Tater

January 25th, 2016 at 3:32 PM ^

EMU has been a career-killer for coaches for the last 25 years.  I hope English can get back the DC mojo he had before the last two games of 2006 and the first two of 2007.  I always thought he deserved better than what he got after he left Michigan.  I was pretty disgusted that EMU was the best offer he got.

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Everyone Murders

January 25th, 2016 at 1:41 PM ^

IIRC, he was fired for some homophobic screed after a loss (any given Saturday at EMU).  Before that, he had some dodgy observations about how players from single-parent families were inherently high risk.

San Jose ain't San Francisco, but hopefully Coach English brought along a new filter.  But still, I always think of this when I think of his great defenses at Michigan from about a decade ago [NSFW]:

 

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The Mad Hatter

January 25th, 2016 at 1:44 PM ^

I have no idea why he ever took that EMU job.  It's impossible to win there.  But he's still a young man so hopefully he'll do well enough to start climbing the ladder again. 

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Tuebor

January 25th, 2016 at 1:53 PM ^

I wonder why that is.  It is the closest school to the Metro Detroit talent base and be honest EMU isn't going up against UM/MSU for recruits.  EMU is going against WMU, CMU, and Toledo.  A good coach should be able to pull in most of the MAC level talent in the Detroit Area.  Otherwise I guess I don't know much about EMU as a school.  But no MAC schools are recruiting on Academics (other than Miami Ohio).  Seems like with the right coach they should be able to do well. I know they have atrocious facilities but isn't that something they are addressing?

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SAMgO

January 25th, 2016 at 2:01 PM ^

Why does Michigan beat out Miami (YTM) or Cal for recruits? I don't claim to be an expert on MAC football, but it seems that higher level MAC recruits would be willing to go slightly farther to play for a WMU or Ohio or N. Illinois vs. Eastern if given the chance. Everything about EMU football just seems sad and low quality. Their stadium is a joke, they don't play in any early season higher profile games, and they continually struggle to bring in quality coaching. I'd rather just go across the state and play for PJ Fleck.

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lilpenny1316

January 25th, 2016 at 2:56 PM ^

EMU should bring a passing spread offense and get one of these under recruited QBs from the state to run it.  There should be something they can sell to the kids besides playing on a gray football field.

There's no reason why GVSU or SVSU should have a better team than EMU.

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LSAClassOf2000

January 25th, 2016 at 2:42 PM ^

This probably did not make it much past the followers of MAC football or Detroit media (the reasoning, that is - the video went viral in ten minutes), but this was the inaugural entrance of the EMU football team to "The Factory", which is essentially the attempt at rebranding EMU football into something which sounds as if it churns out meaningful things. I think that clip is from the 2014 game against Morgan State, which Eastern actually won despite coughing up about 450 yards of offense to a MEAC school, as I recall. 

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Don

January 25th, 2016 at 3:05 PM ^

"It is unclear exactly what made Eastern Michigan think entering the field through a brick wall would be a good idea. However, it’s possible the move was an homage to the Eagles’ new concrete gray turf.

“Having gray turf, that’s something that no else in the nation has,” said Eastern Michigan offensive lineman Lincoln Hansen, one of the guys trying to break the concrete wall in the video. “It’s unique, and it’s something that puts us on people’s minds.”

http://www.laughspin.com/2014/08/31/eastern-michigan-football-concrete-…

“The wrench, the field, the concrete wall, we know people will have comments, but they all have real meaning for us,” Creighton said. “It all goes back to the idea of investing, and working for something. It is about putting on those steel-toed boots, and going to work.”

https://emutalkarchive.wordpress.com/2014/09/04/emu-football-team-stick…

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jmblue

January 25th, 2016 at 3:18 PM ^

Eastern simply has no identity in football.  This has a lot to do with being located right next to Ann Arbor.  Central and Western are isolated enough that they can draw locals who want to take in a college football game.  If you live in Washtenaw County and are thinking of going to a college football game, are you going to choose the EMU game over U-M?  

 

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MGoKalamazoo

January 25th, 2016 at 3:56 PM ^

IMO I don't think easterns troubles are because they reside next to Michigan. I think first and foremost eastern needs to win the students back. I went to Central during the DeBord crap and after the first game of the season the stadium was empty. Enter Brian Kelley and after one year that stadium had some pop to it. Start with the students and build excitement from there.



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MGoKalamazoo

January 25th, 2016 at 3:46 PM ^

Well beyond Charlie Batch, name anything exciting to happen at the EMU program in the last 20 years. Holy shit I am old... Also, when recruits visit a stadium with 3000 fans I would imagine said recruits would rather go elsewhere. EMU needs a PJ Fleck hire. Energetic dude from out of nowhere (insert RKO joke).



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ZooWolverine

January 25th, 2016 at 3:35 PM ^

You're thinking of Jimmy Clausen.

 

Brookfield Zoo by Chicago recently added an exhibit with several you can walk amongst, and, from my experience, they don't bite--they seem to just like chewing on shoelaces. As a side note, the emus are in the same exhibit as the wallabies, and I may or may not have once seen Wyatt Shallman walking out of the zoo with one.

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wolverine1987

January 25th, 2016 at 2:46 PM ^

I don't recall much fan angst over him at all, apart from the fact that we could never stop a spread QB, which is true of every M coordinator of all time including Durkin.

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