Well, it’s official. Tim Miles has accepted a head basketball coaching position at Colorado State University. Below is a video of the highlights of the press conference. He even mentions MilesRausch.com!
Coach Miles joins the CSU Rams. Here are highlights from the press conference.
Music:
- Rob Costlow – Goodbyes
Alright, I lied. He never mentioned my site, but things sure sound strange out of context!
Elsewhere, online communicants are not quite so enamored with Tim as his family is. The Bison Media Blog has one such post. It’s not that the Media Blog hates Tim, it’s that some of its commenters do. Tony Rolfes, and myself, have decided to take up the cause. Here are some excerpts from the comments page.
The conversation turns ugly in a hurry. Four comments in, and a The Haters appear.
Honestly, people in the media, and idiot Bison Fans are going too far with the “Miles moving up” crap. Its seriously getting ridiculous. What has the guy actually accomplished?
– Didn’t even win the pathetic independent league this season.
– Never won an NCC title in D-II.
– His records in D-I have been: 16-8 this season against D-I’s, and 12-12 last season in D-I. Wow, I’m soooooo amazed.
– Pretty much lucked out getting Andre Smith to sign here, after he had committed to an A-10 school. Without that guy, NDSU hasn’t had a winning season yet.
So explain to me what he’s accomplished to warrant all of these big time job offers that are sure to come his way? Gotten two upset victories by playing a zone defense and praying to God for a bad shooting night from Marquette and Wisconsin? Ohh, how do I sign him, what an amazing coach to think of playing zone against Wisconsin. Oh wait, they already got knocked out of the tournament with a better team by playing games like that.
You guys are idiots. He’s not that great. All of these big time schools aren’t calling because he hasn’t gotten crap done.
And why I’m on this topic, NDSU isn’t going to be nearly as good next season with the loss of Dre. That guy opened up everything in your offense, and was a defensive beast. You could probably play 6-5 and not get the stats from two of your players he was putting up.
I’m sure you won’t believe me though… you’re winning because of a 5’11” guard (who gets his open looks from teams doubling dre). Right.
Posted by: So Stupid. on 3/20/2007 4:30 PM
Some remark that a name like “So Stupid.” speaks for itself. Speaking to defend Tim against The Haters, is Tony Rolfes, using the moniker BigTBison.
Every school Tim has gone to he’s turned the program around. No one can deny that. Has anyone ever thought that Tim might be trying to recruit a specific type of player? What if the kid is a great player but doesn’t listen to his coaches or his teacher. Not a type of kid I’d want on my team. Something to think about.
Posted by: BigTBison on 3/20/2007 6:11 PM
Take that, The Haters! Despite the crystal clear logic in Tony’s post, the response was harsh. The Haters don’t back down that easily.
Give me a break BigT, Miles and all of NDSU were drooling over signing Quavle. Your little revision of history isn’t going to fly, because I KNOW that Miles offered him. Its pretty pathetic that you act like Miles didn’t want the kid after he signed somewhere else.
Seriously, what is the “type” of player Miles is looking for? I bet you have no idea what that even means. I guess he must not be interested in 6’11” athletic centers, huh? No, Miles doesn’t want that on his team. LOL.
Point is Miles, for all of his “amazing” recruiting couldn’t land the big man of the future for his team from ND. Thats pathetic, and was the most needed piece on the team.
Posted by: Give me a break. on 3/20/2007 6:53 PM
The response is harsh and hard, using the word “pathetic” twice and a fully capitalized “LOL”. Tony, seeing that things could get out of hand, tries to bring a certain amount of self-restraint to the conversation.
Woo settle. I honestly don’t know anything about Quavle and if Tim did offer him and he rejected it that’s to bad. Maybe Quavle didn’t like that Tim was really really rediculasly good looking and it scareded him away. God damn you Tim Miles and your good looks!
Posted by: BigTBison on 3/20/2007 7:15 PM
Honesty is the best policy, and Tony uses his trademark humor to disarm his opponent. It must have worked, because a full three minutes passes without a response. Tony attempts a further advance with another post.
This picture would scare anybody! http://www.flickr.com/photos/awayken/421347712/
Posted by: BigTBison on 3/20/2007 7:18 PM
Some of you might recognize this picture. It’s one from my photostream on Flickr. This caused some confusion amongst family members trolling the site. My uncle Kevin saw the photo and recognized my Dad in the background, and he thought I was the source of the posting. This passed to my Mom and Dad, though no one knew what the website was or where it was located. All I knew was there was a website somewhere where someone posted some picture I took of Tim with my dad in the background. A little detective work, and I discovered it was actually Tony. He sent me a link to the site, and that’s where I got in on the action.
Despite being a Johnny-come-lately, I take up the Tim Miles Cause with this genius comment.
Who’s Tim Miles? Is he that guy who always takes his jacket off before every game? He’s hawt and aweseme.
BigTBison – that’s an AWESEME PICTURE!!!!!!!1!
Posted by: BigBisonFanButNotReallyUpOnSports on 3/23/2007 11:38 AM
Bamf, baby. Despite my comment taking place a full sixty-four hours after the comment it references, I obviously rended a devastating blow to The Haters. Not a single comment has been posted since. Tim Miles 1, The Haters 0.
Good luck, Tim! If you use Facebook, show your support with the Tim Miles is the BEST coach ever! group.
I’m like half this post. I’m Awsome!!!!
You’ve successfully disgraced The Haters with a single punch. Way to go, baby!
Man, way to take down the haters guys. I didn’t think you guys would be able to respond when he threw the capital LOL’s at you but you brushed it off and shot them down. WAY TO GO
I wish I had been there when it first started. So Stupid had no idea what he was talking about and I thought of some really good rebuttles. Dang.
What do you mean? Great resources! isn’t that MilesRausch.com?
hey! you forgot that there was also a pic of you on Tonys page! That what threw me off! Way to go after So Stupid, BTBison!!!
He didn’t even know what hit him!