The previous coaching staff - Where are they now?
This article is a slideshow, which I loathe, but it does have info on where all of the previous coaching staff landed. Presented without further comment.
Hoke - Unemployed
Jackson - Unemployed (probably by choice)
Nussmeier - OC at Florida
Ferrigno - ST / TE at SJSU.
Funk - OL at Akron.
Hecklinski - QB Coach and PG Coordinator at Colorado State - Pueblo.
Mallory - Secondary Coach and PG Coordinator at Wyoming.
Manning - OLB Coach at Washington State.
Smith - DL at Florida Tech.
http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/index.ssf/2015/07/where_are_the_ex-michigan_coac.html#0
I think it has been pretty well covered in many posts what type of jobs everyone landed and how it reflects on the past staff and how their peers view them. And was reflected by their collective results here. Why rehash the negativity? Look forward not back at this point.
Well as Borges always said, he'd walk to SDSU.
But actually I think he is at San Jose college or something not SDSU. But he'd still walk there if offered.
So that's somewhat...interesting.
Borges ain't walkin' anywhere.
At best, he's borrowing one of those motorized scooters from WalMart.
I ran into him at a diner off of Michigan Ave in Saline last summer. We were paying for our food at the register and I told him I recognized him. To which he replied, "These days, I'm trying not to be recognized." I laughed, gave him a pat on the arm, and told him to relax but if he didn't want to be recognized, he should at least get more than one city away from A2. Then he thanked me. Sincerely. Which made me laugh even harder. I felt kind of bad. I know. Cool story, bro.
Heiko and Al were the best...
Borges has that deep soothing voice. Very comforting in moments of stress.
His real future is in some kind of therapy.
Again, not arguing that the staff wasn't deficient. To me this shows that they quite clearly failed in AA and the CFB universe recognized that, not that it was a grave mistake to hire them in the first place. It's a what have you done for me lately business.
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Interesting peer group you swim in. I have yet to be asked by anyone even once (forget weekly) "What ever happened to good ole Curt Mallory?"
I think we've covered "MAC level coaching gets MAC level results!!!" more than enough times in the past 6 months.
p.s. Mlive should have thrown Borges in there if they were going to spend the time rehashing the dark ages.
He didn't get his own page, but they do mention him in with Ferrigno going to SJSU.
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Mainly because I couldn't recall seeing the info contained in the OP all in one place.
Hindsight being 20/20, I'm surprised that we only had 1 losing season out of the last 4.
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they generally bring along most of their staff. That's especially true if they've been together for awhile and the previous coach was fired. Hoke did exactly what he should have been expected to do in putting together a staff. I never thought the problem was in who he hired, but in not demanding more from them. I don't think he was ever going to fire anybody and they all knew it. Good head coaches make their assistants better.
Except for Drevno, the coaches you mentioned were on failed coaching staffs that were being shown the door. None were being retained, so poaching from those programs is not correct.
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I would say it wasn't for Jackson and Tolbert either. What went on in SF was not about a failed coaching staff.
Plus Hoke was thought to be the choice well before any annoucement. He had time to gauge interest from other coaches. The incredible difference is that one is Brady Hoke and the other is Jim Harbaugh. His connections based on his previous coaching stops and his successes there far outweigh Hoke's.
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With teams like Indiana, Purdue or Illinois I imagine.
Years. We had sub par coaching in a lot of spots and it showed. I think the staff we have now is really good and our rivals and the rest of the Big will see that really soon.
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...and that deceptive title that tricked you into clicking on "this shit." What forced you to spend lifespan posting about something you consider "shit" is a mystery.
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How important a competent QB is. Had Michigan had better QBs, who could hold onto the ball and manage a game, Hoke would still probably be the coach.
When our rivals are trotting out Connor Cook (3 star) and Cardale Jones (3 star RS SR who hadn't started a game in his career) and winning championships, the excuses become exhausting.
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*Yet still making more money than almost all of us will this year.
After four years of having to be a 100 hour a week sock puppet when he signed up to be a football coach, I don't begrudge Hoke his money. I hope he enjoys it. And if he has saved it or invested it so well he never has to work again, that would be fine with me, too.
If I were in his shoes, I would definitely be taking the year off to decompress and detox from the business of coaching football.
up with jobs that probably reflected their coaching...
Why did I think Hoke went to Oregon State?
he visited there when he was on his "teach me how to coach football" tour.
He still has one more year on his Michigan contract. I suppose he will get a Div 2 gig in the next couple of years.