Candor for Sale

December 11th, 2015 at 7:36 AM ^

Didn't the ECU fans just petition to have the AD fired because they were upset about the firing of Ruffin McNeill?

That would be a tough situation to go into as a new coach, but best of luck to Brady.

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Killer Khakis

December 11th, 2015 at 7:49 AM ^

Good for Hoke! I don't think he's a legit, top notch Power 5 coach, but I believe that he is a capable coach for teams outside of the Power 5 or the smaller/weaker Power 5 teams. Best of luck to him, but it all doesn't matter cause we still have Harbaugh!

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JHendo

December 11th, 2015 at 9:00 AM ^

While he was finding success at that level, he did have a sub-500 record before he came to Michigan.  Not saying SDSU and Ball State don't miss him and that he won't find success again, but "tearing it up" is a bit a generous of a term to use for his pre-U of M days.

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hfhmilkman

December 11th, 2015 at 9:37 AM ^

I have family in Muncie Indiana.  Rabid Ball State and Butler fans.  I asked them if Hoke would come back to Ball State and they said good ridance.  He burned his bridges when he left the team for SDSU before the season was over. They know Ball State is a stepping stone.  But they felt that Hoke was deceptive.   He may be a good man but that circle of folks disagrees. 

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Rabbit21

December 11th, 2015 at 9:54 AM ^

Tearing it up at Ball St. is..........a questionable assertion at best, he had one good year where the team flamed out with two straight losses at the end.  I think the only person who was sad he left there realistically was Jason Whitlock whose judgment isn't exactly great.

SDSU was going well, but given Borges' meh at best QB recruiting I wonder what would have happened there once Lindley left.,

If another school wants to give him a shot, great! He's a good man with a lot of great qualities that I probably don't acknowledge as much as I should.  But his self-advertisement of, "I'm just an old D-line coach." should probably be his mission statement.

Also I think he now lives in North Carolina and this may be more of a, "kick the tires of a locally available guy" move.

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Amaizing Blue

December 11th, 2015 at 8:40 AM ^

This is a mean comment and I'll probably regret making it-but I visualize Brady hunched over the map he didn't need to find Ann Arbor, sweat rolling down his face as he grinds away searching for the state of East Carolina.

"OK, found South.  There's North.  So East should be to the right...is East under the Atlantic Ocean?!  How do they breathe?  Is the football stadium a dome?  Going to hurt our team speed playing underwater-makes pad level even more important.  Execute...have to execute."

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jackw8542

December 11th, 2015 at 8:14 AM ^

to hire competent assistants.  He did great hiring Mattison, but that was a hire in his own personal area of strength.  He needed particularly good coaches in his personal areas of weakness and instead got, for example, Borges, Funk and Jackson.

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Amaizing Blue

December 11th, 2015 at 8:36 AM ^

Two reasons-I still like the guy and wish him well.  Also, he wouldn't be on the radio anymore.  Not only would that mean I wouldn't have to hear his voice, but he could stop offering opinions on Harbaugh's decisions-which I think is inappropriate as well as laughable.

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State Street

December 11th, 2015 at 8:39 AM ^

Dozens of openings, the busiest coaching carousel in recent memory, and our former head football coach could only snag one interview with a middling group of five school. Greg Schiano, yes GREG SCHIANO, was a more active/attractive candidate.

Fuck you, Dave Brandon.

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