January 18th, 2011 at 12:11 AM ^
I don't know if it was all English's fault however - thinking back to McNabb and Syracuse, it seemed we couldn't defend a mobile qb/spread attack well before his time.
January 18th, 2011 at 12:16 AM ^
I hope you are right, but English hasn't really put together a dominating defense at EMU even in conference play.
January 18th, 2011 at 2:32 AM ^
the money is for the new scoreboards, duh.
you didnt think we'd let jerry win, did you?
has the cold war taught you nothing?
January 18th, 2011 at 5:50 AM ^
Also the money is to buyout the adidas contract. The players were able to persuade DB after hours of chanting Nike.
January 18th, 2011 at 8:43 AM ^
Brandon's response was "We don't break contracts", which he said a week after firing his coach and breaking his contract...
January 18th, 2011 at 10:03 AM ^
Technically it's only breaking the contract if he refused to pay the buy-out since said contract has a "buy-out" close written into it to allow for a parting of ways.
January 17th, 2011 at 11:50 PM ^
That Ron English facebook page has got to be fake. "Ron" is friends with "Lloyd Carr" and "Rich Rodriguez."
I mean, I am, too (with RR and LC, that is), but yeah, they're fake.
January 17th, 2011 at 11:50 PM ^
I hope it's fake, but can't see how it's real.
January 17th, 2011 at 11:50 PM ^
Of all possible candidates out there, I find it impossible to believe Ron English is the best Michigan can do. How English is mentioned in the same sentence as Mattison, Trogovac, Austin, and Bedford is beyond me. I am going to bed and hoping I dont see a Hello Ron English post in the morning.
January 18th, 2011 at 12:01 AM ^
Kind of like Brady Hoke in the same sentence as Ji-.... Oh, wait.
January 18th, 2011 at 12:50 AM ^
I'll follow this lead and go to bed also, but in the morning knowing what I know now I don't know how I can type in those 7 letters in the am. I'll be for sure closing my eyes as the page loads praying for no Hello: Ron English again posts
January 17th, 2011 at 11:52 PM ^
You mean Ron English Camo Deer? It's all the rage on Twitter right now.
But no, this is definitely fake.
January 17th, 2011 at 11:55 PM ^
<dry sob>
January 17th, 2011 at 11:57 PM ^
DAMN DAMN DAMN......
January 17th, 2011 at 11:58 PM ^
I need to stop following Mgoboard. All this shit is killing me.
January 18th, 2011 at 12:39 AM ^
But you'll be back. Yeaaah....you'll be back. You always come back.
January 18th, 2011 at 12:00 AM ^
I thought Hoke was a bit of a defensive specialist...... wouldn't his DC be granted the same power as Rich Rod's OC; essentially nothing?
January 18th, 2011 at 12:00 AM ^
but his return would make sense for Carr Loyalists and would go with the entire pattern of this hire...stick with what worked in the past (even if it was for just a year with some fantastic defensive players)
January 18th, 2011 at 12:37 AM ^
Carr was 1-6 vs. Tressel. What he did didn't "work."
January 18th, 2011 at 4:07 AM ^
I agree...I was only trying to find a logical reason for this hire which in the current climate means that anyone with a Carr connection is a shoe-in
January 18th, 2011 at 12:01 AM ^
Enough with the backups.
Time to reveal the A Team for serious. The joke has gone on long enough. You may now reveal plan already.
January 18th, 2011 at 12:02 AM ^
January 18th, 2011 at 12:27 AM ^
Weird standard to use, considering that wasnt even the worst defensive performance we had that MONTH
January 18th, 2011 at 12:13 AM ^
how could it really be worse?
January 18th, 2011 at 10:02 AM ^
That's what I thought the last two years.
January 18th, 2011 at 12:36 AM ^
Disagree. I prefer doom with silver hair and puppets.
January 18th, 2011 at 2:44 AM ^
Your avatar very much coincides with this comment. Just thought I should point this out :)
January 18th, 2011 at 3:33 AM ^
Total bullshit. You cannot compare the players on those teams. I might as well argue that Robinson is better because he coached a Super Bowl-winning defense. But that would be stupid, because they're not comparable.
January 18th, 2011 at 12:15 AM ^
It would be too much like coming back home with your tail between your legs. RE doesn't strike me as that kind of guy.
Who the hell knows.
January 18th, 2011 at 12:16 AM ^
2007 Rose Bowl:
"That's now 12 straight passes completed against this Michigan defense by Matt Leinart."
Guh :-(
January 18th, 2011 at 12:27 AM ^
Didn't Tolzein (sp?) complete some ridiculous number of passes against us this year?
January 18th, 2011 at 12:42 AM ^
He was 14 of 15 for the game.....not sure how many consecutive but, he only had 1 incompletion and it probably wasn't even his fault.
January 18th, 2011 at 2:00 AM ^
it was an interception, btw.
January 18th, 2011 at 12:39 AM ^
It was John David Booty and it felt like a lot more than 12.
January 18th, 2011 at 12:16 AM ^
Heheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
ahahahahahahahahahahahah.
This is not happy laughing.
January 18th, 2011 at 12:18 AM ^
really really hope it isn't
David Brandon, we all know you fucked up so far but don't do this to our program
January 18th, 2011 at 12:31 AM ^
also, it would leave me to believe that DB is less pimp hand and more prostitute
January 18th, 2011 at 12:20 AM ^
That he would come back not as the DC but as a position coach? Please?
January 18th, 2011 at 12:21 AM ^
If English would actually post that on Facebook, he's even dumber than I thought he was.
Google image search "Ron English Rich Rodriguez" and take a look at their handshake after the UM-EMU game in '09. Total classless LC-type bullshit. I don't want a guy like that around our program.
January 18th, 2011 at 12:36 AM ^
Where the picture was snapped a little late? You're judging him on a picture that a MSM photographer took?
Come on man!
^This guy's upset at how close-minded you're being. He's also upset at you for trusting the MSM to take a photo at the right time.
January 18th, 2011 at 12:44 AM ^
Who cares if a "MSM" photographer took it. It's a great photograph. I saw the handshake in person and I don't think it was an unfair framing of it at all. Again, classless. But not unfamiliar.
January 18th, 2011 at 12:57 AM ^
English just saw his team get wrecked and promptly ran back to the lockerroom after shaking Rich's hand. He was a first year head coach, and his mind was elsewhere.
And thanks for negging me simply because I disagreed with you. Avoiding an open and honest dialogue-- that's really classy too.
January 18th, 2011 at 12:35 AM ^
the man just got his ass whooped. you expect him to be smiling and give RR a big hug? perhaps attack him with a cuddly stuffed animal?
January 18th, 2011 at 12:42 AM ^
When you shake hands with someone, you look them in the eye. You don't wear an angry scoul on your face. You don't keep walking away in another direction while there is hand contact. These are simple rules that 99% of the coaching population doesn't have a hard time following, even after losing.
Ron and his mentor are not a part of that 99%.
January 18th, 2011 at 12:46 AM ^
Yeah! Ron English shakes hands like a jerk! Screw him!
(I really hope this is all nonsense and he's not coming back, but criticizing him for shaking hands improperly is pretty silly.)
January 18th, 2011 at 12:17 PM ^
What did Lloyd Carr ever do to you?
January 18th, 2011 at 12:23 AM ^
Hell, I wouldn't even want him to be the defensive backs coach. Please no!
January 18th, 2011 at 12:23 AM ^
EMU HC>UM D-Coordinator