re: Michigan is garbage

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You dont announce a new coach saying that he was your 3rd choice. I dont think that sets up him up for success in a leadership position.

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I never said that should have been the case. In fact, in this thread I said Brandon should have just come out and said Hoke is our guy and leave it at that, with no mention of other candidates. For the pompous arse that he is, he doesn't owe anyone an explanation, especially not the local media here.
The entire handling of this was garbage, from saying we were going to have a national search, to then lying about offering to other candidates, to then taking swipes at candidates and former coaches etc. It was a mess and people are angry, rightly so. People were not happy with this hire, I was one of the ones, but when you sit back and take a look at everything that happened, Hoke is a victim of circumstance thanks in part to DB's ego, and it's unfair. I'm behind Hoke, because he is our coach now and deserves our support, and quite frankly, it's not his fault that the AD created this clusterf*** around him.