Feldman: Regents to urge Schlissel to fire Brandon
Heard DaveBrandon won't resign but there'll be some push when #Michigan board meets today to make recommendation to UM prez that he be fired
— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) October 16, 2014
October 16th, 2014 at 3:32 PM ^
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October 16th, 2014 at 4:46 PM ^
As soon as she finishes getting drunk.
October 16th, 2014 at 5:06 PM ^
October 16th, 2014 at 2:39 PM ^
Halle
lujah
October 16th, 2014 at 2:59 PM ^
jesus...
October 16th, 2014 at 3:31 PM ^
Smart
October 16th, 2014 at 4:05 PM ^
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October 16th, 2014 at 5:04 PM ^
they're real, and they're spectacular.
October 16th, 2014 at 5:07 PM ^
and they're spectacular
EDIT: damnit Arrogance!
October 16th, 2014 at 2:51 PM ^
Was this supposed to be posted as a response to the Halle Berry picture?
October 16th, 2014 at 4:00 PM ^
Real or not if she paid for them they are hers. Oh you mean the Brandon deal
October 16th, 2014 at 4:26 PM ^
...then how can you get thrown out of the club for touching them?
October 16th, 2014 at 7:14 PM ^
CSB Warning:
I met Halle Berry at an overseas USO Tour in the mid-90's. She was much smaller then.
/s
October 16th, 2014 at 2:41 PM ^
October 16th, 2014 at 2:49 PM ^
Isn't this the point in the movie where he expects the two boats to blow each other up, but nothing happens?
Your "Please" is at odds with the ultimate result this scene, is it not. Or are you hoping that this does fizzle out and the regents get a talking to from Batman about the essential goodness of human nature?
October 16th, 2014 at 2:54 PM ^
You know, come to think of it, Batman wouldn't be a bad guy to have around the football program.
Imagine, for instance, a football team comprised of Batmen. An entire squadron of stocky ninjas. OSU wouldn't know what hit them.
October 16th, 2014 at 3:34 PM ^
Batman is in EL today, filming the new Batman vs Superman movie (ugh, sigh, out of ideas). They are at the new(ish) museum on Grand River and it's all blocked off for filming tonight. If and when I see him on the streets, I'll ask him to go to AA for the team.
October 16th, 2014 at 4:00 PM ^
I'M NOT WEARING HOCKEY PADS
October 16th, 2014 at 2:46 PM ^
October 16th, 2014 at 3:18 PM ^
On first read, I missed the second "n" in "canned." Thanks for the unintentional lulz.
October 16th, 2014 at 2:48 PM ^
It sure is hard to type when your fingers are crossed.
October 16th, 2014 at 2:51 PM ^
As I mentioned in an earlier thread, its a no-lose for the Regents that want him gone. They can use this as a chance to bolster themselves against an extremely disliked political adversary. Plus, they don't get the ultimate say so they can shoot off a resolution and at the end of the day, it has no real ramifications. Why not bash the guy?
EDIT: For those above with fingers crossed and hoping its real.... remember, while these guys have more say than you, I or the students protesting in the Diag, the final call rests with Schlissel. Essentially the Regents are just adding more fuel to the fire but it doesn't necessarily mean the President WILL act.
October 16th, 2014 at 2:56 PM ^
I think you may be overestimating how much of a "disliked poilitcal adversary" Brandon actually is. He elicits strong feelings from a small slice of the electorate. The rest (including many U-M alumni) are indifferent.
October 16th, 2014 at 3:01 PM ^
Basically no one likes the guy so what do they lose in taking a shot at him? Forgetting the politics thing, most of the Regents who were on the Board when he was pretty much hated him so here's their chance to take their potshots without anyone wondering why.
October 16th, 2014 at 3:06 PM ^
They risk losing the respect of the vast majority that doesn't care about U-M athletics. Sports have little to do with their mission. If I weren't a U-M fan I don't think I'd look favorably on a Regent that aired some dirty laundry on an outgoing administrator. That would make the school look pretty dysfunctional.
I'd like to see him relieved of his duties, but it should be done with a measure of decorum.
October 16th, 2014 at 2:49 PM ^
WXYZ is saying they will have a live stream of the regents meeting. They aren't going to say they are firing Dave Brandon on something like that...
October 16th, 2014 at 2:49 PM ^
now get off our porch
October 16th, 2014 at 2:50 PM ^
Bruce Feldman is one of the more reliable and ethical sports journalists out there. When news like this is coming from Feldman, it's pretty much a lock. The obstinate David Brandon refusing to resign makes a lot of sense, too. Brandon will leave as he came in: squeezing every last penny he can out of the school and its fanbase.
October 16th, 2014 at 3:13 PM ^
seriously telling me if you get fired you would look at the severance pay and go "NAH!".
Yeah right!
If you want to be mad at somebody, be mad at Mary Sue for hiring him as payback for his support in her hire and then giving him an outrageous extension just before she left.
October 16th, 2014 at 2:50 PM ^
Why doesn't he resign? Does he have any self-respect? If I was him I would apologize for my mistakes, reaffirm my love for the university, and humbly show myself out.
October 16th, 2014 at 2:52 PM ^
My guess is that the people who want him out...he doesn't give a rat's ass about.
October 16th, 2014 at 2:56 PM ^
My guess is that it has something to do with the wording on his contract. He can collect his unpaid salary if he is fired but not if he resigns, I would imagine.
Plus he can collect unemployment for 6 months.
October 16th, 2014 at 2:59 PM ^
Unless you're kidding in which case, yeah, unemployment!
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October 16th, 2014 at 3:07 PM ^
Brandon will never have to worry about money in his life, my friend, and neither will his kids or their kids.
He was kidding.
October 16th, 2014 at 3:11 PM ^
I can assure you that I was kidding about the unemployment.
Sorry to skip the </s> tag.
October 16th, 2014 at 4:08 PM ^
Go something like this, welcome back Dave. He would wonder why the pizza is less horrible before. Wonder why they care about quality when quantity is where its at. Who cares about the customers the brand that is important
October 16th, 2014 at 2:54 PM ^
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October 16th, 2014 at 3:10 PM ^
if you think about it from his perspective, he was doing the right thing until the Minnesota game. Sure, there were rumblings about rawk music, sky writing, etc., and the performance on the field was unimpressive, but until then, that was more of Hoke thing than a Brandon thing. I think all of this did come "out of the blue" to him.
October 16th, 2014 at 3:56 PM ^
People with narcissistic personality traits are not good at admitting mistakes. If they do, they will find a way to make excuses or blame the mistakes on others.
As a clinical psychologist I try really hard to be "off duty" when I'm not at work (and I'm not a big fan of diagnostic labels in the first place), but everything I hear about Brandon is just straight out of the textbook.
October 16th, 2014 at 4:03 PM ^
Bingo.
October 16th, 2014 at 2:54 PM ^
If he is pushed out instead of resigning then it comes with a fat check. Not a very smart question my man.