AD Jeff Long
I’m not a fan of discussing job candidates for a job that is currently filled and is likely to be filled at least to the end of the year.
But everyone keeps bringing up these tier II and tier III AD candidates, and I can’t believe no one is talking about Jeff Long:
- He dealt with a very difficult PR situation at Arkansas.
- He fired Bobby Petrino.
- He has SEC experience.
- He has Michigan experience.
- His new coach almost beat Alabama last week (Kiffin’s weak offense get’s an assist).
- His wife is from Ann Arbor.
- And…
...He is very well respected and chairman of the new college football playoff committee.
October 14th, 2014 at 4:59 PM ^
He's a LONG shot.
October 14th, 2014 at 5:02 PM ^
Who knows, but we all know from the coaching search that wives have a big influence on where to raise a family.
October 14th, 2014 at 10:29 PM ^
I think he's a Rutgers guy.
October 14th, 2014 at 10:37 PM ^
Think Bruce hit it?
October 14th, 2014 at 5:03 PM ^
How do I embiggen?!?!
October 14th, 2014 at 5:22 PM ^
October 14th, 2014 at 5:32 PM ^
Nice.
October 14th, 2014 at 6:07 PM ^
Well, it does say "Mojo Rising"
October 14th, 2014 at 7:11 PM ^
where the hell did you get that picture of my girlfriends?
October 15th, 2014 at 12:21 AM ^
October 14th, 2014 at 7:15 PM ^
Oh my...
October 14th, 2014 at 10:26 PM ^
October 14th, 2014 at 8:47 PM ^
"How do I embiggen?".....yup, that should do it.
October 14th, 2014 at 9:15 PM ^
...who isn't a MICHIICH fan???!
October 14th, 2014 at 10:53 PM ^
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October 15th, 2014 at 12:23 AM ^
Alpha Phi's look a lot different at Michigan than where I graduated from.
October 14th, 2014 at 5:04 PM ^
I really doubt he makes the SHORT list.
October 14th, 2014 at 5:00 PM ^
Don't know much about him, but he seems legit.
October 14th, 2014 at 5:01 PM ^
Be careful what you wish for. Jeff Long and Brady Hoke played high school football together and are still close friends.
October 14th, 2014 at 5:04 PM ^
So he could convince Hoke to take a "promotion" and become an Associate AD? Then bring in a new coach. Excellent!
October 14th, 2014 at 5:48 PM ^
I know which friends of mine suck at Call of Duty, that doesn't mean I ask them to play online with me.
October 14th, 2014 at 5:05 PM ^
...a lot. Though Bates seems to be the one that is talked about the most, Long seems to be the name gaining the most steam in the last week or two.
He has deep ties to Michigan, and has support from a lot of different corners of the Michigan heirarchy. He also left Michigan on kind of bad terms, but there's at least some who believe he will come to Michigan.
He would be a great hire.
October 14th, 2014 at 5:08 PM ^
October 14th, 2014 at 5:10 PM ^
Enlighten me Coconut. What do you mean by "bad terms"? No disrespect, just not sure.
October 14th, 2014 at 5:08 PM ^
Given that Michigan will probably be going through a coaching search at the same time, do you really want to bring in an AD whose last two hires were John L. Smith and Bert Bielema?
October 14th, 2014 at 5:18 PM ^
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October 14th, 2014 at 5:22 PM ^
John L. Smith wasn't so much a "hire" as a battlefield promotion. It's not like Long was pining to put JLS in charge of his football program.
Bret Bielema? Well, I've got no snappy counterargument for that observation (apart from his obvious success at Wisconsin, which some might say was simply minding the store that Barry Alvarez organized).
October 14th, 2014 at 5:19 PM ^
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October 14th, 2014 at 5:56 PM ^
Beilema? You have a funny idea of what constitutes "hot as shit".
October 14th, 2014 at 6:27 PM ^
She isn't very hot.
October 14th, 2014 at 6:40 PM ^
You wouldn't?
October 14th, 2014 at 7:15 PM ^
I didn't say that...
October 14th, 2014 at 6:19 PM ^
October 14th, 2014 at 6:07 PM ^
Bret Blelema and the First Lady.
October 14th, 2014 at 6:14 PM ^
Bret Bielema doing with MGrowOld's wife?!?!
October 14th, 2014 at 6:14 PM ^
October 14th, 2014 at 6:32 PM ^
No man, any chick with an ass bigger than mine aint happening, ever. I don't think Beilema's wife is hot. NIce body, sure, that's about it. Find some close up pics, she aint special.
edit:
woof.
October 14th, 2014 at 9:48 PM ^
...I mean, that one makes Bert look pretty hot himself.
October 14th, 2014 at 5:20 PM ^
Bielema was great for Wisconsin as we all know. He was an interesting hire for Arkansas. I think its fair to say that its way too early to judge his sucess at Arkansas. Not off to a good start but he seems to be out of place there to say the least.
October 14th, 2014 at 5:25 PM ^
I think he's like the reverse RR there. And I believe he will eventually end up at Kansas State when Snyder kicks off
October 14th, 2014 at 5:22 PM ^
John L. Smith was a glorified interim coach and by far the best hire possible in April... a highly experienced head coach who had been on staff for three years and who had no expectation of keeping the job. If he worked, Arkansas might have maintained momentum and if he didn't he was an easy sacrifical lamb.
Bielema, whether we accept his actual coaching prowess or not, was a fucking amazing get that shocked everyone. That's the kind of hire that we'd likely NEED to make.
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