OT: Hoke's Home One of Most-Viewed Nationally on Realtor.com in 2015
Here is a link: http://www.mlive.com/business/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2015/12/former_um_coa…
Brady Hoke is wonderful. Nothing more should be said. Any attempt to have a moment of fun with this story will arouse the feelings police, I think...
December 22nd, 2015 at 6:32 PM ^
He appears to be a good man who was well liked by his players but just wasn't a very good coach.
Let the man be.
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December 22nd, 2015 at 6:34 PM ^
I totally agree BB. It looks petty.
December 22nd, 2015 at 6:38 PM ^
OK, maybe, but this wasn't "Hoke Bashing." If I had said, "everyone who played for Hoke got worse, he should never have been hired, and I hope he rots in the 7th level of hell..." THAT would be Hoke bashing. This was good-natured ribbing...
December 22nd, 2015 at 6:37 PM ^
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December 22nd, 2015 at 7:04 PM ^
Its the fact that he should have known what was going on.
After all, he was the HC in clear view of the on-field transgressions and could've easily erred on the side of caution. But we all know how that turned out.
December 22nd, 2015 at 7:21 PM ^
December 22nd, 2015 at 10:23 PM ^
Endzone changed my perspective on the Morris thing. If Bacon's account is correct, it was more an overall clusterfuck on the part of the AD than any one person's fault - and also a screwup by the officials, who gave Hoke bad information (telling him he'd have to sit Gardner even if he called timeout).
December 22nd, 2015 at 8:17 PM ^
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December 22nd, 2015 at 7:11 PM ^
Amen, Brown Bear. I pretty much have stopped replying to the Hoke snark. I personally don't think he was a bad coach, but I'm not getting into that debate at all. It is pointless anyway. Regardless of what Hoke was, Harbaugh is a better coach.
I'm thrilled to have Harbaugh as Michigan's coach, and wouldn't change a thing. It has all worked out for the best for Michigan. And Hoke is a big boy. I don't need to defend him. But all the piling on and endless ridicule and sarcasm is tiresome and pretty juvenile.
December 22nd, 2015 at 7:19 PM ^
Both Brady Hoke and Dave Brandon got one of their great dreams to come true - to be the head coach and AD at Michigan and to run out under the Go Blue banner must have seemed like heaven. To end as it did must be very hard, so let the man be. Few people get to have their dreams come true and then to turn into a nightmare is simply tragic.
December 22nd, 2015 at 7:24 PM ^
Tragic? Are you f***ing kidding me? A child dying of AIDS or cholera or malaria is tragic. This is two rich guys who didn't perform up to expectations, got fired, and went (will go) on to other highly paid jobs and live out their days wealthy. Nothing, absolutely NOTHING here is "tragic"...
December 22nd, 2015 at 10:19 PM ^
I'm in your camp as well SRK. There will probably be many nights where Brady Hoke thinks about what might have been. I'm sure he knows and realizes why he was fired. The scrutiny here seems mostly childish. There are extensive reviews about his performance as a coach on mgoblog and many other sites, and we all know that they aren't good. In the end, I just don't have the same level of juvenile amosity towards him that some here share.
December 22nd, 2015 at 7:12 PM ^
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December 22nd, 2015 at 10:31 PM ^
Did you bother to read Brown Bear's post to the end before cursing him out?
December 22nd, 2015 at 10:39 PM ^
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December 22nd, 2015 at 7:17 PM ^
if he didn't act as if the results of his last two seasons was part of a master plan.
December 22nd, 2015 at 7:59 PM ^
December 22nd, 2015 at 8:53 PM ^
Well Devin Funches did make the comment that wins and loses are just statistics. Wonder where that thought came from?
December 22nd, 2015 at 7:48 PM ^
Rich Rod was a good man as well but people still bash him.
December 22nd, 2015 at 8:01 PM ^
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December 22nd, 2015 at 10:21 PM ^
I still think he is. In a results based program like Michigan, the results can get you fired no matter what the reason.
December 22nd, 2015 at 8:00 PM ^
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December 22nd, 2015 at 11:52 PM ^
I also agree with BB. My take: Hoke fell on the sword for David Brandon, who was the person dictating what the coaching staff would do on offense and defense. We will never know whether or not he could have been successful at Michigan if he had been allowed to coach the way he wanted to.
December 22nd, 2015 at 6:36 PM ^
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December 22nd, 2015 at 6:37 PM ^
Gratuitous pic of Harbaugh on a go-cart running over a turtle.
December 22nd, 2015 at 7:34 PM ^
December 22nd, 2015 at 7:45 PM ^
This is awesome! Found it on a random google search. Would have gladly cited your creative genius if I had known!
December 22nd, 2015 at 8:56 PM ^
Are you sure that is a turtle or is it a Terrarkin???
December 22nd, 2015 at 6:39 PM ^
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December 22nd, 2015 at 6:48 PM ^
$875/month*
*Qualified buyers only. Subject to terms and conditions
December 22nd, 2015 at 7:06 PM ^
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December 22nd, 2015 at 9:41 PM ^
Johnny Subprime is ripping you off! What you really need is a "no doc/interest only loan". Just sign and it's yours. You don't even have to move in because you'll be able to flip it in 3 months and double your money.
December 23rd, 2015 at 12:23 AM ^
December 22nd, 2015 at 6:46 PM ^
Gonna go out on a limb here and say he didn't have much input into the construction of the home.
December 22nd, 2015 at 6:43 PM ^
December 22nd, 2015 at 9:30 PM ^
But I bet there were no headset jacks anywhere.
December 22nd, 2015 at 6:48 PM ^
Sure he wasn't a good coach for Michigan, but it sucks to think about all the excitement leading up to moving in and then having to move out shortly after.
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