Question: What are chances of Brady ever coming back to UM to work?
With all the Brady-love threads (and rightfully so), there has been a suggestion that he come back to UM once he retires from playing to join the staff in some respect.
I admit that I don't follow much of headlines/discussion/rumors about individual players, so can the board comment about if this is even a remote possibility? Does he have any coaching experience at any level (i.e. Harbaugh volunteer-coaching early in his career)? Has he even expressed any interest in coaching afterwards? Would a move to AA be too much for him, Giselle, and his family? Is he a good fit as a position coach or perhaps some form of booster/supporter?
This whole idea is most likely a pipe dream, but if it could work why not go for it. Hackett swung for fences when he went for Harbaugh and look how that worked out.
Talk amongst yourselves.
February 6th, 2017 at 4:49 PM ^
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February 6th, 2017 at 4:59 PM ^
February 6th, 2017 at 5:50 PM ^
It all depends on your definition of "modern era." I remember Bart Starr coaching the Packers from the mid 70's to early 80's. Of course, I may be a tad older than some others on this site.
February 6th, 2017 at 6:17 PM ^
Wayne Fontes had a better career record than Bart Starr. If Starr had been someone else, Green Bay fans would have driven him out of town long before the team fired him.
February 6th, 2017 at 7:31 PM ^
I didn't state Bart Starr was a hall of fame COACH. I agree if he'd been a normal coach he would've been booted long before his 9th season. What I replied to and what you're stating are 2 different topics. You need some work on reading comprehension.
February 6th, 2017 at 7:53 PM ^
I'd used him as an example in a previous thread.
You need to not take everything so personally.
February 6th, 2017 at 8:29 PM ^
your reply to me was off topic. How was I to know you reposted the same comment from a previous thread. You shouldn't make assumptions that others have read your posts from previous threads. I wasn't commenting on the success of HOF Qbs that also had coaching careers. I was commenting on the fact there was a HOF fame QB that coached in the modern era. Now, if you wanna discuss the success (or lack thereof) of said coach, I'm for that, but that's a different topic than what I replied to.
February 6th, 2017 at 8:13 PM ^
Apples and oranges. The salaries for an NFL star QB (in real dollars) back then are table scraps compared to what Brady has earned. Guys back then had to have real jobs after football and sometimes out of season for football.
February 7th, 2017 at 8:29 AM ^
If the players smoked and drank beer on the side-lines or were only a few years removed from leather helmets, I wouldn't say that's modern era football.
February 6th, 2017 at 7:58 PM ^
but maybe he will become an excellent AD.
February 6th, 2017 at 8:11 PM ^
February 6th, 2017 at 10:32 PM ^
Brady comes off as an airhead? Really? I think he seems pretty witty on his social media posts.
February 7th, 2017 at 8:42 AM ^
He probably has a PR rep do those. Anyway, to me pretty much every athlete comes off as an airhead in interviews. It's just not a complicated subject
February 7th, 2017 at 9:14 AM ^
Brady could barely string a sentence together in his interviews during the 2001 season. The guy is a poster boy for all kinds of quack fake science like energy bracelets and shit. Let's not let our loyalty to the block M blind us to the fact that Tom is kinda sorta dumb. His general studies degree wouldn't have gotten him very far if he hadn't been the GOAT QB.
February 6th, 2017 at 6:51 PM ^
February 6th, 2017 at 4:49 PM ^
February 6th, 2017 at 6:21 PM ^
Well, maybe if you hack into their email server as this might speed things up a bit.
February 7th, 2017 at 8:38 AM ^
You two Eastern Block tyrants can conspire.
February 6th, 2017 at 5:09 PM ^
50% not and 50% definitely not.
February 6th, 2017 at 5:47 PM ^
of your user name
February 6th, 2017 at 6:22 PM ^
....not even!
February 6th, 2017 at 4:50 PM ^
he ends up in East Lansing.
February 6th, 2017 at 6:27 PM ^
February 6th, 2017 at 4:50 PM ^
Net Worth --
Tom Brady: $180 million
Gisele Bundchen: $380 million
what's the point
February 6th, 2017 at 4:57 PM ^
To do something you love. Harbaugh didn't need to come coach here either - it's not as though he needs the money.
February 6th, 2017 at 5:05 PM ^
February 6th, 2017 at 6:18 PM ^
Harbaugh was making over $4 million dollars a year as a QB back in the 90s:
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1996-08-04/sports/9608040106_1_jim-h… He has since made many more millions as a head coach in college and the NFL. Id estimate his net worth to be $50 million + if he was smart with his money.
February 7th, 2017 at 11:37 AM ^
Not even close to Tom Brady money. Brady got a $28 million signing bonus in 2016. His base salary in 2018 and 2019 is $14 million per year. By the time his current contract his up, he would have made easily more the $40 million on a 4 year contract. Brady's total cash earnings in his NFL career are just south of $200 million, which is just the NFL money he has made, not including his endorsement deals. No doubt Harbaugh made some good money in the NFL and is making better money now, but he still isn't anywhere near Tom Brady money.
February 6th, 2017 at 6:16 PM ^
February 7th, 2017 at 8:46 AM ^
Right, it all depends if he has a passion for it, and if so, he will take a shot at nfl coaching similar to Harbaugh. Then if that doesn't work out and the timing is perfect and the AD doesn't drop the ball (see: Les Miles), he would probably coach UM. That's a lot of IFs though, so much we're more likely to get an entirely different ex-player as the next coach
And at this rate, god knows when or if Brady will stop playing
February 6th, 2017 at 9:08 PM ^
February 6th, 2017 at 4:52 PM ^
February 6th, 2017 at 5:44 PM ^
February 6th, 2017 at 6:01 PM ^
February 6th, 2017 at 6:23 PM ^
That best be poorly worded sarcasm.
February 6th, 2017 at 7:33 PM ^
Aren't you a ray of sunshine there douchenozzle! That asinine comment should automatically get you that vacation to Bolivia.
February 6th, 2017 at 4:59 PM ^
Thanks for the link - good, succint answer.
February 6th, 2017 at 5:35 PM ^
Anyone catch in that article that he also wants to play another 10 years or until he is 48. Sounds like the "Will he coach after retirement" question may be a bit premature, if not already answered.
February 6th, 2017 at 8:19 PM ^
Good article and answers the question for now. But he loves football so much, I don't see him being able to get away from it even though he says he wants to right now. I also don't see him going into the booth or being a talking head (even though I think he would be very good at it). It is to far removed from the action.
I think a few years removed from playing he will get back in some capacity and I think coach will probably be his avenue just maybe in the pros, not at Michigan.
February 6th, 2017 at 4:54 PM ^
He'll be in broadcasting, IMO. NFL network perhaps at 1st and then to fox/espn/abc MNF.
February 6th, 2017 at 7:38 PM ^
But no way in hell espn/abc!!!! He is Tom Fucking Brady, THE GOAT! He is too good for those shit networks!
February 6th, 2017 at 4:56 PM ^
February 6th, 2017 at 4:57 PM ^
Be great if he can talk us up as much as possible to keep the hype train moving, but he ain't gonna end up in Ann Arbor.
February 6th, 2017 at 4:57 PM ^
February 6th, 2017 at 5:04 PM ^
I didn't say it had to be coaching (I wasn't sure if he was even interested in it and another poster put up a good link shooting that down). But, would he be interested in joining the organization in some respect? Recruiting, relations - I'm not even certain what kind of role that would be, but I'm sure there's a precedent somewhere (maybe another P5 school).
February 7th, 2017 at 9:27 AM ^
Tom Brady and his supermodel wife are not interested in leaving their mansion in the Hollywood Hills to come hang out in Ann Arbor so Tom can have a perfunctory job at the University, no. Those type of jobs are given to former athletes who don't make it in the pros and have no other real skills except the ability to raise money for their alma mater. Like Archie Griffin at Ohio State.