Tonight, Brady Hoke will be at Barton Hills Country Club giving a talk and interacting with the members. I will be in attendance (no I'm not bragging) and was wondering what people would like to hear from Coach Hoke? i.e. what questions, if any, would you like to have him answer?
I'll do my best to talk to him and insert these questions into the conversation.
That is all.
He'll be at the DAC sometime
Making the rounds.
I
Making the rounds.
I know Rich Rod had numerous public appearances, but I do not remember him coming to BHCC before. Is Hoke going to more places to interact and smooth over the Alums?
I don't find it odd, but I do think Dave Brandon is doing everything possible to make this transition as positive and smooth as possible. This is a good thing, it just makes me mad at Bill Martin and sad for RR.
Barton Hills
Hillbillies are not permitted on BHCC grounds.
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I wonder if Chad Henne will show up looking like this
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I don't even know what the f-ck purpose your post serves, other than a sorry excuse to post that picture.
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Ask him
if he's demanding a $50K bathroom redeco before he will move into his office.
Oh no, wait... BH is NOT a total douche.
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I'd like to know how
I'd like to know how comfortable Denard and Molk are snapping/taking snaps under center.
I'd also like to hear his thoughts about Denards lack of scrambling last year, and with less designed runs how he's going to get Denard to scramble more, and how okay he is with riding those scrambles as a big part of the offense.
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Without having the knowledge
Without having the knowledge to talk football specifics with someone like Hoke I would probably ask him if he is seriously considering helmet stickers and then try to discourage him from doing that.
This^^^
A thousand times over. I couldn't hold an in-depth conversation with Hoke either, but this is a perfect question.
I'm really hoping he doesn't; my hope is that he's more on the Carr model for helmets than the Bo model.
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PLEASE!!!
PLEASE!!!
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Ask him how many times Denard
Ask him how many times Denard has to circle the earth counterclockwise in 1 second to turn back time?
OH-HOW-I-HATE OHIO STATE
He's not that fast
Otherwise he'd have done it to fix the last 3 years.
"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk
Jesus the dude has a full
Jesus the dude has a full schedule of commitments. He's like the frickin president with that schedule. I'm exhausted just thinking about putting in the kind of grueling hours these college coaches endure.
Hopefully he doesn't need to
Hopefully he doesn't need to go to three cities in two days. Nobody can handle that type of work schedule.
Go Blue!
Or
five cities in six days.
I like it, it's worked very
I like it, it's worked very well for Doug Marrone at SU at re-establishing recruiting and the fanbase and alumni base in NY state.
Seeing and hearing the coach goes a long way to building relationships with fans, coaches, donors, etc.
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Differences
Mattison hinted that the players didn't know how to watch film, so mine is: what's been the biggest WTF? moment in learning what the previous staff was doing?
I'd like to ask this, but
I'd like to ask this, but doubt he'd answer. I know how I would present it, but I still don't think he would get even close to answering this question.
I like the idea tho
Yes Sir.
With the exception of relating it to the last staff, that's a great question. Relating it to the last staff will leave the question unanswered. Just leave it open: "What's the biggest WTF moment?".
Every transition has one and the answers are usually pretty funny.
I sure hope Hoke makes it out
I sure hope Hoke makes it out to LA at some point. When RR started he came out and met with the Alumni Association out here and it was great. The fact that Hoke has been in CA the last few years makes that even more possible. There are a lot of Alumni out here who would love to meet him.
NY
Ditto that comment, but on the opposite coast. RR came out to NY in an alumni club sponsored event, and I had to miss it for a work committment. I heard he was great. I would be psyched to see Hoke speak in person.
NY isn't one of Michigan's
NY isn't one of Michigan's top recruiting bases. As a new coach, he'd have been better served with spending more focus on his Michigan ties, which were already strained, than by going out of state first.
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Those speaking engagements
Those speaking engagements aren't related to recruiting. They're more about meeting and greeting alums and getting them on board. We have a lot of alumni in NY, so Hoke will probably stop by the M-Club there at some point.
They're for a multitude of
They're for a multitude of reasons. You bet that it will have an effect on showing a commitment to MI first over out-of-state, which was a perception inside the state that RR couldn't shake,.
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I disagree
There are certain events that are for recruiting, certain events that are for alumni relations and certain events that are "a multitude of reasons."
The RR speaking engagement in NY was purely for alumni relations which are important. For one, the event was promoted throughthe alumni club of NY - no recruits on that list. Second, from what I am told by the 10+ people I know who attended, it was almost ENTIRELY attended by alum.
While I agree that RR unfortunately was saddles with a perception that he did not have enough of a committment "in-state," going out and meeting alumni in an area that has one of the largest and most prosperous collection of alum is never a bad idea. Also, RR did several speaking engagements in-state before his NY appearance.
In short, I think that there is nothing wrong with a coach coming to speak to groups of out of state alum. And, it is likely that said coach would have (RR) or will (Hoke) combine the out-of-town engagements with recruiting trips so as to most efficiently use his already strained time.
I also disagree. This event
I also disagree. This event was purely for alumni - you had to buy tickets ahead of time through the Alumni Assoc. Recruiting is a big part of college football, but so is selling yourself to the people who support you. NY might not be a big recruiting ground, but it's a major hub of alumni with enough money to make a donation.
He also did a number of these in Michigan, Ohio and Chicago. So it's not like any of your post was based in fact.
I attended the RichRod
I attended the RichRod speaking engagement in New York and it was open to UMich Alumni Association Members only. Bill Martin spoke, LaMarr Woodley gave a few minute speech and RR did a 20 minute or so spiel...the speeches were capped off with a highlight video and The Victors.
The whole thing was geared to be a RR meet and greet and that's exactly what they did. Gathering alumni support is really important to the university as well as the athletic department and makes a big impact on the fiscal budget.
All that said, I'd love to have Hoke out east as well...
Fire him up by wondering out
Fire him up by wondering out loud whether Michigan is still an elite program.
"because character wins in life and character wins on the football field....." 1-11-11
Damn. I didn't know about
Damn. I didn't know about this, or else I would've gone. Hope my dad didn't go without telling me.
Wow. Greatest speech of all
Wow. Greatest speech of all time. Brady Hoke was one of the best speakers I have ever seen. Made alumni happy (made fun of certain ones i.e. Hanlon, Betts, Leach).
He made fun of RR a lot! and I mean a lot. He said the spread was a joke, Denard is doing very very well (he used to do it in HS). He said the old staff didn't do well (he tried his hardest to say that they loved M but were not cut out for this job). He basically said watch out (defense is tough but he said linebacker will not be a problem).
Awesome speech, I saw some guy recording so I hope that makes it here.
Go Blue!
Thats classless. What an
Thats classless. What an asshat. If you cant excite the alumni without making fun of the previous coach, who worked his ass off for this school and is more established than Hoke is, then you should just shut up.
Those who stay will be champions!
maybe I over exaggerated.
maybe I over exaggerated. Just realize that Hoke did an exceptional job speaking. It really impressed me. And I'm an RR fan.
Maybe so. Between your
Maybe so. Between your comment about Hoke making fun of RR and then adding Brandon did too, that just seems totally classless. Not mention of RR should have been made, its simply not needed. Not to mention making fun of the man.
Those who stay will be champions!
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Where, other than recruiting, did RichRod's schemes work?
Seems like he wasn't cut out to coach in the big ten.
How about on the football
How about on the football field. Offense was good last year, the best Michigan has had. The defense sucked yes. Either way, I dont give a shit how bad the previous coach was it is classless for the new coach and the AD to make fun of him. There was no need to mention RR during this event, yet they used it as a punchline. They both are assholes for that.
Those who stay will be champions!
The offense was no good last
The offense was no good last year against any team with a pulse on defense. You and I both know that was true.
"They will meet a dastardly fate here for that! There isn't a Michigan Man who wouldn't like go out and scalp those Buckeyes right now."
Well did Brady Hoke call the
Well did Brady Hoke call the spread a joke, or did he not? In your previous post it seemed like that was a quote.
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Negging Brady Hoke.
Brandon and Hoke making fun of RR makes me so fucking angry. It's beyond classless, not to mention idiocy - real Brady, that spread worked really poorly last year... fucking clown.
thought this was snark; if not,
wow.
I was there too and to say
I was there too and to say that Hoke and DB made fun of RR "a lot" is not accurate. You definitely "over exaggerated" that.
yep yep
Boom!
MGraceBlue calls MichiganStudent out on over exaggerating to drum up controversy!
I put up a tough front, but deep down I just want to be held.
Dave Brandon made fun of RR a
Dave Brandon made fun of RR a lot as well introducing Hoke too.
Can we just leave the "making
Can we just leave the "making fun" part out whether or not it happened.
Thx
Heat up the forum on a post-winter, winters day
You wanna see a thread blow up? Post a new one called "Report on Hoke's appearance at BHCC" or something like that. Then tell everyone what you saw and heard. I'd be willing to bet it blows through 200 comments before midnight. Lots of potentially combustible discussion points would definitely grow from it.
"because character wins in life and character wins on the football field....." 1-11-11
If true, completely
If true, completely disappointing, and completely classless.
I would expect better from "Michigan Men".
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Let me clarify by saying he
Let me clarify by saying he didn't make fun of RR by name just by referencing the spread and defense and the illinois game last year.
What did he say, exactly?
What did he say, exactly?
He'll be at the DAC sometime this week or next as well.
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