Michigan's Devin Gardner: I'll make sure Brady Hoke isn't on hot seat
What a great way to answer the question.
Everybody is going to say whatever they want to say,” Gardner said. “My job is to make sure he’s not on the hot seat, so that’s what I’m going to do. I’m going to make sure we win football games, and I’m going to play as hard as I can with my teammates, and I’m going to encourage my teammates, and my teammates are going to encourage me, and we’re going to make sure that’s not even the talk anymore.
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I can't believe this is his last year.
I remember seeing him come out onto the field for the first time at the 2010 spring game and the place was loud.
I can't believe someone was stupid enough to give those guys what look like osu away jerseys; cumong, equipment dept...
Seriously. Football is supposed to be fun.
But it's not fun anymore... is it?
Zero fun sir.
You will wear a coat and tie. Don't have coat? Then borrow one from your Old Man. Don't have an Old Man? Then find a bum, trade him for his.
how can it be fun when people go aound and start CHANGING JERSEY NUMBERS!!!!
'Cause when you worry
Your face will frown
And that will bring everybody down
So don't worry, be happy
Don't worry Be happy now
I'm amazed you're still here.
You're getting hammered for this but I stand with you. The entire idea of the legends uniforms was/is kind of dumb. I'd rather have a guy become legendary in his own number rather than try to live in the past, which is the most Michigan thing you can do.
Well they wanted to unretire the jerseys and its a nice way to memorialize the individuals who had their jerseys retired.
Is it slightly annoying to have to buy a new jersey if your favorite player switches, or to have to remember a new number for the first few games? yeah a little (mostly remembering for me since i dont buy many jerseys).
Guys already had to live up to the standard anyways. #1/#2 arent legends jerseys but everybody is worrying about who will be the next #1 and trying to give it to every studbolt freshman they want to recruit. Being 77 on the oline has a long history too. Its all unspoken but it exists at least in my opinion.
Only at Michigan could fans complain about a player having a legendary career because he was wearing the wrong jersey number.
When was the last time there was a serious dialogue on this or any other site about Tom Harmon, since Devin's # change?
The man is an American Hero, and he's ours. And the fact that we can celebrate him again is a stroke of Dave Brandon genius (if that's truly where credit goes). If his family is ok (and the were), then dammit, let's watch Ol' 98 tear it up again.
My 13 year old son knows all about #98 (and #21, etc.) from the Legends pregram, and it makes me proud to see him read up and research who these men were and what they've meant to Michigan Football.
Yeah, long-term I wish they'd handle the whole thing a little different, but I'm all for having Kramer, Ford, Howard et al back in circulation.
Bando, you're one of my very favorite posters, FYI, but you're underwater on this one.
THIS is the exact point of the Legends program.
"Why does Michigan's QB wear #98?"
"What's that patch on his jersey?"
are far more closely tied to their legacy than they would be from viewing a dusty old jersey behind a piece of glass. DG has a Tom Harmon clipping from the Harmon family's personal collection. He has Mark Harmon's number in his contact list. How often did those things happen before the current program was instituted?
I love the attitude. He definitely has what it takes to back it up.
Devin could be in the running for the most overrated award in sports (Heisman) if he has a good offensive line.
could be in the running for the most back-handed compliment in interntz history.
He has always been a good guy. Maybe this should be a Preseason Posbang Thread for Gardner?
I'm sure he'll get a few Appreciation threads before his time is done
I wish we could pull that for mgoposters sometimes...
+3 Spot On
For a second, I thought you were TOTALLY AWESOME and had changed the writing on the backs to MGO JAIL. Would have been epic.
I wish I could computer well enough to pull that off...but alas, I cannot. In the meantime, we can pretend cobra14 was MGoShanked in the MGoJail
I will remain unimpressed until he scores 40 points on OSU with a broken foot. Until then, he's a pretender
What a perfect response and EXACTLY what you want your senior QB to say. I love it.
Reminded me of back in 86 when Harbaugh "guarenteed" Michigan would go down to Columbus and win the game. When they asked Bo if he liked hearing his Quarterback say that Bo responded to the effect of "I like it a Hell of lot more than if my Quarterback had guarenteed we'd LOSE this week."
He guaranteed a win over OSU last year before the season started and while Michigan didn't win that game, he put up huge numbers and was one play away from coming through on his promise despite suffering an injury. This is his last year on campus and he was in some really heated battles last season against quality opponents. This year will be different, it will be a good year for him and the team as a whole. Nuss will remind us what it's like to have an efficient offense against teams with a pulse.
He's always guaranteeing something.
At this point, I'm just like...oh, that's Devin being Devin.
So what you're saying is... Devin can't predict the future 100% accurately and that upsets you? This wasn't an "I promise I'll take out the garbage today" kind of guarantee.
Question... Would you rather have him say something to the effect of "I don't know what will happen but I will try to make sure we win" or would you rather have him show confidence and drive with a "guarantee" being that he has more control over the offensive performance than any other player on the field?
The thing about that "guarantee" with the win over OSU last year told me that this dude is going to do everything he can to win. You don't guarantee something will happen without doing your best to give it your all because you know the risks of what you're saying. Watching that game, I have no doubt in my mind Devin gave it his all. I honestly couldn't believe he was still going at the end of that game - It was a remarkable game for him.
Him making claims to push Hoke off the hot seat tells me that he is working really freaking hard to improve and make this offense the best it can be. Therefore, I LIKE.
you make it sound like he was playing with a broken foot or something.
He made "guarantee" type statements,too...
It helps that the he'll have one of the best QB tutors in the game. This offense might start a little slowly, but I expect it to be pretty damn good by season's end.
a reliable running game would also be really helpful to take a little pressure of DG so he can keep playing at high level all season
Haters are gonna do their thing... If we're competing for a B10 Championship in November all the Devin naysayers and *fans calling for a QB with 1 collegiate start to take over will either be on the bandwagon or have to shut up. Devin is a class act, I hope he encounters much success this year and beyond.
But this is a big year for Hoke
Talk is often worthless or even harmful, IMHO, but Michigan needs some vocal confidence right now. If nothing else, I think DG will leave Michigan having done everything he could to get the Wolverines back to the top.