Brady Hoke Sent a Card to the ND Fan who had a Heart Attack at UTL
It turns out that Brady Hoke sent a get well card to the ND fan who suffered a heart attack at UTL. Could we ask for a classier head coach?
Leo Staudacher told The Bay City Times (http://bit.ly/nsSFhi ) for a story published Tuesday that he got a handwritten note from Hoke on a greeting card bearing an image of Michigan’s football helmet. The note says the University of Michigan “family” was proud to care for Staudacher.
“He said, `You were in the right place,'" said Staudacher, a 69-year-old Bay City retiree.
"This isn't something that was set up by their (public relations) staff," said Staudacher, the 69-year-old Bay City retiree. "This is from a guy who cares enough about a human being to sit down with a felt pen and write a note. It's someone he doesn't know, has never met and is a Notre Dame fan, but he took the time to do it.
"If that isn't class, I don't know what is."
Link: http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20111005/SPORTS0302/111009743
October 6th, 2011 at 2:40 PM ^
Hoke is TREMENDOUSLY classy
October 6th, 2011 at 3:48 PM ^
Hoke also attended the visitation for Patrick Fleming, the marching band student who died last week. No cameras, no expectation of publicity. Just a couple people who spotted him.
I don't care what you think of him as a coach - that's one fine human being. It's an honor to have him.
October 6th, 2011 at 2:39 PM ^
Always doing the Michigan way.
Classy
October 6th, 2011 at 2:40 PM ^
Gets it.
(This was linked in mgolicious, but apparently most people never check those links)
October 6th, 2011 at 2:40 PM ^
Is there something wrong with me that I teared up a little when I read this? I wish Mr. Stoudacher well in his recovery and my man crush on Coach Hoke just keeps growing.
October 6th, 2011 at 2:41 PM ^
It's stories such as this, not what happens on the football field, that makes me proud to have Brady Hoke mentoring these young men.
October 6th, 2011 at 2:41 PM ^
I love having this man as the leader of our program. He is an amazing representative of what the UofM stands for. Plus I hear he's turning the tide of the rivalry and jersey sales are going pretty well, especially in Ohio.
October 6th, 2011 at 3:40 PM ^
I think Hoke has changed the tide on the rivalry. Hell people in Ohio are starting to believe him. Never in a million years I would have thought that. Selling Michigan jerseys is a good start.
October 6th, 2011 at 3:48 PM ^
why u no like paraphrase?
October 6th, 2011 at 4:00 PM ^
How about: Michigan Unis Selling Ohio...
October 6th, 2011 at 4:08 PM ^
Sounds like a major NCAA violation.
October 7th, 2011 at 10:02 AM ^
Paraphrase =/= Meme
Exact phrase = Internet Meme for life! (Or until we all get bored of it, at which point it will die for a year and then come back with fire)
October 6th, 2011 at 2:42 PM ^
Another reason why Michigan will soon be National Champions- once again
October 6th, 2011 at 2:48 PM ^
A great quote in the original Bay City article:
"It was just like you or me, he got to the bottom and realized he was running out of room so the words got smaller and smaller,” said Staudacher
October 6th, 2011 at 2:48 PM ^
October 6th, 2011 at 3:44 PM ^
Mgolicious is a vastly underrated part of this site.
October 6th, 2011 at 4:24 PM ^
to your mother.
October 6th, 2011 at 2:49 PM ^
This gave me chills. Hoke is nothing but a class act and first rate human being. I am glad this man is in charge of the greatest football program of all time. He is much more than just a coach. How could you not want your son playing for this man?
October 6th, 2011 at 2:53 PM ^
I can't believe I'm saying this but I almost feel bad for Ohio fans when I read these comments. I'm sure many of them had these feelings for Tressel over the years. I can't imagine how I'd feel if we found out 10 years from now that Coach Hoke was really a fraud. I'm not worried this will happen, I'm just feeling extra empathetic today.
October 6th, 2011 at 4:16 PM ^
'that' time of the month?
October 6th, 2011 at 5:17 PM ^
How did you feel about Steve Fisher when you first found out about the Ed Martin scandal? Fish was once enormously popular with the fanbase.
October 6th, 2011 at 2:58 PM ^
Dantonio just vomited after reading this story.
October 6th, 2011 at 3:00 PM ^
Love...my heart is full of it for Hoke.
October 6th, 2011 at 3:05 PM ^
October 6th, 2011 at 3:09 PM ^
Im surprised more people didn't see this when it was posted on here a wk ago..
October 6th, 2011 at 3:25 PM ^
Do you feel better about yourself that you saw it the first time? Thanks so much for your wonderfully insightful addition to the conversation.
October 6th, 2011 at 4:35 PM ^
Uhhhhhh do you feel better about yourself for trying to bash a poster for saying that they saw or read this earlier? They didn't make a snide or arrogant comment concerning the post nor did they act like they were the original author of the article. Besides you posted earlier praising this article. Hope your e-peen has grown about an inch or 2 so you can feel better about your insightful addition to the thread.
PS: Before you try to retort, I never said my reply was insightful to the thread. This is just a reply to the whining people do to other posters.
October 6th, 2011 at 3:09 PM ^
The Michigan Difference
October 6th, 2011 at 3:28 PM ^
October 6th, 2011 at 3:40 PM ^
What a small world, we just happen to know the fan who saved his life. One of the nicest people you'll ever meet, and also one of the most enthusiastic alums I know.
October 6th, 2011 at 3:58 PM ^
That the human spirit superceded fandom and compassion/concern superceded the rivalry. He was equally classy with the SDSU players before and after the game from what I hear. He genuinely cared about the kids he coached, mentored and it didnt change just because he coached against them.
Brady Hoke is a great human.
October 6th, 2011 at 4:20 PM ^
I think I said it when they hired him and I'll say it now, I think this was a good hire. I think Brandon saw something in him that he didn't see in any of the other coaches. If all of this translates to success on the field, Hoke could be here for a long time, I think.
October 6th, 2011 at 5:22 PM ^
Nice story. And good for Hoke. That was pure class.
This is the first time I heard of a fan having a heart attack at that game. I must have missed that little tidbit in all the excitement.
October 6th, 2011 at 6:15 PM ^
"Stay Classy Ann Arbor" Brady Hoke
October 6th, 2011 at 6:33 PM ^
Pinch me. A coach who knows how to allocate responsibility, teach players, recruit like a mother, and is also a classy human being? Start the statue fund if we beat MSU and OSU.
October 6th, 2011 at 6:55 PM ^
I must admit. At first I wasn't very happy with the hiring of Coach Hoke. I think many other people who felt the same way, especially myself, have been humbled in the past 10 months. We are on our way to great things. Go Blue!!!
October 6th, 2011 at 8:01 PM ^
...is a stand-up guy and a credit to the program. The term "classy" on the otherhand, has entered into Brah-speak and is now overused to the point that it casts suspicion on anything it is associated with.
Stay classy.
October 6th, 2011 at 8:37 PM ^
Tremendous, well done Coach Hoke.
October 6th, 2011 at 8:49 PM ^
RichRod would have sent him a mailbomb and card full of anthrax, AMIRITE?
October 6th, 2011 at 10:31 PM ^
Is it too early to start calling him our new JoePa circa 1981 rather than 2011?
In all seriousness...we couldn't have a better representative of The University of Michigan.
October 7th, 2011 at 12:22 AM ^
any chance that guy becomes a michigan fan? i wonder if brian kelly sent him a handwritten note...
what a class act coach hoke is.
October 7th, 2011 at 10:22 AM ^
I tried to let people know we were getting a good man to run our program.
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<br>And a pretty good football coach. This is why "we are ND" wasn't a worry, and why there was always more than a 0.0 chance.
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<br>It's understandable. Most just didn't know Brady yet. Once you do, you feel a lot better on the state of things.