Dave Brandon

I was purposely not reading this thread. I decide to give in, and realize I was being paged.

really think Brandon could have done a ton about the division thing, even if he wanted to? Sure, he could have fought and fought, but in the end, U of M is only one team in a conference of 12. 

Also, he has done a great job "cleaning house" and trying to remove some division within the department (See: Morris, Jamie).
 

Yes, coach search is worrisome, but he's operating with a lot more info than any of us.

I think he gets the little things right but he is batting .000 when it comes to major issues.  I'd much rather have a gaffe-prone dolt that gets all the major decisions right than DB.

In a year, he's oversaw the transition to a new stadium, installed lights into the stadium, arranged for the first night game in the history of the program, and arranged for a OOC game with Alabama where Michigan will be handsomely rewarded.  And that's just football.

Yeah, I'm unimpressed too.

Seriously though, what are we going to get on him for?  Not coming out and saying that Rich Rod is the coach for next year?  I'm not sure RR comes back next year or not, but while there were strides made, I think the bowl game NEEDS to be part of the evaluation process.  If we look great in the bowl game, then certainly RR would likely be deserving of coming back.  But if we get blown out by Miss. State, do you still think he should come back?  Why does DB have to be hasty with his decision?  I don't buy the recruiting argument either.  If DB says RR stays, then there should be no issue.  If a new coach comes in, while that may turn away some recruits, wouldn't that also open up new recruits that would have a newfound interest (for example Stanford's stellar class).  Remember guys like Shaw, Roundtree, and Odoms who became interested in us only after RR came in.

If DB's decided to fire RR and bring in someone else, what does announcing it do for us?  If he doesn't have anyone pegged for the job, then I really don't think RR should be fired.  Having an extended vacancy during which a coaching search is conducted is worst then having a coach whose status is somewhat unclear.  If he's decided to hire a certain coach, and for argument's sake let's say Harbaugh, I still don't see why you can't announce it after the bowl game.  The kids here like RR, and they and RR should be rewarded by getting to play for RR in the bowl game regardless.  Moreover, I think Jimmy really wants to coach Stanford in their BCS bowl even if he leaves for another college or an NFL gig, and in a sense that's only fair to the university and to the kids he's coaching. 

Non-confrontational and well reasoned. This is a rational view on what DB is currently doing. I happen to agree, but this is beside the point. There is a lot of negging going on for disagreeing with other people's opinions, thereby turning this board into a popularity contest instead of a place for rational discussion. If you want to hate on people for disagreeing with you, go to mlive. If you want to read well thought out points, read mgoblog (this discounts 470000000000000 threads per day about coaching changes and other miscellaneous crap)

Nothing will make me laugh this hard again today.

nice work

raise me up.

That you are below that threshold, yet still advocate for it to be raised.

I like it!

I would gladly forfeit my right to post until I get to 500 if it means we have a better board. 

Then pos-bang me...just once.

Or I'll just double post

he was on the board of regents and knows how things get done at the university.

they've still got their jackets on. Looks like you've got a long way to go

I try very hard. But it's like an insane addiction. 

Looking at the amount of points you have, I'd hardly say you work.  My guess is your a student, attending on his "Mom and Dad's" dime.