He didn't get screwed, he wasn't cutting it and was replaced by someone better. Miles was nice enough not to fire him. Why didn't Chief hire him?
Yeah, it may be no screw job at all. Apparently, one of the Podcasts from Scout.com has not been heard by many here. What those guys heavily insinuated was that one thing that sent Haley to "internville" is that supposedly Haley found out about Chavis moving on and didn't tell Les Miles. That is a tough call for sure since Haley and Chavis are long term friends, but if you find out something that can adversely affect "the company"/LSU football program and you don't tell your boss/Les Miles and he finds out about it....well, let's just say a lot of bosses would fire your ass on the spot. There seemed to be something personal going on in addition to just moving Haley out (such as calling him an "intern"). If that is what happened, I can understand Les Miles being pissed off big time! In the business world, Haley wouldn't even have a job!
I don't see how anyone can think Brick got screwed over. Les has a lengthy history of being very loyal and extremely considerate to coaches on their way out at LSU.. look how he handled the Co-DC debacle. He did everything he could to get them other jobs and provided sterling recommendations so they weren't seen as being forced out here at LSU or fired, which everyone pretty much understood. It could have been easy to just fire them and move on. He didn't. Now Peveto is back with us. Contrast that with say how Billy Gonzales left Urban's staff at Florida.. night and day with Les on how you handle guys. Even Stud got quite the delicate handling despite poor recruiting efforts, underperformance at his job as a line coach AND as an OC and eventually he was replaced. Les gave Chavis plenty of slack on the recruiting trail. So his pay was actually higher if you think about it than face value since most guys making what Chavis was as DC at LSU also have to recruit their tails off. Krag and Brick also were delicate situations for very different reasons that Les handled very, very graciously. Both were afforded very soft landings. In the end, LSU provides a lot of job stability, and even when you don't do well at your job you're likely going to be given awesome treatment on your way to your next venture. What coach wouldn't want that? Think Ball didn't see that as alluring? The salary difference given having to move and relocate is probably negligible. People often forget the expenses of picking up and moving and all the hassle that comes with uprooting, buying a new house or at least finding one and selling the old place. Especially after 9 years in a pretty stable program with Richt at UGA.. A guy comes here from that situation and it screams "AWESOME PLACE TO WORK" because that's the reason a guy like Ball makes that move.
The streak LSU has of 11 years in a row with a DL drafted is astounding. Jaw-dropping stuff really if you think about how difficult that is to accomplish.
The Texas Longhorns are apparently building back their program one brick at a time. For his sake, I hope he doesn't become a martyr. His players will certainly run through a wall for him.
