Just saw the strangest thing — Les Miles in a low hat.
Everyone in these parts knows the former Oklahoma State coach’s signature look. Whether in his old job with the Cowboys or his new gig at LSU, he always seemed to wear those ball caps with extremely flat, high fronts.
Around headquarters, those lids spawned a nickname for Miles.
The High Hat.
In any event, I happened to catch some footage of Miles’ post-practice interview Thursday, and I did a double take. Seeing Miles in the more, um, well, normal hat made him look a bit like a football coach from the 50s. He looked a little bit what I imagine Bo Schembechler looked like in his early days at Michigan.
I almost expected the camera to pan down and catch of glimpse of old-school canvas Chuck Taylor’s or something.
You can check out video of Miles here.
He happened to be talking , by the way, about some comments that stirred controversy earlier this week. LSU defensive tackle Ricky Jean-Francois said the Tigers would be going after Florida quarterback Tim Tebow, trying to knock the Gator gunslinger out of the game in their big showdown Saturday.
“The idea that he would hit him and hit him hard is something that every quarterback in this league, including ours, is going to have to deal with when it comes to Saturday,” Miles said.
He continued, “We want to get to the quarterback, but we want to get to the quarterback every week. It doesn’t make a difference if it’s Florida’s quarterback or Auburn’s quarterback or whoever we play.”
Listen, I didn’t have a problem with Jean-Francois’s comments. Of course the Tigers want to get to Tebow. Every defensive player wants that every week, every play. Most just don’t say it.
Jean-Francois was being honest, saying what every defensive player is thinking.
Hard to criticize a guy for that.