Da'mario Jones to Bowling Green

Just like a punter?

/s negs self to Bolivia.

You are correct. We already knew Jones was leaving.

These are playing time transfers. Most likely, other big schools aren't going to take players that couldn't get on the field at another school, so they are forced to transfer down.

The talent Hoke recruited was fine for the most part. There were some individual players that didn't cut it, and some positions that were a bit weaker, but the former happens to every program, and the latter happens to most. Development was the primary issue (as you noted).

There seems to be a bit more than a little animosity  toward Brady as a result of the years he spent here as our  head coach. And I will never disagree with anyone that suggests he should have never been hired. He was undeserving. I won't disagree. But I think he did the same thing all of us would have in terms of accepting it, although we all would have performed differently, because that's what amateurs do, hell even pros.

But as easy as it is to agree that he was not a good fit here, it's almost as difficult to really dislike the man. Some people are able to obviously, based on his coaching, but I am not among them.

Although I disagree with your take on Brady being remembered as one of the greatest MAC coaches ever, perhaps of all time, I can't agree. I really never knew how much his recruiting had to do with his success until he landed in AA, His record indicates  a willingness to take on programs that were at rock bottom and having the patience to bring them up to competing for conference championships, but it did take him awhile. He, obviously, prior to landing in BIG country as the head man, was the best recruiter wherever he was. I think that, more than anything allowed him to become a lifetime .500 coach. He actually lacks the keys to be a great coach at any level. You can take recruiting out of the equation at high school, but even at that level, you have to be capable yourself and be able to surround yourself with good teachers and, no matter the level, the one dynamic, perhaps the  most important of all, is the ability to motivate. It's actually done on a daily level to some degree and on Saturday's those sometimes subtle, sometimes not, methods of relaying your message is culminated in the actual message you've been building up to all week.

The thing that might save Brady's ass at the  MAC level is recruiting. He has been able to outrecruit all conference coaches at the smaller conferences. He will have to get rid of the loyalty thing and hire himself some damn fine position coaches that will coach those kids up so well that the motivation angle won't come into play. Those have been his two  biggest downfalls. But like you, and I don't even care if he's regarded as highly successfful. I'd like to see him have winning records and keep his position until he wishes to retire. He's simply one of the nicer men in  the game, and as I said, he's difficult to disklike.

Got passed over by Grant Perry, Peppers and probably freshmen coming in.