We can avoid the Michigan Hat Trick of Bad Coaching Decisions this time around. It would be nice to be the Leaders and Best at something else football related.

Bang Bang!

Time for Lesbaugh!

Or a solid coach not named Shaw or Schiano, for that matter.

But I feel empty.  Dammit, Brady.  Good luck to you sir.

we won't know until the next coach is hired.

There isn't any more...

thanks for the 100% effort, and best of luck in your new gig.

Mr. Hackett, your move.  Make it a good one, brother.

....And now to find a coaching candidate worthy of causing a mass soiling of pantaloons in the greater East Lansing and Columbus areas.

Had to be done, was the best decision, still makes me sad.

I am not sad to see Brady go.  I was one who had high hopes when he was first hired but as time wore on, i could no longer support him.

Now bring on the Jim and/or John era!

He's too good of a recruiter.

Fare thee well Coach Hoke. Good man but it's time to turn the page.

I, like many others, knew that Brady Hoke wasn't good enough of a head coach for this job. The past three seasons have proven that beyond a shadow of a doubt.We knew this day would come and so it has.

This day is not for celebrating the downfall of Brady Hoke, but a day of celebrating the cleansing from Michigan the residue of Dave Brandon.  Brady Hoke cannot be blamed for taking the job. Who in his position wouldn't?

Dave Brandon must be blamed for hiring an underqualified coach in the first place. Dave Brandon was the Matt Millen of Michigan football. Oh, sure, he did great things for other sports. But in the one sport he actually played he fouled it so badly that it now sits at it's lowest point since Bump Elliott was dismissed.

:( This makes me sad.

Michigan players leaving facility now. Some wiping away tears

— Nick Baumgardner (@nickbaumgardner) December 2, 2014

Best of luck to Brady Hoke, wish he could've done better but time to move on.

Who is manning the flight tracker?

Had to happen. Can't help but feel for Hoke, the guy climbed up the ranks to get his dream job and found out he couldn't hack it. Good luck to him.

Sometimes it just doesn't work out. Thank You Brady Hoke for the few good times we had.

Best of luck.

So long, Coach.

Best of luck big guy.

Do in fact finish last.  

Thanks Brady for your passion for the school.  All the best.

But it might be time to update the host server to something, um, adequate.  Just a suggestion.

So I want to echo the sentiment that I sincerely feel for Hoke, but this is the right decision because he's not getting paid to be a nice guy.

My stupid (or obvious) question though: how did this go wrong? We did this for RR and the answer was easy (defense, cultural backlash, etc) but what was it for Hoke? In over his head explains the ST disasters and the Morris fiasco. Brandon micromanagement explains some of it. But how does a hands-off manager, who hires excellent coordinators and fills his team with talent, do such a poor job of winning football games and developing those players? Really what I'm asking is - how did Nuss do such a poor job with the offense, and how did Mattison never see the D take the step from "above average" to "good," let alone "great" or "elite?"

Good luck coach.  We all always remember magical 2011.

Good man, bad coach. Good luck to him. Let's not screw this up.