OC hire imminent, Herbstreit is excited, other hints
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.
January 8th, 2014 at 8:18 PM ^
Obligatory "remember the last time Herbie had a Michigan coaching scoop?" comment.
January 8th, 2014 at 8:19 PM ^
January 8th, 2014 at 8:20 PM ^
January 8th, 2014 at 8:22 PM ^
What's the deal with the brevity? It's Leslie.
January 8th, 2014 at 8:43 PM ^
January 8th, 2014 at 8:45 PM ^
or in your burgeoning alcoholism, MGoBrewMom. Ease up on the afternoon refreshments if you know what I mean.
:)
January 8th, 2014 at 8:23 PM ^
Probably why he's not saying anything this time around. My guess is that Herbie was right on his original Les to Michigan report, but leaked it early and blew up the deal.
January 8th, 2014 at 9:37 PM ^
January 8th, 2014 at 8:18 PM ^
January 8th, 2014 at 8:20 PM ^
Les Miles?
January 8th, 2014 at 8:20 PM ^
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January 8th, 2014 at 8:23 PM ^
Cam Cameron? Are you there?
January 8th, 2014 at 8:40 PM ^
...how else would he know that Michigan fans will be pleased?
January 8th, 2014 at 9:05 PM ^
January 9th, 2014 at 12:23 AM ^
Good call!
January 8th, 2014 at 9:16 PM ^
Wasn't Cam Cameron the OC for the Ravens while Mattison was the DC for the Ravens?
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.
January 8th, 2014 at 8:24 PM ^
Bob Bostad?
January 8th, 2014 at 8:24 PM ^
I'm staying up all night, refeshing my Twitter page every 60 seconds.
January 8th, 2014 at 8:26 PM ^
January 8th, 2014 at 8:26 PM ^
I'm sure he will preamptively announce our new hire in hopes they don't take the job.
January 8th, 2014 at 8:25 PM ^
January 8th, 2014 at 8:40 PM ^
Oh god, I have a terrible feeling it's him.
January 8th, 2014 at 9:07 PM ^
Scot Loeffler made my Temple Owls respectable for a season.
January 8th, 2014 at 9:03 PM ^
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January 8th, 2014 at 9:04 PM ^
January 8th, 2014 at 8:40 PM ^
I hope it's Cam Cameron, guy's a genuis.
January 8th, 2014 at 8:26 PM ^
January 8th, 2014 at 8:27 PM ^
Everybody is the best player to step foot at Michigan. Then, Wheatley to RB coach.
January 8th, 2014 at 8:32 PM ^
January 8th, 2014 at 8:49 PM ^
Couldn't really go wrong with either of those guys, and I really hope one of them is Jackson's eventual replacement. Both have great personalities, love the school, and straight up know what it takes to play RB. Could be huge for recruiting.
January 8th, 2014 at 8:28 PM ^
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.
January 8th, 2014 at 8:37 PM ^
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.
January 8th, 2014 at 8:32 PM ^
If so, this would be one more pebble on the "Hoke is a smart guy who knows what he's doing" side of the scale.
January 8th, 2014 at 8:28 PM ^
Kirk Herbstreit is excited about the new offensive coordinator because the new offensive coordinator is Kirk Herbstreit.
January 8th, 2014 at 8:30 PM ^
DAMN YOU!!!
I was just about to post this joke...
January 8th, 2014 at 9:14 PM ^
New colour guy on ESPN = win
January 8th, 2014 at 8:28 PM ^
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.
January 8th, 2014 at 8:31 PM ^
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January 8th, 2014 at 8:55 PM ^
True, but at this point in time, I'd be excited just to be pleased.