Bo and why he was/is important

Submitted by Amaizing Blue on
I turned 50 last Tuesday, and am realizing many on the board are too young to remember and "get" the impact Bo had on this program. You can watch him on film, but it isn't the same as having seen the man live on the sidelines. Multiply that by whatever factor you want to feel the impact of having played for or coached with him. When it comes to Michigan football, he was the Godfather. Loyalty was valued above all, and dissent was not tolerated, but Michigan always came first. Rich Rod is absolutely right when he says if Bo had been alive, he would have had it easier. Rich is the Michigan coach? Get in line and do everything you can to help him succeed. Shut up, Lloyd, Michigan won the NC, not you. Bo had many faults, clock management the most glaring. But...He was a Michigan Man. Meaning, Michigan came before anything else. That's all, full stop. We need another Michigan Man. A great coach who puts Michigan first. THAT is a Michigan Man.

TheBoLineage--

October 13th, 2014 at 11:36 AM ^

Obviously--  many on This Board were NOT There for the formative years of the 1970s, and then on into the 1980s.  And there WAS quite a bit of Very Directed Criticism, which I wont go into.  And I was often one of them.

 

I dont know where this Living In The Past Thing comes from, but there are CLEARLY Many Many Lessons that can be learned from this, and the Moeller-Carr period for that matter.

 

But I DO Know--  that if Bo had wittnessed that R2 1st- year, and The Ending Of The Streaks, and then someone said

 

well-- Cupboard was Bare.  R2 needs a Group Hug For Support . . .

 

he would have just said--  FUCK YOU--  and seen it as a sign of Being Absolutely Gutless And Cowardly.

 

Fundamentally--  I think, The Man was Simply Not Into EXCUSES.  And even TODAY--  on this board, you read The Same Old Gutless-Cowardly EXCUSES about the R2 period.

 

 

The Denarding

October 13th, 2014 at 1:21 PM ^

If Bo was alive he probably would have recruited Dantonio to be the coach. I know that sounds crazy but Dantonio is Bo's kind of coach.

And the Michigan Man meme has to stop. It's a silly bully pulpit that people are using to advance their own objectives. Bo didn't want Frieder, who was by then effectively ASUs coach, to coach Michigan. A person employed by Michigan will coach Michigan. It wasn't a statement on DNA, it was a way to show support for loyalty. That's all it was...period.

303john

October 13th, 2014 at 1:29 PM ^

Had the honor of spending 45 minutes with him. We spoke about life not just football. If he were alive none of this crap would be going on.