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Les Miles is the new head coach at Kansas which is a sentence I never thought I’d write. After over a decade at LSU and a national championship victory in 2007, the 65-year-old Miles will replace David Beaty as the Jayhawks head coach. In four seasons calling the shots at Kansas, Beaty posted a less-than-admirable record of 6-41 (2-33 in the Big 12).
Miles is now tasked with rebuilding a roster by potentially dipping into the Kansas-area recruiting pool. As SB Nation points out, the state of Kansas produces numerous Power 5 signees per year from its population of three million people and the school is hoping that attaching a big name like Les Miles to the program will attract homegrown talent.
During an official welcome press conference this weekend, Les took some time to let the media know just how big of a boost his team will be to the community.
What ensued was one of the more cringeworthy brain farts ever caught on camera.
https://twitter.com/TomKCTV5/status/1064307420917366785
Do Les.
And as the internet does, it ate this blunder up like Thanksgiving stuffing.
That moment when you realize … “I'm the football coach at KU."
— Punxsutawney Rich (@rsbaier) November 19, 2018
Apparently Les was distracted by Jeff Long in the back doing this when he mentioned community involvement. 🤣 pic.twitter.com/ZozHPWtm17
— Brad N (@BradN05) November 19, 2018
— Alex Yao (@LeslieYAO95) November 19, 2018
Hope it doesn’t take that long to get a play in……
— Brayden C (@BraydenCinKC) November 19, 2018
https://twitter.com/AustinTechCFO/status/1064369344954675200
https://twitter.com/JoshuaAStrong/status/1064312986096025600
this guy gets paid millions with these communication skills and i can’t even get an interview at Walmart
— Matt (@collum42) November 19, 2018
https://twitter.com/TJCarpenterShow/status/1064541707780255745
Carry on.