HUT REC HUT HUT HUT HUT
" Every Christmas my Mom would get a fresh goose, for gooseburgers, and my Dad would whip up his special eggnog out of bourbon and ice cubes. "
by alex henery's foot on Jul 22, 2011 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions
the following is a brief US Postal Service rant
Went to ship something this afternoon. Small box, but the contents were semi-valuable.
I said that I wanted to insure it for a nominal amount, and they began to ring me up.
I then state that I would like to track it, or otherwise get a delivery confirmation. LOL NO SIR FU
Apparently, if you insure a parcel, you cannot also track it or get a delivery confirmation. Soooooo, it’s obviously a parcel of some value, of which I would most certainly like to know that it got to its intended destination. But because I insured it, I just have to trust the USPS?
USPS employee quote: “Insuring and tracking are two different things, and you can’t do both.”
Methinks that this is their way of prescreening valuable packages to save them time when rifling through everyone’s stuff.
End rant.
by El_Cid_99 on Jul 22, 2011 6:04 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I'm like 99% sure that's complete bullshit.
Whatever the most expensive way of shipping is (the one above Priority) definitely comes with tracking. And, again, 99% certain you can insure those as well.
So… either their policy or the employee at your post office is idiotic.
by Gator Cub on Jul 22, 2011 6:30 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
A government run operation
doing thing that don’t make sense? Inconceivable!
Take me to France and watch me dance,
Let me drink that wine,
Spinning around a dark haired girl,
Having us a good ol' time. - Ryan Bingham
by Tracy Rocker's Appetite on Jul 22, 2011 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
how's that?
Take me to France and watch me dance,
Let me drink that wine,
Spinning around a dark haired girl,
Having us a good ol' time. - Ryan Bingham
by Tracy Rocker's Appetite on Jul 22, 2011 8:33 PM EDT up reply actions
made me laugh.
no finding of lack of institutional control for you? i’m looking for a bleacher report article to link to. will report back.
I’ll grovel, as I do.
by dirt sandwich on Jul 23, 2011 1:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Les Miles wears Converse Weapons? Of course he does.
The shoe of the rivalry of my youth – Magic v. Bird.
Some might think JoePa would be partial to the Bird model, but no: when JoePa dunks, he goes OLD old school:
"I have never been noticeably reticent about talking on subjects about which I know nothing." Prince Phillip
by Go Big Rev on Jul 23, 2011 9:24 AM EDT reply actions 3 recs
Ah, the Nike Air Pheidippides
As your attorney, it is my duty to inform you that it is not important that you understand what I'm doing or why you're paying me so much money. What's important is that you continue to do so. -HST
Just watched Les on ESPNU.
He really was pissed that his daughter’s three-minute version of the National Anthem was cut from the final version of the basketball video.
by Dr. Norris Camacho on Jul 23, 2011 10:01 AM EDT reply actions
The only thing that would make that video better....
if Les Miles were to go all “Great Santini” and start bouncing the ball off her head while telling her to “cry” (also, this is how many SEC coaches are w/their families): http://youtu.be/06KmezV_1ns
I am a parody of myself.
Comments For This Post Are Closed
Secondary Sidebar
User Tools
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
