Brian about to appear on WTKA

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Wouldn't have been anything like rich. First of the fanbase would have backed off about his ties to Michigan because he coached two schools successfully here. Also he could have adapted his sysystem better than rich could have. Less people would have left etc etc.

They were supposed to contend with a senior laden team but instead imploded and finished 7-5, then a bunch of scandals.  While they did win their bowl, 8-5 is pretty poor for a team that started ranked #9 in the polls.

Biggest problem I had with the article was the assertion that we ran Lloyd out.  Lloyd left on his own terms.

And, truthfully, I wasn't all that sad to see him go.  The diarist the other day said it best when he described Lloyd as a good coach and a good man -- but not a great coach. 

I was never a big Lloyd fan (admittedly had to eat some major crow in 1997) because I hate Lloyd Ball.  I thought it cost us far more games than it won us (Brian once did an analysis that supported that feeling), allowed for the possibility of an Appy State, and guaranteed that, other than a miracle like 1997 (Lloyd Ball would have cost us a few games but for the fact that we had a Football God on the roster), Lloyd's ceiling was always going to be 2 losses, with a mean of 4 losses.  It frustrated me to no end that we seemed to have the ability to open it whenever we wanted to -- we had a great bowl record against the SEC -- but instead chose to curl into the fetal position against the Pac 10 and even the preseason MAC cakes (we can't let ND know we can do more than run up the middle, run up the middle, run up the middle...). 

I was really excited about RR because I thought his aggressiveness would put the ceiling at 0 losses but understood that the tradeoff was the potential for more than 4 losses.  I was willing to accept the bigger swing because I'd rather win a national championship more than once in 60 years, even if some seasons would be ugy.

I kind of have the feeling that, after the wild ride of the last 3 years, the fan base (maybe even me, I reluctantly admit) is willing to go back to the play-it-safe-but-never-win-big mentality.  And that's why Hoke seems like a likely candidate.

Sigh.

Northwestern's coach, who has a completely unimpressive record. Everyone has candidates based on intangibles rather than record.

You know what's really damn weird?  Brady Hoke, Lloyd, and to a lesser extent Miles and Bo all kind of talk the same way.

I'm guessing if you slowed down the speed of this clip (which would lower the pitch of the voice) and closed your eyes you would swear you were listening to Lloyd. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoA4zIEs47A&feature=related

But that's how the U does it. I don't know where you work, but public law requirements wouldn't allow a "posting to the general public" be on a board in the lunch room. I don't know what public requirements your business is subject to, but if they have the same requirements, your company is flirting with a lawsuit.

I guess it just depends on the organization....my company, for one, requires that we post all new job listings online. they have a couple of fairly important positions posted - i.e. Chief Compliance Officer - so I would have thought they might be required by law as a public institution to put all postings online. i was actually looking forward to reading the job description and the required/desired qualifications.....