DC Search- HC Search Debacle Over Again

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January 17th, 2011 at 3:41 PM
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DC Search- HC Search Debacle Over Again

For as much complaining that was done during the HC search, what the hell is going on with the DC search?   With recruiting time slipping away, getting a DC on board to speak with our wavering recruits (e.g. Countess, Crawford) would seem to be critical.

As we move into week 2 of the Hoke regime, what could possibly be taking so long?  We have the big free agent in Shannon, who doesn't seem to be moving anywhere at this point.   If we're getting Bedford, why hasn't he moved over yet?   If it's Austin, then there's no excuse as he's just hanging out.   If we're taking a DC from another college team, I'm sure even that team would like to know in order to fill their spot before recruiting.

At this point, the only thing that would make sense to me is if we're taking someone from a team that is/was in the playoffs.   The three most obvious choices in that group would seem to be Greg Mattison (DC, Ravens), Mike Trgovac (DL, Packers) or Jon Hoke (DB, Bears).   But even then, there's nothing stopping any of those guys from accepting a job while still continuing to work with their teams (like Weis did after he took the Florida OC position.

While not at HC frustration yet, this is slowly getting there for me.

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January 17th, 2011 at 3:43 PM | Awesome. Now I can drink (Score:1)
wlubd
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Awesome. Now I can drink scotch at 10 in the morning again...

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January 17th, 2011 at 3:47 PM | What  was stopping u before? (Score:1)
yostlovesme
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What  was stopping u before?

January 17th, 2011 at 3:51 PM | some Wisky fans (Score:1)
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were drinking before 10am, no more!

Bo' Money Bo' Problems

January 17th, 2011 at 3:53 PM | thanks to MGoBlog the U.S. (Score:1)
MGoVillain
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thanks to MGoBlog the U.S. Scotch reserves are dangerously low.  Thousands of emergency reserve barrels have been approved for consumption but may not make it in time...... God help us if we're forced into drinking Tequila at 10 in the morning.

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January 17th, 2011 at 3:58 PM | Well, I am not worried (Score:1)
Mi Sooner
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1.  I have a large stash of scotch in storage for these times, and

 

2.  Bourbon, the good stuff, makes for a suitable replacement, when scotch reserves are low.  Which leads to

 

3.  Who needs a liver anyway?

Born in Oklahoma
Raised in Ohio
Escaped to Meechigan

January 17th, 2011 at 3:58 PM | reading your comment and (Score:1)
Tauro
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reading your comment and seeing your avatar has me picturing you in a similar pose.  Stockpiled some Scotch you are waiting to make a killing on perhaps?

January 17th, 2011 at 4:00 PM | I'd much sooner switch over (Score:1)
mblood7
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I'd much sooner switch over to Bourbon before touching Tequila at 10 in the morning. that just seems like a recipe for disaster.

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January 17th, 2011 at 4:11 PM | Quantify disaster. (Score:1)
yostlovesme
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Quantify disaster.

January 17th, 2011 at 7:44 PM | Let's say the Fire Department (Score:1)
mblood7
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Let's say the Fire Department and AAA would be busier than they already are, and I'm not counting all the cat memes stuck in the trees.

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January 17th, 2011 at 8:58 PM | Pros outweigh the cons (Score:1)
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Pros outweigh the cons

January 17th, 2011 at 4:15 PM | . (Score:1)
sbeck04
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Define recipe.

January 17th, 2011 at 9:28 PM | 10 AM (Score:1)
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Vodka you can have it with your orange juice, eggs and toast. Breakfast of champions.

Alright my name is Rudy but I hate Notre Dame

January 17th, 2011 at 4:06 PM | How about some HOKE AND RUM (Score:1)
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MMMMMmmmmmmmmm

Goes down smooth everytime

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January 17th, 2011 at 4:26 PM | I really, really hope we get (Score:1)
octal9
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I really, really hope we get a DC named Jack or Jim now, for this exact reason.

January 17th, 2011 at 4:47 PM | kind of rooting for a keira (Score:1)
Irish
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kind of rooting for a keira myself

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January 17th, 2011 at 4:16 PM | Saving the scotch (Score:1)
cadillacjack333
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Single malt for a good class, blended for a bad class (at that point the headache would not get any worse.)

January 17th, 2011 at 3:44 PM | Yup (Score:1)
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Yup...new banner is up, this is what people will complain about now. Never fails. 

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January 17th, 2011 at 3:47 PM | Love...that's the other thing (Score:1)
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Love...that's the other thing that never fails.

Sometimes you think you've found true love and then you catch the early flight home from San Diego and you catch two people jumping out of your bathroom blindfolded like its a god damn magic show ready to double team your girlfriend

I've been called the songbird of my generation, by those who have heard me. THAT GOOD

January 17th, 2011 at 3:49 PM | You're my boy Fresh Meat, (Score:1)
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You're my boy Fresh Meat, you're my boy.

January 17th, 2011 at 3:59 PM | I see Blue... (Score:1)
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I see Blue...He looks glorious!

January 17th, 2011 at 4:07 PM | Great to see Frank's dad made (Score:1)
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Great to see Frank's dad made it out...that's awesome I haven't seen that guy in like 8 years, that's great, congratulations.

Frank: I love you daaad.

January 17th, 2011 at 4:14 PM | What our friend Mitch right (Score:1)
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What our friend Mitch right here is saying is that....true love is blind.

I'm not a talker!

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January 17th, 2011 at 4:33 PM | speak for yourself, man, speak (Score:1)
MGlobules
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for yourself. I'd almost PREFER that to what I got. . . 

January 17th, 2011 at 7:21 PM | Why (Score:1)
Fred
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does it hurt when I pee?

January 17th, 2011 at 3:45 PM | If were going for a still (Score:1)
Son of Tacopants
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If were going for a still coaching NFL guy, I would hope we wouldn't do nothing/say nothing for another whole week.   That can't really be an option, can it?

January 17th, 2011 at 4:05 PM | .... (Score:1)
GoBlue21
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Huh?!

Translation:  Regardless of whether the coach is 'still coaching' in the playoffs, Michigan can still go after him or show interest.  Look at Florida, they got Jaba the Weis before Kansas City went to the playoffs.

Michigan can't afford to sit around for another week without a DC, especially with limited days of recruiting remaining...

On a side note, I read that Greg Mattison (Ravens DC) was the new buzz...

January 17th, 2011 at 5:24 PM | We're only going to offer the job to one guy. (Score:1)
Section 1
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He'll be the guy who, in the end, we hired.  It is so cool the way that it always works out, in hindsight.  No other loose ends out there.  If anybody else didn't get the job, then you can be sure that the job was never offered to them.

 

 

January 17th, 2011 at 7:52 PM | Nailed it. (Score:1)
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Nailed it.

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January 17th, 2011 at 3:46 PM | Hoke has been here for 7 days (Score:1)
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Hoke has been here for 6 days and one hour...and the first two-three days he was bombarded by the media and settling in to his new environment.  Aside from that, he has been getting to know his team he has and begin recruiting.

January 17th, 2011 at 3:47 PM | No (Score:1)
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No wai. Why get to know his own players first? Recruiting owns all. 

 

/s 

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January 17th, 2011 at 4:18 PM | That makes sense.  Getting to (Score:1)
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That makes sense.  Getting to know players and convincing them not to transfer (read: Denard) was a TOTAL waste of Hoke's time.  

For my privacy, my new username is "non-Oriental non-Andrew"
 

January 17th, 2011 at 3:53 PM | In his interview on MGoBlue (Score:1)
los
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In his interview on MGoBlue he was asked a similar question and said that he is making sure that the hire is not done under pressure because "we need someone" and instead pick the perfect coach for the job. You wouldn't want a repeat of the Scott Shafer-Gerg carrousel do you?

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January 17th, 2011 at 4:05 PM | I couldn't agree more... (Score:1)
Nutsnbolts
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Finding the correct DC that fits, and can teach sound technique and can recruit at a big time level is more important then getting Frost or Crawford.... Honestly I think it is a good sign that he is taking this long.... 

January 17th, 2011 at 4:07 PM | Were Borges and the other (Score:1)
bringthewood
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Were Borges and the other assistant hires perfect?  They seemed like warm bodies he knows and has worked with.  Hopefully his DC hire will be a little higher profile.

"I knew Bo Schembechler and you sir, are no Bo Schembechler!"

January 17th, 2011 at 4:11 PM | Al Borges has... (Score:1)
NathanFromMCounty
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...a long track record as an OC, with some awards to his credit.  Like a lot of people with long track records he has had some very good seasons and he's had some crap seasons.  But I'd hardly call him a warm body.

January 17th, 2011 at 4:07 PM | We were bombarded by the media ... (Score:1)
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I don't think bombarded is what the media did to Hoke ...

January 17th, 2011 at 4:40 PM | Love bombs... (Score:1)
Section 1
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January 17th, 2011 at 3:45 PM | This is a valid complaint (Score:1)
stuckinohio
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This is a valid complaint though.

damn

January 17th, 2011 at 3:45 PM | I would like to see this (Score:1)
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I would like to see this thing get taken care of soon as well. My thought on it is upon finding a DC maybe it is taking a minute to fill out the other position coaches. These guys typically don't leave with the DC so it may take some time to cherry pick a staff off of other teams.

January 17th, 2011 at 3:46 PM | Quit whining. I'd rather have (Score:1)
gObLuE1992
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Quit whining. I'd rather have Hoke get the right guy instead of rushing and ending up with Gerg Robinson 2.0

 

 

January 17th, 2011 at 3:48 PM | Amen! (Score:1)
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+1

January 17th, 2011 at 4:08 PM | DITTO! (Score:1)
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DITTO!

January 17th, 2011 at 3:51 PM | I agree with this to a (Score:1)
Kal
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I agree with this to a certain extent. It isn't Hoke's fault that he is in this position based on the timing of his hiring, but DB and Hoke are hopefully aware that a DC hire is pretty crucial with NSD 2 weeks away.

January 17th, 2011 at 10:13 PM | I think they know, but that's just me. (Score:1)
M-Dog
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Maybe you should email them in case they don't know that a DC hire is important with signing day 2 weeks away.

M'Dog

January 17th, 2011 at 3:51 PM | Very true .. good point .. I (Score:1)
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Very true .. good point .. I agree

January 17th, 2011 at 3:53 PM | Gerg 2.0 (Score:1)
APBlue
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Would Gerg Robinson 2.0 still maul stuffed badgers and pick his nose on the sideline?  Regardless, I vote no!

January 17th, 2011 at 4:07 PM | I'd still like to have the (Score:1)
mblood7
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I'd still like to have the stuffed Badgers on the sideline, can we just avoid Gerg 2.0 and call it good.

With the new buzz, My vote is for Mattison

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January 17th, 2011 at 3:54 PM | Yes (Score:1)
wolverine2003
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I am sure Coach Hoke is unaware that signing day is approaching and is just dragging his feet in order to bug fans.  Instead, he is probably using his time to hit up Pizza House and Mr. Spots (which is what I do when I get back in AA for a short period of time).  Cut the guy some slack.  He is working harder than all of us today at making this football team great again.

January 17th, 2011 at 4:41 PM | Good point. (Score:1)
TXmaizeNblue
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Hoke is actually working...making his voice more raspish (sp?) in the process.  Unlike mgobloggers, who apparently have nothing better to do than post useless comments about anything semi-related to life.

 

January 17th, 2011 at 5:47 PM | Us? (Score:1)
umumum
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I certainly hope he's working harder than all of us--figuratively and literally--as none of us are "working" when we're posting, and none of us are running a major college football program. 

The same way the HC "process" gave us Brady, it's starting to look like the DC process will bring along the other Hoke--there not really being a process at all.

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