Spare me your Hoke hate

Support for a coach who came in cupboard bare completely changed the entire system went from 3-5-7 wins would have at least 9 wins next year and beyond would have been great?????????????? People have a right to be pissed, this is all because of M arrogance. Open your eyes.

I'm with ya on Hoke. Seems pretty passionate about being here from statements he has made. Don't know why everyone is so willing to be behind coaches who don't want to be here but won't give Hoke the time of day or respect for what he has done with other programs.

Look at Ball State's close to last season and their record this season. That's called a fluke year, not an impressive job turning around a program.

give me the job.



Loving a school is not a qualification at this level of athletics. This dude is unproven, no matter how you slice it. Can you honestly say this dude is an upgrade over RR? Don't forget to take into consideration the fact that the most electrifying player in the history of this damn school will almost assuredly transfer.



But that's cool...I'll pretend like it's all hunky dory, even though I'm punching a thousand babies in the face on the inside.

This is the worst hire at a major FBS program since Gene Chizik. I wonder if people will boo him at the airport like they did at Auburn?

I'm wrong but even if Hoke is successful and wins the big ten, goes to the rose bowl a few years from now are we going to be competing strongly on a national level? Are we going to compete for national titles? I'm sorry but if we had kept RR we would have in a couple years from now. But I know most of you are content with winning big ten and getting smashed in the rose bowl. I'm not and that's why I'm pissed. Get mad at me all you want, this whole situation has divided the fan base way more than before. And Dave Brandon and all arrogant boosters, etc. have screwed us for a long time now.

I suppose I just expected more from Brandon. I can support our head coach while still despising the firing of Rodriguez and the pathetic debacle of a coaching search that our AD has performed.

I have plenty of Hoke hate to spare. If you need some let me know.

I'm glad all you Hoke Haters are looking at this deeply. To a man all the former players love him. They will play their hearts out for him. They will play with character and toughness He will respect Michigan traditions, rivalries and standards. He is going to recruit the Midwest and go toe to toe with OSU in Ohio for kids. He will have the full support of every player who played for him including Brady, Hutchinson, Woodson, Griese, Steele etc.

In a nutshell he is everything one wants from a Michigan coach. Unless you are the same "fan" who was crying for Lloyd Carr's head in 2004.

Can I borrow your crystal ball Ken?

People are forgetting that Hoke took FIVE years to turn around Ball State. Then promptly lost to Buffalo when he was 12-0. Then lost his bowl game. I see every reason to be concerned about this hire if it happens.



We lost out on a coach with a NC ring and a 62-17 record. I know this is total rumor, but how do we know Carr doesn't have any say in this? I mean, it's no secret he and Les weren't the best of friends and he left when Carr was hired. Are we being run by a cronie crew? Hoke cannot be our best candidate. DB even said he had been contacted by others. There is something that just doesn't make sense. We are looking like a joke nationally.

Your new football overlord.

Whoever the coach is. Go Blue!

Overall record as a head coach 47-50.

Listen guy, o'friend, o'yell'a, relax Francis. Jeff Garland whoops I mean The Hoke & Toke will 'shirley' have a shot with the posters

and fans of this board. It's the abhorrent attitudes and sadistic folk outside of this jurisdiction whom you need to worry about.

The problem if any will not germinate here @ Mgoblog. After all, we have mods and they have nukes, votes, and lockdown mode at their disposable. This we like!



Question: What makes you think that Rosenberg and the funky bunch won't turn again? Remember Lloyd circa "The Horror".



Believe me, by tomorrow most here will turn the focus on to more pressing matters like Tom V and the commits. (Please Lord, let us keep Delithium.

I promise this time...I won't do it ever again...I just won't.)



Have you ever come across the parent out in public that looks at their kid with a warning or timeout and uses words which sort of sound like, "Timmy I swear you

better not do that again, so help me..."? You glance over at Timmy's face and he's looking like "What the F if I do, Huh!".



Just say'in.



My hope is now with Hoke but this process and how it unfolded was very telling. This has no positive spin at the moment.

DB's unite the fanbase is a tall order!

I think the general frustration is more about Brandon than Hoke. If DB believed in Hoke all along, he should have been clear and decisive about that. Why dither? Now Hoke looks like a consolation prize. This does him no favors, especially with NSD just around the corner. And it certainly doesn't inspire much fan enthusiasm, confidence, or unity.