Detroit News Article on Coach Hoke and his Father

Carr was generally composed, as was Tressel.  Sure they had their exceptional moments, but turning purple and losing their minds like...oh, Bo Pelini and Brian Kelly, usually isn't the way to long term success.  But if you seriously believe leadership through intimidation is the best way forward, good look with your future.  

An after thought, you must have thought RR the coach of the year in  2008 when he and his coaches totally lost control on the sidelines.

When a coach wins with Hoke's style, he's "always coaching" and "stays calm" and "picks his players up" (all said during 2011). When they fall short on the field, "they're soft."

Woody and Bob Knight might have been even more successful if they'd curbed their tempers a bit. Nobody seems more appropriate to make fun of than purple-faced Brian Kelly.

I agree with SC...both styles work, and both have different effects on different players in different situations. Both styles have their fans.

weakness.  I've wathced practice tape and he's very hands on and teaches as well as any HC out there. Many don't participate at all in that respect and perhaps the greatest that ever lived did all his coaching from a tower, but was able throughout the week relay to his assistants which players had to do things differently, which had to be replaced by virture on not giving it their all, etc., and by Saturday, when he walked into the dressing room, the starting lineup was fined tuned for that week's matchup, and along with instruction given through a "blow horn" all aimed at one thing, preparedness, he would couple all he had witnessed, corrected mistakes, inserted proper line up changes, etc., so that all that was left to do was deliver a speech, some of it referring to the changes he made from fifty yards away with what had to be done on that particular day for Bama to prove victorious.  As you stated, all coaches, be they great, mediocre or even poor have different styles. The great ones speak for themselves because, of course, they all won. Carr, if he lacked great talent and on field leadership, often took weeks to hit his stride which resulted in far too many September losses which was, perhaps, the reason he normally proved to be so good come November, until JT's arrival.

Minus one game per season, Brady has yet to motivate his team properly. Whatever he does during OSU week should be copied throughout the season and if it were we would not have experienced inexplicable losses, i.e., PSU 2013 and far, far too many close games against far inferior teams where confidence for the remainder of the season could have been instilled had we won in the manner we should have.  Believe me when close games against weak teams are the norm great players begin to doubt themselves and any player in any sport that takes the field questioning their ability, they will be hesitant to perform as they always have, and that is naturally, built off of fine coaching they've had at the lower levels and resulting in being pursued by the greatest programs in the nation.  This is Brady's major flaw, imo.  I am hoping, not because he fits the mold of a "Michigan Man," as  Brandon interprets that term. but because he's a genuinely great guy, one who has proven he can recruit to our every need, and that's normally the greatest obstacle in coaching. If he overcomes his inability to get these kids ready each and every week for 13 weeks, you'll see a huge increase in great team performances as a result of increased confidence and by season's end, they'll be as tough an out as their is in the country. 

With that being said, I'd just like to add that coaches, like players, experience a learning curve as well. Who knows what he does during OSU week, but it works. I believe it's just him being himself and actually being able to communicate to the players just how damn important that game is.  Maybe that learning curve mentioned above takes four years regardless of competition to hit his stride because history says as much facing lesser talent. All my football knowledge, that resulted in a great h.s. record and nothing past that, tells me Brady will deliver this season. I know that the OSU game followed by the KSU game suggests otherwise, but we were playing with a true frosh qb against a damn fine team. Bottom line: if he motivates properly  each and every week, and our schedule indicates he should do it incrementally,  we will all be smiling come season's end. If not, well I won't recommend the search committee fire up the plane, but those with far greater power than we and whose jobs depend on it just might, and most likely will not hesitate to declare, "Wheels up in fifteen."