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re: Michigan is garbage
Posted by um2007 on 1/13/11 at 11:28 am
[quote]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. [/quote]
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...
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re: Michigan is garbage
Posted by um2007 on 1/13/11 at 10:52 am
[quote]I would imagine that their highest state employee is not the FOOTBALL COACH[/quote]
The new governor of Michigan did go to UofM though :)...
re: Michigan is garbage
Posted by um2007 on 1/13/11 at 10:49 am
[quote]President Coleman needs to try and rein him in, though I'm doubtful she can, even if she wants to.[/quote]
Honestly, she is part of the problem herself. She is the constant between these two hires and shes particularly self serving. Until both of them are out- :/...
re: Michigan is garbage
Posted by um2007 on 1/13/11 at 10:39 am
[quote]My quandry is this: If I pull for Hoke to do a good job, for the benefit of the majority of Michigan fans who are way more classy than their jerk AD, that benefits the jerk.[/quote]
Although Brandon will think it benefits him, it's really benefiting the school and the players. They did eve...
re: Michigan is garbage
Posted by um2007 on 1/13/11 at 10:09 am
Brandon said something to the effect that not all that glitters is gold, some of the candidates put themselves before the program, the players.
He never specifically said names, but he was definitely taking swipes at someone, or maybe all the other candidates he interviewed. I dunno. It was tacky ...
re: Michigan is garbage
Posted by um2007 on 1/13/11 at 10:02 am
No. I get that. Thats why the longer part of my post was about Brandon. Trust me, again, we are NOT by any means happy or thrilled with Dave Brandon. Has he done some cool things like The Big Chill, or our first night game, playing Alabama in 2012, yes, but his handling of this will be how hes remem...
re: Michigan is garbage
Posted by um2007 on 1/13/11 at 9:52 am
We have 3 down years and we are garbage? It's amazing for a school thats such garbage, our coaching search, albeit a very disorganized one still managed to take the spotlight during not only the Sugar Bowl, but the National Championship game.
We may not have been winning national championships l...
re: Brady Hoke Press Conference
Posted by um2007 on 1/12/11 at 7:57 pm
I really don't think you'll have to worry about that anymore. Not because I think Brady Hoke is a sure thing, but because I think Les' heart is in Baton Rouge. Obviously Les is fond of his alma mater but he really loves LSU. You can tell its where he wants to be....
re: Brady Hoke Press Conference
Posted by um2007 on 1/12/11 at 3:35 pm
[quote]The AD took a shot at Rich Rod about not being able to adapt to the players on his team.[/quote]
not the only one who feels it was a swipe at RR. Been reading that same thing on some Michigan message boards. Not surprising though. Brandon is a dick, no doubt about it...
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re: Brady Hoke Press Conference
Posted by um2007 on 1/12/11 at 3:11 pm
Drew Sharp is one of the ones that said Michigan is no longer an elite program....
re: Brady Hoke Press Conference
Posted by um2007 on 1/12/11 at 3:04 pm
definitely would be an experience. Now that Les is staying, I still really want to get down to Baton Rouge for a game. Would love to experience a game in SEC country. Game vs. Bama in Dallas isn't gonna cut it for me!...
re: Brady Hoke Press Conference
Posted by um2007 on 1/12/11 at 2:55 pm
I know he used to never refer to them by name. Not really sure specifically what he said. It seemed throughout the conference though, Hoke was channeling Bo. A few times when he was answering questions, if you were just listening and not paying attention to the screen, you kinda felt like you were l...
re: Brady Hoke Press Conference
Posted by um2007 on 1/12/11 at 2:48 pm
OSU generally refers to us as "That school up North" so I'm sure he was just returning the favor haha....
re: Brady Hoke Press Conference
Posted by um2007 on 1/12/11 at 2:44 pm
[quote]details?[/quote]
At one point, Hoke said his goal was to continually compete for the Big 10 title. Drew Sharp, writer for the Free Press up here asked him why the Big 10, shouldn't the goal be the NC? Hoke responded by saying No, if you win your conference, the rest should fall into place....
re: Brady Hoke Press Conference
Posted by um2007 on 1/12/11 at 2:38 pm
Here is the link...it's over an hour long, but, kinda worth it.
[link=(http://www.mgoblue.com/allaccess/?media=221155)]LINK[/link]...
re: Brady Hoke Press Conference
Posted by um2007 on 1/12/11 at 2:36 pm
I don't believe I said that I was completely won over. Still have to see what the results will be on the field/what he can do to save this recruiting class. Just stating after hearing him speak, not only about the University, but what his plans are, I don't think it will be DOOM as I initially thoug...
Brady Hoke Press Conference
Posted by um2007 on 1/12/11 at 2:30 pm
I know you guys are busy with figuring out if Gary Crowton is staying or going, but did any of you watch Hokes press conference on mgoblue.com?
I have to say, initially I was not sold on this hire, and the jury is still out as to whether or not he will win big here, but, there is no doubt this i...
re: If Lloyd Carr is so powerful, how was he fired?
Posted by um2007 on 1/11/11 at 9:16 pm
I'm sure if Lloyd had known Appy State was going to turn out the way it did, he would have retired at the end of 06. In some ways I believe the team knew 07 was going to be his last year and thats why the first two games were so awful. He ended the 07 season in a great way though by beating Florida ...
re: If Lloyd Carr is so powerful, how was he fired?
Posted by um2007 on 1/11/11 at 9:13 pm
eh. while I respect what he did as a coach, he shouldn't be able to be this influential in the search. He had a great tenure here, but if he is truly meddling i.e creating factions and keeping out coaches that have amazing resumes to get in his own guys that aren't proven then I, and a lot of other ...
re: If Lloyd Carr is so powerful, how was he fired?
Posted by um2007 on 1/11/11 at 9:07 pm
lol. he wasn't fired, or pushed out like some believe. He actually wanted to retire after the 06 season but Bill Martin convinced him to stay. Add to that his senior class in 07 was Henne, Hart, Long, Manningham, Arrington.
Thats why people were so angry with Bill Martin. He essentially had a year...
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