HelloHeisman91

February 27th, 2014 at 2:09 PM ^

My favorite story is the one that Bo gets stranded on the side of a highway when his car breaks down in the middle of a storm and cars just go buzzing by for an hour or two until finally Jon sees him and stops.  Bo get in the car and starts bitching about everyone just driving by and not stopping to help him out and Jon says something like, "Coach, you did lose 5 games this year."  

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htownwolverine

February 27th, 2014 at 1:47 PM ^

Congratulations Mr. Falk on a tremedous career. Good luck in your next phase.

Oh no I will have to change my sig line!!! Which if you read the book that my sig line refers to you'll realize it's always about ME! j/k

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Bez

February 27th, 2014 at 1:59 PM ^

Couple years ago, my father-in-law bought me Falk's book as a christmas gift .  Being the good gift giver that he is, he thought it would be cool if he could get it signed for me.

He tracked Falk's office number down online and gave him a call.  My father-in-law played for Wisconsin in the early 70s and was recruited by Bo.  He and Falk went story for story about the good old days for over an hour. Thought it was cool that he took the time to do that. 

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pinkfloyd2000

February 27th, 2014 at 2:00 PM ^

I had the opportunity to visit Capitol Varsity, in Oxford, Ohio, where a man named Russ Hawkins has done the helmet painting for Michigan since...well, for a long time. Got to talk with him a little bit about Jon, and I was just left with an unbelievable impression of the man.

 

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LSAClassOf2000

February 27th, 2014 at 2:06 PM ^

Congratulations and many thanks to Jon Falk for his decades of tireless service to the University Of Michigan and its football program. 

In addition to his duties here, he was also the executive director of the Athletic Equipment Managers Association for many years and has won Equipment Manager Of The Year and the Lifetime Achievement award from that organization as well.

Best of luck in retirement, and again, thank you for helping to keep our favorite football program running as best it can each day. 

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Danwillhor

February 27th, 2014 at 2:16 PM ^

with more honor and passion than many of the higher ups in the AD, a HC (maybe two) and many players over his time. I truly cannot think of a person currently drawing breath that loves Michigan Football more than he. Enjoy retirement, best of luck and visit often.

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Reader71

February 27th, 2014 at 3:44 PM ^

Its a huge credit to both Big Jon and the Michigan program that a guy with a pretty thankless job is amongst the most appreciated men who ever came through the program. With no hyperbole, I think we can say that Jon is the best equipment manager who ever lived and Michigan was lucky to have him. He's also a hell of a guy, and one of the funniest people I've ever come across.

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MGomaha

February 27th, 2014 at 7:13 PM ^

His stories are incredible, and I only heard the one about Tom Brady and the "my favorite championship is the next one" story. 

Gonna miss him, he represents everything that's good about this program.

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victorsvaliant01

February 27th, 2014 at 11:22 PM ^

From 2003-2005, the best years of my life. There is no one like him, and I'll never forget the life long lessons he taught us. My favorite of which:

"Boys, there are only two kinds of people from Columbus: assholes...and motherfuckers!"

Thanks, Big Jonny!

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rob f

February 27th, 2014 at 11:31 PM ^

a gold watch upon retirement, it would have to be Jon Falk.  And the watch would have to be Maize rather than gold.

May you have a long and enjoyable retirement, Big Jon!

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