Detroit News on Brandon and Regents
John Niyo has a front page, above-the-fold ARTICLE on the Flint regents meeting and the general discontent with Brandon. It's a well-balanced piece, but with little that would constitute news to the board. That's not the point.
The point is that this remains an above-the-fold article on discontent with Brandon. This is how what is obvious (and old hat) to frequenters of MGoBlog becomes well-known in the mainstream. Including putting the issues in front of those who vote for regents, consequently increasing pressure on the regents to foment change and girding their loins (iccchhh) for a fight.
So thank you Detroit News and John Niyo. Keep spreading the word!
October 17th, 2014 at 9:36 AM ^
and didn't see this posted anywhere, but this seems like the best place to share. ESPN has an article posted about the UM leadership stressing patience with the upcoming changes/transitions. I'm reading it now, but thought I'd post for others to see:
EDIT: " third parties close to Michigan have begun testing the waters for potential replacements if he does decide to make a change in the athletic director's office."
I wonder if they mean MGoBlog???
October 17th, 2014 at 9:35 AM ^
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October 17th, 2014 at 11:09 AM ^
Screwed for 10-15 years? Hoke might not be the guy, but it's hard to argue with the quality and depth he's put together. The next coach is going to have a lot to work with. It's going to be much more like what Urban Meyer walked into than what Hoke (or RR, if you're so inclined) inherited.
October 17th, 2014 at 1:49 PM ^
October 17th, 2014 at 2:18 PM ^
Fair enough. I'd say there is about a 0% chance of that happening, but ok.
October 17th, 2014 at 11:14 AM ^
David Brandon had his chance to support the head coach who was there and give him a fourth year to prove what he could do with upperclassmen, like he did Hoke. Instead, he saddled Rich Rod with a terrible DC and used the same 7-6 record Hoke had last year to fire Rich Rod.
His bungling started literally as soon as he walked in the door. If they keep David Brandon now, they are going to help Sparty continue to build a good program with recruits who would have gone to Michigan.
October 17th, 2014 at 12:23 PM ^
No school is ever screwed for 10-15 years because of one hire. Hire the right guy and things are rectified pretty quickly.
October 17th, 2014 at 10:53 AM ^
Association, Sky Writing Inc., and Fireworks Warehouse have all signed a letter of support for Dave Brandon.
October 17th, 2014 at 1:44 PM ^
So had the Adidas Clown Uniform Division.
October 17th, 2014 at 9:16 PM ^
Macaroni and Cheese falling from the sky would be a PR disaster.
October 17th, 2014 at 10:57 AM ^
A few months ago, when the regents fired the first public warning shots across Brandon's bow, pouring cold water on his plans for fireworks shows at two football games, Schlissel deferred to the regents. A former Ivy League provost at Brown University, he said he didn't have a full understanding yet what athletics — and particularly football — truly meant at Michigan."But he does now," Bernstein said Thursday, laughing. "He does now."
In a way, I rather feel bad for Schlissel because this is how he gets to learn just how much football and the success of the program mean at Michigan in addition to its academic standing. That's probably not the training ground he would have liked, but it seems pretty clear after yesterday that the discontent is widespread and open at many levels, so hopefully between that and his hint at a "reset" of the culture, we might eventually see the change that is needed.
October 17th, 2014 at 8:53 PM ^
Schlissel was hired BECAUSE he is not an athletics person. Mary Sue wanted to make sure that Dave was protected. Schlissel wasn't going to mess with athletics until "concussion gate" happened. As much as Dave is hated among the paying customers, he had all the support of the money bags.
Dave hired Hoke because he thinks he can control Brady. However, the same personality traits that endears Brady to Dave are the same ones that make Hoke a bad football coach. Hoke is not a process person; he doesn't see the big picture, and he may trust his assistants a little too much.
October 17th, 2014 at 11:20 AM ^
Schlissel has no loyalty towards DB. Why in the heck would he go out on a limb and retain a guy that is so poisonous that he could take anyone down with him.
Schlissel will get rid of him the first opportnity he can, which is the day after he gets a replacement he is happy with to commit to taking the job.
This way he endears himself to what he realizes is a HUGE percentage of his constituency and buys himself a few years to fix the mess DB has created.
October 17th, 2014 at 9:19 PM ^
My guess is that Schlissel values his image in the eyes of the students more than he values Brandon's big donor. There are other sources of revenue.
October 17th, 2014 at 12:57 PM ^
obligatory Rosenberg post
October 17th, 2014 at 1:15 PM ^
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October 17th, 2014 at 8:26 PM ^
dave brandon isnt a good AD, but he will stay, at least for now! All big supporters like ross like him, and The president likes him! Go blue and please like this comment so i can get to 100 points!
October 17th, 2014 at 9:21 PM ^
You can easily get to 100 points by obsessive compulsive posting, then take the purple pill to get it under control- BTW whatever happened to Baloo?
October 17th, 2014 at 9:31 PM ^
Lay off the exclamation points, dude; makes you sound like Richard Simmons