Has Anyone Ever Asked This Question? Who called Hackett?
How did Schlissel come up with Hackett? I am sure as heck glad he did..
It does make you wonder how this all went down? I have heard that back in Sept that Jim had agreed to come. Did Jack Harbaugh start the ball rolling with Moeller and Carr?
If this has been discussed I apologize..
January 8th, 2015 at 1:13 PM ^
My working theory is that Hackett was the guy who reached out on U-M's behalf and more or less pledged Schlissel/the Regents that he could deliver Jim if hired.
January 8th, 2015 at 1:17 PM ^
And plus his position with the school of public policy made that easier.
I thought maybe he was Mr. Wolf..
January 8th, 2015 at 1:33 PM ^
Her boss told her as they were walking to the restaurant that Jim was the CEO of Steelcase, and had an important decision to make soon, but didn't elaborate. It didn't come up over lunch.
So my theory is he was approached and took some time to think it over, rather than he approached Schlissel.
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January 8th, 2015 at 1:45 PM ^
Are you suggesting that Hackett was making a decision between Steelcase and Michigan---because he was already retired from Steelcase back in the beginning if the year?
January 8th, 2015 at 2:10 PM ^
According to this, he still is employed by Steelcase, but not for much longer.
http://www.forbes.com/profile/james-hackett/
"Mr. Hackett currently serves as Vice Chair of Steelcase Inc., a non-executive employee role. Mr. Hackett intends to retire from such role and from the Board of Directors on February 27, 2015."
January 8th, 2015 at 2:03 PM ^
January 8th, 2015 at 3:06 PM ^
That could be. In any event I believe he had been in contact with the Harbaughs (he played when Jack was a coach here) for some time before his official appointment, and that was what set him apart from other AD candidates. I think the decision to make a run at Harbaugh was made first and then Hackett hired.
January 8th, 2015 at 7:59 PM ^
Sorry couldn't resist.
January 8th, 2015 at 3:09 PM ^
How's that tin foil hat working out?
January 8th, 2015 at 1:19 PM ^
Henson is right, I guess we cant all be Hipsters.
Edited for the spelling police
January 8th, 2015 at 1:21 PM ^
January 8th, 2015 at 1:22 PM ^
I got you covered bro
January 8th, 2015 at 1:24 PM ^
You ask a genuine question and you get downvoted.
January 8th, 2015 at 1:32 PM ^
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January 8th, 2015 at 3:48 PM ^
Complaining about it will probably help.
January 8th, 2015 at 5:19 PM ^
January 9th, 2015 at 2:21 AM ^
January 8th, 2015 at 1:22 PM ^
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January 8th, 2015 at 1:27 PM ^
Did this thread just become an accidental neg-bang?
January 8th, 2015 at 1:31 PM ^
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January 8th, 2015 at 2:50 PM ^
Negged for why didn't Wil Ferrell move a single pixel in this?
January 8th, 2015 at 8:14 PM ^
You just have to look very closely.
January 8th, 2015 at 1:31 PM ^
I guess so.
January 8th, 2015 at 1:32 PM ^
No clue. I thought I was being funny. He seriously quoted Greg Henson to prove a broad philosophical point and people were like "I see no issue here."
January 8th, 2015 at 1:54 PM ^
I feel like there were a lot of Henson defenders throughout the process and they felt vindicated when a lot of his information turned out to be true. I'm pretty neutral about the guy and just address his claims with skepticism (like pretty much anyone), but there has been quite the pro-Henson vs anti-Henson battle going on the past few months.
January 8th, 2015 at 1:33 PM ^
Well, then I'm outta here.
January 8th, 2015 at 2:47 PM ^
Negged because turn down for what?
January 8th, 2015 at 1:25 PM ^
I think there are two unofficial rules about MgoPoints. #1 is "Don't talk about your own MGoPoints." #2 is "The surest way to get negged is to complain about being negged."
Paying attention to every negative vote is the MGoBlog version of micromanaging. It is probably better to save your energy for having fun.
Another hint for a relatively new member: you may want to get the "lay of the land" before you start walking around blindfolded.
January 8th, 2015 at 1:28 PM ^
Rule #3: there is SOMEONE on the blog to whom you have caused a grave injustice, who will neg you regardless of content
January 8th, 2015 at 1:39 PM ^
I like to call them neg-stalkers. I've had a few of them, one of which would go as far as to often comment on whatever I had posted about the disagreement we previously had in the past, even if the thread I was on was completely unrelated.
It got really old, and really creepy, real quick.
January 8th, 2015 at 2:48 PM ^
Negged for running away from a neg-bang. I will neg-stalk you for the rest of your MGoLife.
January 8th, 2015 at 3:01 PM ^
...I will be forced to go into hiding. But just when you think I'm gone for good, I will have my revenge.
January 8th, 2015 at 3:23 PM ^
This is a glorious .gif
January 8th, 2015 at 5:42 PM ^
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January 8th, 2015 at 9:04 PM ^
Except it was not in the thread reporting said death. It was in a "Where is Irish?" thread.
January 8th, 2015 at 6:33 PM ^
Nevermind
January 8th, 2015 at 8:05 PM ^
Upvoted for the avatar. Looks exactly like my son.
January 8th, 2015 at 8:22 PM ^
My favorite is when the newbie gets so tired of being negged that he says nothing but "GO BLUE!" in the next 5 posts...and all 5 STILL get negged to high hell.
January 8th, 2015 at 1:25 PM ^
Without even looking I'll bet that it was big10football, that user downvotes a majority of the threads.
January 8th, 2015 at 1:30 PM ^
January 8th, 2015 at 1:32 PM ^
All the downvoting is ridiculous. I don't get the point at all, especially when this is a legitimate question. Downvoting should be reserved for inflammatory posts, trolling, and double or triple posts where it's obvious the OP didn't look at the board before posting. I'm also for downvoting posts that are unreadable. Also, all this downvoting has led posters to apologize for posting stuff - I'm sorry if this was posted already, etc. This because there's so much random grief given around here. Sheesh, it's a football blog.
January 8th, 2015 at 1:37 PM ^
If people stopped being whiny babies about points.
January 8th, 2015 at 1:48 PM ^
I agree that has become established form and unwritten rule on the blog and I'm fine following that. But a lot of people downvote an OP for no apparent reason. Aren't downvotes used more to discourage certain types of posts, and shouldn't the down button be used judiciously? If I see the thread downvoted, I can sometimes predict who had the itchy downvote finger because he uses it a lot.
January 8th, 2015 at 2:53 PM ^
The thread had promise! I clicked in because I too was curious about the answer to the question OP asked.
Then OP had to go and fuck it all up by getting pissy about a downvote. Oh noes! Someone on the internet doesn't like you!
January 8th, 2015 at 4:24 PM ^
January 8th, 2015 at 4:27 PM ^
Do you like them in your punch bowl?
January 8th, 2015 at 5:03 PM ^
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January 8th, 2015 at 1:28 PM ^
Now why would they do that?
