Luke Fickell accepts the L in the “Hudson Saga”
Fickell went on the sans-Bill C. PAPN podcast with noted MGo-Antagonist Steven Godfrey to discuss the transfer issue and started out by falsely stating that Harbaugh had “specifically singled out James Hudson” in his comments at Media Days presser. By 41:45 in the podcast he admits that his philosophy has changed and he agrees with what they’ve termed Harbaugh’s proposal as the “Mulligan Rule” allowing a one time transfer without penalty.
I didn’t see this posted already, but that’s how these things usually go with the charge of misconduct or unfairness amplified by the peanut gallery media and the resolution slipping away quietly if it doesn’t align with the initial characterization.
August 20th, 2019 at 3:48 PM ^
And they both look like the waterboy!
August 20th, 2019 at 8:28 PM ^
If you are blind, and an idiot...
August 21st, 2019 at 8:44 AM ^
hey dipshit, you do realize two of them are the same person..... LOL
August 20th, 2019 at 4:53 PM ^
fickle will be a convict someday?
August 20th, 2019 at 4:09 PM ^
I've always referred to Fickell as Adam Sandler, from the time I first saw him on the sidelines of THE Worst School Ever.
August 20th, 2019 at 2:28 PM ^
F*ck Fickle with Urban's dirty D!ldo!
August 20th, 2019 at 3:13 PM ^
If I recall the saga correctly, it was one Zack Smith that ordered said d!ldo.
August 20th, 2019 at 3:50 PM ^
and I have a fantastic version of "THE" ohio state logo, using Zach's toys ........ I just don't want to be sent to bolivia again.....
August 20th, 2019 at 5:01 PM ^
Zach ordered it for Urb.
August 20th, 2019 at 2:32 PM ^
Thanks for posting. I usually listen to PAPN (even post-Bill C.) but avoided that interview with Fickell because I just didn't want to listen to him. Appreciate this bit of info.
August 20th, 2019 at 2:33 PM ^
Fuck Steven Godfrey. Dudes a pompous ass. Bill was the only reason I listened to that pod.
August 20th, 2019 at 2:35 PM ^
Fickell comes across as just a lunkhead of a coach in the bits I heard; he got caught lying and then tried to tough guy his way out.
Also, PAPN was only a half-listen with Bill C. and it's practically unlistenable without him. I wanted to give them a chance after the move, but Godfrey without some insightful commentary to balance him out is awful. His show with the FSU recruiter guy (Bud Elliott) was lint-level navel gazing.
August 20th, 2019 at 2:51 PM ^
Had him cornered and backed off. Stopped just short of asking the simple question of...
"In your opinion, how could Harbaugh have helped? Name just 1 way or example, besides what Harbaugh actually says he did. "
First and last question that needed to be answered.
August 20th, 2019 at 2:57 PM ^
Who is Luke Fuckitall?
Wasn't he the™ interim coach at "THE™ University of Ohio at Columbus" the™ last time we beat them?
August 20th, 2019 at 2:58 PM ^
I liked John U Bacon’s take that this is Fickell auditioning for the MSU or OSU job should either become available in the near future. “He takes it to Harbaugh!”
August 20th, 2019 at 3:18 PM ^
Exactly that's why Fickell's been going on the offensive on this.. he knows he'll get the PR bump because the media will pick-up on any Harbaugh story and he knows Harbaugh is going to respond in public (IE: his tweets at MD, Kirby, and Saban when they said something about him) Fickell doesn't care if he looks like an idiot--shoot it may even endear him to the schools he hopes to get hired at one day.
As I've said before, I know a lot of the details about these transfers-- coaches are promising to get kids eligible to come to their school. I have no doubt that was a main selling point for Fickell... "come to UC and we'll get you playing right away." Well, no school can guarantee that and now Fickell has egg on his face.
Now that it's hinted at publically I can tell you that the main waiver folks are using to get guys eligible is the "run-off rule" That was the main part of Fields and Tate's waiver. UGA and OSU didn't fight back on the waiver claiming that the schools ran them off to make space on the roster. That's why Fickell called Harbaugh he was trying to get him to say that the position switch was involuntary by James and he was run-off from the team. Harbaugh didn't bite, because he wouldn't lie. Cincy was trying to amend it after getting the first waiver denied.
August 20th, 2019 at 3:29 PM ^
Would Hudson be starting over Mayfield if he hadn't stomped off in a fit?
August 20th, 2019 at 3:47 PM ^
We'll never know--they did really like Hudson, but at some point, you need to keep the boat moving forward with guys who are all-in. Wish the kid luck and move forward with dudes that want to be here. I really think if Hudson leaves after the season instead of right in the middle of it we aren't talking about this as I think he'd be eligible.
August 20th, 2019 at 3:29 PM ^
Your title is more than a little misleading, but that's what the internet is for today I guess.
Do better, people. Be honest, people.
August 20th, 2019 at 3:35 PM ^
Very misleading subject line.
August 20th, 2019 at 3:37 PM ^
Jim Harbaugh calls out James Hudson (in a passive-aggressive and cowardly way), Fickell says what everyone knows, Harbaugh is a bitch who chases players away, and Fickell takes the loss?
This was never about the transfer rules. This was about Harbaugh being a dick who is red-assed over all the transfers so he took a cheap shot at a kid with issues. Michigan fans are trying desperately to shift the narrative to 'transfer rules' so they don't have to deal with their coach being a giant chode.
August 20th, 2019 at 3:51 PM ^
I can’t imagine what it would take me to bother to take the time and effort monitor and read a rival team’s fan site, create an account on a rival team’s fan site and somehow still have the time and energy to attempt to troll them with a poorly written post. I envy your freetime and utter lack of purpose, sir.
August 20th, 2019 at 3:53 PM ^
You're a dick for taking cheap shots at a user with issues.
August 20th, 2019 at 3:54 PM ^
Accurate on both counts
August 20th, 2019 at 3:56 PM ^
This needs more emphasis. Dude is beyond pathetic. My money says he's a Sparty.
August 20th, 2019 at 4:24 PM ^
He is a major doucher for sure - I think we can all agree on that.
August 20th, 2019 at 4:59 PM ^
I'm thinking the University of Central Ohio in Columbus. Sparty has a lot of stupid folks, Central Ohio has a lot of dickweeds and that guy's posts are dickweedian.
August 20th, 2019 at 5:41 PM ^
Oh please. Half of the fucking topics on this board pertain to Ohio State or Michigan State. This board is flippin' obsessed. Just scroll the list of topics, it is embarrassing. OSU this, OSU that... You guys post things about MSU before they even hit the MSU boards. It's sad.
I know OSU has spent the past 15 years beating your brains in and MSU squeezed your nuts like a stress ball for seven years but let it go.
People goof on you because you invite it. That, and the fact that it is just funny as shit to watch a bunch of Walmart Wolverines stutter around for insults when you pick the scab on the 62-39 wound.
So angry! So delusional!
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August 20th, 2019 at 5:52 PM ^
ok cool, Hook em!
August 20th, 2019 at 6:41 PM ^
Damn! Who is the angry one? Posing as Michigan fan with the Desmond pic? At your age (around 60 because your best friend played for Bo so you say)?
Take XM’s advice and get some help. Life is too short.
August 20th, 2019 at 6:45 PM ^
To be fair, the board is obsessed with complaining about the OP or the missed item in the 25 point check list to make a Post on MGB. Those posts dont have a whole lot of substance, just bitching about why it was posted or if it should be deleted.
August 20th, 2019 at 3:52 PM ^
I can see you have thought this through. Which coached do you like?
August 20th, 2019 at 3:53 PM ^
If this was the case (that Harbaugh is a "bitch when chases players away"), then why was Fickell complaining that Harbaugh could've done MORE to allow him to transfer?
August 20th, 2019 at 3:53 PM ^
He literally never mentioned James Hudson, so fuck off.
August 20th, 2019 at 8:39 PM ^
Right, he said, "Now we have kids saying they have mental illness".
It was a cowardly swipe at a kid without having the balls to say his name. He was clearly talking about one player.
He took a shot at the kid and and was a passive-aggressive chicken shit about it too...
August 21st, 2019 at 3:46 AM ^
Right, because he had the knowledge of what Fickell had told him Ryan Day and Nick Saban were willing to do. They lied and said they ran the kid off, so they could then lie and say they were depressed. Harbaugh then stated we shouldn't be putting kids in this position ( to lie ). He didn't single out anybody. Get it, Turd Breath?
August 20th, 2019 at 4:17 PM ^
You're the only "giant chode" around these parts. At least try to say something intelligent and factual instead of just spouting off your anti-Michigan, anti-Harbaugh rhetoric.
August 20th, 2019 at 4:56 PM ^
It's about time you took a vacation to a land locked country in South America that is east of Chile, west of Brazil and north of Paraguay and Argentina, dickweed.
August 20th, 2019 at 4:23 PM ^
Is it pronounced Fickle or Fick-ell, like Edie Brickell?
August 20th, 2019 at 6:57 PM ^
You’re way off... it’s pronounced “gutless sack of shit”
August 20th, 2019 at 5:19 PM ^
Guy's not even interesting when he's lying and creating controversy.
August 20th, 2019 at 5:50 PM ^
I dont see why anyone is ragging on luke fickell, my personal favorite osu coach this century.
August 20th, 2019 at 9:18 PM ^
They hate us cause they anus.
Harbs,hello anus.
Go Blue