Brady Hoke?
I hate this coaching talk as much as the next guy. At the same time, IF something happens, do you think Hoke would be on our list? Former D-Line coach when we won the championship and did an excellent job at Ball State and San Diego State. I would say this man would be on our short POTENTIAL list of candidates.
November 29th, 2010 at 6:58 PM ^
Hire Pam Ward, stat.
November 29th, 2010 at 7:02 PM ^
About 415 lbs.
November 29th, 2010 at 6:51 PM ^
Might as well add Greg Robinson to that stellar list. I hear he had a good year as DC at Texas and he's likely to be available...
November 29th, 2010 at 7:42 PM ^
To which may I add Houston Nutt, Romeo Crennel, Bronco Mendenhall, Dabo Swinney and Joker Phillips. A great C-list combining colorful first names and utter mediocrity.
November 29th, 2010 at 8:24 PM ^
You forgot Bob Stoops and Urban Meyer, because everyone wants the Michigan coaching job...
November 29th, 2010 at 6:56 PM ^
can't wait till all this speculation is resolved! I really hope RR stays but overhauls his defensive staff!
November 29th, 2010 at 6:57 PM ^
I live in Minnesota so I occasionally visit Gopherhole.com, and the reaction of posters there when Hoke became a "leading candidate" was somewhere in the vicinity of "WHY GOD WHY?"
To be kind, he qualifications are less than impressive (one good season at Ball State, in the midst of turning around SDSU, 0-1 bowl record) and if RRod was canned for him I....there are no words for what I would do. Something along the lines of head assplode sounds about right.
Seriously, give me Shannon before Hoke.
November 29th, 2010 at 7:55 PM ^
0-1 bowl record!!?? Wow, that's horrible. What a terrible coach
November 29th, 2010 at 6:57 PM ^
Brady Hoke will not coach Michigan, not now, and not in the forseeable future. If RR is let go then it will be Harbaugh. If RR is retained it will be RR. Unless someone like Bill Belichick is interested, that is the list.
November 29th, 2010 at 7:01 PM ^
I can't believe this shit has started again.
http://mgoblog.com/content/profiles-cronyism-brady-hoke
My favorite lines:
"There isn't a power program in the country that could make Brady Hoke's candidacy for their head coaching job seem like anything other than a PR move designed to help a friend of the program... but remember the boats. The goddamn boats. Anything is possible."
November 29th, 2010 at 7:11 PM ^
That take was correct at the time, but not anymore. Hoke won 12 games at BSU in 2008 and has started to turn around SDSU. He's starting to look like a legitimately good coach.
November 29th, 2010 at 7:14 PM ^
I'll buy you a club seat next to me at the Stadium. Brian's profile remains spot on.
November 29th, 2010 at 7:22 PM ^
Saying that Hoke is looking like a good coach =/= Predicting that Hoke is our next coach
November 29th, 2010 at 8:33 PM ^
Great -- he's in his early 50s (past the peak, arguably), had a single stellar season at Ball State, and is off to a good start at Mid-Major football program. I think he'd be a fine candidate for, oh, Cincinnati. But, Michigan? Not even close. I think the school can do way better.
November 29th, 2010 at 7:07 PM ^
I think Brady Hoke is a good coach (or at the very least is not the worst coach of all time like people make him out to be), and there would be many many far worse candidates out there. That being said, he just hasn't shown enough to take the reigns of the winningest football program of all time during arguably its worst three year stretch of all time. Say we still suck three years from now and he has SDSU winning the Mountain West (or whatever is left of it) every year. Then let's talk.
November 29th, 2010 at 7:07 PM ^
Minnesota seems to think he's their guy - though Miami might throw a wrench in that. Regardless, I think we're looking at either Harbaugh or RR.
November 29th, 2010 at 7:08 PM ^
WHY GO FOR HOKE WHEN SARKISIAN IS STILL AVAILABLE
Back in the Haloscan days, I offered to flip the bill for the largest tailgate ever for the Utah game if Brady Hoke was our head coach.
Offer stands for WMU on 9/3
November 29th, 2010 at 7:23 PM ^
Less than a month ago I very unwisely made a standing offer that I would buy dinner for Brian Cook and his GF at the Chop House in A2 if Harbaugh ever becomes coach at Michigan. Do you think that dinner for 3 (hell yes, I'm going too) at the Chop House will be more or less $$ than your largest tailgate ever?
November 29th, 2010 at 7:35 PM ^
I'd take the under for sure. Dinner for three will set you back about a deuce, deuce-and-a-half.
Uber tailgate could cost you a G, if done properly.
November 29th, 2010 at 7:48 PM ^
Thanks for the warning. I'll have a kidney ready to sell just in case.
November 29th, 2010 at 10:58 PM ^
My standards are high, though. I have an unemployed brother whose chief skill in life appears to be spending other people's money.
November 29th, 2010 at 8:50 PM ^
You would have to spend at least a deuce and a half on booze alone for the tailgate before Brady Hoke's first game as HC.
November 29th, 2010 at 7:09 PM ^
Isn't this the second Hoke post in a couple days. Is this the makings of a Grobe like mafia?
Fcuk.
November 29th, 2010 at 7:16 PM ^
Hoke turned down Minnesota because he knows the Michigan job is his after the bowl game!
/sarcasm
November 29th, 2010 at 7:23 PM ^
Hoke? Well how bout Charlie Weis? He sure helped us out when he coached at ND
November 29th, 2010 at 7:24 PM ^
...and FWIW, I cosign.
November 29th, 2010 at 7:27 PM ^
for Indiana or Minnesota. For Michigan, at least at this point, not so much. It's likely to be Harbaugh or bust concerning a coaching change. I just don't see anyone other than RR or Harbaugh as Michigan's coach next season.
November 29th, 2010 at 7:27 PM ^
how about we finish the bowl season fore' we talk about our coach?
(hopefully we'll be talking about how amazing his bowl debut at michigan was)
November 29th, 2010 at 7:54 PM ^
Hitler.
Sarah Palin.
Pam Ward.
Matt Millen.
That singer for the Black Eyed Peas.
Lou Holtz.
Bouje.
All people I would hire before I hired Brady Hoke.
November 29th, 2010 at 8:13 PM ^
Tony Kornheiser
November 29th, 2010 at 8:43 PM ^
Personally, I nominate Brian Cook.
November 29th, 2010 at 8:58 PM ^
After we win each week, the team would come into practice on Monday and get to read an article about the pain they inflicted on the opponents fan base. If we lose, the team captains are put in charge of deleting all mgoboard posts about firing Brian and bringing in Ron English.
November 29th, 2010 at 7:55 PM ^
In my humblest of all opinions, pomegranate tastes better with turkey and mash potatoes than cranberry sauce does. Throw in some nice bread pudding and gravy and you have yourself one helluva thanksgiving meal.
November 29th, 2010 at 8:30 PM ^
Brady Hoke is as sexy of a coaching candidate as Lou Holtz
November 29th, 2010 at 8:36 PM ^
Next, I'll take Michigan Basketball for $200, Alex.
November 29th, 2010 at 8:42 PM ^
Why would we ever replace RichRod with a head coach with a resume much less impressive than our current coach's before he took the job? If you're going to replace RichRod, it has to be with somebody with a proven track record at a big-time program, ideally in a conference better than the Big East. If not, you're basically rolling the dice again with the same odds of future success but greater likelihood of transfers/recruiting fallout.
November 29th, 2010 at 8:47 PM ^
hiring Rich Rodriguez, who turned down Alabama the year before, is not in ANY way comparable to the hypothetical hiring of Brady Hoke. The Rodriguez hire was universally applauded across the board. There was no "rolling of the dice." To say that hiring Hoke would be "rolling the dice again with the same odds of future success" as the Rodriguez hire is almost as outrageous as suggesting Michigan hire Hoke in the first place.
November 29th, 2010 at 8:51 PM ^
DB firing rich and then introducing the next UM coach, BRADY FUCKING HOKE.
The next firing would clearly be DB himself.
November 29th, 2010 at 9:23 PM ^
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November 29th, 2010 at 9:56 PM ^
Should we just decline the bowl game so Brandon can just make his decision and have it over?
November 29th, 2010 at 10:40 PM ^
I hear bill mccartney wants to have another shot at coaching colorado. if so, do you think lloyd would try and come back and restore our greatness. after all, he ran the spread against florida and he was a former defensive coordinator. you can't argue he isn't a michigan man. maybe he could try and get moeller to be our new dc (gary, not andy)