Commie_High96

April 22nd, 2015 at 10:20 PM ^

Dave Brandon is still fired!?! I was having kinda a crummy day, but remembering Hacket is our AD and Brandon is gone was a great way to end the day! Many more to you, Mr. Hacket!

Jack Be Nimble

April 22nd, 2015 at 10:43 PM ^

Happy Birthday to Mr. Hackett.  I really appreciate what you've done so far.  This has been a damn good beginning to what will hopefully be a long and successful association.

Philmypockets

April 22nd, 2015 at 11:03 PM ^

Do you guys understand he pulled off what was laughable by myself and most all of us on here. He got Jim from the NFL to Michigan. I will assassinate anyone who fucks with him. Happy Birthday, please stay and you can bang my smoking hot girlfriend Jim (jk I would get too depressed knowing you long dicked her). It's been way too long that we've been relevant.

Roc Blue in the Lou

April 22nd, 2015 at 11:56 PM ^

When he was a child, classmates attending his birthday parties were given puppies as party favors.  While courting his soulmate, he spent three years in South Africa's Venetia Diamond Mine hand-digging for the perfect engagement stone.  When his youngest son was bitten by a spider, he tunneled beneath his home to find the nasty biter and single-handidly developed the first brown recluse anti-venom.  He may not always be an athletic director, but when he is, he will always be the BEST athletic director.  Happy Birthday and Viva Lord Hackett!! 

Lakeyale13

April 23rd, 2015 at 7:09 AM ^

Happy Birthday to the man who closed the deal. If I could, I would buy you the biggest cup of coffee around for being the biggest closer of 2015.

jabberwock

April 23rd, 2015 at 9:45 AM ^

with all the awesome Harbaugh-mania going on all over campus, I've been thinking about how lucky Michigan is to have Jim Hackett right now.

Apart from hiring Jim Harbaugh (& allowing Harbaugh the $ & flexibility to assemble the staff he has) I think the biggest plus for Jim Hackett right now is his willingness to let Harbaugh be Harbaugh.

Harbaugh is seemingly everywhere at once, softball, baseball, ultimate frisbee, recuiting camps, interviews, etc.  He's living the dream, and is obviously enjoying the hell out of himself (deservedly).  He's got a big ego for sure, but backs it up with a big brain and a big heart so that although he pust himself in the spotlight 24/7, he's actually a genuine guy.

Can you, even for a second imagine Dave Brandon standing idly by not saying a word as Jim Harbaugh singlehandedly takes over Michigan athletics with an enthusiam unknown to mankind?  

I'm not trying to start another round of DB bashing and it doesn't matter whether you liked him, or thought he drank unicorn blood by night;  there's no way Dave Brandon lets someone else take center stage like this.  

I'm sure Dave Brandon loves Michigan, but his love for Dave Brandon always seemed to get in the way.

I don't know how calculated it is, but right now Jim Hackett's doing all the right things I'm NOT hearing about.