In light of our pending broadcast efforts, I figured I should mention something that happened over the weekend with the quality journalists at ESPN.
Kirk Herbstreit, the former Ohio State quarterback turned football analyst, reported that his sources said Les Miles, the head coach of Louisiana State football, had taken the job to replace Lloyd Carr at U-M. The only problem is he hadn't.
Miles called a press conference specifically to deny these claims 20 minutes before his game against Tennessee for the SEC championship. Miles first heard of his new job from friends and had to clear the air with his team, university and everyone involved that he had not taken the job and was at LSU to stay.
Herbstreit says it was bad timing and LSU worked out a deal after he had spoken to his source and before he made the announcement.
Sure other publications speculated Miles would take the job, saying Miles was a near lock to join U-M because his best friend said he would, or that he couldnt pass an opportunity to coach his alma mater.
But, if they are going to break the story as fact, shouldn't a station as large and influential as ESPN leave the breaking news investigative journalism to actual journalists?
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