Hoke vs RR:Luck and Gods(MS Paint)
I have to admit I have been blow away by how one man can have such terrible luck and the other could walk into a casino right now and walk out a millionaire. I know RR did a lot to screw him self but man did he catch some terrible breaks.
While Hoke and Co get a OSU melt downs and kids pounding down Michigans door to play here(a lot that is just mad recruiting skill I know but they are picking Michigan left and right). Even on the field things didn't go his way. Corner Hating God was out in full force and one of his QBs being a giant pain in the ass while not going to school. Nothing really went right. So was it luck/Michigan God? Discuss and enjoy MS Paints. First of 2011.
Full picture in HD Landscape
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No discussion / MS paint of the last few years would be complete without Rosenberg riding a dolphin.
What can I say? TREMENDOUS.
I love Hoke pointing and your rendition of the Legacy jersey. Very nice Shredder.
if that took you a half hour or less, i'm impressed. anything more and you spent too much time on it.
i do think RR had his fair share of bad luck and so far the Michigan Gods have been rewarding HOKE but the horse is dead in the water. no more comparisons PLEASE!
I work 3rds. I have all the time in the world.
And 2nd I am just intrigued by the two paths these coaches have had so far. It isn't meant to fight over who should be at Michigan just a view of their paths at Michigan thus far.
Great as always Shred, I heart you. F THE HATERZ
Maybe make one of LeBron rejecting D-Rose from the 3 point line next? HALOL
Didn't the Knicks get swept by that old folks home?
Yes, but in my defense, I root for the single worst-managed franchise in sports.
I'd put the Knicks in the top 5 for sure, but you don't have a crumbling building from 1918, ridiculous contracts to old people who are over the hill and cant really play (maybe we're tied there?) and you've won a championship in the last 102 years. And you've played for a title since 1945
We're not the worst run ever, but since Dolan has taken over? 11 years without winning a single playoff game, sexual harassment lawsuit, ISIAH, Marubury/the scowl towel/the intern in the truck, Eddy Curry/the sexual harassment lawsuit by his limo driver, Jerome James, Shandon Anderson, Clarence Weatherspoon, Jared Jeffries (x2), ISIAH, Jordan Hill, Steve Francis, etc. All of those guys except for Isiah (obviously) and Jordan Hill started for that team at some point, none of the moves was justifiable, and that list is far from exhaustive.
And just when we start turning things around, our fat idiot owner Dolan (a man who runs the team because his daddy didn't want him screwing up Cablevision) undermines the only competent GM we've had since before Scott Layden and overpays for Melo, leaving us with 2 assets and nothing else. Dolan's refusal to cut ties with Isiah and his demand that Walsh take a massive paycut caused us to lose him and now there's a 50-50 shot Isiah is actually running the team from the shadows.
I'd argue that from 2000 on, the Knicks have it hands down.
How about:
Soriano, BARTMAN, Wood=Roids/Boom, Prior=Roids/Boom, BARTMAN, Sosa=Roids/Boom/Disgraceful leaving of a franchise, Harry Caray Died, Ron Santo Died, we had a local hero managing AAA who wanted the big club - we told Ryno to GTFO, Made the playoffs twice under Lou, got swept both times, Concrete fell off Wrigley supports - almost closed if for a game with no fans, Owners went into bankrupcy, new owners don't know what to do, need to rehab the park/cant afford it because ZAMBRANO makes about $20Mil as does Soriano, and I'm pretty sure I can play a better left field than Soriano. The Sox won a world series, our best player had his face broken by a pitch, we signed Milton Bradley, 2003, 2003, 2003 and, in case you missed it 2003.
This was from memory and most of them are this year.
Let's just say at this point we both need a beer
that many of us here are Lions fans? You 2 argueing about the pain you get routing for the Knicks and Cubs in front of us is like Rosie Odonnel complaining about how hungry she is in front of 1 of those starving African kids from the commercials.
Eh . . . I'd say being a Cub fan is roughly equal in pain to being a Lion fan. I agree that the Knicks haven't suffered quite as much. They did make the NBA Finals twice in the '90s. If anyone here is an L.A. Clipper fan, now, they'd have a legit gripe.
Has the Billy Goat ever killed anyone? Or caused career ending injuries? Or forced the best running back ever to just say, "Nah...I've had enough". Is the Cubs' winningest coach (manager) also the team's losingest coach? Or when it looks like you might have a competititve team, the owners decide that is the year they want a lockout?
I'm not a Cub fan, so I don't have their whole nightmarish history committed to memory . . . but we're talking about a franchise in a major market that hasn't won a title since 1908.
BTW, I don't consider Barry Sanders's retirement to be bad luck. He played 10 seasons. And the lockout's not going to wipe out the season. People need to stop freaking out. It's June.
I'd put the Knicks in the top 5 for sure, but you don't have a crumbling building from 1918Whoa. The Cubs have problems, but Wrigley Field isn't one of them. Cherish that old place. I miss Tiger Stadium all the time. They claim the new generation of ballparks is "retro," but really, they're all still pretty cookie-cutter.
But it's falling apart. It needs repairs done - not renovations.
A few years ago concrete actually fell off the upper deck onto seats in the lower deck - the building almost got condemned.
I want them to put the $$ they need to into it, not blow it up and start from scratch
I prefer this one:
Or this
You have got a lot of balls for someone whos been here 1 week
We're all waiting for your first creative effort.
Is it too late to contact Adidas about tweaking the Under the Lights jersey to look more like yours? Bravo, shredder, as always...
I think they are about the same... Maybe mine looks more hockey like..lol Thanks Sixzero as always.
I meant it should be all round and pixelated, the full-on MS Paint treatment. Takes a real set to take the field in basic pixel brush work, right?
Haha amazing! What is the yellow thing in the middle of the picture that says "Hoke"?
Suppose to show his ease of owning the state of Michigan recruiting wise.
I assumed it was a "follow the yellow brick road" reference.
Don't forget the U.P., though. (It always seems to get snubbed in these things.)
My guess is that it's Michigan's lower penninsula, which is united (as shown by the solid yellow) behind Hoke.
Edit: I didn't realize the artist himself was answering the question simulateneously. I see that I was incorrect, but am glad I was at least right about the shape and there being some importance to the solid color. Nice work, Shredder.
EDIT: ok nevermind
I thought it was a golden turd myself.
Monday is okay now.
What's up with the basketball and puck in Hoke's?
Furthing resurrecting the Michigan brand
Even basketball and Hockey got better when Hoke took over.
I can start my day.
i like hoke's subtle obesity
Yes its a fine line to walk...
a fine line that you oh-so-nimbly traversed
I would use the word burly, not obese. Charlie Wies was obese, Hoke is burly.
Hoke is big, but he's not disgustingly fat like Weis or Mangino. "Obese" describes those two. Hoke just looks like an old D-lineman.
By the way State fans talk about him, you'd think he could eat Mangino and Weis and still have room for cake.
This is great work sir.
As another poster pointed out, that horse is dead in the water, but you've managed to capture & frame it such that I doubt any debate will be sparked. Nobody can argue that RR got some bad breaks, or that Hoke's outlook is sunny so far.
Thanks again.
The timing is odd as I almost put together an OT post regarding where you had gone yesterday, then the RIP threads hit so I thought better of adding it.
So where did you go?
After the way last year ended and all the drama that went down with the "process" I just needed a break from Michigan(first ever in my life). I had to recharge a bit. The Chicago Bulls great season helped me get away for a bit and now with a new fresh look to MM and the upcoming season just over the hill I am ready to go again.
Also what RIP threads? Did I die? LOL
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Thankfully you appear well as always!
ha ha ha!! Love the detail with the red wrist band!! Perfect!!
Your depiction has also given birth to a bizarre hope that Coach Hoke always wears the shortsleeve windshirt, scorch shorts and black sneakers with no socks, regardless of the weather, conditions, or the venue.
- Dreaded camp heat in early August--windshirt, shorts, black w/ no socks.
- Late November in the Horsehoe --windshirt, shorts, black w/ no socks.
- Guest speaker at an alumni function --windshirt, shorts, black w/ no socks.
- At the White House with a BCS championship team--windshirt, shorts, black w/ no socks.
Make this happen.
Yes I noticed this from the spring videos. I hope to see this during the OSU game. Michigan can't loose with no name black shoes and no socks.
Excellent work, Shredder!
Also, the backlash against putting RR and Hoke in the same post is getting pretty ridiculous. It's about to the point where hipsters will start doing it just to be ironic. Then eventually "cool" people will start doing it (and hipsters will promptly stop), and then everyone will gradually be okay with it, then ?, then profit. Hopefully it isn't too long before we all profit.