Fitz staying at NU
January 6th, 2011 at 6:22 PM ^
Come on Gary Patterson. You have a cooler shade of purple anyways. Make it Purple Rain!
January 6th, 2011 at 6:26 PM ^
How many dump trucks of cash is needed to get Patterson. Whatever we come up with, let's double it. And offer him a free parking space and $100 gift card to the restaurant of his choice.
January 6th, 2011 at 6:29 PM ^
I have a friend who happens to know that GP enjoys unlimited salad and breadsticks at The Olive Garden.
January 6th, 2011 at 6:35 PM ^
He and Dorothy Wesmantooth could enjoy an endless pasta night together. We can make it happen Gary. Unicorns? Check. Truckload of Purple M&M's? Done. Free tickets to Styx? No problem.
January 6th, 2011 at 6:43 PM ^
You are aware his name was Wes Mantooth, making it Dorothy Mantooth, not Dororthy Wesmantooth, right?
Either way, she's a saint.
January 6th, 2011 at 6:46 PM ^
I believe Wesmantooth was her maiden name.
January 6th, 2011 at 6:48 PM ^
we got all those fucking pandas stored in Couzens during its "renovation"
January 6th, 2011 at 6:39 PM ^
Everyone knows true Michigan Men prefer SOUP. MINESTRONE or BUST!!!
January 6th, 2011 at 9:17 PM ^
A coach who likes The Olive Garden can stay the hell away from my football team.
January 6th, 2011 at 7:01 PM ^
a $50 gas card. Then he can't afford NOT to take this job...
January 6th, 2011 at 10:36 PM ^
In two months that will only be about 4 gallons.
January 7th, 2011 at 12:05 AM ^
Free tattoos and loaner cars.
January 6th, 2011 at 7:08 PM ^
We should start an Mgoblog fundraiser to help get Gary Patterson. Besides Harbaugh, I truly feel he is the best coach out there and will ebrace the Michigan tradition.
January 6th, 2011 at 6:29 PM ^
I'm in for Patterson or Chucky Gruden. I mean, if Brandon's really willing to shell out $5 million per, one of those two have to agree to come, right?
On a separate note, one of the rumors I saw today (I know, I've seen a zillion different ones) said that Brandon has contacted Gruden. It also said Gruden once stated Michigan was among his "dream jobs".
I, for one, would take that choice over JH any day of the week and twice on Sundays.
January 6th, 2011 at 6:36 PM ^
I thought someone said the same thing about JH and dream jobs...Oops, that was definitely not as true as once thought.
January 6th, 2011 at 6:38 PM ^
JH was offered $5mil, doesn't mean we'd offer anyone that kind of money. JH is in a unique and powerful position ATM.
January 6th, 2011 at 7:04 PM ^
Brandon said he's breaking bank, fwiw.
January 6th, 2011 at 7:36 PM ^
He said he'd be willing to "let the market decide" what a top school/program like M would pay for a top coach. You don't pick up a guy from an FCS school (not that you said this, just an example) or a coordinator and pay them top money right away. You set it up with incentives for winning, BCS appearance, etc...
January 6th, 2011 at 7:12 PM ^
the "ATM" Im familiar with, correct? That would be wronnnng.
January 6th, 2011 at 7:37 PM ^
Now I feel old. I don't know which ATM you're talking about, but I meant "at the moment", FWIW.
January 6th, 2011 at 7:54 PM ^
Just clear up one topic being discussed on this board, he was referencing Ass To Mouth.
January 6th, 2011 at 7:57 PM ^
oh wait, nevermind
January 6th, 2011 at 6:39 PM ^
As a Raider fan I like Gruden a lot. He was the only coach since...who knows when to actually put his own stamp on the team instead of meekly submitting to Al Davis' whims, and the team's one good run in the last 25 years was all his doing. On the other hand, a college head coach has a very different set of responsibilities from an NFL head coach, and Gruden has only been a position coach at the college level. I think he'd be a bigger risk than Patterson or Whittingham or maybe even Hoke.
January 6th, 2011 at 8:50 PM ^
There is less than a 0% chance that John Gruden will be in AA next year coaching football...That is unless he takes a job in which his new team plays the Lions and the rood of Ford Field collapses.
January 6th, 2011 at 8:53 PM ^
Radio stations in Cleveland are reporting chucky interviewed for michigan today...
January 6th, 2011 at 8:59 PM ^
Link? I'm in Akron and have neard nothing of the sorts.
January 6th, 2011 at 9:53 PM ^
Gruden recently considered taking an assistant's job with Oregon to learn Chip Kelly's offense. I think he has a jonesing for the college game and -- gasp -- loves the spread offense.
I like this idea. It somehow makes sense. If this happens, I would be very, very happy.
January 6th, 2011 at 8:52 PM ^
January 6th, 2011 at 6:44 PM ^
Ditka as the next head coach. Or a hurricane. Book it.
January 6th, 2011 at 6:47 PM ^
Bears in a close one....
January 6th, 2011 at 7:32 PM ^
The hurricane's name is "Ditka."
January 6th, 2011 at 6:48 PM ^
I think god has better things to do than coach Michigan football. He only has time to coach one high school all star game a year. He is kind of like a football Santa Claus.
January 6th, 2011 at 7:38 PM ^
But what if the hurricane was named "Hurricane Ditka"?
January 6th, 2011 at 8:14 PM ^
"I gotta go with mini-Ditka."
January 6th, 2011 at 8:50 PM ^
Ditka is a hurricane.
January 6th, 2011 at 6:51 PM ^
I like the thought of gruden getting denard more polished, and even though we would unnecessarily stockpile qbs in every class, getting gruden would definitely pump me up for next year.
January 6th, 2011 at 7:34 PM ^
January 6th, 2011 at 7:37 PM ^
For whoever comes in, retaining Denard has to be priority no. 1. Yes, Michigan is bigger than one player, but he is an outstanding player, who has demonstrated leadership and more ability than Mallett had when he transferred.
January 6th, 2011 at 7:14 PM ^
I thought we were going to pay Brady Joke $5,000,000 per year?
January 6th, 2011 at 8:52 PM ^
This might actually still happen.
January 6th, 2011 at 8:39 PM ^
January 6th, 2011 at 10:37 PM ^
And after 5 or 6 years in the college game, spending night after night in motels and airplanes chasing down 18-yr-old recruits in small towns in Mississippi and Ohio and Texas, dealing with whiny alumni wondering why you haven't beaten MSU or OSU or PSU or Wisky, John Gruden, who has spent his entire fucking career in the NFL, will say screw this shit and bolt to Cleveland or Carolina or Pittsburgh or San Diego or wherever the nearest vacant job is. You Gruden fans are all delusional.
January 6th, 2011 at 6:30 PM ^
I'm totally on the Gary Patterson bandwagon right now. After watching the Rose Bowl, he can make use of Denard as QB and consistantly has good defense. Plus he is from a smaller school, so understands the importance of regional recruiting, which seems important to many people, even though he doesn't have midwest ties.
January 6th, 2011 at 7:35 PM ^
Maybe some more of RR's staff for recruiting.
January 6th, 2011 at 6:31 PM ^
Patterson is the only option left that gives me hope.
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January 6th, 2011 at 9:00 PM ^
Coaching in college? Recruiting? Utilizing a spread-option offense? Building a solid defense from raw materials?
A few years ago I might have said "he could be our Pete Carroll," but look how that turned out. He could also be our Charlie Weis or Bill Callahan.
We should be looking at existing HCs and DCs, not a self-promoter refugee from the NFL.
January 6th, 2011 at 9:47 PM ^
Relax. Gruden is a solid coach. A good motivator. And he knows how to identify NFL talent. These qualities give him a chance to be a good college recruiter. His assistants will be doing most of the recruiting, anyway, fwiw. Gruden will be called into the living room to close the deal.