Alleva said he was the one who staved off Miles being fired during the 2015 season. He told Rabalais it was because if he had, pressure would have been too great to hire Florida State's Jimbo Fisher, and Alleva said he had no interest in Fisher.
"I still have a lot of friends in the ACC," Alleva told Rabalais. "I talked to them, and after that I didn’t want any part of Jimbo. I would never have hired Jimbo. He was never on my radar. Now, fans and some people in the department wanted him, but I never wanted him."
Four games in to the 2016 season, Alleva fired Miles.
"That was probably the part I'm still trying to figure out, personally," said Rabalais. "He really feels (this way) now, or this change after four years, because you get a lot of different opinions about that."
Rabalais’ column also says LSU could have hired then-Houston coach Tom Herman in 2016, but Alleva told Rabalais he didn’t want to pay Herman the money he wanted and thought Orgeron was the better choice.
"He was proven right there," said Rabalais. "Those other guys have not had the seasons the last couple of years that he has."
Alleva also said the Miles didn't get the best out of his players the way the current coaching staff can.
As for men's basketball coach Will Wade, Alleva said he regrets hiring him. It was fallout from the FBI investigation into college basketball recruiting and Wade's connection to it that led to Alleva's resignation last spring.
"I got some bad recommendations on that guy," Alleva told Rabalais. "My perception on why I’m not the athletic director there is because some people used the situation with Wade."