Interrupting NFL Sunday action, the LSU Tigers announced the firing of head football coach Les Miles after 12 seasons with the team.
The firing coming after Miles got off to a 2-2 start this season. The “Mad Hatter” as they call him leaves LSU with a career record of 114-34 (.770), holding the highest winning percentage in LSU football history, even higher than that of former LSU head coach Nick Saban.
On Monday, Texas Tech head coach Kliff Kingsbury addressed Miles firing, and the monster that college football has become when you don’t win consistently at the highest level.
“Yeah, I always liked Coach Miles. I think he’s a phenomenal coach. I’m sure he’ll land on his feet very soon. I thought he did a great job there. But you know what you’re getting yourself into and nobody is going to feel sorry for somebody making five million dollars a year and it’s part of the profession,” Kingsbury said. “So you do the best you can, you put everything you have into it each and every day, you treat the players and coaches the right way, if it works, it works. If it doesn’t, then you can walk away, in his case, with a lot of money and a smile on his face.
