FWIW, student journalist says Fred Jackson offered a job.
If true, this is awesome!!!!
January 13th, 2011 at 7:52 PM ^
Welcome: Denard Robinson
Welcome: Fred Jackson
2-for-2 Coach. Keep it up.
January 13th, 2011 at 8:03 PM ^
news. Hopefully Hoke can keep the momentum rolling and solidify the recruiting class and minimize or eliminate any defections.
January 13th, 2011 at 9:12 PM ^
Yep, maybe he can get 3,4 & 5 tomorrow... keep Gardner, bring Loeffler and Soup home.
January 13th, 2011 at 9:48 PM ^
I think #3 is a fait accompli. Gardner doesn't seem to be going anywhere.
January 13th, 2011 at 10:43 PM ^
Why do we need Loeffler and Soup? I really don't understand the nostalgia for an offensive staff that in 2007 coached a unit to 10th in the Big Ten when they had five NFLers to work with.
January 13th, 2011 at 9:38 PM ^
January 13th, 2011 at 8:09 PM ^
Hopefully Hoke can "touch" our recruits the way he has "touched" Denard and Fred Jackson. I'm telling you, he may have something with this whole touching thing he talked about yesterday....
January 13th, 2011 at 8:25 PM ^
It's been barely 30 hours and already this joke is played out.
January 13th, 2011 at 9:13 PM ^
Has he touched Cox yet? From what I gather Mike was not a fan of RR. Maybe Hoke can allow him to show his potential.
January 13th, 2011 at 8:34 PM ^
Immediately.
January 13th, 2011 at 8:53 PM ^
And die it shall. At least I can tell my children that I was the first person in the Hoke era to kill a Hoke-meme.
January 13th, 2011 at 9:00 PM ^
Take that up with the man who said it 50 times in his press conference yesterday.
January 13th, 2011 at 10:42 PM ^
The touching meme is such a jHoke.
January 13th, 2011 at 7:58 PM ^
Hokus Pokus
/copyrighted
January 13th, 2011 at 7:54 PM ^
SO lets dance!
January 13th, 2011 at 8:08 PM ^
you want it....that the way you need it....
January 13th, 2011 at 8:09 PM ^
Cranking Up Journey now.....
....and I need to watch "Caddyshack" before I go to sleep now.
"I owe you NOTHING, sir..."
"I thought as much. Moose, Rocco, help Mr. Tressel find his checkbook!"
January 13th, 2011 at 8:12 PM ^
So we've got that going for us, which is nice.
January 13th, 2011 at 8:15 PM ^
Lacy Underall. She's like Madonna, with meatballs.
It looks good on you though.
January 13th, 2011 at 8:23 PM ^
Someone should replace Ted Knight's hat with a Spartan or Buckeye hat:
"I bet when you wear this hat, you get a free bowl of soup....."
January 13th, 2011 at 9:14 PM ^
DOUBLE POST
January 13th, 2011 at 9:17 PM ^
It's a party Marge, it doesn't have to make sense!
January 13th, 2011 at 7:55 PM ^
Hope it's true. It'd be nice to have some continuity among the staff.
January 13th, 2011 at 8:31 PM ^
I hope it's true too. This would be a huge hire. There has to be at least one guy staying from last year's team and Fred Jackson should be that guy.
January 13th, 2011 at 7:55 PM ^
I heard Hoke wasn't going to re-hire Jackson because Brady doesn't like exaggerations.
January 13th, 2011 at 8:44 PM ^
The "Dane Cook" of martial arts? Please.
January 13th, 2011 at 7:55 PM ^
love it
January 13th, 2011 at 7:56 PM ^
The student's saying Jeremy Jackson is his source. Probably solid.
January 13th, 2011 at 7:56 PM ^
Blah.
When was the last time we had a good stable of backs that more than 1 could per season.
His son (Fred Jackson Jr) does coach Thomas Rawls at Flint Northern and has some other solid players that will be available inthe next few years.
Fred Jackson Sr, great interview, not great RB coach.
BTW his son interviews as good as his father...very open.
January 13th, 2011 at 7:58 PM ^
meant more than 1 back could play per season.
January 13th, 2011 at 7:58 PM ^
With Fred Jackson it is more than the coaching, it is recruiting ability that brings value also.
January 13th, 2011 at 9:17 PM ^
Fred won't want to coach forever. Maybe long enough to see his son graduate and maybe poach some of his other son's players.......
.....then maybe its time to bring Tyrone Wheatley home from Syracuse.
January 13th, 2011 at 7:59 PM ^
Anthony Thomas, Chris Perry, Mike Hart, Brandon Minor, Carlos Brown and Tyrone Wheatley have all played under Jackson. Those are some pretty good running backs. Not to mention he's always been one of Michigan's best recruiters.
January 13th, 2011 at 8:02 PM ^
Ahem - Tim Biakabatuka, Chris Howard, BJ Askew, not bad backs either.
January 13th, 2011 at 8:10 PM ^
of course. the A-Train is about as far back as I remember, unfortunately. Woodson's Heisman season is one of my earliest memories, but I don't actually remember Chris Howard.
p.s. I remember Wheatley from when he was in Oakland.
January 13th, 2011 at 8:15 PM ^
he was the perfect fit for that '97 offense... downhill runner with enough power to break through am arm tackle, but not blazing speed. Good hands out of the backfield on screens and swing routes. Problem was he caught some fumble-itis in the pros and never really recovered from the rep he (deservedly so) earned. Sad too, he was in the perfect system for his talents right out of college (Shannahan's Denver Bronco machine). But he was married to Gabrielle Union for a short while, so he had that going for him.
January 13th, 2011 at 8:12 PM ^
Not to be mean, but this is kind of a dumb statement. The above listed running backs were all pretty damn good, and if I recall guys like Max Martin and Jerome Jackson who had to back up Hart and play when he was hurt in '05 were pretty good as well.
January 13th, 2011 at 7:57 PM ^
Fred Jackson is like Vince Lombardi but with more inspiring pep-talks and better cooking skills.
January 13th, 2011 at 7:57 PM ^
Fitz Toussaint is like Mike Hart, except fast.
January 13th, 2011 at 8:06 PM ^
glass. I would love to see this kids potential if he could get 100% for a season.
January 13th, 2011 at 7:58 PM ^
Hello: Rich Rodriguez - OC?
/sigh
January 13th, 2011 at 7:59 PM ^
I wonder how many assistant coaches have survived two regimes?
January 13th, 2011 at 8:26 PM ^
I believe he goes all the way back to Bo. He definitely was here under Moeller.
January 13th, 2011 at 9:12 PM ^
Out of curiousity, I had to look this up. Jackson's mgoblue bio says he was hired by Moeller in 1992. So that's four U-M coaches he's worked for. Next year will be his 20th season at U-M. Impressive resume:
Jackson's Michigan All-Big Ten Performers
1992: Tyrone Wheatley (1st)
1993: Tyrone Wheatley (1st)
1994: Tyrone Wheatley (1st)
1995: Tshimanga Biakabutuka (2nd)
1999: Anthony Thomas (2nd)
2000: Anthony Thomas (1st)
2003: Chris Perry (1st)
2004: Mike Hart (1st)
2006: Mike Hart (1st)
2007: Mike Hart (2nd)Jackson's All-Americans
2003: Chris Perry (1st)
2006: Mike Hart (2nd)
2007: Mike Hart (2nd)
January 13th, 2011 at 8:00 PM ^
I expected this transition to be horrible after the way the coaching search went. This is almost going too smoothly...
January 13th, 2011 at 8:58 PM ^
Don't jinx it now! The DC will be pretty important obviously, as will whoever will be taking care of our mess of special teams. If Hoke can pimp hand recruiting the way he has pimp handed divisions, and staff search, we are in for some steady positive news.
Which is nice.
January 13th, 2011 at 8:01 PM ^