Jim Hackett Appreciation Thread
I was skeptical at first when Schlissel replaced Brandon with another CEO, but got damn did he get it right. I didn't know much about Steelcase or how it operated with Hackett.
So props to Schlissel as an outsider getting his first big hire right and Hackett for actually understanding our qualms about the program and greater AD.
Completely agree. Hackett didn't want this job, Schlissel sought him out. Schlissel clearly recognizes talent and knows how to use it. I think the UM is in good hands.
The unsung hero in all this is Schlissel. New on the job, no history with big time athletics, etc and he handled this whole thing perfectly. He hired the right guy for the job, which is an under appreciated talent
From the moment we first saw Hackett speak at his introductory press conference it was very apparent that he was no Dave Brandon.
Bangarang
Nothing Was The Same under Jim Hackett.
A blue sky with no skywriting. Love it.
in braille.
says "Fuck you Dave Brandon" in Braille.
in courier print.
I like to think of Hackett like with giant eagles wings, and singin' lead vocals for Lynyrd Skynyrd with like an angel band and I'm in the front row and I'm hammered drunk
I laughed at this... Mostly because in my head John C. Reilly was saying it.
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Creepy and fascinating all at the same time. Bravo.
speechless
Disturbing.
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What did my eyes just absorb?
Some things can't be unseen.
Where do you find this shit..
Just do not tell us what website you found this at and we will all be fine.
and it's even weirder than you think.
10/10
Weird, weird is my cousin with 3 thumbs. That was truly .... I'm fucking speechless.
tttttttthhhhhhhhhheeeeeeeeee fffffffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuccccccccccccccckkkkkkkkkk wwwwwwwwwaaaaaaaassssssss tttttttthhhhhhhhaaaaaaaattttttttttt?
Because, IN
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WTF??
Schlissel should have one too. He was the one who started the turnaround by firing Brandon and announcing Hackett as AD near halloween.
He just gets "IT." He has the "IT" factor!
Best AD in the country!
definitely the best AD in the country. No one else has hired a successful NFL coach and gotten the biggest apparel deal in the country like that.
...that is not what makes a good AD.
In fact, if Brandon did each of these things...I'd personally, still think he was an idiot for everything else he did or didn't do.
Regardless, hiring coaches and apparel contracts are not what make a good AD. It's part of the equation, but in no way does this make a great AD.
Why? What makes a good AD then? Goss was let go because he couldn't negotiate deals and the AD was in the red. Brandon was let go in part because of not hiring a good coach among other things. If he had gotten Harbaugh, Saban, Meyer etc. to come here in 2011, he's probably still here even if the relationship between him and the rest of the university officials is not very good.
Needs an M hat
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With a SWOOSH!
The fuck my crocodile ever do to Hackett?
joke about the Raiders still being in it.
Guy's making it look easy.
All we have to do now is win.
...and win and win and win and win...and WE WILL!
/naybe not 2015, but in time....and all will be well (though we will still find plenty to gripe about)
I have to say that for an interim AD who walked into a shitshow with a directive that was essentially "just do it", in the last several months and on several different fronts, Hackett just did it. Indeed, I think the entire era of Hackett to date seems to be more or less a couple actions followed by "Boom" on a nearly weekly basis at points. To that end, when does the "interim" part of this get dropped again?
If you have a way to make the guy younger, that would be a good start. I'd love if he stayed awhile, but he's told friends that he wants to retire as originally planned.
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BAMF'er!
to THE University of Michigan...to the White House? Hackett 2016 would have my vote.
Hackett is to AD as Harbaugh is to coaching. I will miss him when he leaves.
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He can certainly Hackett!
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