Brady Hoke interviews for East Carolina job
Per 247, Hoke has interviewed for the East Carolina job. This could be a good thing both because Brady is a good human being and because it would help ease the athletic department's bottom line
http://michigan.247sports.com/Bolt/REPORT-Brady-Hoke-drawing-interest-f…
December 11th, 2015 at 9:31 AM ^
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December 11th, 2015 at 9:38 AM ^
RR has a better coaching mind. But you still can't win with only 1 of 3 phases of the game. RR missed the memo on defense and special teams as football activities.
Hoke connects with recruits but can't coach his way out of a paper bag. The mystique around RR because of his innovative (10 years ago) spread option far outweighs anything he has actually accomplished in terms of championships. They are equally meh in my opinion.
December 11th, 2015 at 9:47 AM ^
And that's why I think Hoke will probably get a decent job eventually. As long as he can get some good assistants and doesn't have a middling AD, he might do well at a lower pressure school.
December 11th, 2015 at 3:11 PM ^
December 11th, 2015 at 9:50 AM ^
RR is significantly better? LOL
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December 11th, 2015 at 9:56 AM ^
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December 11th, 2015 at 9:57 AM ^
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December 11th, 2015 at 10:03 AM ^
South Carolina is a train wreck right now. Nobody in their right mind that has a head coaching gig at this time would leave to deal with that mess.
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December 11th, 2015 at 9:07 AM ^
There goes our chance at getting him for our DL coach.....
December 11th, 2015 at 9:29 AM ^
December 11th, 2015 at 9:32 AM ^
he was able to leverage his internship here at UM into other coaching opportunities.
I wish I couuld display his level of incompetence at my job and get paid ridiculous sums of money and new opportunities for which I am not qualified.
If hired, they should duct tape a headset to his cranium, even if it's not plugged in. Just hoping the year off hasn't affected the rhythm of his clapping.
December 11th, 2015 at 10:10 AM ^
brady hoke getting hired at east carolina has nothing to do with michigan. let it go, man.
December 11th, 2015 at 10:20 AM ^
He would have been interviewing for power 5 jobs like Maryland or Syracuse. His years here have hurt, not helped his prospects for future jobs.
December 11th, 2015 at 10:55 AM ^
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December 12th, 2015 at 7:14 AM ^
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December 11th, 2015 at 9:35 AM ^
until I started thinking about it, I'm not sure there is a level within FBS where Brady Hoke should get a job.
December 11th, 2015 at 10:03 AM ^
Hoke was successful in turning around two smaller programs before coming to Michigan. Maybe those were just chance events, but there's enough evidence there where I think he deserves another chance.
December 11th, 2015 at 12:18 PM ^
You can make an argument for turning around SDSU.
Hoke record at Ball State was just about equal to his predecessor, and was WORSE until his one good season.
The three season prior to Hoke:
5-6
5-6
6-6
Hokes record:
4-8
2-9
4-7
5-7
7-6
12-2
He didn't turn BSU around - he continued BSU at historic norm and the same level as his predecessor then had one lucky season.
December 11th, 2015 at 9:37 AM ^
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December 11th, 2015 at 9:39 AM ^
I disagree. I've never met the guy but I don't think he conducts himself in a good way. Constantly getting an attitude with media people just trying to do their jobs, and saying stupid shit in the press this year. That dude just needs to retire. I feel bad for ECU if they really are considering him.
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December 11th, 2015 at 9:44 AM ^
Brady is a good human being - to his players. Unfortunately he is not to the fans or the media, constituencies you need to win over to be a successful head coach.
December 11th, 2015 at 9:48 AM ^
Fans grumbled loudly over his style of play, said he was way too stubborn, blah blah blah.
Same with Lloyd.
Neither guy needed to win over the fans and media to be successful. All that matters when the clock shows 0:00 is to have more points than your opponent.
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December 12th, 2015 at 7:12 AM ^
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December 11th, 2015 at 9:51 AM ^
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December 11th, 2015 at 10:26 AM ^
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December 11th, 2015 at 10:30 AM ^
"You don't have to meet someone to know what type of person they are." Makes sense.
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December 11th, 2015 at 10:59 AM ^
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December 11th, 2015 at 11:45 AM ^
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December 11th, 2015 at 10:47 AM ^
Guess she should have pressed charges then.
December 11th, 2015 at 10:59 AM ^
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December 11th, 2015 at 10:07 AM ^
after his Harbaugh interview did not go well. He said recruits should go elsewhere. Then we see how Harbaugh conducts himself with recruits and their families, with his players and staff. People look better in situations they're comfortable in. Hoke's attitude with the media looked a lot worse to us when he was losing. We were looking at everything he did with a negative bias. As far as coaches go, there are many much worse at dealing with the media. I have to laugh at that not making him a good human being. I'll bet you've never heard a story about Hoke behaving badly towards people he meets with away from the spotlight.
December 11th, 2015 at 10:26 AM ^
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December 11th, 2015 at 10:31 AM ^
Sincerely,
Olaf
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December 11th, 2015 at 11:58 AM ^
^ yet we adore Harbaugh for the EXACT same reasons.
Whatever man.
December 11th, 2015 at 9:48 AM ^
Man, tough crowd. ECU is not Michigan, and I still think Brady Hoke can be a good coach. He's a great leader of men, and I'm glad to see he's getting another opportunity.
Good luck, Brady! Hope you get the job!
December 11th, 2015 at 10:04 AM ^
what proof is there of his great leadership of men? His career record is mediocre at best.
He might be a great position coach, I'd be fine calling him that but there is little eveidence is a very good head coach.
December 11th, 2015 at 10:22 AM ^
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December 11th, 2015 at 10:28 AM ^
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December 11th, 2015 at 11:08 AM ^
I never dragged Rich Rodriguez into this, but since you did I don't think he's a great leader of men either.
Second, you have not offered any evidence of his "great leader of men" other than 4 recruits committed to him. He might be a very likeable guy, in fact I did like him, but he simply wasn't a good head coach and has nothing on his resume to suggest he is other than basically two succesful seasons over his entire head coaching career.
December 11th, 2015 at 11:05 AM ^
December 11th, 2015 at 9:50 AM ^
They fired McNeill because they didn't want to meet his request to pay his assistants.
No excuse...but thought I'd share.
December 11th, 2015 at 9:58 AM ^
first class guy just would not give up on his qb, to nice of a guy. i think he learned a few things from michigan.i really hope he gets back to coaching
December 11th, 2015 at 10:06 AM ^
From your comment about helping our bottom line, I assume you're saying that Hoke had some offset language in his Michigan contract, so that any salary he receives from another coaching job would reduce Michigan's payout to him.
But if that's the case, what's to prevent Hoke from coaching ECU for a salary of $1? Obviously ECU isn't going to pay him more than his Michigan deal was worth, so Hoke's total pay would be the same no matter what ECU pays him.
December 11th, 2015 at 10:12 AM ^
offset by any coaching salary. ECU has to pay him a reasonable market value or Michigan would be justified in not paying that buyout. Hoke can take a salary on the low side, like Jedd Fisch did, but it's got to be a real coaching salary.
December 11th, 2015 at 2:24 PM ^
ECU paid Ruffin McNeill a base salary of $400K, plus "other incentives" including money for bowl participation, conference championship game appearances and titles, academic progress, television show and percentages of season ticket sales and Pirate Club fundraising dollars. I'm not sure how that kind of compensation is being treated for purposes of the offset, but Hoke could feasible accept a base salary of only about $200K.
December 11th, 2015 at 10:14 AM ^
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December 11th, 2015 at 10:35 AM ^
Meanwhile, RR was trending up focusing on one phase of the game and not coming closing to being competitive vs osu and msu.
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December 11th, 2015 at 10:42 AM ^
Absolutely not. Compare their records, he's neutral at best compared to what McNeil did at ECU and McNeil at least had signature wins at ECU that Hoke never really had at either BSU or SDSU.
December 11th, 2015 at 1:11 PM ^
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