December 9th, 2014 at 11:28 PM ^
December 9th, 2014 at 11:28 PM ^
December 9th, 2014 at 11:29 PM ^
Isn't he the guy that said Dennard should be a Safety or Corner?
December 10th, 2014 at 12:09 AM ^
December 9th, 2014 at 11:29 PM ^
How did Pioneer do this year?
December 9th, 2014 at 11:30 PM ^
December 9th, 2014 at 11:30 PM ^
December 9th, 2014 at 11:30 PM ^
Definitely didn't offer him so soon. Maybe we gauged interest and he said no?
December 9th, 2014 at 11:35 PM ^
Michigan is moving quite slowly compared to other programs. It may be for the best in the end, but they are.
December 9th, 2014 at 11:31 PM ^
Nobody turns us down! We always get our first candidate! Brady Hoke was the only guy we offered in the last search! This is Michigan!...
December 9th, 2014 at 11:35 PM ^
Fucking hell. No one is incredulous at the idea of someone turning Michigan down. They're incredulous at the idea that David Cutcliffe of the Duke Blue Devils purportedly was the first confirmed offer. That's simply not believable.
December 9th, 2014 at 11:43 PM ^
Exactly. It's about as believable as the notion that the CIA would brutally torture and unlawfully detain people in dozens of countries while the White House systematically shiel....er, nevermind. Bad example.
December 9th, 2014 at 11:31 PM ^
There's a 90% chance this is BS, because it would never get that far unless interest was recipricated.
That said, there IS an excellent chance that Cutliffe turned away Michigan's interest and he won't be the last.
People need to get over the idea that every head coach at an "inferior" program is automatically going to jump to Michigan because of history, prestige, or "resources". For Michigan to hire away a successful power 5 coach there needs to be some significant reason for said person to leave (e.g., fighting with an A.D) or a specific connection to Michigan (a la Harbaugh/Miles).
December 9th, 2014 at 11:32 PM ^
The perfect cherry on top of my evening of Michigan sporting disaster.
December 9th, 2014 at 11:45 PM ^
Save us Nicolas Cage. You're our only hope.
December 9th, 2014 at 11:32 PM ^
December 9th, 2014 at 11:33 PM ^
but people need to keep in mind he also got canned from Ole Miss. Plus, he's turning like 93 in a few months.
December 9th, 2014 at 11:32 PM ^
December 9th, 2014 at 11:36 PM ^
Thanks OP
December 9th, 2014 at 11:37 PM ^
December 9th, 2014 at 11:43 PM ^
We full blown offered him the job. I respect the man but come on Gil, no one is buying that bullshit.
December 9th, 2014 at 11:44 PM ^
December 9th, 2014 at 11:57 PM ^
Miles is not in play and Harbaugh is almost out of the picture. They can still make a good hire if things "work" out.
December 10th, 2014 at 8:45 AM ^
December 9th, 2014 at 11:37 PM ^
December 9th, 2014 at 11:38 PM ^
......Right?
December 9th, 2014 at 11:40 PM ^
He's from TN and turned them down as well a few years ago............i wouldnt be surprised if true. Although the validity of anything these days is completely unknown.
December 9th, 2014 at 11:40 PM ^
December 9th, 2014 at 11:41 PM ^
To pen their next letter via calligraphy. While we're at it, which other schools former players do this? I'm going to eat bacon and sing some Nsync and remember when life was good.
December 9th, 2014 at 11:43 PM ^
And he has roots there as OC under Fulmer (and developing Peyton Manning). Maybe he just wants a low pressure situation. It's not a surprise that he isn't interested, though in my view he should have been much higher on our list.
December 9th, 2014 at 11:43 PM ^
December 9th, 2014 at 11:44 PM ^
If Jim Hackett marched into A2 with Cutcliffe on his arm, we'd have seen football tickets as peel off prizes on the sides of Taco Bell cups.
NFL pundits need to STFU. Two or three more weeks of this stuff. It feels like it'll be a year.
December 9th, 2014 at 11:44 PM ^
SMOKESCREEN
SMOKESCREEN
SMOKESCREEN
Harbaugh.
December 10th, 2014 at 7:27 AM ^
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December 9th, 2014 at 11:44 PM ^
Why would we offer a guy while simultaneously "reaching out" to Les Miles? All of these reports do is contradict each other.
December 9th, 2014 at 11:49 PM ^
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December 10th, 2014 at 9:03 AM ^
Me too. Schefter and his ridiculous suits. KIng and his knee pads.
December 9th, 2014 at 11:55 PM ^
What is his connection to anything Michigan related?
Until Harbaugh comes out and says "no" in a presser or "I will not be the next coach at Michigan", I'm believing it's possible.
Miles should be plan B and after that...threshold of Hell!
Everything else is just noise. Some of it my be spun by Michigan to get the heat off Harbaugh; some of it may be coaches trying to throw their own hat in the ring (Gruden)
I seriously doubt Michigan would offer Cutcliffe the job until after JH and Miles have said no. Since neither has done that. Brant is full of shit
December 9th, 2014 at 11:55 PM ^
WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON
December 10th, 2014 at 12:00 AM ^
Miles is not in play and Harbaugh is almost out of the picture. They can still make a good hire if things "work" out.
December 10th, 2014 at 2:24 AM ^
what a little brother asshole your are
December 9th, 2014 at 11:58 PM ^
December 9th, 2014 at 11:59 PM ^
December 10th, 2014 at 1:12 AM ^
Not entirely true, some rumors, leaks fit a timeline or make sense. This guy, from nfl dot com is just throwing shit out there getting easy clicks cause he know in the end...it don't fucking matter what he writes but he'll still have the clicks.
December 10th, 2014 at 12:00 AM ^
that has been hired for this entire process.....Deniability!!!!!!!
December 10th, 2014 at 12:00 AM ^
#MonkeyRodeo
I hate journalists. They wouldn't know a fact from their own asshole.
December 10th, 2014 at 12:03 AM ^
I have turned Michigan down. Hackett reached out to me 5 minutes ago, but I let him know I was not interested. I have spent all of my time coaching football in the <nowhere> so I didn't feel that it would translate well to Ann Arbor.
Plus my wife hates the weather there. Seriously. Moved her there from California in 2011 and we lasted 2 years before she forced us to move somewhere warmer. I'm not making the weather part up. The rest of this post may not be entirely true.