Sid Hartman loses his mind re: Kill v Hoke

That makes sense to me.  Minnesota has totally kicked our ass the past couple years.

Literally LOL'ed

58-0

Old age can really fuck with your brain, huh?

He is 93...

Relevant; someone should find a way to get this to this guy:

One guy gets to coach Michigan, one gets to coach Minnesota. Perhaps a peek at the scoreboard is also in order. Yep, just as I thought. No Sugar Bowl win or 58-0 dusting in the little brown jug game for Kill.

I actually find the fact that Brady Hoke turned down Minnesota one year before getting hired by Michigan funnier for some reason. It's just that Minnesota's AD obvious had a good judge of character, but Hoke wasn't walking across the country for just any program.

Finger spasm double post.

Scoreboard. I am unconcerned.

Clearly the words of a person that doesn't understand how scoreboards work.

hahahahahahahahahaha

(Subject line wasn't large enough to hold my laughter).

I don't know. It's like trying to compare the Egg Genie to the Flowbee, cain't go wrong with either one.

93? Put him down.

I belive proper grammer in this case would be "Sid Hartman lost his mind"

Like about 30 years ago.....

Let's pony up and see if we can hire Kill away from Minny.  Not only is he kicking ass on the field, he's killing us on the recruiting trail as well.

They are too good, I dont want to mess with them and anger them more.  

For the record, Sid Hartman is a senile old man that has spent the last bunch of years making an ass of himself and ruining the legacy that he had. I don't think he represents the thoughts of any Gopher fans.

A twitter search for Sid Hartman will give you a sense of how he represented himself at the press conference today. Apparently he asked something along the lines of, "Mr. AD, you're suppose to be a basketball genius, why did it take you so long?" (Note: The search took 9 days)

Hey probably meant turned out better as in Hoke would have left Minnesota after only one year. 

Meh.

This quote summarizes Sid Hartman's role perfectly in Minnesota's sports media. Despite his age, he remains one of the most connected members of the media and routinely writes breaking information. (This is the first time I heard MN offered Hoke) Because of his age, he is becoming senile and makes statements that make no sense. (Yeah, that Brown Jug is not going anywhere)

That story Kills me.

as much as the fact that he's just a fucking idiot.

I am very happy to have Hoke at UM (yes this UM not that one).

However, it is really hard to point to 58-0 and thus conclude one coach is better than the other. The only real test of that would be creating some alternative universe where Hoke coaches Minnesota and have Kill coach here. In that case, does anyone really think Hoke and the Gophers would win 58-0?

As Bear Bryant (supposedly) said: "I can take mine and beat yours, and I can take yours and beat mine." Not sure if that's true here. Forceful argument on either side is just guesswork.

I just don't see how you can consider Kill a good hire.  Minnesota is an extremely long term rebuilding project for anyone and Kill is likely going to have his career cut short by medical issues.  Unless Minnesota gets lucky and Kill can groom an assistant to replace him, they're going to be wandering in the wilderness within a couple of years.  

I will never understand the fascination with Jerry Kill. I get that he has seizuers and that is sad and everything, but he isn't a good coach or recruiter. How long can an illness keep someone employed who is unsuccessful in their position? I just don't get it.

Holy cow . . . I thought you were joking about him being 93.  Other interesting facts: he's a high-school dropout and was the first GM of the Lakers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Hartman

"This is Minnesota, fer-god-sakes!" just doesn't have the same ring to it.

but it's apples and oranges comparing the Individual success of Hoke and Kill. 

I wonder if Sid Hartman's comment was tongue in cheek?  He doesn't like the AD Norman Teague, disagreed with the firing of Tubby, disagrees with hiring the young, new unexperienced Richard Pitino to replace Tubby.  He is noted, from his biograpy, of making outrageous comments to bring sense of humor to his sports radio program.  So maybe his comments are a way to sort of needle Norman Teague for his recent hirings???

Good luck spinning that story Hartman.  Because when I think of Brady Hoke, it is hard to ignore the many years he dedicated to Gopher football.

Hiw has he turned out better?

And this is coming from a guy that thinks Kill is a goodo coach. But this is craziness.

Sid Hartman can't look me in the eye and tell me that Kill, who's squad has been beaten soundly by a combined score of 93-13 over the past two years, is a better coach than Hoke. He's been out-coached, out-classed, and thoroughly out-recruited. Both were relative unknowns when they came into their respective jobs, came from mid-level schools that get little attention, and while Kill may one day get Minnesota to a 10 or 11-win season, Hoke won 11 games and a BCS bowl in his first year. Kill won 3.



A lot of people might say that Kill doesn't have the same resources at Minnesota as Hoke has at Michigan, and I wouldn't argue that, but resources only get you so far. Have to be able to coach and get the most out of your players, even if they're not "your guys." Hoke did that.



Hartman just sounds like a bitter, senile old man. The last remnant of a pack of hopeless Gopher fans hanging onto the glory days of Depression-era Minnesota football. Wake up, pal. It's not 1935 anymore. Your program hasn't been relevant in decades. Just be thankful you've got a guy who at least seems to have your school on the path to respectability.