Gil Brandt says Cutcliffe turned Michigan down

I think somebody's confused. When a third party company calls you to gauge your interest in the michigan coaching job its not turning michigan down.

Gil was also saying Schiano was the leading candidate.

Isn't he the guy that said Dennard should be a Safety or Corner?

Good he can retire at Duke dont want hin

you?

Definitely didn't offer him so soon. Maybe we gauged interest and he said no?

Nobody turns us down! We always get our first candidate! Brady Hoke was the only guy we offered in the last search! This is Michigan!...

There's a 90% chance this is BS, because it would never get that far unless interest was recipricated.

That said, there IS an excellent chance that Cutliffe turned away Michigan's interest and he won't be the last.

People need to get over the idea that every head coach at an "inferior" program is automatically going to jump to Michigan because of history, prestige, or "resources".  For Michigan to hire away a successful power 5 coach there needs to be some significant reason for said person to leave (e.g., fighting with an A.D) or a specific connection to Michigan (a la Harbaugh/Miles). 

The perfect cherry on top of my evening of Michigan sporting disaster. 

So what, it doesn't mean he was offered the job. They could've asked if he was interested and he could've respectfully declined.

but people need to keep in mind he also got canned from Ole Miss. Plus, he's turning like 93 in a few months.

More good news

This cheered me up after the game.

Thanks OP

Please do a little research on the godfather of the NFL draft and have some respect for an all time great NFL executive. Secondly, if he was contacted to gauge interest and Cutt said no thanks, that's pretty much turning them down. Nothing crazy or groundbreaking here...

......Right?

He's from TN and turned them down as well a few years ago............i wouldnt be surprised if true. Although the validity of anything these days is completely unknown. 

This is a garbage report from a guy who wants website hits. This would be all over the networks if the story had any credibility.

To pen their next letter via calligraphy.  While we're at it, which other schools former players do this?  I'm going to eat bacon and sing some Nsync and remember when life was good.

And he has roots there as OC under Fulmer (and developing Peyton Manning).  Maybe he just wants a low pressure situation.  It's not a surprise that he isn't interested, though in my view he should have been much higher on our list.

Everything is bullshit tonight. Everything.

If Jim Hackett marched into A2 with Cutcliffe on his arm, we'd have seen football tickets as peel off prizes on the sides of Taco Bell cups.

NFL pundits need to STFU. Two or three more weeks of this stuff. It feels like it'll be a year.

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Harbaugh.

 

Why would we offer a guy while simultaneously "reaching out" to Les Miles? All of these reports do is contradict each other.

I'm almost starting to want Harbaugh to come just to see what these ass hat NFL reporters say then. Nothing make me happier than to see Jimmy give the NFL the bird on his way to Ann Arbor.

What is his connection to anything Michigan related? 

Until Harbaugh comes out and says "no" in a presser or "I will not be the next coach at Michigan", I'm believing it's possible.

Miles should be plan B and after that...threshold of Hell!

Everything else is just noise.  Some of it my be spun by Michigan to get the heat off Harbaugh; some of it may be coaches trying to throw their own hat in the ring (Gruden)

I seriously doubt Michigan would offer Cutcliffe the job until after JH and Miles have said no.  Since neither has done that.  Brant is full of shit

"David, are you interested in applying for the Michigan job" "No, thank you though" is a hell of a lot different than turning down the offered job. Come on, man. This muckracking is very Sparty-esque

I don't like the rumor therefore it is BS. If in liked the rumor it would be valid. Signed, Everyone here. Were all losing our minds and it's time to relax. Whatever happens we're going to en up with a better fish than Hoke.

that has been hired for this entire process.....Deniability!!!!!!!

 

#MonkeyRodeo

I hate journalists. They wouldn't know a fact from their own asshole. 

I have turned Michigan down.  Hackett reached out to me 5 minutes ago, but I let him know I was not interested.  I have spent all of my time coaching football in the <nowhere> so I didn't feel that it would translate well to Ann Arbor. 

Plus my wife hates the weather there.  Seriously.  Moved her there from California in 2011 and we lasted 2 years before she forced us to move somewhere warmer.  I'm not making the weather part up.  The rest of this post may not be entirely true.