Jim Hackett Appreciation Thread

Submitted by Winchester Wolverine on
Purely speculation, but 5 years from now when UM is officially back on the map and we're celebrating a national championship thanks to Harbaugh and Co. lest we not forget the man that reinstated what it means to be a Wolverine. He comes in, lays down the law, gets the top available coach in America, and reunites the school with Nike because the coach wanted it. The players wanted it. The FANS wanted it. And all with the iron balls to pretty much say "meh, my work here will be done soon. I will be off to spread my miracle work elsewhere". Good luck to the entire reptilian species when Jim Hackett says, "Fuck that crocodile."
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July 8th, 2015 at 1:26 AM ^

From the big stuff (and it doesn't get any bigger than HARBAUGH and NIKE) to the little stuff (the subtle sophistication of messaging the Minick situation today, using his own untouchable deflection shield to fend off notions that Minick is a bad guy (he tried to do the honorable thing and quit!) or that he's Harbaugh's nepotistic cronie (*I* wouldn't let him))...just a masterclass on how to handle this stuff.

 

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ScruffyTheJanitor

July 8th, 2015 at 8:24 AM ^

had this difficult of a job and was able to report back only MONTHS later and say "Done and Done". If you would have told me that he would

1) Hire Harbaugh;

2) Run Brandon's cronys off;

3) (reportedly) get Nike's largest apparel contract;

4) completely shred the notion of the "Michigan Man" idea that has plagued this program (even more amazing considering he is as much of a Michigan man as there is);

5) and do this all while staying generally under the radar

I would have said, "If he does that, we should erect a solid gold statue of him." Now that it's happened, I say.... "We should erect a solid gold statue of him."

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