Hackett May be Permanent AD
Rumblings today indicate that Hackett will remain as the permanent AD for possibly up to a couple of years. What could go wrong with a very successful CEO running an athletic department?
Hearing from multiple sources that expect #Michigan's interim AD Jim Hackett to remain on as the #Wolverines AD.
— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) November 26, 2014
November 26th, 2014 at 1:42 PM ^
You maybe on to something.
November 26th, 2014 at 1:45 PM ^
How this all plays out. If lands the coach who's playing number was 4. I care not if he is a ceo or UTFO(80's) rap artist.
November 26th, 2014 at 1:53 PM ^
November 26th, 2014 at 2:02 PM ^
I asked it the other day and got destroyed.
November 26th, 2014 at 3:20 PM ^
November 26th, 2014 at 1:57 PM ^
Michigan doesn't get it.
Go to the NCAA and hire the current director of enforcements like the suckeyes did,.
It does wonders for your program.
November 26th, 2014 at 2:24 PM ^
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November 26th, 2014 at 3:19 PM ^
That's still quite an upgrade. If Hackett stays (for a bit) then helps Schlissel get a competent AD to replace him, we'll be better off. If the "obvious" guys like Bates, Long, and Manuel don't want to come here, nothing we can do. Rather have someone who LISTENS to some people around him and tries to pry away a quality coach (using whatever back-channels are needed) than a new AD (from another school) whom we know NOTHING about and doesn't have a clue about Michigan. Yes, he can learn Michigan but while trying to hire a guy within 4 weeks of taking the job?
I'm starting to get more worried that we hire a fresh AD with a big ego, who does it HIS way, who thinks he has the right guy already in mind and we end up with another Hoke or even Schiano (which would cause many uncontrolled bowel movements on this board). Then we're stuck with the new AD and some Tim Brewster-like clown for 4 more years.
p.s. I was FOR Schiano in '07 but didn't like what I saw after that, especially being a pinhead who doesn't win big games and angers other coaches (those he does wear a headset).
November 26th, 2014 at 3:28 PM ^
hard to argue with the money side. Great job and the tix prices were NOT that bad for the quality of product. Plus we could bring in water.
I also thought Tommy was a nice hire, given we DID NOT KNOW how bad the sanctions would be and Tommy was an up and coming coach. He at least knew when to cut the cord and got Beilein.
The guy just had no understanding of office politics - and it seems the Athletic Dept was rife with schemers and hidden agendas. Martin still ran another business (the one he's owned for years) which took away some focus from cleaning house.
I go back to a word Schlissel said in October - CULTURE - it was a problem in the AD before DB, during DB, and needs to be cleaned up post-DB. This is like having the military brass actively working to undermine foreign policy because they didn't get the right person (their choice) for Sec of Defense.
November 26th, 2014 at 3:42 PM ^
While I have my concerns about this move, I think the Brandon comparisons are off base. Brandon's problem was that he was a gaping asshole with a toxic personality. He was the type of person who thought that not giving a rat's ass about anyone else's opinions (including those of your customers) was a positive character trait. It was that flaw, not his corporate background, that brought about his downfall because his willful tone-deafness alienated the fanbase. He didn't want to hear any opinion that differed from his own so he surrounded himself with yes-men and cronies. There's no indication that Hackett has the same flaw. Bill Martin was a corporate dude whose background was in banking and real estate, and he did a fine job as AD.
The valid concern here is that Hackett has zero experience conducting a high-profile coaching search. Martin had no experience with football coaching searches either, and it's no coincidence that his most notable failure as AD was the Rich Rod hire (though that's offset somewhat by the Beilein hire).
November 26th, 2014 at 4:19 PM ^
I'm skeptical of people who have no idea what they're talking about telling me that a third party has no idea on how to do that task.
November 26th, 2014 at 4:22 PM ^
Wow... I'm truly getting sick of Corporate CEOs weaseling their way into the Michigan AD... God damnit...
November 26th, 2014 at 8:41 PM ^
November 26th, 2014 at 4:51 PM ^
Just because no AD has yet said "Michigan just offered me the AD job so I am quitting November 21, with one or two games left int the football season, and just as the winter sports are getting started. Good luck with the resto f the year." doesn't mean that anyone has turned the job down, or that they haven't been looking.
Regarding Canham, he was a business millionnaire who coached (my coach, yes, I am old). He had as much experience as an AD as Yost, Crisler or Bo. Michigan has never hired an AD with experience as an AD, but the great ones were all coaches. I would substitute AD experience for coaching, but would only want one or the other.
November 26th, 2014 at 5:22 PM ^
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November 26th, 2014 at 6:18 PM ^
I think one of the negotiating tactics to get Harbaugh here would be to allow Harbaugh to have a say on who will be his new AD. If Harbaugh turns down our job down, then I think Hackett will be here for a while.
November 26th, 2014 at 8:40 PM ^
November 26th, 2014 at 9:10 PM ^
This is just a rumor anyways, no sources were cited. But it is logical if they have no one lined up with the football season coming to a close. If they need to hire a coach that coach would want to know who they are working for. Waiting another month or two to hire an AD could spell disaster in a coaching search.
Also there are approximately another 800 or so student athletes in the department. For them their program is just as important to them as Michigan football is for you.
I guess I don't think it's fair for people to say he can't do the job when he's only been here a month. I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that none of you know what his true potential is. Some are just quick to judgement because it's not what you want.
I want what's best for all parties involved and to see a good product on the field, court, course, gym and etc. We all want that and that's one of the reasons we are here. I apologize if anyone thinks I'm attacking their opinions, you are all entitled to one just as much as me. Agree or disagree thank you for reading mine.
November 26th, 2014 at 11:21 PM ^
Yes, Dave Brandon irritated a lot of people and angered some people and seriously p*&$ed off several segments of the University community - and ultimately the community made its unhappiness known to the point that the President (doing what he couldn't imagine he had to do - solving an athletic department problem before naming the new executive vice president for medical affairs - a seriously important job involving the medical center and health plan) had to act. Great - good - terrific.
Now, let's reined it in and give this guy a chance and see what develops.
November 26th, 2014 at 10:29 PM ^
November 26th, 2014 at 10:49 PM ^
I haven't seen anything wrong with how Hackett has handled the position! I have no issue with him becoming the permanent AD. If he can deliver Harbaugh or Miles, I think everyone will be fine with him long term.
If either of those don't come, he will have a harder task, but nothing I have seen suggests that he wouldn't be up to the task.
November 27th, 2014 at 3:00 AM ^
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November 27th, 2014 at 12:31 PM ^
He's not an AD...I don't know where the Brandon comparisons come from, because he's not Brandon. But he also doesn't know how to run an athletics department.
He'll be a puppet for the President - or perceived that way.