The Coaching Search -- A Look Back

Submitted by DCBlue on

It has been forever since I last posted anything, including even a comment. While I am still a regular follower of MGoBlog, as well as the new WLA, I've basically been a casual onlooker on the blog scene the whole season. As some of you may (or may not) recall, I was a regular commentator and contributor late last season, as well as over the Winter during the coaching search. In fact, I commiserated with many fellow U-M Law alumi, and basically wasted like 1,000 potential billable hours spending endless hours on MGoBlog tracking the coaching search and waiting for Brian to start a new thread that we could comment on. In any event, today I decided to google my MGoBlog handle and read through my old posts during December of last year. A time, I might add I originally referred to as a "shit storm", but later termed "a diarrhea hurricane." I thought some of you might might enjoy a sampling of some of my posts/comments during that time. My favorite is a "memo" I wrote to all of you summarizing the general malaise and paranoia of everyone following the coaching search on MGoBlog. For those that don't remember, "Spicy BM" was a nickname attributed to Bill Martin at a time (I generally analogized him to a bowel movement). As some of you may also remember, I was a Les Miles fan, and believed he would "crawl through glass" to come back to U-M. I also openly pined for Rich Rodriguez. In any case, after re-reading the threads from that time, there is NO FUCKING WAY I can handle another coaching search any time in the near future. The coaching search makes a 3-7 mark look like the 1997 season. LOL. In any case, hope you enjoy the sampling of some of my old posts (current labeling in bold).

 

ON THE GROBE MAFIA:

Success! I brought my laptop and am at a Starbucks. GJ delayed (fucking AUSAs).

 

I've decided to give Grobe a pass -- like the Gambino LCN. He gets freedom from bad commentary from me, but he will be required to win a MNC within 3 years of his hiring at Michigan. Sorry, those are the rules. As a former gov't lawyer who proscuted organized crime cases, I don't give a fuck what the Grobe mafia says about it. 3 years and a national championship. If half of what you guys says about Grobe is true that's not asking to much.

 

Christ, I'm halfway on the Grobe bandwagon.

DCBlue | 12.06.07 - 1:02 pm | #

 

I think gsimmons85 is Jim Grobe's handle. He's sitting in his office in Winston-Salem typing away.

DCBlue | 12.06.07 - 1:11 pm | #

ON BILL MARTIN, Generally (Sidenote: Can you fucking believe we thought PSU's Bradley even had a chance? LOL)

How great would it be if BM's "process" included having his AD staff run unsubtantiated rumors of potential candidates up the MGoBlog flagpole? Brady Hoke. Nope can't hire him. Urban Meyer, definate possibility. T. Bradley, definately not.

DCBlue | 12.06.07 - 1:13 pm | #

 

On "Premium" message boards:

I can't imagine paying money for this rumor mongering. "Premium" message board? Unless they furnish coke and hookers, that's ridiculous.

DCBlue | 12.06.07 - 2:00 pm | #

Bill Martin, revisited:

As much as I want to believe that spicy BM's "process" is just like "Fortitude South" in WWII (the plan to deceive the Germans into thinking that the main attack would come in the Pas-de-Calais and the low countries to the east), I just don't buy it. I think Saturdy and Sunday was a huge clusterfuck, probably brought on a little from both sides and now BM is racing for a plan B to save face/his ass.

 

I mean Jesus, he's not planning the fucking Normandy landings, he's hiring a football coach. This CIA/KGB stuff would be funny if it wasn't so ridiculous.

DCBlue | 12.06.07 - 3:14 pm | #

The "Memo" summarizing the MGoBlog threads at the time:

TO: Blog Fags

FROM: DC BLUE

RE: MICHIGAN COACHING SEARCH

CLIENT CODE: Spicy BM

 

After extensive research, and in an attempt to save all of us the trouble of following new threads, please feel free to print out the following cheat sheet that gives a synopis of every MGoBlog discussion.

 

1. Les Miles = Crawl through glass.

2. Spicy BM = fucked things up

3. Malfunctioning Blackberry/Sailing

4. KING GROBE

5. Oh my god we're fucked.

6. What a shit storm/diarrhea hurricane.

7. Relax, it will all work out.

8. Fuck you, this is Michigan.

9. Who is the hot coordinator

10. Martin said no coordinators.

11. Kittens

12. Mike Debord

13. Urban Meyer/Sean Peyton/Rich Rodriguez.

14. English/Hoke

15. I need a drink

16. You guys are the greatest

17. Troll

18. We need a profiles in heroism [insert name]

19. Michigan Student provides bi-polar anaylsis.

20. We're like ND

21. No we're not

22. THIS IS MICHIGAN

23. Clean house

24. Pat Forde/Drew Sharp = douche

25. I trust Bill Martin.

26. Fuck that, we're fucked.

 

Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

 

Finally, isn't this the truth:

Maybe Harbaugh does warrant a look. sigh.

 

Whoever it is, we'll all be bitching after the first three and out next year.

DCBlue | 12.07.07 - 11:16 am | #

 

 

 

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Comments

ThWard

November 9th, 2008 at 11:28 PM ^

I called someone a blog fag a few weeks ago, and cited you. Just so ya know. Honestly, these boards will never be the same as they were when we we all stayed up until 3 am debating the merits of Greg "Just Chopping that Wood" Schiano.

chitownblue (not verified)

November 9th, 2008 at 11:33 PM ^

Who was the dude that came on that one night and posted about Schiano for like 5 hours? That was AMAZING.

DCBlue

November 10th, 2008 at 9:26 AM ^

The Schiano guy was amazing. Also, do you remember Michigan Student (referenced in the original post)? He was seriously manic-depressive. He'd appear for a comment in the morning, telling us all that he just knew Bill Martin would take care of things. Then, like 45 minutes later, he'd be completely hysterical, telling us that the search was being completely mishandled and that we were all fucked. Good times, good times.

Jill

November 12th, 2008 at 3:56 PM ^

Flattered DC Blue! He is a U-M Law grad, former gov't lawyer prosecuting organized crime cases, now with the SEC in DC prosecuting Wall Street crimes . . . only been married once. I WAS married to his brother. -jill

evenyoubrutus

November 10th, 2008 at 12:22 PM ^

It's interesting how scathing Brian was of Brady Hoke, in fact the title of his entry was "Profiles in Cronyism" and he went on and on about how bad of a hire Hoke would have been. Now Hoke may be the COY recipient. This season may be an outlier, but he's looking like a pretty good coach right now.

mjv

November 10th, 2008 at 6:15 PM ^

Chi -- don't forget that Hoke will be gone next year too. I wonder how he likes upstate New York in February when the region collects its 200" inches of snow.

jmblue

November 10th, 2008 at 6:20 PM ^

Kelly made a very un-PC comment about inner-city culture, but I've also heard (from someone who is a CMU junkie) that he's got some real ethical issues.

chillmodious

November 10th, 2008 at 9:45 PM ^

What a dark period of my life. Thank you all for being there. Btw, how did anyone in the haloscan-coaching-search-vortex possibly miss the Brian Kelly nonsense? At one point, I remember spending a few hours pouring over his recruiting at GVSU.