STrib: Hoke was once in Minnesota's sights

[BleedGopher]

per Joe:

The Gophers were one of four current Big Ten teams that hired new coaches before the 2011 season, joining Michigan, Indiana and Maryland, which was still in the ACC that year.

Minnesota’s first interview was then-interim coach Jeff Horton. The second interview was Brady Hoke, who was coaching San Diego State to its first nine-win season since 1971.

Hoke had successfully turned around Ball State before doing the same with the Aztecs, and the Midwest native made a strong impression on the Gophers’ decisionmakers.

But that December, there were rumblings Michigan would fire Rich Rodriguez, with Hoke on a list of potential candidates with Jim Harbaugh and Les Miles.

So the Gophers kept looking. According to a source familiar with the search, they interviewed seven candidates. Jerry Kill was their final interview, in part because he preferred to wait until after his Northern Illinois squad had finished playing Miami (Ohio) in that year’s Mid-American Championship Game.

There was speculation the Gophers seriously pursued Randy Edsall, who guided Connecticut to the Fiesta Bowl that season. But the source familiar with Minnesota’s search said Edsall never interviewed.

http://www.startribune.com/sports/gophers/277972731.html

Go Gophers!!

 

[GopherinPhilly]

Revisionist history.

 

[Too Long in the Wasteland]

I remember it as Hoke basically stringing us along/blowing us off while he was waiting for SCum to call after they got rejected by anyone named Harbaugh. Did we ever offer him the job, or did Maturi figure out that would have been a pathetic exercise in futility?

 

[MNGoldenGophers1]

Revisionist history.

Is there any other kind? ;-)

 

[positively4thstreet]

I remember rumors that Edsall had accepted the job and then changed his mind before the Fiesta Bowl.

 

[GoodasGold]

Rule 1: Do not hire as coach a disgusting fat body. Any and all exude complacency.

 

[Spoofin]

I remember it as Hoke basically stringing us along/blowing us off while he was waiting for SCum to call after they got rejected by anyone named Harbaugh. Did we ever offer him the job, or did Maturi figure out that would have been a pathetic exercise in futility?

No matter what Maturi may have said, the Gophers DID offer Hoke the job.

 

[PhillyGopher]

Which part was not true? That Hoke was interviewed?

 

[gopherdudepart2]

I thought that Dave Mona Vehemently denied that Hoke was ever offered the job.

No matter what Maturi may have said, the Gophers DID offer Hoke the job.

I thought on last Sundays Sport Huddle that Sid mentioned something to the effect that Hoke was offered the Minnesota job and that Dave Mona Vehemently denied that fact. He said that he and Maturi met with Hoke but Hoke made it pretty clear he wasn't interested in coaching at Minnesota. Pretty much thank's for the interest, but no thank's fellas.
I thought he even went so far as to say even though others turned them down that Kill was the only one that actually received the formal job offer.

 

[Dr.Don]

No amount of facts will replace rumors. Rumors rule!!!

 

[Spoofin]

OK. So if Maturi and Mona go there and say the job is yours if you want it and he says he doesn't so they don't give a 'formal' offer, does that mean he was or wasn't offered. Whether it was 'formal' or not Hoke WAS offered the job - in that if he wanted it he could have had it. Fact.

 

[Dr.Don]

OK. So if Maturi and Mona go there and say the job is yours if you want it and he says he doesn't so they don't give a 'formal' offer, does that mean he was or wasn't offered. Whether it was 'formal' or not Hoke WAS offered the job - in that if he wanted it he could have had it. Fact.

So, what you are saying is Hoke told us to get fuched. If that is the case, "FUCH BRADY HOKE!!!

 

[GopherinPhilly]

No matter what Maturi may have said, the Gophers DID offer Hoke the job.

And no matter what the unnamed source says, Edsall said yes and then backed out after his team backed into a BCS bowl bid. I shared the info the night he said yes and then he backed out.

 

[WAGopher]

OK. So if Maturi and Mona go there and say the job is yours if you want it and he says he doesn't so they don't give a 'formal' offer, does that mean he was or wasn't offered. Whether it was 'formal' or not Hoke WAS offered the job - in that if he wanted it he could have had it. Fact.

That's a big IF and since Mona said they never offered the job, then your IF never happened. It's a possibility that Maturi and Mona flew to California with a job offer in hand, but the interview went in such a way that the offer was never extended to Hoke.

 

[station19]

It's all a matter of semantics, and in many/most cases it is meant to be confusing.

The sad part is, Sid may have been the only one that knows the truth but he got confused.

 

[Spoofin]

That's a big IF and since Mona said they never offered the job, then your IF never happened. It's a possibility that Maturi and Mona flew to California with a job offer in hand, but the interview went in such a way that the offer was never extended to Hoke.

I have been wrong so many times. I am not wrong on this, but you van believe what you want. No skin off me.

 

[Spoofin]

And no matter what the unnamed source says, Edsall said yes and then backed out after his team backed into a BCS bowl bid. I shared the info the night he said yes and then he backed out.

This is also spot on.

 

[zman]

Stories sound legit. Spoofin, how do you know this?

 

[Spoofin]

Stories sound legit. Spoofin, how do you know this?

My full name is Spoofin Hoke.

Truth is I think everyone is saying the same thing. Even look at what Mona said, Kill is the only one we 'officially' offered. Hell, even Kill has said he wasn't the first choice. As stated earlier, it is all semantics.

 

[zman]

Nice redirect.

 

[Unregistered User]

Revisionist history.

History is written by the winners.

We won, so we'll write whatever the hell we want.

 

[NorthernLakesGopher]

Who cares?

 

[DarrenTheGreek]

I firmly believe Maturi preferred Hoke And Edsall but they turned him down. I also firmly believe Kill was a better hire. Sometimes it is better to be lucky.

 

[Too Long in the Wasteland]

I firmly believe Maturi preferred Hoke And Edsall but they turned him down. I also firmly believe Kill was a better hire. Sometimes it is better to be lucky.

Look at MACturi's track record on selecting coaches. Any good hires are more likely due to random chance than competence