FlexUM

January 9th, 2022 at 11:41 AM ^

I find it's rather fun trying to piece this all together. I do have a hard time believing he is out at the hockey game if he is not coming back. That isn't to say if he leaves for the NFL he is never allowed to attend a UM event or be a fan of UM...it would just feel like weird timing. There are plenty of remaining hockey and basketball games to attend this year. If he is in some heated exchange of demands and negotiations with WM or NFL teams it just seems odd that he would attend the game. 

It just seems like any rationale person in that position would think "you know what...I'm headed for a new job so I'll just lay low for a few days". 

We are all just guessing here, of course, but that would just seem odd to me. 

tybert

January 9th, 2022 at 12:09 PM ^

Pre-internet, there were people at UM who wanted Bo to take the TAMU job (later accepted by crooked Jackie Sherrill) in early 1982, after a lackluster 9-3 season after starting the season as #1. Even worse was the 6-6 year of 1984 when people thought George Perles at MSU had already passed by Bo after just 2 years. MGOBLOG-1984 would have been exploding with "we need our own George Perles!" rants.

As for myself, I was just hoping either JH would return to the passion and focus of the early years or go to the NFL if he wasn't motivated (or didn't believe he would ever turn the corner) at UM. 

I felt much better when he gave his "or going to die trying" in July - that and the Washington night game were enough to show me he was a different man than 2020.

I think we've also realized Campbell is a very good coach but has been O-fer vs Kirk and the only team that matters at ISU (vs. Iowa) and somehow lost 6 games with his QB, RB, and TE and most of the OL back.

Like somebody said here recently, maybe we need to be grateful for 61-24 after the combined 46-42 from 2008-2014.