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What does this say about the Michigan brand of football?
4 years ago they hired RichRod, a guy who'd been to BCS bowl games with a legitimate West Virginia team.
Now, they're scraping in the same barrels as schools like Minnesota and Indiana for guys who are largely unproven in big time conferences.
Don't get me wrong, I would have been happy with Hoke as our hire at Minnesota. But Michigan isn't used to taking chances on anything when it comes to football.
What does this say about the Michigan brand of football?
4 years ago they hired RichRod, a guy who'd been to BCS bowl games with a legitimate West Virginia team.
Now, they're scraping in the same barrels as schools like Minnesota and Indiana for guys who are largely unproven in big time conferences.
Don't get me wrong, I would have been happy with Hoke as our hire at Minnesota. But Michigan isn't used to taking chances on anything when it comes to football.
Anybody know how the Michigan faithfull would react to Hoke. That is what is most important. I kind of got the impression they would be less than thrilled by it.
True. Even Miami (other than the Gruden to Miami talk, and who knows how much veracity that had) had to pull from the same pool of candidates as us and Indiana and other schools generally considered to be on a much lower tier.
To me that's been one of the most remarkable things about this whole coaching carousel, is that no truly top-tier coaches moved from one school to another. Everybody's been left trying to get the best of the up and comers, rather than those who are already there.
I'm not sure they count him as a "Michigan Man." He coached there, but he played at Ball State.
Despite the displeasure of many with this hire (remember, many here thought he wasn't good enough for us), there's a lot of talking of swallowing their pride and getting behind him. Apparently many feel that not supporting RichRod doomed him from the start, and they want to give the new guy a more fair shot at success.
There's a lesson there, perhaps, for Gopher fans who want to sit on the sidelines and wait for kill to prove himself.
The ESPN story says that Hoke is NOT a "Michigan Man" because he didn't play there.
I really feel as though using a very vague term like "Michigan Man" to describe everything surrounding a program is incredibly pompous and, above all, stupid. I feel dumber for even making a post about it. Bo made up that term because he was pissed that a basketball coach decided to take another job. According to his definition, then, Les Miles is not a Michigan Man.
Garbage.
I really feel as though using a very vague term like "Michigan Man" to describe everything surrounding a program is incredibly pompous and, above all, stupid. I feel dumber for even making a post about it. Bo made up that term because he was pissed that a basketball coach decided to take another job. According to his definition, then, Les Miles is not a Michigan Man.
Garbage.
Even my girlfriend, and Michigan grad, hates the term "Michigan Man"
Brady Hoke should have Michigan back up and running in no time.
Michigan fans seem to be upset. Like virtually everybody else that has hired in the process they ended up with a lower profile coach than they initially expected (Miami: No Gruden, No Mullen; Maryland: No Leach; Pitt has already fired the first coach they hired this offseason; Florida: ended up with a coordinator instead of proven BCS coach; Colorado: Bellotti was the hot name their fans wanted Minnesota: so many names and now Michigan: No Harbaugh, No Miles). It really has become fascinating to see so many teams fall so far below fans expectations when hiring. Even teams like Michigan with money they are willing to spend (reportedly offered $5.2 million to Harbaugh) are missing out on top candidates.
I think Hoke can be a very good coach there. He is bringing Al Borges, his OC from SDSU (formerly at Auburn), which is a good hire. Now the key is who he brings in on the defensive side of the ball. I think it is going to take a while for them to rebuild. They have some talent on offense but their depth is thin--particularly at QB where they are rumored to be down to 2 scholarship QB's on the roster with 0 committed in this class. Their defense is really lacking and that won't be a quick fix.
Let's remember, though Hoke admitted talking to the Gophers, he has always maintained that we never offered him the job.
What does this say about the Michigan brand of football?
I think Maturi said at some point he wanted a head coach with a winning record. Correct me if I am wrong, but I do not believe that Hoke has a winning record.