dave brandon in dallas
per Ira Weintrab of WTKA radio in ann arbor. He also talks about how funny it is for everyone to be tracking the UofM plane. But ultimately we do know he is using the dominos plane if it in fact is in Dallas. take it with a grain of salt. Im to the point now I am willing to bet money we will have a coach on wednesday. Brandon is going to spend the week that the state of michigan requires him to use before he is allowed to hire anyone.
January 10th, 2011 at 6:42 AM ^
Well I would hope we would have a coach by the end of the week. IMO it would be disasterous to wait longer. What is there....three weeks left until signing day? Every day gone by at this point is another day we're out on recruiting. That's why I don't think it will be Hoke and why I do think it will be Les. No point in waiting this long if all along you were planning on taking Hoke.
January 10th, 2011 at 8:35 AM ^
Yeah I agree. If we get Hoke, then why wouldn't we have done it sooner (other than waiting the week that is required by the state, I didn't know this until it was posted by the OP). I think it is Miles and it will be done Wednesday. I for one am not a big fan of Miles being our HC. But what can I do about it?
January 10th, 2011 at 8:38 AM ^
I think fans are going to be just as split about Miles as they were about RichRod but hopefully the people that don't like the coach will support him this time and not crap on him.
January 10th, 2011 at 8:46 AM ^
I supported RR since day 1. It is sad that it didn't work out. I will support whoever the new HC is because I love Michigan. Miles is not my first choice, but he is not my last either. Personally, I am at the point that I don't really care who the coach is, as long as we start beating the shit out of tOSU and Sparty again every year.
January 10th, 2011 at 8:50 AM ^
... for OSU.
January 10th, 2011 at 8:55 AM ^
I love your enthusiasm!
January 10th, 2011 at 9:24 AM ^
I'd rather see Chuckie Gruden, if at all possible.
January 10th, 2011 at 9:43 AM ^
I wasn't pro Miles at first. At this point, I have looked at what he does and that's WIN. You cannot take that away from him and he's a hell of a recruiter (Definitely helped by LA hotbed that likes to stay home at LSU which also opens up his LA pipeline to us). His offense is diverse running some power football, option, spread em out and trick plays. But most importantly, he fields a hell of a defense every year and his D-Coordinator is highly regarded. His name alone would help with high school kids over someone like Hoke.
At this point, hire a coach for the love of god and lets start poaching some recruits!
GO BLUE fuk msu/osu
January 10th, 2011 at 9:55 AM ^
Yeah I think Miles would be the better pick over Hoke at this point. Again, he still isn't my first choice but I think that he could get Michigan back to winning and bringing in high profile players. Nothing against our current players, but I think Miles would be able to use Denard and co. and build upon them.
January 10th, 2011 at 6:50 AM ^
for Brandon to be in Dallas, because he should be able to get a lot of interviews out of the way with the coaches confrence going on there. I too am thinking wednesday, and for some reason there is a rumor going around (including on Rivals) that the coach named is going to come out of nowhere.
I think we all want this to be over with by wednesday, but I would wait a little longer if it were someone like John Harbaugh.
January 10th, 2011 at 7:11 AM ^
well one would assume that if Hoke and Miles aren't in the conversation the coach would have to come out of no where. If Brandon doesn't get Miles and like the rest of us sees Hoke as a pretty underwhelming prospect, the new coach would have to come out of left field.
January 10th, 2011 at 8:18 AM ^
John Gruden perhaps?
January 10th, 2011 at 8:58 AM ^
for the other JH. His team is still in playoffs and they have a big game this weekend against their arch rival.
January 10th, 2011 at 9:29 AM ^
...DB probably set up a 10' x 10' booth in the lobby with literature and Michigan keychains to attract potential candidates.
January 10th, 2011 at 12:07 PM ^
Will Dave have hot 20-something softporn actresses answering questions as well? In addition, will candidates get a free Gator Bowl t-shirt if they leave their business card?
January 10th, 2011 at 6:52 AM ^
to drink all day! Here's to Johnny Walker and F5.
January 10th, 2011 at 8:44 AM ^
January 10th, 2011 at 8:48 AM ^
And Captain Morgan as LB coach. He looks like he would be a beast at LB.
January 10th, 2011 at 8:49 AM ^
No Jose please. That dirty bastard ruins every party he goes to.
January 10th, 2011 at 8:51 AM ^
Jack Daniels for OC?
January 10th, 2011 at 9:55 AM ^
JD is clutch so he needs to be Special Teams coach. We need a clutch kicker. Or just a kicker period.
January 10th, 2011 at 6:54 AM ^
Logic hasn't appliled so far; I'm not holding my breath. It would be pretty funny, though, if he has already made his decision and was just flying around to mislead the media and keep from being interviewed by any of the instate outlets.
January 10th, 2011 at 6:54 AM ^
Wednesday.
UM/OSU hoops game.
January 10th, 2011 at 7:02 AM ^
Where are you getting this "wait one week" from? Is that just made up or do you have a source for that?
January 10th, 2011 at 7:27 AM ^
Jobs at the U are supposed to be posted for a minimum of seven calendar days. However, there is a waiver process for situations where an immediate signing is required.
Here's the relevant info: http://spg.umich.edu/pdf/201.22.pdf
January 10th, 2011 at 9:22 AM ^
7 days bologna. This is not a "Regular Staff" hire. If it's more than 7 days it's because we arent' ready yet.
January 10th, 2011 at 7:05 AM ^
Is poor. If logic truly prevailed we wouldn't be in this situation.
January 10th, 2011 at 7:11 AM ^
It is one of Miles, Hoke or Patterson. Everyone is focused on Miles, both because he is the most logical choice and because we seem to have a "wolverine-winged" plane spending tons of time at the Baton Rouge airport. If DB is trying to keep this a secret, the last thing he would do is park such an obvious aircraft in LSU country. That means the "wolverine-winged" plane was sent there by DB as a decoy to throw everyone off (and it has worked beautifully).
So, is it Hoke or Patterson? We could have had Hoke days ago and that hire will do little to heal the rift in the Michigan family (and DB knows this), so my money is on Patterson.
January 10th, 2011 at 7:13 AM ^
This is turning into Warren Commission. Back..and to the left, back and to the left. Grassy knoll and everything.
January 10th, 2011 at 7:17 AM ^
... it can't be Miles. He would eat the grassy knoll.
January 10th, 2011 at 9:17 AM ^
is in Dallas! Hmmmm.
January 10th, 2011 at 10:45 AM ^
Dave Ferrie (Joe Pesci) in New Orleans! Holy shit were never going to find out.
Or DB is teaming up with the CIA to invade Cuba and the CC is a ruse...
January 10th, 2011 at 7:37 AM ^
This comment made me happy. No Bill, don't get your hopes up.
January 10th, 2011 at 8:07 AM ^
So what would be the purpose of this conspiracy theory? What good does it do anyone, especially Brandon, to intentionally mislead the media? I think you're drastically overestimating how much DB cares whether we know what's going on or not.
January 10th, 2011 at 9:03 AM ^
He'll be treated the same as RR was. Outsider, not one of us. Throw in his tirade about getting a concussed player who hadn't been medically cleared back into the Rose Bowl and he's dead in the water.
January 10th, 2011 at 10:34 AM ^
January 10th, 2011 at 7:10 AM ^
The coach will be introduced during the OSU game Wednesday but I think will know before then. There got to be a leak once the coach signs. It would be truly amazing if at half DB wheels out a coach without us knowing.
January 10th, 2011 at 7:12 AM ^
I agree.
January 10th, 2011 at 7:52 AM ^
Professor X is going to be our new head coach???
January 10th, 2011 at 7:14 AM ^
Commander in Chief...wheels out a coach?
January 10th, 2011 at 7:36 AM ^
Our new coach is going to be a paraplegic?
January 10th, 2011 at 7:54 AM ^
truck. Like a true delivery man. That would be kind of different. Memorable, at least.
January 10th, 2011 at 8:37 AM ^
Maybe like Hannibal Lecter. He'd eat the other team's faces.
January 10th, 2011 at 9:21 AM ^
our new paraplegic coach will walk.
Forgive me but I can't resist..."mein fuhrer, I can walk!!"
January 10th, 2011 at 10:06 AM ^
Mike Barwis once crippled a man, just to prove he could heal him...
January 10th, 2011 at 10:41 AM ^
January 10th, 2011 at 7:18 AM ^
I think it would be a safe bet that we have Michigan representatives on the "Winged Helmet" plane jetting around SEC country, but that DB is in Dallas at the coaching conference.
January 10th, 2011 at 7:32 AM ^
There are three aircraft involved, but they would never keep flying the "wolverine-winged" one (or probably even the Dominos one) into the Baton Rouge airport if they did not want it to be seen there. It is too obvious a blunder to really be a blunder. It has to be intentional. And I agree that Brandon is spending most of his time in Dallas interviewing Patterson, Hoke and potential coordinators. He will meet with Miles on Tuesday when Miles flies to Dallas to speak at the convention. Miles will be the last person he meets with directly.
January 10th, 2011 at 7:36 AM ^
Dominoes, winged helmet and what else?
January 10th, 2011 at 7:40 AM ^
floating around with a stuffed animal attached to the front. wards off evil spirits.