Michigan spokesman on DB email controversy: "There's nothing else to add."
Title says it all.
Michigan spokesman says right now "there's nothing else to add" RE: MGoBlog report on Dave Brandon emails
— Nick Baumgardner (@nickbaumgardner) October 28, 2014October 28th, 2014 at 4:27 PM ^
Tl;DR HE GONE
October 28th, 2014 at 4:30 PM ^
This will have zero impact on anything. Local news outlets aren't even going to pick up on it.
October 28th, 2014 at 4:32 PM ^
October 28th, 2014 at 4:36 PM ^
I'm a person who always goes against the "Torch and Pitchfork" mob of simpletons. Especially when they begin to invent reasons out of thin air to support their point.
Of course Brandon and Hoke are gone in the near future, but these people are so insecure about it that they need continuous reassurance.
October 28th, 2014 at 4:41 PM ^
October 28th, 2014 at 4:41 PM ^
I'll sum it up:
I like to be troll people by being a contrarian because it makes me feel special.
October 28th, 2014 at 6:23 PM ^
if I watch this out of the corner of my eye it looks like Bo Pelini, which makes it 87 times better.
October 28th, 2014 at 6:31 PM ^
October 28th, 2014 at 6:33 PM ^
The Dark Princelini. O HAI.
October 28th, 2014 at 10:33 PM ^
But Bo Pelini doesn't use the word snap, close enough
October 28th, 2014 at 5:36 PM ^
Dammit, I wanted to pull the contrarian card. Guess I'll just call him a raging douchbag, then.
October 28th, 2014 at 4:56 PM ^
The horse you're riding is so fucking high, I can't even see you.
October 28th, 2014 at 4:59 PM ^
9/11 was an inside job? Because you sound like a person who thinks 9/11 was an inside job.
October 28th, 2014 at 5:24 PM ^
BRO, HVE YOU SEEN LOOSE CHANGE?
October 28th, 2014 at 6:22 PM ^
18 dudes with box cutters controlled by some dude in a cave in Afghanistan. Hijacked and out smarted one of the worlds biggest and most regulated (for safety) industries! O wait...
October 28th, 2014 at 9:57 PM ^
October 29th, 2014 at 8:30 AM ^
Is the great equalizer. It makes everyone more powerful. I had no idea box cutters had the same power.
October 30th, 2014 at 6:51 AM ^
You're forgetting the mass support, CIA training, and millions of dollars al-Qaida had to work with.
October 28th, 2014 at 5:08 PM ^
I don't see much inventing, I see DB himself taking care of that part. I think most people here have awareness of non-sports news and the business world, and have seen the fallout of PR disasters like Comcast's infamous customer service call and see parallels here. It's pretty hard to imagine this not being more wood on the fire. And I mean among those whose opinions will actually factor in to any firing, not just angry fans on Twitter and message boards.
October 28th, 2014 at 5:13 PM ^
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October 28th, 2014 at 6:04 PM ^
That most (me included) are somewhere in between. It certainly means something. If they had nothing to add...that's significant. Because if they wanted to refute the emails and call them fake, they would have by now.
Also "nothing to add" is very clearly different than "no comment". The latter means nothing, really, one way or the other. The former implies the emails exist.
October 28th, 2014 at 5:18 PM ^
October 28th, 2014 at 5:20 PM ^
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October 28th, 2014 at 5:36 PM ^
If Michigan pulls the trigger to fire Brandon because of some bitchy emails and not, you know, all of the other incredibly incompetent and borderline-irrational things he's done in the past couple of years, I'll actually be disappointed in the University. This is obviously embarrassing, but at best this will be a footnote in this AD's obituary.
October 28th, 2014 at 5:44 PM ^
They wouldn't fire him for these emails, they're just one more thing on a huge pile of other crap he's done.
October 28th, 2014 at 5:45 PM ^
It can be a combination of all things.
These emails make it that much easier to let Dave Brandon go as he doesn't even have the business savvy to know not to leave a paper trail of these kinds of messages, not to mention the contempt he shows for people who are frustrated with a mess he created.
I know I keep saying it, but you keep showing up in each thread saying the same things over and over again so it doesn't seem to be getting through to you. I'll keep trying though, because I like Best and Worst and it pains me to see you doing this.
October 28th, 2014 at 4:32 PM ^
I think that you may be underestimating the local media's desire for readership / clicks. The fact is that Michigan's disaster of a football program is a story. Our fanbase and alumni base are huge. The media knows this and will run stories on the issue just to get some readers / clicks. Hell, they write daily stories about how Hoke should quit or be fired, despite having nothing new to say.
October 28th, 2014 at 5:20 PM ^
mob of angry simpletons
October 28th, 2014 at 4:32 PM ^
What about Olbermann? He already has the story and it appears to have had some impact.
October 28th, 2014 at 4:33 PM ^
I don't really foresee this having much effect myself, but seeing as Nick Baumgardner is himself part of a local news outlet, I'd say you are already technically wrong there.
October 28th, 2014 at 4:33 PM ^
Seeing as how the tweet is from Nick Baumgardner at MLive and he's (presumably) the one who asked the University for comment, they already have picked up on it.
October 28th, 2014 at 4:48 PM ^
I saw Charles Robinson RT that stuff on my Twitter
October 28th, 2014 at 4:58 PM ^
Now I want to see Brandon's emails to customers who wrote in complaining about their service at Domino's. "GO FIND A NEW PIZZA CHAIN."
— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) October 28, 2014October 28th, 2014 at 5:05 PM ^
Ouch, sick burn. What we need is a dramatic recreation of the Dave Brandon emails, only the question is, who would play Dave Brandon? Some thoughts: (a) Gordon Gecko; (b) Patrick Bateman; (c) James Woods; (d) Robert Englund.
October 28th, 2014 at 5:42 PM ^
He could turn the douche mode up to 11 and do a good Brandon.
October 28th, 2014 at 4:34 PM ^
What would we ever do without your biting, authoritative insights!?!?!? I lose sleep thinking about mgoblog without you!!!!
October 28th, 2014 at 4:35 PM ^
My man here is fucking awesome.
Always has those cutting edge comments.
Baller.
October 28th, 2014 at 4:38 PM ^
In and of itself, this is nothing more than a blip on the radar. However, given everything else, this could be the proverbial straw.
October 28th, 2014 at 4:39 PM ^
Interesting that you would make that assertion given that Olbermann already picked it up when about one tenth of the information was available.
October 28th, 2014 at 4:44 PM ^
it was already on the radio this morning and now CSN Chicago is running with it...
It will gain momentum....
http://www.csnchicago.com/big-ten/dave-brandon-really-told-upset-michig…
October 28th, 2014 at 4:45 PM ^
This will have zero impact on anything. Local news outlets aren't even going to pick up on it.
Yeah, it's not like Nick Baumgardner works for MLive or anything.
October 28th, 2014 at 4:56 PM ^
Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't Nick Baumgardner a member of a local news outlet?
October 28th, 2014 at 5:10 PM ^
I don't disagree with you. I don't think it's much of a story, frankly.
Everyone who matters already knew how Brandon addresses people that don't disagree with him, that he is quick to dismiss opposing views (or not even consider them), that he isn't interested in finding out what students think before crafting a "solution" he sees fit.
He was long gone before this foia stuff. And for reasons far more germane to the University and the Athletic Department as a whole; ie. the place the athletic department has as a piece of the University for its students, alums and fans, and not as its own Fortune 500 company.
October 28th, 2014 at 5:20 PM ^
Except for the fact that people with a lot more knowledge than you are I have said repeatedly that there are people with influence who don't think Brandon and Hoke should be gone this year. Which is why stuff like this is important.
October 28th, 2014 at 6:23 PM ^
October 28th, 2014 at 5:28 PM ^
spoke about it on Valenti and Foster and apparently Keith Olberman
October 28th, 2014 at 6:21 PM ^
http://www.csnchicago.com/big-ten/dave-brandon-really-told-upset-michig…
[Self-edit]: Dang I'm slow. Well, here. This shows how big a deal this really is:
http://www.elevenwarriors.com/college-football/2014/10/42539/dont-think…
October 28th, 2014 at 8:11 PM ^
seems like my point has been covered.