The internet is always right... NOT!

This is why we are message board nerds instead of football coaches.

You should drunkpost more often. You're better at it than most.

If nothing else, you've got to give that one guy originality points for the "Runs like Dan Quisenberry" line.  

You know it's going to be a good post when you start out with "Soo... been drinkin' a bit." haha.

Well, with Gibbons I would agree, I remember he was a hyped up recruit, but everyone clearly remembers he sucked early on, and Brian was right to be skeptical.. Anyone in his right mind would be.. Thank God we were all wrong.
Now in the Drew, Denard and Hoke area this is how everyone is about such recruits and hires, Guilty until proven innocent.. We love high ranked recruits, and proven Michigan Men coaches, we are terrified of the unrest and we don't believe in Heart over size ( Mike Hart could be a good example from the past).. Tom Brady was killed by fans who wanted Drew Henson in when I Wasan college and they didn't quite down until he won the bowl game his Junior a year, now they name their kids Tom or Brady because of the dude.. So ya we are a very skeptical group of people.. But who cares today, Michigan just beat MSU in the most hurtful fashion... Without scoring a single touchdown.. Oh how sweet... Go Blue

Corollary to "The Internet is always right": The Internet never Forgets.

We all have said and posted stupid things. Your post is a sobering reminder that all our predictions and angst are preserved for posterity. However, Brian has always been good about taking ownership for times he was wrong (including, for instance, about Brady Hoke.) Brian had this great front page article recalling a time when he was in the same room as Hoke. IIRC, Brian had the an irrational fear of being recognized by Brady. One of these days, Borges or Mattison are going to call out mgoblog.

I always knew Hoke was going to poop gold (tugs at collar) ya ya ya*

This is why it's very important for the regulars here to enforce uniformity of opinion by posting gifs of snowflakes on any threads suggesting discussion of views that might not be shared by that portion of the blog's demographic that thinks "butthurt" is a legitimate adjective. It's like in football, where if you're going to be wrong, you want to commit to it quickly. Here at MGoBlog, when the groupthink is going to be wrong, you want everybody to commit. Makes perfect sense to me.

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Is this thread title from 1992?

Make a list of all the predictions that the MGoCommunity got right.

Kind of a "cool story bro" but I went to the University of Toledo, and my roommate was a cousin of Brady Hoke. It was during his tenure at Ball State, and I often made fun of his "outdated coaching philosophy", which now, makes me a sad panda.

Dileo got a lot of hate just because he was a RR recruit and wasn't a 4 star recruit ( anyone remember OMG ANOTHER 3 STAR?).

I will honestly say that I was guilty of questioning the Brady Hoke hire.  Honestly, I was more angered by the process that Dave Brandon took more than the hire.  But I guess alls well that ends well.

I was a fan of the Drew Dileo signing.  I had complete faith in RR's ability to evalute slot WR talent.  That offense doesn't work w/o slot ninjas, and so RR definitely knew what to look for, given the success he'd had in the past.

I was ready to give up on Gibbons.  It can be brutal to get your confidence back as a kicker.  I thought a new guy would give us a better chance.  But all credit to him, he fucking pulled it together.  I even started a thread in his honor today.  He's turned into a very reliable kicker with a knack for a clutch play.  He's won me over.

Heck, we don't even have to go back that far. Just look at all the doom and gloom and Denard sucks posts on the gameday thread - pretty pathetic.

BTW, have we had another player that made such dramatic turnaround as Gibbons from first year to following? He wasn't just bad, he was horrific in his freshman year, but now he is a Mr. Clutch. Boy, I didn't see that one coming... 

The only thing I took from this is Dan Quisenberry.

Do you wonder why every pass to Dileo was right on the mark, and why these two players - who would not have been recruited- during the Carr or Hoke regime, along with Jake, we might as well throw him in there too inasmuch as the play-by-play men said Hoke had turned him down at SDSU, played as important role as they did?  No, me neither.  Find I do a lot more accepting today, and far lesser pondering.

Count me as one who questioned the Brady hiring, but also one that isn't blind to see what's happening before their very eyes. Face it, by any measure, we've had the first or second best back-to-back recruiting classes since theyve really kept track. Bo, and he had an almost limitless supply to work with, simply worked on the FIFO basis, and did a hell of a job each year in replacing the obvious and upcoming losses. I'm not sure, and I highly doubt that Jim H. could have worked any two classes as well as Hoke has. Additionally, and I'm certain those that were around during the first Mattison DC regime, realize that the man has really grown since his first stint here at UM. He's got to be among the top five DCs in cfb today.

I'm just liking what I'm seeing. No judging, at times perhaps second guessing play calling, but that's as deep as it gets. Strongly believe if we just ride along with Brandon's vision, that being Hoke leading us, we'll probably all have an experience similar to M fan's during the 70s. And for those that get to do it twice, pretty damn cool.

And this is why bloggers aren't coaches.

I think many of us doubted Hoke's hiring because here was a guy we knew little about. Just wasn't a big name. For me, the hiring of the assistant coaches perked my interest...listening to the way they talked about Coach. You could start to feel a Bo-like presence around him. I love Coach Hoke. I hope to shake his hand one day because I respect him in every way.

Since the internet always has discussion on both sides of any issue, someone with a lot of time to, uh, donate, could just as easily go back and find quotes from those who were optimistic.  

The entire point of a forum is to have discussion and divergent opinions.  There have always been plenty of both on mgoblog.  Sometimes you turn our right, sometimes you turn out wrong, but mostly it's somewere in the middle.  

As Yogi Berra said, "Predictions are hard, especially about the future."