M Tennis coach Bruce Berque fired after 10 years
Today, Michigan fired Men's tennis coach Bruce Berque after 10 seasons.
9 straight years in the NCAA Tournament must not be good enough for DB.
A very strange amount of coaching changes on this campus in the "non-revenue sports" the last two years. From what I've heard from various people and a few posters on here, Water Polo coach Matt Anderson was forced out rather than him leaving last month on his own terms despite a slew of championships here in the past.
News just broke on @umichtennis and MGoBlue.
So you going to prom, or what?
I take it you haven't seen the photos he posted of his bedroom if you think the time he spends on here is his biggest deterent to the young ladies.
In your future.
Are you going to UM for college? I hope you got in with all that devotion.
Wherever you go, work your butt off. If you can get a 3.75 or above in your first two years, you can probably transfer in. That's what I did.
this, transfer in, or aim for grad school
and that was good for #5? Penn State was #3, Harvard #1. Crazy high # of kids to choose from for the next school year.
Also, I need to meet Wolverine Devotee's parents. I need to step up my game with my 3. They are Michigan fans, but I feel they can do better.
Well, you're already ahead of me in that department.
I also did this. Saved a bunch of money, but it was really depressing to go to EMU while all my friends were at Michigan.
As for prom, maybe one of the mgoladies on the board can escort this young gentleman who does so much for our board.
Congrats on going to college. College can be a great equalizer if you take advantage. All of a sudden, all the benefits others had while living at home don't matter so much. Keep the partying to a reasonable level, work your ass off, and doors will start creaking open for you.
Number of coaching changes.
I just noticed your user name. I've known Andy Markovits about 30 years, he's fantastic. I was pleasantly surprised when he wound up at Michigan, unfortunately long after I left.
Most overrated professor at Michigan.
Even if that's true, he is still a terrific professor.
Agreed, and he is brilliant and passionate about his work.
I agree. He was great, I just think he's overhyped.
Well alright then.
Doesn't seem like a good decision unless they have a better coach lined up. The one non revenue sport where I thought they'd make a change was either mens or womens golf both of which finished last in the big ten.
This was the women's golf coach's first season. She was hired by Brandon. It's highly unlikely she's in any danger of losing her job.
I don't know about water polo, but in re: to men's tennis making the tournament isn't good enough. The ncaa field is 64 and the women's program is consistently top ten and wins the big ten regularly. There's no reason that the men should be barely making the tournament and not in the running for a big ten championship (dominated by Illinois and then Ohio State in recent years). Michigan has tradition and a top tier tennis facility. The only thing Michigan tennis has stacked against it is cold weather, but that's an issue for all big ten schools.
I'm actually happy to see Brandon make these kind of moves. Head coaches pay is ridiculous even in non-revenue sports and when you have the facilities and tradition that Michigan has finishing middle of the big ten year should never cut it. The expectation for revenue and non-revenue sports should be the same and a lot of the coaches that he's gotten rid of simply didn't show that much improvement year over year.
Brandon's standard for all sports is for Michigan coaches to be winning Big Ten titles on a consistent basis. Berque won 0 conference titles in 10 years. It's pretty clear why he was fired.
Here's a bit more from the Zoo Tennis blog:
Much like the University of Florida, however, which accepted Andy Jackson's resignation in 2012, the expectations at Michigan are high for all the athletic programs, and Berque was unable to break the stranglehold that Ohio State has had on the Big Ten conference, despite going 66-25 in the conference, and 159-104 overall.
The Buckeyes have consistently been the conference's top program for years now, and the current athletic director at Michigan, David Brandon, who started in 2010 and did not hire Berque, chose to look elsewhere for a coach to change that. An excellent recruiting class for this fall will be part of Berque's legacy, yet as always in situations like this, it is difficult for those student-athletes, who are committed to Michigan, but do not know now who their coach will be.
The Chinese word for tennis is "net ball".
The Chinese word for coach is "teach drill".
The Chinese word for fire is "separate employ".
It's a very literal language, which achieves subtlety in word usage, not word construction. The old trope about the word for crisis containing both danger and opportunity is based on a mistranslation of the second character.
But you probably weren't looking for a Chinese lesson.
(There are of course naughtier examples, such as the result of combining the character for "enter" with the character for "meat").
I actually canceled my Chinese lesson today after reading this post. There was no correlation between the events but it did happen. Fascinating language. We should also change 'HELLO' posts to 'YOU GOOD' posts for incoming players.
Prom's overrated anyway. It's basically the same thing as any college weekend and a lot more expensive.
Brandon got miffed at not being allowed to coach the baselines. Don't forget, DB was spotted standing along the baseline at a Michigan baseball game just a week or so ago, and Coach Bakich is still employed...
This seems like a terrible decision. Then again, so did general admission seating, and we all know how that turned out.
the man was fired. It looks as though his past win loss record may have very little to do with the reason he was fired. Coaches in any sport have to win a certain amount of games as part of their accomplishments but that is certainly not the only criteria that has to be met in order to maintain your job. I imagine we will find out the real reason he was fired but to assume that it was his win loss record alone will only make an ASS out of U and ME
Just wait until Brandon fires Beilein for winning too many games.
It would be absofuckinglutely hilarious if Dave Brandon was a poster on this message board. What if he does shit just to troll the MGoBoard?
I for one welcome our new insect overlords.
He may be overlord. But I don't accept his will. Zoltan he is not.
Please no jokes about scoring on the field... restless Dad here.
Yep, there was a thread the other day I posted about Durand having theirs there.
And people trying to start a Kickstarter to send me to my prom....
Damn how the place has grown since I left those many years ago.
Dave Brandon is doing a EXCEPTIONAL job making good desicions all around..all these snarky comments are just people needing something to complain about
According to the latest salary report, Berque was making $103,307.