Steve Hutchinson to retire tomorrow
No idea how to embed, but from Jay Glazer
One of best lineman I've ever seen play Steve Hutchinson just texted me that he's retiring tomorrow. Big congrats to him on a great career
Hutch said he was waiting to see if his knee would get better but realized its time to move on. 7x All-Pro calling it a career
A great Michigan player who had a great, great career. I think the HOF is in his future, which speaks volumes of an NFL guard.
March 11th, 2013 at 10:25 PM ^
March 11th, 2013 at 10:32 PM ^
I'm really glad Jennifer won. Which of you bastards was hoping for Kathy?
EDIT: wrong thread, no highlights package, but here's some other goods on Hutch
March 12th, 2013 at 11:53 AM ^
and i will continue to do so every time hutch is brought up.
i was working as a nurse during the golf weekend (the one in the video). steve hutchinson came into the area i was working in and made his way around, talking to all the patients. steve talked to one dad in particular for a while. the family was from out of state and not michigan fans. they also had a baby who passed away shortly thereafter, a difficult situation for anyone, but perhaps more so for people whose profession is in a different field. steve impressed me with his warmth and grace talking to this dad - not as a NFL player or former michigan star, but as a human being. i'm proud he is a former michigan player and NFL star - but that incident is the thing i will always remember the most.
March 11th, 2013 at 10:30 PM ^
March 11th, 2013 at 10:33 PM ^
one of the best offensive lineman of his time, a multi-year all star and a great Michigan man. He was always one of my favorite Michigan players in the NFL.
March 11th, 2013 at 10:34 PM ^
watching the Mott piece...i hope those guys all come back to the university in some capacity...
March 11th, 2013 at 10:34 PM ^
Congrats to Hutch on a tremendous career. He's earned the right to spend the next 40 years of his life fishing his butt off in Minnesota.
Count me in.
March 11th, 2013 at 10:35 PM ^
How many former Michigan players are in the HOF? Dan Dierdorf is....anybody else? I would think that Hutchinson, Woodson and Brady will all be there soon.
March 11th, 2013 at 10:39 PM ^
Michigan alumni inductees to the Pro Football Hall of Fame include:[94]
- George Allen
- Dan Dierdorf
- Len Ford
- Benny Friedman
- Bill Hewitt
- Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch
- Tom Mack
- Ralph Wilson (did not play on football team; attended University of Michigan Law School; inducted as administrator)
March 11th, 2013 at 10:48 PM ^
Of the way Crazy Legs played the game. Boy did that boy have some crazy legs.
"His nickname was permanently affixed to him byChicago Daily News sportswriter Francis Powers who, upon witnessing him play for the Badgers against the Great Lakes Naval Station in 1942, wrote "His crazy legs were gyrating in six different directions, all at the same time; he looked like a demented duck."
Of note, he also played a year for U of Wisc. He has his number up in their stadium. Then two years for Michigan
March 12th, 2013 at 10:56 AM ^
The Crazy Legs Classic - a spring-time tradiational running event - is annually held every year in Madison as U-Wisc Atheltics Dept. fundraiser. Badger Nation loves itself some Crazy Legs and seems to claim him as "theirs". I always find it disconcerting that he's intimately related to both Wiscy and UM. Oh well.
March 11th, 2013 at 10:44 PM ^
Congrats on a stellar career.
March 11th, 2013 at 10:45 PM ^
Steve Hutchinson had a great career both here and in the NFL (7 time Pro Bowl selection and All-Pro selection, I believe). He was at Michigan during the same period that I was, and it was great to watch him play.
He was a four-time Big Ten all-conference First Team selection, something that I believe only one other Wolverine has achieved. He wasan All-American in 1999 and 2000 and co-captain in those same years. He also allowed zero sacks in those last two seasons, if I remember.
Congratulations and good luck to him in his retirement!
March 11th, 2013 at 10:52 PM ^
A guy you never worried about on the field. Always did his job and was responsible when he screwed up. As stable as it goes. People always said he was a great linemen, but game to game in the NFL, got minimal praise. But just like a good official...when your not talking about a linemen, he's doing his job.
Michigan man.
March 11th, 2013 at 11:00 PM ^
I don't like saying the term freely as I think it is to be earned and, more importantly, proven, but Hutch, you are a Michigan Man.
March 11th, 2013 at 11:01 PM ^
has the definition of Michigan Man. In the description is "Hutch".
Thanks Steve for the memories and your dedication to OUR school.
March 11th, 2013 at 11:15 PM ^
Hall-of-Famer for sure, the best at his position over the past decade
March 11th, 2013 at 11:19 PM ^
March 12th, 2013 at 12:08 AM ^
No kidding. Now we're officially getting into players where I say, "man, I remember watching that guy be drafted." In Hutchinson's case I remember desperately hoping he'd fall to the Lions, and him not quite making it that far. The Lions got Backus instead. Backus is good, but Hutchinson was close to great.
March 12th, 2013 at 12:52 AM ^
I'd call him a HOF possibility rather than a HOF lock.
The recruiting piece on Ty Wheatley, Jr, made me feel really, really old.
I was in high school at the same time Wheatley the Elder was.
I too desperately wanted Hutch to fall to the Lions.
March 11th, 2013 at 11:20 PM ^
Congrats to Hutch, would be great to see him come to UM and help with the young O-line.
March 11th, 2013 at 11:22 PM ^
March 11th, 2013 at 11:32 PM ^
Not only a 7 time all-Pro, but 7 consecutive years and would have certainly added to that were it not for injuries. Made the All-Pro team by his 3rd season and stayed on that team until he had to be placed on injured reserve. A two-time All-American in college. A great Michigan Man.
March 11th, 2013 at 11:44 PM ^
We all salute one of the greats! Surely he will dine in the halls of Valhalla, where the legends of yore shall live forever! In death it is a warrior's best and only bulwark!
March 11th, 2013 at 11:52 PM ^
Little more can be said that hasn't already been said, but the headline left me stunned.
I've always been proud that he hailed from the rollicking crew. Congratulations to him and all he accomplished.
March 12th, 2013 at 10:26 AM ^
Hurrah for the Yellow and Blue!
March 12th, 2013 at 12:27 AM ^
I know a lot of people look at jake long as the best Michigan lineman in a long time,but Hutch is the best lineman i've ever seen. future HOF and just a great guy.
Watching that bowl game footage against a good SEC team reminds me of the caliber of teams that Lloyd Carr used to turn out when he was at his peak.
Hutch, Brady, Streets, A-Train, Backus, Foote, Gold, Hensen. James, Jansen, Dhani Jones, Marcus Knight, Marcus Ray, Seymour, Sword, Terrell, Tuman, Mo Williams, and others who were NFL caliber players.
Brady Hoke is a great guy, and I wish him well in his quest to build a powerful team; he's off to a good start. But there's still quite a way to go.
He wouldn't be getting any mention for the HOF if he had.
us proud Hutch!
When I was much younger and my Michigan football addiction was in its formative years, I had a sense of Michigan being known for offensive line play. USC was "QB U," with Penn State "LB U" ... but Michigan was where great offensive linemen came to play.
Steve Hutchinson is an example of this ... though hardly the only example.
I think we have the same thing emerging again. And it makes me glad.
I read that Steve Hutchinson was born in 1977, which really makes me feel old. I am, technically, old enough to be his father.
March 12th, 2013 at 10:58 AM ^
Without a dobut my favorite UM lineman. Congrats on a stellar career, Hutch. On to the next challenge.
But that just leaves Backus, Brady, Woodson, and of all people, Jay Feely from the '97 team still in the League.
Great lineman and by all accounts a good guy. He'd be great back as a coach, or at least one of those lurkers that coaches can point kids to and say "listen to him tell you how to be the best, because he was for longer than you've been alive."