OC hire imminent, Herbstreit is excited, other hints

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Herbstreit's tweet:

“@LongStrider86: any names come to mind for a good fit as michigan's new OC?” I know and so will you very soon. And you'll be pleased

— Kirk Herbstreit (@KirkHerbstreit) January 9, 2014

Second Herbstreit tweet (I am editing out the Balas tweet because he is a douchecanoe. Can I say douchecanoe on the internet? After further review, yes I can.  Mods can censor if they want.):

“@BCrandall11_9: @KirkHerbstreit is Rob Chudzinski going to be next OC for UofM?” No, current OC in college. That's it. Good pm

— Kirk Herbstreit (@KirkHerbstreit) January 9, 2014

Other hints:
- NFL Assistant has been tossed around a lot: Herbstreit's tweet says it is a current OC in college
- TomVH tweeted about John McNulty, but not sure if he has any inside info (no longer relevant)
- @CoachingSearch, who is pretty well known in the profession, dropped the names of Lane Kiffin, John McNulty, Mike Groh, and Randy Fichtner
- Sam Webb seems to know who it is, but isn't giving it away.  According to the other mgoblog thread (h/t jack daniels), Sam hints that it is NOT Loeffler, Terry Malone, Parrish, Groh, Kiffin, Bloomgren, Treadwell, or Chudzinski.
- According to mgouser Amutnal, the hire will be announced tomorrow.
- Here's a link to another interesting mgouser comment about a well-known school's OC being hired.  Prepare to posbang or negbang him after the fact.

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lazyfoot10

January 8th, 2014 at 8:24 PM ^

"You'll be pleased"?

I'm not sure if that means he thinks the coordinator is good or if he's a "Michigan Man" and assumes we'll be instantly pleased by that. 

I hope it's the former.

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aiglick

January 8th, 2014 at 8:26 PM ^

Did not want to see Herbstreit associated with this but I'm glad we will know sooner rather than later. This also potentially means that Hoke (and probably Brandon) did some sort of analysis and came up with a decent list of candidates. Obviously I don't know this but the fact that Al Borges was let go and we could potentially get a replacement this quickly means there was some work behind the scenes. Hopefully. Wonder who will be our new OC.

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MWolverine7

January 8th, 2014 at 8:28 PM ^

To have a replacement in place by today you have to think that Hoke wanted to make sure he had his guy before firing Borgess

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MichiganStudent

January 8th, 2014 at 8:30 PM ^

100% and even though its a little shady to do that to Borges its the best move for the program by a long shot. Glad they went this route instead of starting a coaching search post firing.

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uncleFred

January 8th, 2014 at 8:46 PM ^

At this level, at least in the corporate world, unless there is malice involved, the guy getting fired knows about it well before the announcement. 

Given what we know about Brady's relationship with  Borges, it is certainly possible even likely that he told Borges this was coming. If Al's replacement is announced tomorrow, it is a virtual certainty that the hiring decision was a done deal before this was announced.

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MichiganStudent

January 8th, 2014 at 8:29 PM ^

I'm pretty sure its the UCLA coach. The people I've asked that would have a good idea are saying its Mazzone.

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