Fitz staying at NU
January 6th, 2011 at 6:47 PM ^
a slow painful death.
I am to the point now where I only want to see....Hello Gary Paterson (that will likely change when/if he shoots us down)
January 6th, 2011 at 6:38 PM ^
Fitz Tousaint to NU, he has showed great promise too.
January 6th, 2011 at 6:39 PM ^
I liked Fitz, but there was no chance he was coming...he hates Michigan.
January 6th, 2011 at 6:39 PM ^
...three years ago several coaches weren't interested, which I'm sure shocked the hell out of Martin.
Fast forward three years to today, several coaches aren't interested...
Not looking real promising.
Can you say, "Hello Coach Hoke?" Damn.
January 6th, 2011 at 7:37 PM ^
Bested only by obama in his teleprompter reading skill set.
January 6th, 2011 at 8:15 PM ^
Aw dude, come on.
January 6th, 2011 at 7:42 PM ^
In my heart, I am +1-ing the heck out of this, even if I can't with my hands.
January 6th, 2011 at 8:16 PM ^
1) When do we get to play Mexican Michigan? and 2) Can their coach run the spread?
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January 6th, 2011 at 6:40 PM ^
I guess we can end the "Hoke vs Fitzgerald" arguments. But because we are who we are, we probably won't.
GO BLUE!
January 6th, 2011 at 6:43 PM ^
Brady Hoke vs. J.B. Fitzgerald
Who would be a better coach at Michigan? The answer might surprise you...
January 6th, 2011 at 6:56 PM ^
I literally laughed out loud. Don't know if you can count it as a pun, but whatever. Puts me in good spirits.
January 6th, 2011 at 7:02 PM ^
Brady Hoke vs. F. Scott Fitzgerald...
January 6th, 2011 at 7:23 PM ^
This is why I love MGoBlog. I admire an inch. You guys give me a mile.
January 6th, 2011 at 9:31 PM ^
Ditka. by a mile.
January 6th, 2011 at 7:02 PM ^
Brady Hoke vs. Ella Fitzgerald...probably won't surprise you. This one goes to Hoke.
January 6th, 2011 at 6:49 PM ^
I guess we can end the "Hoke vs Fitzgerald" arguments. But because We R Who We R, we probably won't.
Fixed.
/Ke$ha
January 6th, 2011 at 7:00 PM ^
imaginary +1 to you.
January 6th, 2011 at 7:05 PM ^
I don't know how to take that. Is this on camera?
January 6th, 2011 at 7:11 PM ^
You should probably go take a shower.
January 6th, 2011 at 6:42 PM ^
A small relief, in a sense. Hiring N'W's HC would subvert the order of things. I could see maybe N'W trying to poach a Michigan assisstant, but Michigan lusting after a Mildcat coach?
January 6th, 2011 at 7:07 PM ^
I'd rather have NU's coach than San Diego State's.
January 6th, 2011 at 6:43 PM ^
does run a spread offense but this doesn't really hurt.Either we get JH or Les Miles,if that doesn't happen then we just need to hire the best man for the job.GO BLUE!!!
January 6th, 2011 at 8:39 PM ^
January 6th, 2011 at 11:20 PM ^
The division would be pretty much imaginary. Then again, I suppose the Gulf of Alaska isn't any different ... so I guess it would be submerged in both, unless it sloughs off the plate in one direction or the other.
January 6th, 2011 at 6:45 PM ^
Brady Hoke or bust.
Or should that be Brady Hoke and bust?
January 6th, 2011 at 6:51 PM ^
Either way, it's just how Brandon wants it.
January 6th, 2011 at 7:00 PM ^
DB said he would pay top $$$ and that it would be someone defensive minded...BH? No...IMO
January 6th, 2011 at 7:09 PM ^
He said the fact that our coaches are traditionally paid in the middle of the pack is not necessarily appropriate. In now way did he say for sure he was paying top dollar, just that he's open to the idea.
January 6th, 2011 at 6:48 PM ^
I am definitely in bipolar mode. For a while last night I was thinking, Fuck it, get miles.
Before that I was warming to the idea of Hoke, in that infamous Bobby Knight sort of way, and finally thought what the hell why not on that too.
Then I spent a while hoping DB has a card up his sleeves that will blow ya minds, y'all, until I was convinced that had to be the case.
Now I'm sure it isn't.
The only steady state I've arrived at is a profound new loathing for Harbaugh. I guess if he can get that kind of money in the NFL and the NFL and its money is what he's all about now, well, good luck. But I hate the NFL more every passing season. If Harbaugh is going to squeeze that kind of money out of Ross (to whom, yeah, pocket change) then he's going to find out in spades just how much NFL fans love that good cathartic hate hate hate when things ain't going right.
January 6th, 2011 at 6:48 PM ^
Bad scenario all over again if you try and take another coach from there alma matter. GP is the answer. Patterson may have not been contacted but, DB can go ahead and open the check book. If he can coach his boys up to beat wisconsin. Then come to Michigan and do it! Recruiting may be salvaged if recruits see the team he built at TCU. I think im coming more to the realization that it is BH. Brady Hoke.
January 6th, 2011 at 7:07 PM ^
Article from Ryan Autullo of the Toledo Blade:
http://www.toledoblade.com/article/20110106/SPORTS17/110109738
Don't know how I feel about this, seems to be a hotheaded guy. His sideline outburst against Texas A&M is burned into my head. But interesting nonetheless. Get a solid HC who would also weaken a new conference division rival...intriguing.
January 6th, 2011 at 7:32 PM ^
That seriously has to be the most poorly worded article ever written.
How does turning down Miami indicate he may be willing to leave Nebraska?
January 6th, 2011 at 7:00 PM ^
If all coaches would just issue statements and he could save time....
January 6th, 2011 at 7:06 PM ^
Because DB is Le Tired?
January 6th, 2011 at 7:09 PM ^
because here we go
January 6th, 2011 at 7:12 PM ^
From his own source, Adam Rittenberg at ESPN's Big Ten blog has confirmed that Fitzgerald is staying put.
January 6th, 2011 at 7:12 PM ^
But I'll be damned if the University of Michigan has to beg a coach to come here. Either you want to be here or I just don't care about you.
January 6th, 2011 at 7:25 PM ^
And this could help explain why you are not the current AD at UM
January 6th, 2011 at 8:11 PM ^
January 6th, 2011 at 7:14 PM ^
I do remember an interview with Gruden and him saying that he wanted to take the Oregon Offensive Coordinator position just to learn the spread offense back when Belotti was looking for a new OC. Apparently, his wife vetoed the decision. With his knowledge of defense, and love of the spread, he would be a great hire assuming he is interested. Sure he has never been a college head coach but imagine the recruits we would now attract!
January 6th, 2011 at 7:17 PM ^
but at this point, I'm in the "anybody but Miles" camp.
January 6th, 2011 at 7:20 PM ^
This sucks!
January 6th, 2011 at 7:20 PM ^
Fitzgerald was never going to leave Northwestern. He's at his alma mater. It's his dream job.
The highlight of his college career was beating us in 1995 to end a 20 game losing streak going back to 1965. I couldn't for the life of me imagine him coming here to coach against his school.
January 6th, 2011 at 7:22 PM ^
Although he has never been a HC at the college level, i dont think recruiting would be a problem. Any recruit that wants to get to the NFL would at least have to consider his NFL ties..and that QB camp thing wouldnt hurt. He knows what it takes and will get you there if you work hard enough. The hardest part would be getting him here but if he really did say Michigan was a dream job of his then who knows
January 6th, 2011 at 7:26 PM ^
He was a college assistant so he knows how it works. He's a great defensive mind, and could definitely bring in a smart spread run OC. I think he may be perfect.
Of course, it's too perfect to happen. The way this has all gone, as soon as I start wanting him to come by he'll say "meh, Michigan would be fun. But my wife wants me to be a TV analyst."
January 6th, 2011 at 8:14 PM ^