The Coaching Search Banners, For Posterity

By Brian — January 17th, 2011 at 1:41 PM — 31 comments
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Way back in the paleolithic era I swapped my blogger theme out for a pink, kitten-centric one and never had the sense to screencap it. Someone else did but I can't recall where and now I think that may be lost to the mists of time. In an effort to prevent any further hysterics from falling down the memory hole, here's a compilation of Six Zero's banners from the last week or so of our lives.

First Rodriguez got the axe and it was Harbaugh to the rescue:

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Then Harbaugh exploded a la Scanners and rumors got weirdly gumbo-shaped:

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Then Miles fell through and the only options were Brady Hoke and the ghost of John Gruden:

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And this is the current banner, complete with the cheesy pun because if we've learned anything in the past ten days it's good lord Brady Hoke has the most wince-generating last name in the history of newspaper headlines:

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May we all return to this post and laugh when Hoke goes 5-1 against Ohio State and the blog puts together a Brady Hoke statue drive.

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January 17th, 2011 at 1:46 PM | amen (Score:1)
kenfizzle
Joined: 07/11/2008
MGoPoints: 357

Phil Brabbs FTW

January 17th, 2011 at 2:17 PM | You forgot (Score:1)
ReadYourGuard
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Joined: 08/21/2008
MGoPoints: 6223

".....with liberty and justice for all."

"the Spirit of Michigan...is based on a deathless loyalty to Michigan and all her ways....and a conviction that nowhere is there a better university, in any way, than this Michigan of ours" - Fielding Yost
January 17th, 2011 at 1:48 PM | "...when Hoke goes 5-1 (Score:1)
Nickel
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Joined: 06/30/2008
MGoPoints: 387

"...when Hoke goes 5-1 against Ohio State..."

After a 5 year undefeated run the football world finally forces UM to move up and play in the NFL in 2016, thus resulting in the forfeiture of the remaining games on our collegiate schedule and Hoke's only blemish against Ohio State.


January 17th, 2011 at 2:08 PM | Actually, what with the new (Score:1)
Brhino
Joined: 09/08/2009
MGoPoints: 1367

Actually, what with the new conference championship game, we could win 5 games against OSU in less than three full seasons.  Unlikely, but we could.

January 17th, 2011 at 2:15 PM | I wonder (Score:1)
cp4three2
Joined: 08/03/2009
MGoPoints: 791

When will our fan base start to value our record against Nebraska (it being more meaningful for conference play than OSU) than our current rivals?  

 

I'm thinking it'll reach ND status in 3 years, Sparty status in 6, and OSU near status in 10.

 

Thanks, Delany! 

January 17th, 2011 at 3:20 PM | I'm betting it reaches ND (Score:1)
jonny_GoBlue
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Joined: 09/05/2009
MGoPoints: 4418

I'm betting it reaches ND status THIS season.

January 17th, 2011 at 1:48 PM | The kitten... (Score:1)
MGoShoe
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Joined: 04/23/2009
MGoPoints: 19326

...and Six Zero were especially prescient in the first banner, no?

LSA '89 - MBB Natl Champions, Big 10/Rose Bowl Champions | @MGoShoe

January 17th, 2011 at 2:01 PM | no stone unturned (Score:1)
entirely reasonable
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Joined: 07/24/2008
MGoPoints: 2517

the bronze spittle is a particularly interesting detail

"Play hard and with great effort"

January 17th, 2011 at 1:54 PM | I like the implied symbolism and reference... (Score:1)
GoBlue007
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Joined: 02/16/2010
MGoPoints: 292

 

I like the implied symbolism...regardless of whether it was ever meant to be implied, very fitting for a current reflection on our Program:

Hope springs eternal in the human breast;
Man never Is, but always To be blest:
The soul, uneasy and confin'd from home,
Rests and expatiates in a life to come.

-Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man, 1733

"I want to express my thanks to you, as a graduate of the Michigan of the East, Harvard University." - John F. Kennedy, 1960 Michigan Union

January 17th, 2011 at 1:56 PM | ...the page has turned. (Score:1)
snackyx
Joined: 12/04/2010
MGoPoints: 262

...the page has turned.

"To do is to be" ---  Plato
"To be is to do" --- Aristotle
"Do be do be do" --- Frank Sinatra
(written on the stairway wall of the Chem building
January 17th, 2011 at 2:02 PM | SixZero is king (Score:1)
badjuju81
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Joined: 07/10/2009
MGoPoints: 167

Loved the evolution of the banner.  It was fun to watch.  My favorite is when the MGoJet was added.  I wonder if it was used as a decoy, per DB's comments.  I will forever remember the registration number N929SR!

Nice to see, in the aftermath of the RR firing, how people are feeling love for BH.  Now, he just has to win!  Will always feel RR was not treated fairly by the majority of the press, while recognizing the defensive failure was his true demise.  Why is BH's lack of polish celebrated while RR's was hated?  Only because he's our kind from our area.  Have always and will always hate the press.  They act self-righteous while they have an agenda like anybody else who is trying to earn a dollar.

Can there be Hoke MGoShirts?  Or even a N29SR one?  Just a thought...

Focus for me is recruiting and filling out of coaching staff.  DC hire will be HUGE.  Looking forward to spring game to see what it all looks like just out of the box.

the Team, the Team, the Team!

January 17th, 2011 at 4:10 PM | "Can there be Hoke MGoShirts?" (Score:1)
M-Wolverine
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Joined: 10/04/2009
MGoPoints: 39229

http://www.alternativehero.com/product_p/hokeamania.htm

 

(No, I don't have anything to do with the company.  But they're out there if you want to find them. Money to be made, if you don't mope...instead, go Hoke!)

"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk

January 17th, 2011 at 2:03 PM | The kitten shall be missed. (Score:1)
Phoenix86
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Joined: 07/21/2010
MGoPoints: 89

The kitten shall be missed. He was quite insightful; especially with "Head asplode!"

January 17th, 2011 at 2:07 PM | Hold Me TomVH (Score:1)
The Judge
Joined: 08/07/2008
MGoPoints: 93

That's the part that keeps me chuckling.

January 17th, 2011 at 2:17 PM | So When Will The MGoStore be selling shirts with (Score:1)
cp4three2
Joined: 08/03/2009
MGoPoints: 791

"This is Michigan for God's Sake."  I put my Forcier shirt on today and was reminded of what could have been (bought it after the ND miracle).

 

January 17th, 2011 at 2:18 PM | Do you think DB is excited he (Score:1)
BleedingBlue
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Joined: 07/25/2008
MGoPoints: 1996

Do you think DB is excited he is still on the banner?  I bet he is.  Although I wish that badass Championship M ring Hoke was wearing that day was in the picture...

'Murica & Footbaw: That's what Michigan Does

January 17th, 2011 at 2:23 PM | If Hoke starts out 5-1 (Score:1)
maizenblue92
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Joined: 01/01/2009
MGoPoints: 3689

If Hoke starts out 5-1 against OSU and statue might not be enough to make up for us doubting Hoke.

"I tried to but a pencil in the light socket but it was too wide and didn't fit so I used a paperclip."-Terrelle Pryor, Future Rhodes Scholar

January 17th, 2011 at 2:26 PM | quality (Score:1)
Moe Greene
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Joined: 08/01/2008
MGoPoints: 2140

This banner is truly choice.  Simple, yet elegant.

No radio. Nothing of value.

January 17th, 2011 at 2:30 PM | Re: New Banner (Score:1)
Hardware Sushi
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Joined: 03/08/2010
MGoPoints: 3506

 

"I sense great vulnerability. A man-child crying out for love. An innocent orphan in the post-modern world."

"I see a parasite. A sexually depraved miscreant who is seeking only to gratify his basest and most immediate urges."

"His struggle is man's struggle. He lifts my spirit." 

"He is a loathesome, offensive brute. Yet I can't look away."

"He transcends time and space." 

"He sickens me." 

"I love it." 

"Me too."

Intensity is a lot of guys that run fast.

January 17th, 2011 at 2:36 PM | Cool banner bro. (Score:1)
BlueDragon
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Joined: 11/14/2010
MGoPoints: 16812

Cool banner bro.

Abort, Retry, Fail?

January 17th, 2011 at 2:42 PM | "Hoke springs eternal": new (Score:1)
El Jeffe
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Joined: 07/07/2008
MGoPoints: 6729

"Hoke springs eternal": new Levitra ad campaign slogan?

/ dick joke

January 17th, 2011 at 3:14 PM | Screen Cap from post-horror. (Score:1)
lunchboxthegoat
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Joined: 10/07/2008
MGoPoints: 1888

http://www.motleycollegefootball.com/Images/070902MGoBlog.png

 

 

don't have access to imageshack or whatever at work. It won't embed.

successfully achieved 1 year self-imposed posting ban 4/10/13

January 17th, 2011 at 2:50 PM | I don't want to see another (Score:1)
erik_t
Joined: 11/11/2008
MGoPoints: 1011

I don't want to see another kitten for the next five years, outside perhaps of game previews.

January 17th, 2011 at 3:36 PM | Kittens! (Score:1)
unclecrappy
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Joined: 08/25/2008
MGoPoints: -4

http://unclecrappy.com/2007/09/05/first-impression/

January 17th, 2011 at 4:05 PM | Question for Brian (Score:1)
profitgoblue
Joined: 09/01/2009
MGoPoints: 19416

On a scale from 1-10, how annoying were those multiple posts begging/ordering you to change the banner over the past several days? If I was a betting man, I'd say it was up around an 8.5 . . .

Disgruntled former moderator.  I got a lot of problems with you people!

January 17th, 2011 at 6:19 PM | Nice (Score:1)
michiganfanforlife
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Joined: 05/05/2009
MGoPoints: 948

I'm glad to finally see support from Brian for our new coach (Even if he does think that we will never compete for the big game with this guy). Go Blue!

January 17th, 2011 at 8:00 PM | I like it. (Score:1)
CarlisleWolverine
Joined: 09/27/2009
MGoPoints: 104

It fits for now.  Let's see how the season starts and go from there.  I am so glad you have pushed aside (ok, so yourfaking it for now)  your complete feelings of desperation and loss.  Thanks for the effort and the explanation of chuckie.

CFB

January 18th, 2011 at 1:52 AM | posted from iPhone (Score:1)
Hoke-A-Hey
Joined: 01/16/2011
MGoPoints: 95

Dig the banner, coach Hoke is the real deal. The guy is a straight up hard working coach that earns your respect quickly and doesn't mind taking the hard road to get where he wants to be.

42 Big Ten Championships. 11 National Championships. Hail Hail

January 18th, 2011 at 8:07 AM | Then Miles fell through and (Score:1)
Six Zero
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Joined: 09/05/2008
MGoPoints: 10176

Then Miles fell through and the only options were Brady Hoke and the ghost of John Gruden:

Good tune.  The RATM cover was pretty rockin' too.

January 18th, 2011 at 1:47 PM | from the producers of waiting to exhale (Score:1)
chuckwoods24
Joined: 11/19/2008
MGoPoints: 1

to paraphrase the app st chat rm, when there's nothing left to believe, believe in hoke

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