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Kansas Football: 5 reasons Les Miles should be Jayhawks’ next head coach

By Matthew Bartlett

BATON ROUGE, LA - NOVEMBER 29: Head coach Les Miles of the LSU Tigers reacts during pre game before playing the Arkansas Razorbacks at Tiger Stadium on November 29, 2013 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
BATON ROUGE, LA - NOVEMBER 29: Head coach Les Miles of the LSU Tigers reacts during pre game before playing the Arkansas Razorbacks at Tiger Stadium on November 29, 2013 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images) /
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(Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
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5. Exposure

There isn’t any reason on a typical Saturday in the fall for the vast majority of the nation to turn on the tv, kick back and watch Kansas football. The Jayhawks aren’t contending for any conference championships or even winning all that many games. Hiring Miles changes any apathetic feelings about the program overnight.

Take a look at what Lane Kiffin has accomplished at Florida Atlantic. Although the job seemed “above him” to some degree, he’s settled in and brought the Owls into the national discourse. Pundits and fans are talking about Florida Atlantic, and it’s all because of Lane Kiffin and what’ he’s done with the program so far.

It doesn’t matter what happens to the state of the FAU program in the near future. Win or lose, the amount of free advertising and national attention afforded to the Owls will have incalculable value on the football team and the university as a whole. Big names drive stories, and Miles is about as big a name as Kansas can get.

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Miles might not be the most qualified coach the Jayhawks can hire and he might require some fans to do a double-take. Still, he’s the right man for the job — the right man to put Kansas football back on the map.

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