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‘This is a good hire.’ What the national media is saying about KU hiring Les Miles

Kansas’ decision to hire Les Miles as football coach certainly generated talk about the country.

Writers from major news outlets offered their thoughts on the new Jayhawks coach and I collected a snippet from six different writers/broadcasters.

Here is what they were saying about Miles, who won a national title at LSU, taking the reins at KU.

ESPN’s Jake Trotter wrote a story with the headline, “The wild Big 12 gets even more fun with Les Miles’ return.”

Here is an excerpt: “In the first head-coaching job of his career, Miles stayed at Oklahoma State for just four seasons, from 2001 to 2004.