Hoke Isn't Going to Get Another Job This Year, is He?

Submitted by BursleyHall82 on

Aside from being part of the initial laundry lists at Colorado State and Oregon State, have we heard one word about a possible landing spot for Brady Hoke?

He's seriously limited on potential options. He's not a successful Power 5 coach, so those jobs are out. He's not a coordinator, so those jobs are out.

That leaves the San Diego States and Youngstown States of the world. Bo Pelini snapped up the one good job that was available on that level.

So what are you hearing about Hoke? Is he going to be Tommy Amaker (good guy who lands in a quirky situation and succeeds), or is he going to be Brian Ellerbee (guy who just disappears. Totally disappears.)?

What becomes of Hoke? Anyone hearing anything?

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team126

December 26th, 2014 at 10:59 PM ^

So he will take one year off with his DB money and when that job opens he will take it.

I doubt he will stay in Michigan - just not a win-win situation.

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BIGBLUEWORLD

December 26th, 2014 at 11:02 PM ^

It's a matter of record that I was a strong supporter of Brady Hoke for a long time, even when things were going wrong.  

My concernand and respect for him turned to disdain when he stood on the sidelines with his arms folded, while Shane Morris was hurt and stumbling around on the field.

All his talk about "caring for those kids" seems like a bunch of baloney ever since then.

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Wendyk5

December 26th, 2014 at 11:22 PM ^

I honestly think he wasn't in his right mind, for lack of a better phrase, this season. He couldn't figure out how to get the team to play better. He knew this was his last chance. It was like he was shell-shocked and couldn't see more than 6 inches in front of his face. (For the record, never a supporter. Not a detractor, either, I just never saw the shine). 

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bacon

December 26th, 2014 at 11:09 PM ^

Ron Zook worked at a bank in Florida for a couple of years after Illinois, but he's got an NFL job again with the Green Bay Packers as the assistant (to the) special teams coordinator.  Not the conventional route though.

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LSAClassOf2000

December 26th, 2014 at 11:28 PM ^

In that case, I have to assume that Zook would allow the guards of the various armored cars to get within 35 yards or so of the vault, order them to punt the money, and then take a chance on a teller to be able to get the money out to mid-lobby. At that point, Zook would order a couple depsoits that would get him into range of the teller window, but then he would inexplicably punt the money back to the armored car guys. 

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CoverZero

December 26th, 2014 at 11:20 PM ^

Perhaps he should take the DL position coach if Harbaugh offers it to him.  He loves Michigan so much and used to work for Jack H. back in the day. 

Look...my biggest problem with Brady Hoke is how emasculated he became over his 4 years at Michigan.  It was seriously a MYSTERY how this man became nothing more than a clapping cheerleader on the sideline.

What happened to the Firey Defensive Line coach from the 1997 NC team?  What happened to "This is Michigan"??

It is a mystery... the man needs to get his SACK BACK.

Seriously...apologizing to Sparty for the stake... give me a break.

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Danwillhor

December 27th, 2014 at 5:12 AM ^

what he THOUGHT Michigan should be and Brandon's dog collar turned him into this bland, thoughtless clapping drone. Hoke was himself while recruiting for the most part and I can see why because he'd get that little bit of time to be himself, away from football & Brandon. The shame is once he'd get the kid he'd think that phrases & ethics (of which he didn't exactly master) would take over from there. I truly think if this were not Michigan & Hoke really said how he felt about his time here, he'd have very bad things to say about the job, Brandon and maybe himself for allowing himself to be DB's puppet. Yet, it's Michigan and he's not a bad guy at the core so he'll quietly live with being a poster for failure. NO WAY Hoke is as impotent as he was the last two years. He either lost something aside from external forces or external forces changed him. That wasn't Hoke in '13 & '14.

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CoachBP6

December 26th, 2014 at 11:26 PM ^

Hoke probably promised physical toughness, at which point he was escorted out of the interview for lying profusely.

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WhatTheFekete

December 26th, 2014 at 11:35 PM ^

Hoke will coach again somewhere and be successful.  Michigan was just too big of a stage for him to live up to the hype.  Look forward to watching his career going forward.  

Would LOVE to see him as a DLine coordinator on the staff next year, but realize that this is extremely unlikely.

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Perkis-Size Me

December 26th, 2014 at 11:41 PM ^

Hoke isn't getting another job this year and he shouldn't either. He ought to take a year off, take a long vacation, lick his wounds, and take a good, long time thinking about what he did well and what he didn't while he was here.



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Bambi

December 26th, 2014 at 11:59 PM ^

I feel likes it's common for a a coach to get fired and then sit out a year. RR did the same. Next year once this is a year out of everyone's mind I think he'll get a lower tier P5 job, like a Wake Forest type job

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Yeoman

December 27th, 2014 at 1:41 AM ^

Before the mid 80's or so it was common for coaches to land on their feet right away, but it stopped happening.

The shift coincides with the rise of ESPN, and I don't think that's an accident. In the old days you followed your own school and its rivals, but the intense national coverage just wasn't there when each school was only on TV once per year.  It's much harder, now, to sell the hire of a recently-fired head coach to your fanbase when they've been hearing about his demise 24/7. Exposure to other fanbases through blogs and comment sections probably makes it even harder.

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SysMark

December 27th, 2014 at 12:04 AM ^

He recruited well and that will appeal to someone.  He's also well liked and regarded by his peers.

Having said that I'd love to see him back at Michigan in some capacity.

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DrewGOBLUE

December 27th, 2014 at 12:38 AM ^

I'm curious if he's truly dead set on being a head coach again. This year I thought you could really tell the stress and pressure of the Michigan job had taken its toll on him. And with the $16 mil, he probably won't ever have to worry about his bank account getting low. So who knows, maybe he would be open to taking an assistant job somewhere if he still wants to coach, but in a more easygoing role.

There's almost no way it happens, but it would be nice if Hoke remained a part of the Michigan program. The guy is no doubt a great recruiter and I think he'd do very well coaching the DL again. And like in 2002, they could even make him DL/Assoc HC. At the very least his title would sound more significant.

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Badkitty

December 27th, 2014 at 7:45 AM ^

The dynamics of what you are proposing would be toxic to the team. You want another Rich Rod/Lloyd Carr situation again??? Talk about not learning from history. We're getting a new shiny (let's hope) fiery head coach who is by most accounts going to be pretty tough on the students. And you want to retain the symbol of the last discredited and failed regime?

Better yet, Hoke recruited these kids. You have children?? If so then you would understand that kids will always try to play one parent against the other to get what they want or get out of something they don't want to do. These kids will look to Hoke to ask for things if he is retained.

Player: "Coach Hoke, Coach Harbaugh just made us do drills for an hour nonstop. That was hard, I feel nauseous, everyone is throwing up. You never made us do that. We *can't* do this for another week!"

Hoke: "I'll talk to Coach Harbaugh and see what we can do...."

Maybe not so obvious. But having Hoke back in the AD or in the team just undermines Harbaugh's authority. Give the guy a clean slate to start over and to re-establish Michigan's dominance. Don't hamstring him with debris from the last coaching regime just because you feel sorry for Brady Hoke.



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ghostofhoke

December 27th, 2014 at 1:09 AM ^

Didn't have much success? He worked his way up to one of the premier coaching jobs in the country without ever even being a coordinator. He was a position expert with and is connected to some of the most respected names in coaching. Coaching is all about who you know and there is absolutely a coach in the NFL that can bring in a position coach like him. More likely than fitting into a college situation where numbers are limited and specialists aren't as likely to take up a precious spot on a staff--but even that's not unlikely. To think he had one sub .500 year at Michigan means he's doomed to never coach again is absurd. He won't likely be jumping right into a head job at a major program but if he wants to coach he'll land somewhere.



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