Well, good for Wheatley. I'm
Huh?
I'm not the grammar police, but I seriously couldn't understand what you were trying to say.
Edit: Now I get it...Wheatley is now the RB coach with the Buffalo Bills. Interesting, I wonder if he'd come back to Michigan to take the same role after Coach Jackson retires. If not, Coach Mike Hart is on Wheatley's track as an up-and-coming coach and would be a great addition.
“True loyalty is that quality of service that grows under adversity and expands in defeat. Any street urchin can shout applause in victory, but it takes character to stand fast in defeat. One is noise — the other, loyalty.”
Wheatley as Jackson's successor
was one of our fantasies, but now with his impressive coaching trajectory, I suspect he'd be waiting for Hoke's retirement. Or maybe Borges... Hmmm. Do many OCs come from RB coaching?
Fantasies continue.
Wheatleys got a ways to go
Wheatleys got a ways to go before he'd be considered for a head coaching job at Michigan. Replacing Jackson is possible though (if Wheatley wants it). Can't imagine Jackson will be around much longer than 5-10 more year. Maybe he'll actually retire when Jeremy graduates
And we could give him a title
And we could give him a title like "RB coach/Associate HC" or something like that, and a higher pay. Like, hey, we want you as the RB coach for now, with the intent that you're the OC in waiting type of thing.
No offense to Wheatley
but is he actually a coach we'd want? I don't know his track record but our requirements for coaches should not be 1. MICHIGAN MAN 2. ....
Exactly..
Why the heck are we even considering Wheatley as an OC or HC?
Talk about taking things too far. He has no experience doing either and you guys are putting him as the coach-in-waiting?
Sorry, but to hold those positiions without any experience will rarely happen at Michigan unless you're a successful coordinator that is promoted when the HC moves on.
“True loyalty is that quality of service that grows under adversity and expands in defeat. Any street urchin can shout applause in victory, but it takes character to stand fast in defeat. One is noise — the other, loyalty.”
"Fantasies continue?"
I would settle for another RB who could do what Wheatley did to Washington in the Rose Bowl. I know many are partial to Tim Biakabatuka's game against Ohio, but Wheatley's Rose Bowl performance is my favorite of any RB in Michigan history, or at least the last 52 years of it.
When the day comes to replace
When the day comes to replace Jackson with Wheatley or Hart it'll split the fanbase...well not to the core but let's say to about where it split us when Harbaugh ran his mouth off about academics.
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Interesting info but work on
Interesting info but work on the formatting. I would also proofread what you read and rearrange some words. It's really tough to understand. This coming from a guy who can't write so gud either.
"Wasn't that Michigan drive just great. That's like Patton riding into Berlin." ~Bob Ufer
"I met Scott Schaefer after a
"I met Scott Schaefer after a spring practice his hear as DC for RR"
What I think you meant to type was "after a spring practice his year as DC for RR" but even that's a bit rough. I guessing based on the brevity of writing your post got spell-checked by a smart phone.
Either way though the content is great and informative. Very happy for Wheatley making it to the NFL.
He clearly meant to say year,
He clearly meant to say year, instead of hear. Not that hard to figure out
I think he meant to say "tear"
as in he was sad that RR was forcing him to use that ridiculous 3-3-5 formation.
Yes, "tear" makes perfect sense in that context...
Congratulations to Wheatley
glad to see him making the most of his opportunities. . .
tuh... tuh... today Jr.....
I think Wheatley just got a coaching job at Buffalo....
CJK5H - allegedly....
Wheatley...
Sorry, but thats false...Wheatley is not going to Buffalo. I know the guy personally and have since middle school. He's actually going to the Lions.
"We would have walked to the University of Michigan"
Grammar pre madonnas
Really looking forward to see what will happen there. Wheatley is a great dude and hopefully he can live long enough to replace Fred. Although, Fred just might live forever.
Its called a royale with cheese
Fred Jackson will live longer
Fred Jackson will live longer than Methuselah. Except he is bigger, stronger, breaks tackles better and cuts on a dime. With much more speed!
Fred Jakson
Fred Jackson is like Methuselah, but older.
And
More Biblical.
he's like Mark Ingram, but
he's like Mark Ingram, but faster!
It's been a lot. Its been a roller coaster that for some reason seemed like it would never get good. But you know what? We kept fighting. It's like that old saying goes, "Those Who Stay Will Be Champions." -David Molk
The time period
Before Madonna.
...confidence is the stain they can't wipe off...
He forgot the dash. It's
He forgot the dash. It's supposed to be pre-Madonna, which describes a person before they make the transformation into a Madonna-like entity.
And when we play as a team, when the old season is over, you and I know, it's gonna be Michigan again, Michigan
I'm proud of how far this
I'm proud of how far this blog has come. This is the first times I've seen someone use pre-Madonna (correctly, I might add) without another posting replying with "It's prima donna you douche."
It's prima donna you douche.
It's prima donna you douche.
/s
Does anyone know which school
Does anyone know which school has the most former players coaching? I imagine a lot of the Ohio schools would be up there but it seems like UM would have a fairly high number.
A lot of the Ohio schools?
A lot of the Ohio schools? I'm not really sure what you're asking after that...
I just hope Mike Hart
I just hope Mike Hart realizes he's Wheatley's little brother.
You're
Spot on
Scott
Shafer.
...confidence is the stain they can't wipe off...
I would love to see AZ play Syracuse in a bowl game
Still sorta surprised that Marrone dumped his alma mater, but undoubtedly he's getting a radical increase in pay.
As a native Western New
As a native Western New Yorker I can say that the folks in Buffalo are pretty disappointed that they got Marrone instead of one of the bigger name coaches. However, if they followed Michigan like we did during the end of the RR era I think they'd realize that taking over after a GERG-induced crater at SU and turning it into a respectable squad that quickly is a pretty significant accomplishment. Great to see Wheatley get a shot in the NFL and work with 2 great RB's.
GERG-induced crater at SU
I'd like to spend a couple of hours getting shitfaced with RR and then ask him just what in the flying hell he was thinking when he hired Robinson.
that's the problem
i think RR was shitfaced when he had his meeting with GERG and got hypnotized by his super bowl ring and offered him the DC job on the spot.
Do you really think Robinson
Do you really think Robinson was the main problem? Rich Rod didn't have him this past season and his D still was awful.
What I'd like to ask him is why he's so in love with the 3-3-5 that he'll make veteran DCs run it even when they're not comfortable with it.
Because looking down from above
the 3-3-5 looks like two big-breasted women in line for a guy in a wheelchair.
What's not to like about that?
Curious as to where you heard
Curious as to where you heard the Wheatley news? Haven't heard or seen it reported anywhere
Yes, if anyone comes across
Yes, if anyone comes across an official report please post it. A brief Google didn't turn anything up, and I am told that the 'Cuse message boards don't have anything regarding Wheatley, either.
I guess we can safely file this under just a rumor, for now.
Go to bed, you're drunk.
Go to bed, you're drunk.
Wheatley not going to Buffalo
Wheatley to Buffalo is false. Looking like the Lions actually.
"We would have walked to the University of Michigan"
Looking like the Lions actually.
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. For godsakes, save yourself, Tyrone!
But it would bring him closer to home...
And then when Jackson retires it may not seem like a horizontal move going West on I-94.
Former UM LB
Steve Morrison was LB Coach for Cuse in 2012. Shafer named Chuck Bullough (from MSU and most recently Cleve Browns) as his D Coord on Friday, and it remains to be seen what that means for Morrison.
From reading tweets of Syracuse media and this write up, Shafer nailed his intro press conference on Friday, a la Hoke two years ago.
Wheatley's kid
Wheatley's kid is a 6'7, 235 pound monster in the 2015 class. Plays TE and DE.
Intensity is a lot of guys that run fast.
Well, good for Wheatley. I'm glad to see he's moving up in the world.
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