Brady Hoke and Greg Mattison to attend the Michigan-MSU game tonight

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I assume they'll be there to talk to Drake Harris and Malik McDowell.  From Chengelis' twitter.

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Dutch Ferbert

February 12th, 2013 at 5:13 PM ^

I do not know if it is a Dave Brandon or a Brady Hoke thing, but it seems like Michigan's high profile coaches and athletes are spending a lot more time supporting other Michigan teams during the last few years. Beilein is always talking up Hoke's team and even adopted "ohio," and Michigan football players are always at basketball games (and sometimes other sports as well).

I think recruits across all sports notice this. If I were a high school basketball recruit, I would have been thrilled to attend a game and see guys like Denard Robinson in the stands.

 

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MaizeNBlueTexan

February 12th, 2013 at 5:54 PM ^

Actually. I would find that very funny and clever. If they did something like that, I would laugh.

This kind of "poking fun" is way too level-headed, clever, and classy for them to ever do it.

EDIT: Crap I thought of something clever after I clicked submit. Brady Hoke is a classy man and would never do it...but if I were in his shoes and they put me on kiss cam, I would kiss my national championship ring and smile.

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February 12th, 2013 at 5:42 PM ^

This is so strange.  I don't think I've ever heard of something like this.  I can hardly imagine Dantonio in Crisler.

Can anybody recall another recent instance of an active head coach going to another sport's game, in an opponent's arena?

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February 12th, 2013 at 5:51 PM ^

I was going to add to my post.  The only thing remotely similar that I can think of, was Woody Hayes traveling to Oakmont in suburban Pittsburgh with Charlie Nicklaus to watch Charlie's son Jack (I think he may have been an OSU senior at the time) play in a playoff for the U.S. Open against a local western-PA guy named Palmer.

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MaizeNBlueTexan

February 12th, 2013 at 5:43 PM ^

Wow I love this. 
 

Question for those in the know. Is it normal for a rival school, or a different school, to have coaches attend an away game in order to get in recruits ears? I'm sure this isn't the first time its happened, but I've never heard of it. 

Is this fairly common, or is it a tactic used for elite recruits?

Thanks.

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February 12th, 2013 at 6:42 PM ^

13.02.4 Contact

A contact is any face-to-face encounter between a prospective student-athlete or the prospective student-athlete’s parents, relatives or legal guardians and an institutional staff member or athletics representative during which any dialogue occurs in excess of an exchange of a greeting...

So not only can Hoke and Mattison go to the game at Breslin, they can walk up to a certain recruit and say, "Hiya, Drake!"  And leave it at that.  And they can say hi to the parents, too.  Because that's just the kind of recruiting guys that they are.

 

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Michigan Arrogance

February 12th, 2013 at 6:17 PM ^

recruiting cannot take place 30+ miles from the campus. Technically, that's the violation M committed when the Traylor/Taylor/Cleaves roll over happened.

 

Tho, that's on official vistits, I believe. I can't imagine these guys on an Official to M in EL.

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Blue boy johnson

February 12th, 2013 at 5:48 PM ^

I've never heard of anything like this. Many State fans are going to be livid at the thought of Hoke recruiting at the Breslin. Think how many on this blog would react if Dantonio came to a game at Crisler I hope Hoke is man enough to withstand the clever fat jokes aimed in his direction.
In your face MSU. They might as well bring Juwan Howard along to wipe his ass at center court

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Jmilan

February 12th, 2013 at 7:58 PM ^

I don't know about that. Dantonio is a pain in side with all of his comments, but in reality and especially after this year a lot of people on this blog think the tide has turned and Dantonio us going to get mean dose of his own medicine. For 4 years they were better and he has made state into a conference contender so in a way I think a lot of people at least respect him for that. Meyer is viewed as a sneaky character and a liar hence the horrible nicknames. Meyer is also in on many of our recruits just like we are on his as well, but the Ohio fanbase has made this fanbase hate Meyer even more. In the next few years when it comes down to both of us for the conference this blog is going to despise him win or lose.

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LSAClassOf2000

February 12th, 2013 at 5:52 PM ^

The coaching staff as tried very hard to embrace the whole of Michigan athletics whenever possible, and it is great to see them take that attitude on the road. I can imagine a scenario where that display of community tilts a recruit for, say, basketball (in this instance) in our direction if he sees that coaches from other sports are willing to support him this way. 

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readyourguard

February 12th, 2013 at 6:15 PM ^

Good.  After we beat their ass in basketball, all their visiting recruits can commit to Hoke and Mattison right on the Breslin floor.  It would be the most legendary act in the history of mankind.  (At least as far as recruiting goes.)

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