Gil Brandt says Cutcliffe turned Michigan down

Submitted by flashOverride on

Per Twitter.

If I recall, he was also all about Schiano to Michigan a few days ago. So, yeah.

MGoBoard

cbs650

December 10th, 2014 at 12:08 AM ^

knowing who the president is and hearing what Hackett laid out as criteria for a candidate, why is it so inconceivable that he may have been offered the job? I don't believe he was but it wouldn't shock me if did happen

Joined: 02/07/2011

MGoPoints: 4809

CompleteLunacy

December 10th, 2014 at 12:12 AM ^

No need to freak out people. No freaking way he was offered when Harbaugh hasn't been officially offered. And while M is still one of the best jobs, that doesn't automatically mean everyone's interested. R E L A X.

Joined: 11/13/2010

MGoPoints: 12910

MichiganiaMan

December 10th, 2014 at 12:45 AM ^

Greetings Mgoblog. Im new here. Anyways theres some buzz, brought up over on 247 that the Raiders are courting Brian Kelly. Could be huge for our Harbaugh chances, especially important since our number 1 Cutcliffe saying no.

Joined: 12/10/2014

MGoPoints: 3812

kingblue

December 10th, 2014 at 2:30 AM ^

like i said before if its  not  one of the top 2  harbaugh or miles the next guy will have one foot out the door on day one. looks like hacketts is now listioning to is paying  fans

Joined: 12/28/2011

MGoPoints: 311

uminks

December 10th, 2014 at 2:33 AM ^

Just hope it is the initial search committee placing out feelers. God, I  hope this Cutcliffe character was never offered. Us fans definitely don't want you as our coach!

Joined: 11/10/2009

MGoPoints: 32040

RJMAC

December 10th, 2014 at 2:46 AM ^

Michigan already interviewed him and he turned them down? Michigan wouldn't just offer coaches the job over the phone without an in person interview would they? Other than Harbaugh that is.

Joined: 09/23/2014

MGoPoints: 777

megaswami

December 10th, 2014 at 5:08 AM ^

No way! Smokescreen, stay away! Not a chance they offered him the job over the phone. Standard operating procedure to put out feelers and gauge interest. Most likely, he just told them he's not interested in the job. Very easy for some of these knuckle heads to spin it and try to make a story out it. So much BS out there right now. JH is coming, all this crap is to take pressure off of him. You honestly think JH is going to talk about or take another job without honoring his current position? Seems we've forgot about the lessons taught by Bo and Jack. Relax people!

Joined: 08/23/2008

MGoPoints: 1010

Johnson16

December 10th, 2014 at 5:35 AM ^

Hackett didn't give great timing but he did claim an exhaustive search and a Christmas break timeline. The ONLY person that would have been outright offered at this point would be Harbaugh. Any other candidates are simply being looked at to gauge interest.

Joined: 01/06/2011

MGoPoints: 196

BlueFish

December 10th, 2014 at 10:19 AM ^

Everything about the job (including the "search process") looks worse when things like this happen.  It looks like the University has learned nothing from past mistakes and is simply repeating them.  Next thing you know, Addazio will be "offered" and turn it down.  Then it looks like we can't even poach a Plan H coach.

It doesn't matter whether the offer was made or not.  This is embarrassing, and will continue to be until/unless we get our Plan A/B guy.

Hopefully, as some have postulated, this is just a smokescreen to take the pressure off our Plan A guy.  But if we already know our Plan A guy isn't coming, this may get worse before it gets better.

Joined: 08/21/2009

MGoPoints: 4653

DFW_Michigan_Man

December 10th, 2014 at 6:23 AM ^

What hasn't been offered? They may have reached out to him to gauge his interest, but having no interest in relocating and taking a new job is completely different than turning down an actual offer.

Joined: 09/20/2013

MGoPoints: 1568

DFW_Michigan_Man

December 10th, 2014 at 7:41 AM ^

But I have a hard time believing Hackett is running around making offers to multiple candidates. It is clear this is a reckless report in terms of the wording. If you believe that Cuttcliffe was offered and turned down the job, you are a bit naive. Consider the fact this report came out the same day that UM supposedly "reached" out to Les Mile agent....the two don't add up. To each his own.

Joined: 09/20/2013

MGoPoints: 1568