Schlissel attends football practice
According to the Detroit Free Press. I will spare you the Freep link and send you instead to 247.
Rick Fitzgerald told Free Press reporter David Jesse that Schlissel attended to "show support for our student athletes".
This apparently almost never happens.
October 10th, 2014 at 4:15 PM ^
For some reason that reminds me of a game I used to played called "Kremlin". The object was to back the Premier that waved at the October Parade three times. You could send people to Siberia and if you stressed your leaders too much, they would die.
October 10th, 2014 at 10:38 PM ^
Dave Brandon = Kim Jong Un.
Game recognize Game..
October 10th, 2014 at 10:45 PM ^
but equating him to a mass murder is well over the top.
For God's sake get a little perspective.
October 10th, 2014 at 10:57 PM ^
October 11th, 2014 at 8:26 AM ^
Good work citizen uncleFred. I trust you have reported this to the Thought Police.
October 10th, 2014 at 2:42 PM ^
The glorious Athletic Department led by Dear Leader Brandon refutes each and every allegation raised by the imperialistic dogs at mgoblog who only seek to undermine the tranquility and stability of the Michigan homeland!
October 11th, 2014 at 10:02 AM ^
Been at war with Eastasia!
October 10th, 2014 at 6:06 PM ^
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October 10th, 2014 at 2:12 PM ^
@Bobby_Dishell: Great mtg w/ @DaveBrandonAD this AM. Looking fwd to unveiling plans to bridge the gap btwn students and athletics early next week
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October 10th, 2014 at 2:17 PM ^
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October 11th, 2014 at 2:37 AM ^
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October 10th, 2014 at 5:30 PM ^
If Brandon isn't fired I will resort back to this post to blame you.
In all seriousness. I agree that the writing is on the wall. HE GONE. YOU CAN PUT IT ON THE BOARD.
October 10th, 2014 at 1:28 PM ^
I wonder if he's going to attend a practice for every other Michigan athletic team too, because I wouldn't want those kids feelings to get hurt that their president only cares about and supports the football team.
October 10th, 2014 at 1:30 PM ^
no other sport makes money for the University.
October 10th, 2014 at 2:10 PM ^
October 10th, 2014 at 2:33 PM ^
I think they net $1-2MM a year. One of the few college programs that make money IIRC
October 10th, 2014 at 4:51 PM ^
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October 10th, 2014 at 1:28 PM ^
October 10th, 2014 at 1:32 PM ^
*Thumbs up*
Was half of his face sunburnt?
October 10th, 2014 at 2:19 PM ^
with a French interpreter, who is HAL's friend, and has a crush on Elain?
October 10th, 2014 at 1:32 PM ^
Regardless of what it means, it's nice to see a culture of support being fostered from the top down. I have no idea what Mary Sue did and I have no idea what Brandon does. I do know that it's wonderful to see the new president taking the time to reach out to the student athletes in an embattled program. Good for him.
October 10th, 2014 at 1:37 PM ^
and while I think it's pure speculation to assume this means anything about Brandon, it does show that Schlissel cares at least a bit about the athletic department.
So that's good.
October 10th, 2014 at 1:45 PM ^
October 10th, 2014 at 2:09 PM ^
on the very little I know about Schlissel--and that could all be spectacularly wrong--he might simply want to learn a bit about "this game called football" that he has heard so much about all these years. s/
October 10th, 2014 at 8:36 PM ^
one of our practices is not the place to start
October 10th, 2014 at 10:42 PM ^
But our practices are fantastic.
As long as he stays away from an actual game, he should learn all there is to know.
October 10th, 2014 at 3:37 PM ^
"I'm sho very proud of all your effortsh wearing the maize and blue for Marshigan."
October 10th, 2014 at 1:34 PM ^
October 10th, 2014 at 1:37 PM ^
I know nothing about Schlissel, other than what I have read online. With the caveat of not knowing much of his past, I cant really speculate on his intentions for the Michigan football program.
However... IF Schlissel's intention is to evaluate the current situation, dump Brandon, bring in Bates or another qualified candidate, which leads to a Harbaugh, or even a Miles hiring...than the guy is BRILLIANT.
If Schlissel is the man who "turns Michigan football around" he will be a legend for life. He will gain respect both inside and outside of the university. Now, he already has respect...but this is his chance to be a legend. I bet there is some underlying motivation in him to accomplish this. I know it would be for me in that position.
October 10th, 2014 at 1:50 PM ^
What if Schlissel's intention is to make DeBord the HC and keep David Brandon? Or to make DeBord the AD and keep it "in house?" I am afraid this would guarantee that Michigan remains in the 20th century on both sides of the ball.
This would suck all of the happiness out of what should be a great moment for the program.
October 10th, 2014 at 1:54 PM ^
I mean... would it though? Maybe DeBord despises Brandon as much as Harbaugh and they're going to team up and rub it in Brandon's face.
October 10th, 2014 at 2:29 PM ^
Make DeBord the interim or permanent AD to appease the faction loyal to Lloyd Carr and the Old Guard at Fort Schembechler. Get a new HC, probably somehow in the Bo lineage (but not - obviously - Les Miles) including perhaps a Harbaugh.
October 10th, 2014 at 3:39 PM ^
If that happened I'm afraid we would lose Mr. Cook to spontaneous human combustion.
October 10th, 2014 at 4:05 PM ^
I never thought we'd see the day where Mike DeBord would be an improvement over the current coaching regime.
October 10th, 2014 at 3:55 PM ^
DeBord has a personal connection with Butch Jones, he was his OC at CMU. I'd guess that he'd become our top target, which would probably be to Brian's liking in the long run.
October 10th, 2014 at 9:37 PM ^
but from everything he''s said it is clear to me that academics are far more important to him than ANY sports program. If he wants "respect" he wants it for the academic successes that the University achieves under his leadership, not the restoration of the football progarm.
That said, his "appearance" on Thursday makes it clear that he is looking for a solution to the travales of the football program, but until we see his ongoing involvement with it's resurrection we are well advised to view this as the actions of a president who wants to put this aside so he can focus on what he thinks is important.
October 10th, 2014 at 10:54 PM ^
^^^TIING!
He wants this shit to go away.
He wants calmness, stability, and no drama from the Athletics Dept.
This probably means that Brandon is gone. But it also means that he's not going to break the bank for a rock-star high-drama football coach.
He's smart enough to figure out by now that football matters here and he can't totally ignore it. So he's not going to pull a University of Chicago circa 1936 on us, but he isn't going to chase drama queens for $10 million either.
October 10th, 2014 at 1:37 PM ^
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October 10th, 2014 at 1:38 PM ^
Most of you fans are so passionate about eliminating the coaches/Dave that you've failed to realize that these players feel isolated in a sense. Almost like an “us against them" mentality. Whether that was the intention or not, it's certainly seems to be the case. This team is clearly struggling and the last thing they need is isolation from the fans imo.
October 10th, 2014 at 1:41 PM ^
The entire athletic department has had an "us vs. them" mentality for a while.
October 10th, 2014 at 1:44 PM ^
The very sad thing is that the "them" you refer to is Michigan fans, which is painfully ironic. In some ways, our home field advantage is morphing into a home field disadvantage because of the players' disdain for the behavior of particular fans (as shown in Cleary's tweet from a few days ago).
October 10th, 2014 at 1:55 PM ^
...or you can blame the fans.
I know which I tend to think when I'm watching it at a distance as a neutral.
October 11th, 2014 at 12:46 AM ^
If we had a leader in Schembechler Hall, it would already have been made clear to those players that fans are only doing what they think will be best for the program as a whole, including the players.
October 10th, 2014 at 1:44 PM ^
I guess Gregg Henson's credibility just got a boost.