Hoke at Oregon is a disaster

Tom Herman or RR to Oregon?

I guess the ducks didn't do their research and realize Mattison was the man behind the magic for our Defense.

Cannot believe Brady Hoke was our coach for so long! You suck Dave Brandon!!!!!

Bend but don't break. Lol. We just need a place to stand.

The Ducks only gave up 42 in regulation. Compared with 70 last week and 51 the week before, that's progress I guess. Cal seems to put up 40 a game regardless of opponent and give up about that much. Their schedule is turrible, but they did beat Texas and Hawaii. Yeah, that's not saying much because those teams are turrible too.

I thought that was the problem. Chris Peterson enjoys Oregon ' s demise.

I thought that was the problem. Chris Peterson enjoys Oregon ' s demise.

I don't want to beat the guy up. I'm pissed that we didn't do better when he was here but his ability as a coach is starting to reveal itself, which makes me even more thankful for 2011 and the small amount of stability he did bring.

Hoke loved Michigan and did a great job recruiting and left a great team for Harbaugh to correctly coach, so for that, I'm not gonna hate on or beat up Hoke.

Let's not forget that the guy recruited Peppers, Lewis, and Butt.

Just my opinion but whoever was the defensive coordinator at Oregon this year was going to struggle terribly this year. Look at their stats from last year, they have no talent on that side of the ball. Hoke might be a terrible head coach but the jury is still very much out on if he is a decent defensive coordinator. He pretty much said before the season stareted that his defense was awful.

The biggest surprise is how bad oregon's offense is relatitive to past teams. I think they should have stuck with the grad transfer qb instead of going with the freshmen.

I definitely agree with those that said that Hoke did not make the right decision going to Oregon. I do think that he needed to take a step down. I definitely think that being a coordinator was important for him to advance as a coach and prove his worth to be a head coach again. I just feel like it was the wrong job at the wrong time. 

Oregon's struggles have been notable. It was too high profile a job with too many cards stacked against whoever would take it. Hoke was naive to take the job. It's disappointing because any advisor of his should have suggested a different route.

For me, I think that Hoke needed to take a Mario Cristobal like step. He would thrive in a good/great program as a position coach learning from a successful coach on how to run a program. Kiffin also comes to mind (Alabama has done a good job of getting assistants, may be that's why they're so successful). I'm not sure here Hoke goes from here, but I hope his next step is more well thought out.

Hoke in football is a disaster.

I hope he succeeds and gets a job at a MAC school and is successful for the rest of his career

I don't understand why everyone always wishes him the best, who cares if he was a nice guy. He's a garbage football coach and has been exposed. He won't ever be head coach again or a coordinator. Time to coach D line at south Alabama state . And fuck Dave Brandon

They had a great week of practice!

Brady Hoke is a very complex story. 

Was a he a great recruiter for the UM? Yes, no doubt because of his outgoing friendly personality and the fact that he truly believed in the UM. 

Has he been a successful head coach? No, his record showed a steady decline and despite good recruitint he was not able to create a strong defense or the type of offense he desired. But was he a great coach in other ways? Yes, read End Zone by John U Bacon and you'll see he was a really caring compassionate guy and helped to prevent several kids from really wrecking their lives. He was basically great with Central Campus, Alumni, Recruits and the problem was on the field. A quick review of the past few years of college football news has many examples of head coaches who only were good on the field and who were disasters elsewhere.

Can he turn it around as a DC? Probably not.  It may be very touchy at Oregon. First I can't believe he can recruit as well there because deep down his heart isn't in as much as it was with the UM. LIkewise Oregon has never had a strong tradition of defense. Unlike the UM, OSU and other places, have they ever stressed recruiting on defense?

I suppose in the end the real unfortunate part of that whole time was both Dave Brandon and Brady Hoke got their deepest desires. We are fortunate how things have turned out so far otherwise we'd be looking at a decade long funk.

Needs to be our DL coach with Mattison retires and recruit like hell. That's where he's best and he would be very happy if he could not let the ego get in the way.

Brady seems well intentioned but comes off as lazy stubborn and overmatched as an in game coach. He's a football dinosaur. Belongs in HS or the MAC