Tinker
Do you hear us now Show Master said the American people whose voice is becoming loud and clear across the land.
Don't bomb Syria and keep your foolish hands off of our god given right to own our guns.
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PUTIN MOCKS USA: 'Extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as exceptional'...
UN: CIRCUMSTANTIAL CASE
U.S. can’t prove Bashar Assad approved chemical attacks in Syria
Control of deadly weapons in question
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NOONAN: 'We've never had a presidential speech like this!'
This is what I think we’re seeing:
The president has backed away from a military strike in Syria. But he can’t acknowledge this or act as if it is true. He is acting and talking as if he’s coolly, analytically, even warily contemplating the Russian proposal and the Syrian response. The proposal, he must know, is absurd. Bashar Assad isn’t going to give up all his hidden weapons in wartime, in the middle of a conflict so bitter and severe that his forces this morning reportedly bombed parts of Damascus, the city in which he lives. In such conditions his weapons could not be fully accounted for, packed up, transported or relinquished, even if he wanted to. But it will take time—weeks, months—for the absurdity to become obvious. And it is time the president wants. Because with time, with a series of statements, negotiations, ultimatums, promises and proposals, the Syria crisis can pass. It can dissipate into the air, like gas.
The president will keep the possibility of force on the table, but really he’s lunging for a lifeline he was lucky to be thrown.
Why is he backing off? Because he knows he doesn’t have the American people and isn’t going to get them. The polls, embarrassingly, show the more people hear the less they support it. The president’s problem with his own base was probably startling to him, and sobering. He knows he was going to lose Congress, not only the House but very possibly—likely, I’d say—the Senate. The momentum was all against him. And he never solved—it was not solvable—his own Goldilocks problem: A strike too small is an embarrassment, a strike too big could topple the Assad regime and leave Obama responsible for a complete and cutthroat civil war involving terrorists, foreign operatives, nihilists, jihadists, underemployed young men, and some really nice, smart people. Obama didn’t want to own that, or the fires that could engulf the region once Syria went up.
His plan was never good. The choices were never good. In any case he was going to lose either in terms of domestic prestige, the foreign result or both. Likely both.
He got himself into it and now Vladimir Putin, who opposes U.S. policy in Syria and repeatedly opposed a strike, is getting him out. This would be coldly satisfying for Putin and no doubt personally galling for Obama—another reason he can’t look as if he’s lunging.
A serious foreign-policy intellectual said recently that Putin’s problem is that he’s a Russian leader in search of a Nixon, a U.S. president he can really negotiate with, a stone player who can talk grand strategy and the needs of his nation, someone with whom he can thrash it through and work it out. Instead he has Obama, a self-besotted charismatic who can’t tell the difference between showbiz and strategy, and who enjoys unburdening himself of moral insights to his peers.
But Putin has no reason to want a Syrian conflagration. He is perhaps amused to have a stray comment by John Kerry be the basis for a resolution of the crisis. The hidden rebuke: It means that when Putin met with Obama at the G-20 last week Obama, due to his lack of competence, got nothing. But a stray comment by the Secretary of State? Sure, why not rub Obama’s face in it.
* * *
All this, if it is roughly correct, is going to make the president’s
speech tonight quite remarkable. It will be a White House address in
which a president argues for an endeavor he is abandoning. It will be a
president appealing for public support for an action he intends not to
take.We’ve never had a presidential speech like that!
So what will he say? Some guesses.
He will not really be trying to “convince the public.” He will be trying to move the needle a little, which will comfort those who want to say he retains a matchless ability to move the masses. It will make him feel better. And it will send the world the message: Hey, this isn’t a complete disaster. The U.S. president still has some juice, and that juice can still allow him to surprise you, so watch it.
He will attempt to be morally compelling and rhetorically memorable. He will probably, like Susan Rice yesterday, attempt to paint a graphic portrait of what chemical weapons do—the children in their shrouds, the suffering parents, what such deaths look like and are. This is not meaningless: the world must be reminded what weapons of mass destruction are, and what the indifference of the world foretells.
He will claim the moral high ground. He will temporarily reserve the use of force and welcome recent diplomatic efforts. He will suggest it was his threat of force that forced a possible diplomatic solution. His people will be all over the airwaves saying it was his deft leadership and steely-eyed threat to use force that allowed for a diplomatic break.
The real purpose of the speech will be to lay the predicate for a retrospective judgment of journalists and, later, historians. He was the president who warned the world and almost went—but didn’t go—to war to make a point that needed making.
Before or after the speech there will be some quiet leaking to the press that yes, frankly, the president, with so many difficult domestic issues facing him and Congress in the fall, wanted, sympathetically, to let lawmakers off the hook. They never wanted to vote on this.
Once that was true, they didn’t. But now, having seen the polls and heard from their constituents, a lot of them are raring to go, especially Republicans. It is Democrats who were caught in the crosshairs between an antiwar base and a suddenly hawkish president. But again, a Democratic White House can’t admit it put its people in a fix like that.
In any case it’s good for America that we’ve dodged either bad outcome: Congress votes no and the president moves anyway, or Congress votes no and he doesn’t. Both possibilities contained dangers for future presidents.
The president will assert that as a lover of peace he welcomes the Russian move and reports of the positive Syrian reaction, that he will closely monitor the situation, set deadlines. He will speak of how he understands the American people, after the past 12 years, after previous and painful mistakes by their leaders, would feel so reluctant for any military engagement. He not only understands this reluctance, he shares it. He knows he was elected, in part, because he would not think of war as the first, or even second or third, option. But he has a higher responsibility now, and it is to attempt to warn the world of the moral disaster of the use of weapons of mass destruction. If we don’t move in the firmest opposition our children will face a darker future.
The speech will end. Polls will be taken. Maybe a mild uptick, maybe a flatline. Probably more or less the latter—people have made up their mind. They sense the crisis has passed or is passing. They’re not keen for more presidential rhetoric.
* * *
Then get ready for the spin job of all spin jobs. It’s already
begun: the White House is beginning to repeat that a diplomatic solution
only came because the president threatened force. That is going to be
followed by something that will grate on Republicans, conservatives, and
foreign-policy journalists and professionals. But many Democrats will
find it sweet, and some in the political press will go for it, if for no
other reason than it’s a new story line.It is that Syria was not a self-made mess, an example of historic incompetence. It was Obama’s Cuban Missile Crisis—high-stakes, eyeball-to-eyeball, with weapons of mass destruction and an implacable foe. The steady waiting it out, the inner anguish, the idea that crosses the Telex that seems to soften the situation. A cool, calibrated, chancy decision to go with the idea, to make a measured diplomatic concession. In the end it got us through the crisis.
Really, they’re going to say this. And only in part because this White House is full of people who know nothing—really nothing—about history. They’ve only seen movies.
The only question is who plays Bobby. Get ready for a leak war between Kerry’s staff and Hillary Clinton’s
An important thing. The president will be tempted, in his embarrassment, to show a certain dry and contemplative distance from Putin. The Obama White House should go lightly here: Putin could always, in his pique, decide to make things worse, not better. It would be good for Obama to show graciousness and appreciation. Yes, this will leave Putin looking and feeling good. But that’s not the worst thing that ever happened. And Putin has played this pretty well.
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PEACE GETS A CHANCE
OBAMA: Postponing Vote To Pursue Diplomacy... VOWS: No 'Boots On The Ground,' No 'Open-Ended Action,' No 'Prolonged Air Campaign'...
Makes Case To Liberals: Do It For The Children...
TRANSCRIPT...
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Krauthammer Dubs Obama's Syria Address 'Oddest Presidential Speech Ever'
Charles Krauthammer reacted to President Obama’s national address
on Syria tonight on Special Report. Bret Baier asked the syndicated
columnist about the added time it will take to wait for a possible Russian proposal.
Rand Paul: 'We Have No Plan for Victory'
Krauthammer said, “That’s what makes this one of the most odd presidential speeches ever delivered. Here’s a president who urgingly addresses the nation on all channels to call for a pause in something that the nation does not want to do in the first place. This is almost unbelievable.”
He called the Russian proposal a “farce” because they are calling for the United States to take military action off the table. “I don’t see this as a serious proposal. I think Obama sees this as a way to negotiate.”
Krauthammer predicted that there will not be a vote in Congress, there will not be a strike and no weapons will be removed from Syria.
O'Reilly: 'Good Chance Obama Will Never Recover From Syria Crisis'
Video, Transcript: Obama Makes the Case for Syria Action; Asks Congress to Delay Vote
Rand Paul: 'We Have No Plan for Victory'
Krauthammer said, “That’s what makes this one of the most odd presidential speeches ever delivered. Here’s a president who urgingly addresses the nation on all channels to call for a pause in something that the nation does not want to do in the first place. This is almost unbelievable.”
He called the Russian proposal a “farce” because they are calling for the United States to take military action off the table. “I don’t see this as a serious proposal. I think Obama sees this as a way to negotiate.”
Krauthammer predicted that there will not be a vote in Congress, there will not be a strike and no weapons will be removed from Syria.
O'Reilly: 'Good Chance Obama Will Never Recover From Syria Crisis'
Video, Transcript: Obama Makes the Case for Syria Action; Asks Congress to Delay Vote
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Pundits On Obama Syria Speech: Meh
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Posted: 09/10/2013 10:17 pm EDT | Updated: 09/10/2013 11:48 pm EDT
John Dickerson ✔ @jdickerson
President Obama’s Syria speech felt like
his Syria policy has at times. He was following through just because he
had made a commitment.
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"We would be killing a lot of people. We
may say it's not an act of war but to the people we're bombing it's an
act of war."- Chris Matthews
9:34 PM - 10 Sep 2013
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Molly Ball @mollyesque
This speech is the story you write when nothing happens and you have to lead with B-matter.
9:08 PM - 10 Sep 2013
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Rosa Brooks @brooks_rosa
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Rosa Brooks @brooks_rosa
My fellow Americans, I need some some new
speechwriters. Or at least a copyeditor to make sure part 2 of speech
doesnt contradict part 1.
9:28 PM - 10 Sep 2013
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Philip Gourevitch @PGourevitch
We have Obama because he can speak as few can - and we've hit that bad moment where he gives a speech that just makes it worse.
9:29 PM - 10 Sep 2013
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Chuck Todd ✔ @chucktodd
At the point of the diplomacy explanation
of last 24 hours, guessing many folks wondered why then the president
was speaking in prime time
Read more...http://www.
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I probably just think this because I wish I was watching something else right now, but Obama sounds very _CSI: Syria_
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Intercepts caught Assad rejecting requests to use chemical weapons, German paper says
By Matthew Schofield | McClatchy Foreign Staff
BERLIN — Syrian
President Bashar Assad has repeatedly rejected requests from his field
commanders for approval to use chemical weapons, according to a report
this weekend in a German newspaper.
The report in Bild am Sonntag, which is a widely read and influential national Sunday newspaper, reported that the head of the German Foreign Intelligence agency, Gerhard Schindler, last week told a select group of German lawmakers that intercepted communications had convinced German intelligence officials that Assad did not order or approve what is believed to be a sarin gas attack on Aug. 21 that killed hundreds of people in Damascus’ eastern suburbs.
The Obama administration has blamed the attack on Assad. The evidence against Assad was described over the weekend as common sense by White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough on CNN’s "State of the Union."
“The material was used in the eastern suburbs of Damascus that have been controlled by the opposition for some time,” he said. “It was delivered by rockets, rockets that we know the Assad regime has, and we have no indication that the opposition has.”
The report in Bild am Sonntag, which is a widely read and influential national Sunday newspaper, reported that the head of the German Foreign Intelligence agency, Gerhard Schindler, last week told a select group of German lawmakers that intercepted communications had convinced German intelligence officials that Assad did not order or approve what is believed to be a sarin gas attack on Aug. 21 that killed hundreds of people in Damascus’ eastern suburbs.
The Obama administration has blamed the attack on Assad. The evidence against Assad was described over the weekend as common sense by White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough on CNN’s "State of the Union."
“The material was used in the eastern suburbs of Damascus that have been controlled by the opposition for some time,” he said. “It was delivered by rockets, rockets that we know the Assad regime has, and we have no indication that the opposition has.”
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Russian Parliament Gloats as Putin Checkmates Obama Over Syria
by
John Nolte
10 Sep 2013
Monday morning, Secretary of State John Kerry made what an administration official called a "major goof" with a never-going-to-happen hypothetical that suggested Syria could avoid American airstrikes by surrendering their chemical weapons. Even the State Department walked Kerry's statement back. But Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov immediately seized upon Kerry's flub, and now a member of the Russian parliament is gloating over Putin's checkmate of Obama.
Watching one administration bungle after another unfurl, Alexi Pushkov , the chairman of the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee, is publicly mocking Obama. Via Twitter, Pushkov wrote that this mess “knocks the ground out from under Obama’s plans for a military strike.”Kerry's flub played right into the Russians hands; and by breaking weak, stepping back from his own red line, and embracing Kerry's hypothetical proposal during a round-robin of network interviews Monday night, President Obama chose to repeat Kerry's mistake. Russian President Vladmir Putin now looks like the world's peacemaker and Syria can dig in and drag this out forever as the West tries to figure out how to secure and destroy a thousand tons of chemicals weapons without putting "boots on the ground" in the middle of a civil war.
The real win for Syria and Russia, though, is that when this diplomatic quagmire is all over, Assad remains in power. This, after Obama said he must go.
As I write this, Assad is already taking advantage of the Putin/Kerry monkey wrench. For the first time since the talk of America military action began, today Syria resumed its bombing attacks against the rebels.
From Obama's off-script red line comment last year to Kerry's off-script second red line yesterday, the only thing driving American foreign policy regarding Syria are administration blunders.
Today, even Israel is laughing at us.
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Colorado Recall Results: Democratic State Senators Defeated In Major Victory For NRA
Posted: 09/10/2013 11:44 pm EDT | Updated: 09/11/2013 1:09 am EDT
"The highest rank in a democracy is citizen, not senate president," Morse said in his concession speech, as his supporters solemnly watched, some shedding tears.
What originally began as local political fallout over the Democratic-controlled legislature's comprehensive gun control package quickly escalated into a national referendum on gun policy. Morse and Giron both voted in favor of the legislation, signed into law by Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) in March, which requires background checks for all firearm purchases and bans ammunition magazines over 15 rounds.
Gun rights activists initially sought to recall four Democrats they perceived as vulnerable, but only collected the required signatures to challenge Morse and Giron.
Language for the "yes" ballots, authored by proponents of the recall, said the lawmakers were guilty of contempt for "the constitutional liberties of the people" and "firearm manufacturers and for the rights of Colorado citizens." Those working against the recall used the "no" ballots to cast their opponents as "extremists" who were willing to make guns available to felons and "spouse abusers."
While voter turnout is typically low in recall elections, Democrats accused pro-recall activists of engaging in voter suppression tactics. A big blow to Morse and Giron was a ruling that prohibited voting by mail in the election, even though Colorado voters have overwhelmingly relied on mail-in ballots in the past. The decision ignored a state law passed earlier this year that guaranteed a ballot by mail to every registered voter in Colorado, including in a recall election.
A get-out-the-vote canvasser for Giron, who requested anonymity out of safety concerns, said gun rights activists also engaged in "extreme voter intimidation" at polling centers in Pueblo on Tuesday.
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Sorry for the poor image quality (iPhone). Took this while flying over today in a B-52 at 5,000'. Despite the image quality, you can see the progress of the South Endzone expansion.
Oh yeah, ETA: inb4itwillneverbereadyintime
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BATON ROUGE, La. -- LSU coach Les Miles said those making allegations in Sports Illustrated of academic fraud at Oklahoma State,
or improper payments to players from boosters, "weren't there long
enough to figure it out," because they were dismissed from the program.
Miles, who spoke on a Southeastern Conference teleconference Wednesday, said he is proud of his time as coach at Oklahoma State and takes issue with "the idea that somebody would characterize the program that was run there as anything but right and correct."
Miles said he and his staff did nothing wrong at OSU.
"I revered my time in Stillwater," Miles said.
"Did we work hard? You betcha. Did we make tough decisions about starting lineups? You betcha. But every guy was encouraged to get his degree and to stay the course and to fight."
"I can tell you that staff, family and friends, and anybody that sat in our meeting rooms, knew that this thing was done right."
Miles said he repeatedly told players to "attend class and do the right things."
He opened the teleconference by talking about his memories of Sept. 11, 2001, when his Oklahoma State team had a game postponed. He also noted that his time as OSU's offensive coordinator (1995-97) overlapped with the Oklahoma City bombing and that he "saw the strength of the Oklahoma people."
"I enjoyed my time in Oklahoma. I can tell you that," Miles said.
Miles did not take questions about the matter, saying he is trying to get LSU (2-0) ready for its game Saturday against Kent State (1-1).
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Thomas Williams · Im not telling u
I would need to see a cell phone video of ($$$$$ money) changing hand from Oklahoma State university boosters too college football players in the Oklahoma States dressing room. And the video of Less Miles interviewing the attractive women who was to give out sexual favors as a added incentive to the Oklahoma States recruits, before I would even consider that SI Oklahoma State NCAA rules violation story.
From something that happened ten years ago even.
Please! Les Miles is one of the most decent people in the state of Louisiana for goodness sake. I hope that Oklahoma State can sue SI for false intending to mislead charges, somewhere down the line.
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Something about this SI story is very wrong here, and I simply don't believe the story that Less Miles misbehaved as the then head college football coach of Oklahoma State. Because I know him to be better then that SI story says about him. Where is the proof?
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Aerial view of Tiger Stadium today (Posted on 9/9/13 at 8:41 pm)
Sorry for the poor image quality (iPhone). Took this while flying over today in a B-52 at 5,000'. Despite the image quality, you can see the progress of the South Endzone expansion.
Oh yeah, ETA: inb4itwillneverbereadyintime
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Les Miles: Ran program 'right'
Updated: September 11, 2013, 1:23 PM ET
Associated Press
Report: Oklahoma State Players Got Paid
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Illustrated writer George Dohrmann discusses the SI article on alleged
widespread corruption in Oklahoma State's football program.Tags: Okloham State Cowboys, Les Miles, Mike Gundy, Investigation, Cash, Payment, Big 12, Allegations, Scandal
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Miles, who spoke on a Southeastern Conference teleconference Wednesday, said he is proud of his time as coach at Oklahoma State and takes issue with "the idea that somebody would characterize the program that was run there as anything but right and correct."
“The SI series contains allegations from players at Oklahoma State from 2000-11. Miles coached the Cowboys from 2001-04 before leaving for LSU.I revered my time in Stillwater. ... Did we work hard? You betcha. Did we make tough decisions about starting lineups? You betcha. But every guy was encouraged to get his degree, stay the course and fight.
” -- LSU's Les Miles,
coach at OSU from 2001-04
Miles said he and his staff did nothing wrong at OSU.
"I revered my time in Stillwater," Miles said.
"Did we work hard? You betcha. Did we make tough decisions about starting lineups? You betcha. But every guy was encouraged to get his degree and to stay the course and to fight."
"I can tell you that staff, family and friends, and anybody that sat in our meeting rooms, knew that this thing was done right."
Miles said he repeatedly told players to "attend class and do the right things."
He opened the teleconference by talking about his memories of Sept. 11, 2001, when his Oklahoma State team had a game postponed. He also noted that his time as OSU's offensive coordinator (1995-97) overlapped with the Oklahoma City bombing and that he "saw the strength of the Oklahoma people."
"I enjoyed my time in Oklahoma. I can tell you that," Miles said.
Miles did not take questions about the matter, saying he is trying to get LSU (2-0) ready for its game Saturday against Kent State (1-1).
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Thomas Williams · Im not telling uI would need to see a cell phone video of ($$$$$ money) changing hand from Oklahoma State university boosters too college football players in the Oklahoma States dressing room. And the video of Less Miles interviewing the attractive women who was to give out sexual favors as a added incentive to the Oklahoma States recruits, before I would even consider that SI Oklahoma State NCAA rules violation story.
From something that happened ten years ago even.
Please! Les Miles is one of the most decent people in the state of Louisiana for goodness sake. I hope that Oklahoma State can sue SI for false intending to mislead charges, somewhere down the line.
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Miles answers some questions raised by Sports Illustrated report
By LUKE JOHNSON
Tiger Rag Assistant Editor
LSU coach Les Miles answered several questions Wednesday evening regarding his alleged misconduct during his tenure at Oklahoma State, as was reported by Sports Illustrated earlier this week.
Sports Illustrated released two parts of a five-part exposé detailing rampant rule-breaking and general misbehavior at Oklahoma State during and after Miles’ tenure. Miles denied any unscrupulous behavior, saying he will respond fully to the report at a later date.
"At some point in time I’m going to watershed the issues and have my say,” Miles said. "But right now I’m preparing the team and I’m really focused on that.”
The first phase of the report, released Tuesday, focuses on players receiving illegal payment from boosters and assistant coaches. The report indicates that Miles may have had a part in this, though some reports have surfaced since with players refuting the claims made in the Sports Illustrated story.
Wednesday’s report alleged Miles as an active participant in minimizing the importance of education among players on his team, among numerous instances of academic fraud committed by players on his teams.
The remainder of the reports — all based on Oklahoma State and most during Miles’ tenure there — will be released on a day-by-day basis this week.
Miles spoke to his team about the allegations after the first report was released.
"I said, ‘Frankly, I’ve treated you the same and you guys know me,’” Miles said. "If there was any impropriety, they sure as heck would know it.
"I think they understand it, I think they understand distraction, and I think they’re ready to get going. I don’t think that there’s anything that our guys carry with them.”
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Miles
acknowledged after LSU’s win against UAB that Sports Illustrated
contacted him to comment on the report, and Miles gave his version of
how that conversation went in his post-game press conference.
When asked if he expected the report to turn out anything like it did Miles said, "I had no idea that this would be anything like this.”
Sports Information Director Michael Bonnette redirected the press conference toward LSU’s game against Kent State this weekend after a handful of questions. But Miles’ final answer seemed to sum up his defense.
"We did things correctly,” Miles said. "I have a very strong feeling that this thing was done right. Period. I wasn’t there at every place all the time, but that being said, the things we did we did right.”
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LSU coach Les Miles answered several questions Wednesday evening regarding his alleged misconduct during his tenure at Oklahoma State, as was reported by Sports Illustrated earlier this week.
Sports Illustrated released two parts of a five-part exposé detailing rampant rule-breaking and general misbehavior at Oklahoma State during and after Miles’ tenure. Miles denied any unscrupulous behavior, saying he will respond fully to the report at a later date.
"At some point in time I’m going to watershed the issues and have my say,” Miles said. "But right now I’m preparing the team and I’m really focused on that.”
The first phase of the report, released Tuesday, focuses on players receiving illegal payment from boosters and assistant coaches. The report indicates that Miles may have had a part in this, though some reports have surfaced since with players refuting the claims made in the Sports Illustrated story.
Wednesday’s report alleged Miles as an active participant in minimizing the importance of education among players on his team, among numerous instances of academic fraud committed by players on his teams.
The remainder of the reports — all based on Oklahoma State and most during Miles’ tenure there — will be released on a day-by-day basis this week.
Miles spoke to his team about the allegations after the first report was released.
"I said, ‘Frankly, I’ve treated you the same and you guys know me,’” Miles said. "If there was any impropriety, they sure as heck would know it.
"I think they understand it, I think they understand distraction, and I think they’re ready to get going. I don’t think that there’s anything that our guys carry with them.”
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9/11/2013 8:19:29 PM
When asked if he expected the report to turn out anything like it did Miles said, "I had no idea that this would be anything like this.”
Sports Information Director Michael Bonnette redirected the press conference toward LSU’s game against Kent State this weekend after a handful of questions. But Miles’ final answer seemed to sum up his defense.
"We did things correctly,” Miles said. "I have a very strong feeling that this thing was done right. Period. I wasn’t there at every place all the time, but that being said, the things we did we did right.”
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Chief Peace Pipe Pickle Head:
Lets put it like this - if SI doesn't have the facts right in their Oklahoma State abusing NCAA rules story that has accused Oklahoma State and then coach Less Miles and now Mike Gundy of misbehave with under the table payoffs.
SI is going to be one big time sued sports
magazine in the near future and will only succeed to tarnish themselves
more then anyone else after everything is said and done, because I
believe that the real truth will win out.Lets put it like this - if SI doesn't have the facts right in their Oklahoma State abusing NCAA rules story that has accused Oklahoma State and then coach Less Miles and now Mike Gundy of misbehave with under the table payoffs.
Something about this SI story is very wrong here, and I simply don't believe the story that Less Miles misbehaved as the then head college football coach of Oklahoma State. Because I know him to be better then that SI story says about him. Where is the proof?
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LSU coach Les Miles focuses on preparing team amid alleged wrongdoing at Oklahoma State
Les Miles says he did things the right way while at Oklahoma State.
(Chris Granger, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)
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Terrance Harris, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
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on September 11, 2013 at 10:20 PM, updated September 11, 2013 at 10:39 PM
Miles stood
on his track record during a Wednesday morning SEC coaches
teleconference and later in the day during his weekly press conference
at the Tigers football complex.
But Miles stopped short during the afternoon press conference of saying it is impossible wrongdoings, such a payment system for players and academic misconduct, occurred during his tenure at Oklahoma State from 2001 to 2004.
"I have a very strong feeling that this thing was done right," Miles said when asked if some of the allegations by the magazine could've taken place without his knowledge. "I wasn't there at every place all of the time, but with that being said, the things we did, we did right."
Miles' tenure at Oklahoma State has become a distraction for the Tigers' program. He has been bombarded with questions once word leaked Saturday that Sports Illustrated was a releasing a five-part series it spent 10 months working. The allegations of wrongdoing surrounding the Cowboys program begin with the Miles era and continue through the tenure of current coach Mike Gundy, who was Miles' offensive coordinator.
Miles said he addressed the situation with his players.
Les Miles said at some point he will "have my say" on reported wrongdoing at Oklahoma State: Video
Les Miles talks
to the media about the Sports Illustrated series chronicling alleged
transgressions while he was coach at Oklahoma State.
"If there was any impropriety, they would have known," said
Miles, whose No. 8-ranked team is preparing to host Kent State on
Saturday in a non-conference game. "I think they understand it, I think
they understand (it's a distraction), I think they are ready to move
on."
But for Miles, it may not be that easy. The magazine released its first story in the series Tuesday, which centered on a pay-for-play scandal alleged by some former players. That story alleges assistant coaches and boosters supplied players with cash payments for performance on the field.
The series continued Wednesday with allegations of academic misconduct that began under the Miles regime. Thursday's story will bring allegations of sexual acts between school hostesses and recruits. The final installment of the series will run Tuesday.
Miles has opted to say little, other than things were done right when he was at Oklahoma State. He hinted he will eventually have more to say later.
"At some point and time I am going to kind of have my say," he said, "but right now I am preparing the team, and I'm really kind of focused on that."
In the meantime, Miles has received support of those who are close to him and from LSU fans, as well.
Former LSU athletic director Skip Bertman, who hired Miles in 2005, said an extensive background check was done on the coach during the interview process and no red flags came up. Bertman says based on what he has witnessed, Miles runs a clean program.
"He's not one of those guys, like most of the others, who run it to the gray (area)," Bertman said. "Les is pretty good that way. He's almost pure. He's really strong. He's got a lot of principles.
"When his guys come late to practice for whatever reason, he may not play that week. At least he won't start and may have to miss a quarter or two.
"God knows what he did to Jeremy Hill in terms of running punishment and those kinds of things," continued Bertman, referencing the star running back who ran into trouble this offseason and was suspended for the opener against TCU. "He does a lot of those things and doesn't take credit. He can be nasty with the kids, if they lie to him or dog it. That's why they play so hard."
Several fans who attended Miles' radio show at a Baton Rouge eatery Wednesday night also said they believe their coach ran a clean program at Oklahoma State and continues to do so at LSU.
"I don't think he would be a guy that does that ... I think he is a truthful, loyal guy," said LSU student Jon Cefaou.
Since the initial report was released, many of the named sources have come under scrutiny as former players with an axe to grind because several had been dismissed from the program. Even one of the authors, Thayer Evans, has come under the microscope as an Oklahoma graduate who has always been out to get Oklahoma State.
Cleveland Browns quarterback Brandon Weeden, a former Cowboys quarterback under Gundy, blasted Evans.
"The guy has always had it out for Oklahoma State," Weeden said to the Cleveland Plain Dealer. "He's got a track record. You can go look it up. I'm not going to say his name. You can go look and see what he's done. But he's had it out for us, so it's comical.
"The truth will come out. I'm surprised. Here's what I'm surprised about is that a credible institution like Sports Illustrated would do 10 months of investigation, and they have no credible facts to go along with the story. "
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But Miles stopped short during the afternoon press conference of saying it is impossible wrongdoings, such a payment system for players and academic misconduct, occurred during his tenure at Oklahoma State from 2001 to 2004.
"I have a very strong feeling that this thing was done right," Miles said when asked if some of the allegations by the magazine could've taken place without his knowledge. "I wasn't there at every place all of the time, but with that being said, the things we did, we did right."
Miles' tenure at Oklahoma State has become a distraction for the Tigers' program. He has been bombarded with questions once word leaked Saturday that Sports Illustrated was a releasing a five-part series it spent 10 months working. The allegations of wrongdoing surrounding the Cowboys program begin with the Miles era and continue through the tenure of current coach Mike Gundy, who was Miles' offensive coordinator.
Miles said he addressed the situation with his players.
But for Miles, it may not be that easy. The magazine released its first story in the series Tuesday, which centered on a pay-for-play scandal alleged by some former players. That story alleges assistant coaches and boosters supplied players with cash payments for performance on the field.
The series continued Wednesday with allegations of academic misconduct that began under the Miles regime. Thursday's story will bring allegations of sexual acts between school hostesses and recruits. The final installment of the series will run Tuesday.
Miles has opted to say little, other than things were done right when he was at Oklahoma State. He hinted he will eventually have more to say later.
"At some point and time I am going to kind of have my say," he said, "but right now I am preparing the team, and I'm really kind of focused on that."
In the meantime, Miles has received support of those who are close to him and from LSU fans, as well.
Former LSU athletic director Skip Bertman, who hired Miles in 2005, said an extensive background check was done on the coach during the interview process and no red flags came up. Bertman says based on what he has witnessed, Miles runs a clean program.
"He's not one of those guys, like most of the others, who run it to the gray (area)," Bertman said. "Les is pretty good that way. He's almost pure. He's really strong. He's got a lot of principles.
"When his guys come late to practice for whatever reason, he may not play that week. At least he won't start and may have to miss a quarter or two.
"God knows what he did to Jeremy Hill in terms of running punishment and those kinds of things," continued Bertman, referencing the star running back who ran into trouble this offseason and was suspended for the opener against TCU. "He does a lot of those things and doesn't take credit. He can be nasty with the kids, if they lie to him or dog it. That's why they play so hard."
Several fans who attended Miles' radio show at a Baton Rouge eatery Wednesday night also said they believe their coach ran a clean program at Oklahoma State and continues to do so at LSU.
"I don't think he would be a guy that does that ... I think he is a truthful, loyal guy," said LSU student Jon Cefaou.
Since the initial report was released, many of the named sources have come under scrutiny as former players with an axe to grind because several had been dismissed from the program. Even one of the authors, Thayer Evans, has come under the microscope as an Oklahoma graduate who has always been out to get Oklahoma State.
Cleveland Browns quarterback Brandon Weeden, a former Cowboys quarterback under Gundy, blasted Evans.
"The guy has always had it out for Oklahoma State," Weeden said to the Cleveland Plain Dealer. "He's got a track record. You can go look it up. I'm not going to say his name. You can go look and see what he's done. But he's had it out for us, so it's comical.
"The truth will come out. I'm surprised. Here's what I'm surprised about is that a credible institution like Sports Illustrated would do 10 months of investigation, and they have no credible facts to go along with the story. "
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again Terrance, I urge you to do your homework. Apparently the Tulsa
World is leading the charge in discreditting the S.I. article. You might
want to visit their website. Players named as sources are recanting and
saying they were duped by Thayer Evans and S.I.. The dead can't speak
for themselves but the deceased people named in the story is invoking
outrage from their families. Those interviewed never saw ANY writing
taking place and alleged tapes of conversations have yet to be produced.
Also, Thayer Evans integrity has been called into serious question. His
nummerous anti-OSU comments over the years, refering to OSU as "Chokie
State" and other comments. His personal backround which includes being
kicked out of school for stealing, being fired for lying on job
applications(at the Houston Chronicle).....fired for fabricating
sources( at Fox Sports) as well as his domestic violence accusations and
restraining order his former wife has in force against him. Do you
think it is wise to stack this mans credibility against a man like Les
Miles. This story is going to blow up in the face of Sports Illustrated.
Let me give you a heads up......the story on the Orange Pride girls
having sex with recruits will be out in a day or so. Just like todays
story when none of these professors or tutors that allegedly helped
these athletes cheat the system were interviewed or asked for
corroboration, none of these girls will be interviewed either. We will
be asked to take the word of a few former playes without any of these
supposed young ladies that did these things being asked to corroborate
or deny these allegations. In effect the article will call ALL of those
young ladies whores without the benefit of being able to defend
themselves. The story will say only a few were involved, but do you not
think that ALL of them will be looked at with suspicion. And no voice to
defend themselves. Is that what passes for "investigative journalism"
where you come from???? I hope not.
thank
you daBlade.....it is a sad world when a man like Les Miles has to
defend himself against the accusations of a pos like thayer evans. This
past summer when Miles rappelled down that building to call attention to
kids needing homes.....did you know all of those kids found homes and
were adopted. I wonder what Thayer evans has been doiung with his time
other than beating his wife???
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LSU Football - Geaux Tigers!!!
| Thursday, September 12, 2013 | |
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| The Advocate | Mettenberger’s offseason efforts showing on field |
| Commercial Appeal | LSU's Beckham a Tiger of many stripes (no paywall for now) |
| Times Picayune | Les Miles focuses on preparing team |
| LSU Reveille | Beckham emerging as elite return specialist for Tigers |
| LSU Sports | Video (4 min, 14 sec): Inside the Huddle: Odell Beckham Jr. |
| The Advocate | Part 2 of S.I. series says OSU lax on players during Miles' tenure |
| The Oklahoman | Tales from a Les Miles walkon at Oklahoma State |
| Lafayette Advertiser *1 | LSU football has major impact on Baton Rouge |
| LSU Sports | Audio (1 hour): The Les Miles Show - Week 4 (Kent State) |
| LSU Sports | Vet School issues statement on Mike VI attendance |
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