Who is our choice after Brady Hoke?
After DB is done interviewing Harbaugh, Gruden, Miles, Harbaugh, and Patterson, what happens when he finally gets to Hoke? And Hoke says, NO? Where do we turn then? Hoke is a great coach. He loves UM, but everyone has their limits on self-respect or when being disrespected!
January 9th, 2011 at 3:44 PM ^
See that kitten in the banner?
January 9th, 2011 at 5:21 PM ^
much like Michigan State was to me.....
January 9th, 2011 at 5:59 PM ^
Hoke would take the job as a volunteer.
January 9th, 2011 at 6:42 PM ^
Excrement came out of my ears as I read this post.
Can they get any worse?
Sad thing is, I'm sure they will...
January 9th, 2011 at 3:44 PM ^
We are grabbing at straws for content I think. Hasn't Hoke already said if we come knocking that he will take the job?
January 9th, 2011 at 3:47 PM ^
Yup. Hokes our safety net right now.
January 9th, 2011 at 3:47 PM ^
I have it on good authority (my own) that Hoke is camped out at San Diego Int'l Airport buying tickets to every flight to Detroit and staring at his phone waiting for Dave Brandon to call.
January 9th, 2011 at 3:55 PM ^
I'm picturing that little kid in the Disney commercial, "I'm toooo excited to sleeeeeep."
January 9th, 2011 at 3:55 PM ^
I have a source that tells me BH left a message on DB's voicemail saying:
"Hey Dave, I was in the shower, thought you might've called... Call me back!"
January 9th, 2011 at 4:05 PM ^
Great, now I'm forced to confront the idea of Brady Hoke showering. This is worse then the time I learned Tressel had kids.
January 9th, 2011 at 7:12 PM ^
the thought of Brady Joke as our coach?
January 9th, 2011 at 4:24 PM ^
January 9th, 2011 at 5:01 PM ^
January 9th, 2011 at 4:34 PM ^
Come to think of it, Hoke looks a little like Jon Favreau. I can see him checking his messages every five minutes. So who, then, is Vince Vaughan?
January 9th, 2011 at 4:43 PM ^
January 9th, 2011 at 4:59 PM ^
He is going to camp out in DB's front yard.
In all seriousness, I can't fault the guy for being enthusiastic and vocal about it being his dream job. Honestly, I think all of us wish that we had a bunch of coaches excited about coming here.
January 9th, 2011 at 4:26 PM ^
Just hire him and get it over with
we have already gave up the next 4 years
January 9th, 2011 at 4:36 PM ^
Not sure where you got this idea from but that is not the common sentiment on this board. We have talent in place, how have we given up 4 years?
January 9th, 2011 at 3:48 PM ^
OP,
WTF is your point?
January 9th, 2011 at 10:27 PM ^
WTF is YOUR point?
January 9th, 2011 at 3:46 PM ^
Yikes
January 9th, 2011 at 3:47 PM ^
Brian told us about him the other day, remember?
January 9th, 2011 at 3:49 PM ^
If we get that far I want him to turn us down because I absolutely do not want him coaching Michigan at all. I'd rather take someone else.
January 9th, 2011 at 3:49 PM ^
I remember when only 1 in 6 threads made me bash my head against a table.
January 9th, 2011 at 4:25 PM ^
I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. After we sign whoevr we sign, we only have about 8 months of going back and forth about whether or not we made the right hire....then it's football season again!
January 9th, 2011 at 4:38 PM ^
we won't have any top flight recruits over which we can argue about redshirting.
/jk
//sort of
January 9th, 2011 at 3:49 PM ^
This place is getting more retarded everyday.
January 9th, 2011 at 7:21 PM ^
I was thinking that we have been thrashing for about a week.
January 9th, 2011 at 3:50 PM ^
If so its all about how you play your cards. You ask the right questions and DB being a former CEO knows the right questions to ask to make sure that there is no doubt that when offering the position that the coach will accept and will accept immediately. The ball is still in our court and will remain there.
January 9th, 2011 at 5:49 PM ^
This worked out really well for DB when he was trying to bring JH back to A2.
January 9th, 2011 at 3:50 PM ^
I would take Brady Hoke over everyone you listed, except Patterson.
January 9th, 2011 at 4:26 PM ^
You're a silly.
January 9th, 2011 at 3:50 PM ^
Haha, that would suck a little more than this maybe.
January 9th, 2011 at 3:50 PM ^
You mean who is our choice before Hoke, right, RIGHT? Hoke basically already said yes (and not in the speculative Harbaugh way). Who care whose after him then. If we are asking that the world is already over.
January 9th, 2011 at 3:55 PM ^
Do we keep starting the same threads? Miles will be announced by Wednesday!
January 9th, 2011 at 4:07 PM ^
There is a school of thought that the interest in Miles is simply to satisfy the Bo Schembechler faction of the Michigan athletic department, and that Brady Hoke is the intended target all along.
They also say a source indicates that Miles' wife Kathy doesn't want to move the family to Ann Arbor. And they link Mgoblog for the Gruden rumors.
January 9th, 2011 at 4:24 PM ^
ESPN have proven that they know fuck all, just like Rivals and Scout and everyone else. Don't pay for that insider crap. They don't know anything. They're likely making shit up to make it seem like insdier subscriptions are worth it.
And Brady Hoke would be a hire to satisfy the Bo Schembechler faction (whatever that is). He coached under Bo's successors.
January 9th, 2011 at 4:24 PM ^
Have they started rumors before! I could really care about the Bo theory! He is the best available right now and after the mum interview could I be wrong? If it was Hoke he would have been announced a week ago!
January 9th, 2011 at 5:10 PM ^
I agree. The last think Hoke would need would be fewer recruiting days for the sake of a smoke screen.
If that's DB's strategy, he's not just incompetent, he's kinda dumb. There's no way they're playing a placate the old guard game and burning recruiting days.
January 9th, 2011 at 4:53 PM ^
The Kathy Miles stuff is complete bunk as indicated by Balas' latest update. She would move back to A2 in a heart beat over Baton Rouge.
January 9th, 2011 at 5:04 PM ^
This was my theory several days ago. Did ESPN give me credit?
January 9th, 2011 at 3:56 PM ^
We'll rely on the resources at Google Labs to build a coach using game based simulations and past history to make playcalls. The AUTO-COACH 120000 will not have a buyout, but will produce a DAMN STRONG team....
January 9th, 2011 at 4:00 PM ^
After watching the LSU/Tex A&M game for the fifth time, I am convinced that a Miles hire will minimize transfers, make Denard happy and will pay off short term for UM in wins. Jefferson is about 1/2 the player that Denard is and he had ample opportunity to run and throw in that offense.
January 9th, 2011 at 4:05 PM ^
For a second there I was like, whoa, that's a huge swing for M-Wolv having previously been so vehemently anti-Miles, and then I was like, wait, that's not M-Wolv, it's just his avatar.
January 9th, 2011 at 5:02 PM ^
Stunned me for a sec too. Whats up with all the avatar steeling ?
January 9th, 2011 at 4:02 PM ^
Who is Brady Hoke?
January 9th, 2011 at 4:07 PM ^
Please add \s after that statement, I just about blew a gasket reading that haha
January 9th, 2011 at 4:02 PM ^
The first defensive minded ball boy that applies.