AlaskanFAN 1,665 Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Kansas Jayhawks place football coach Les Miles on leave after conduct at LSU investigated play Kansas has placed head football coach Les Miles on administrative leave and the university will conduct a full review to determine the appropriate next steps on his future, Jayhawks athletic director Jeff Long said in a statement Friday night. The decision came after reports into Miles' conduct while he coached at LSU in 2013 were made public this week. "Even though the allegations against him occurred at LSU, we take these matters very seriously at KU," Long said in the statement. "Now that we have access to this information, we will take the coming days to fully review the material and to see if any additional information is available. I do not want to speculate on a timeline for our review because it is imperative we do our due diligence."On Thursday, a report released on behalf of LSU showed that a 2013 internal investigation at the school accused Miles of inappropriate behavior toward female students, including allegations that he contacted some via Facebook and text, met them off campus alone and kissed at least one of them. The report did not find that he had sexual relationships with any of the women, and Miles strongly denied kissing the student, saying he didn't do anything wrong and that he was mentoring young women at the university. The law firm Taylor Porter conducted the investigation on behalf of LSU. Miles' attorney, Peter Ginsberg, told ESPN on Thursday that the results of it "should put an end to the baseless, inaccurate media reports that Coach Les Miles engaged in an inappropriate touching of an Athletic Department student volunteer eight years ago." On Thursday, a report released on behalf of LSU showed that a 2013 internal investigation at the school accused Miles of inappropriate behavior toward female students, including allegations that he contacted some via Facebook and text, met them off campus alone and kissed at least one of them. The report did not find that he had sexual relationships with any of the women, and Miles strongly denied kissing the student, saying he didn't do anything wrong and that he was mentoring young women at the university. On Friday, a second report, this one conducted by the law firm Husch Blackwell, detailed systemic failures by LSU to appropriately report incidents of athletic-related sexual misconduct and abuse. Part of that report showed that former LSU athletic director Joe Alleva recommended in 2013 that Miles be fired as coach because of the above-mentioned accusations of inappropriate behavior with female students. Miles was not in the KU football offices Friday. The Jayhawks hired him in November 2018, signing him to a five-year contract at the time. The 67-year-old Miles is 3-18 in his first two seasons at Kansas, including 0-9 in 2020. The Jayhawks' only Big 12 win during those two seasons came over Texas Tech in 2019. Kansas last won more than three games in a season in 2009. Long and Miles worked together at Michigan in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Before Long hired him at KU, Miles had been out of coaching for parts of three seasons after being fired by LSU in 2016. Mike DeBord, who was hired last month as Kansas' offensive coordinator, will oversee the program with Miles on leave, sources told ESPN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slyinsocal 831 Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 How this info didn't leak out YEARS ago, and more loudly, is a testament to how powerful and dirty LSU's leadership is top to bottom, inside and outside the school. What else have they covered up? Prior to hiring Scott Woodward as the current AD, the corn dogs were drooling over the close familial connection between Woodward and Mark Emmert (Woodward's step son married one of Emmert's daughters). They were gleeful over the possibility of having a get out of NCAA jail free card. KU isn't exactly as clean as the driven snow. Self is no choir boy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WDE_OxPx_2010 5,297 Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 First domino of many to fall. Amazing that Miles has been able to keep this under wraps for 8 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopsing 577 Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 This could be career ending, which also could leave out TV roles. Should have known better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AURex 1,994 Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 Yep, Les going down. He would have been a great comic character as a braindead sidekick on some stupid reality TV show. Now ...... He will have to live the rest of his life on the gazillion dollars he has already banked. Really rough! Multi-multi-multi millionaire with the brain of a total retard. Do I feel sorry for him? Um ...... do you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keesler 5,924 Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 This news never hit the public till last week, but Les was unemployed for 3 yrs after LSU fired him and before Jeff Long (Miles former boss at Michigan) finally hired him at KU. It would stand to reason that some programs knew about Les' indiscretions at LSU and steered clear of him altogether. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paladin 3,305 Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keesler 5,924 Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 Turns out Les was a perv and LSU did a fantastic job covering it up for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paladin 3,305 Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Freak 2,527 Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 Jeff Long can't stay out of trouble either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slyinsocal 831 Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 1 hour ago, Paladin said: He's been at Pitt, Arky, and KU. Arky and KU were left in shambles. If you want to destroy an athletic program, hire this guy quick. And why this guy was EVER put on any NCAA or football selection committee is beyond me. Would it be great if he somehow sweet talked his way into Bama or uga? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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