Thank you Brady Hoke
Thank you Brady Hoke for devoting 4 years of your life to Michigan Football as a head coach in addition to your 8 as an assistant from 1995-2002.
Thank you for contributing 31 wins to Michigan's all-time total.
Thank you for loving Michigan and giving your best effort. Whoever the next coach is will have a great amount of talent to work with.
We all wished things worked out.
Good luck to you. Go Blue.
(art: Six Zero/The Blockhams)
December 2nd, 2014 at 3:54 PM ^
December 2nd, 2014 at 3:54 PM ^
I like how your Hoke Fired thread wasn't the one chosen, so you immediately scrambled to make yet another Hoke Appreciation thread, because god forbid there isn't at least one Wolverine Devotee thread on the front page.
December 2nd, 2014 at 3:59 PM ^
he's the general of the walmart army. what else is an adult living in his parents' basement to do all day?
December 2nd, 2014 at 6:01 PM ^
Let's not forget this heartfelt farewell is from the same guy who has been shamelessly dancing on Hoke's grave for months. "Let's all show up at Pizza House and protest Hoke's Radio Show!"
December 2nd, 2014 at 3:55 PM ^
that art is heartbreaking
December 2nd, 2014 at 3:56 PM ^
Coach Hoke is a great guy and a Michigan Man. I'm sorry that things didn't work out. Hopefully, Coach will move to a better spot for him and Michigan will find the right person to take his place.
December 2nd, 2014 at 3:57 PM ^
For never making excuses and supporting your players at all times.
And 2011 was greatly appreciated.
December 2nd, 2014 at 3:57 PM ^
December 2nd, 2014 at 3:59 PM ^
Hoke was a good guy. A nice guy. What a guy. SO nice. Dream Job. too bad. Nice guy!!! NICE GUY!!!! GUYS?!?!?!? Guys . . . GUYS! He was a nice man! Nice guy, but . . . More words like best luck, endeavors, lot's of endeavors and luck wishing! his all and giving it a lot! stuff of this nature!
December 2nd, 2014 at 4:01 PM ^
December 2nd, 2014 at 6:58 PM ^
...are you ok?
December 2nd, 2014 at 4:01 PM ^
You should buy him a Yankee candle.
December 2nd, 2014 at 4:04 PM ^
December 2nd, 2014 at 4:06 PM ^
Good man for the program. However,just didn't workout for both parties. Wish you nothing but sucess...HAIL!
December 2nd, 2014 at 4:08 PM ^
A great man. Supremely easy to root for. Until the last of the dying days, he made me believe I'd soon belong to the fanbase with everything, that we could be the only top tier winner in america led by an imperishably likeable guy.
December 2nd, 2014 at 4:09 PM ^
Thanks Brady, sorry it didn't work out for you.
December 2nd, 2014 at 4:10 PM ^
I wish we could just move him to d-line coach/co-recruiting coordinator or something like that. Hopefully the next coach will be half the man Hoke is.
December 2nd, 2014 at 4:17 PM ^
All the best, Coach. Thank you for your dedication to the University we all love.
December 2nd, 2014 at 4:18 PM ^
Sorry it didnt work out - you were always a class act in my humble opinion.
December 2nd, 2014 at 4:24 PM ^
That is the most depressing blockham drawing ever.
I'm sorry it didn't work out coach. Thanks for a great memory of 2011 and restocking the cupboard.
Michigan and Hoke will be parting ways for now, but I don't think we've seen the last of Hoke working for Michigan. He'll be back someday.
December 2nd, 2014 at 4:24 PM ^
He recruited great players, sold them on the greatness of the university, and taught them to be great men. We'll miss your love and enthusiasm for Michigan and lives of the players you coached.
December 2nd, 2014 at 4:28 PM ^
As I posted after the MSU game, I believe Brady Hoke is a great man who is just an average coach. To succeed at Michigan, you must be a great coach.
All the best to Coach Hoke and his family. I have no doubt that great things are ahead of them.
December 2nd, 2014 at 4:32 PM ^
Hoke is a class act and best of luck to him in his future endeavors. It's unfortunate it did not work out, but it's on to bigger and better things!
December 2nd, 2014 at 4:34 PM ^
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December 2nd, 2014 at 4:37 PM ^
Thank you, Brady Hoke.
I loved having you as our coach.
You will be fondly remembered.
Go Blue!
December 2nd, 2014 at 4:39 PM ^
December 2nd, 2014 at 4:41 PM ^
December 2nd, 2014 at 4:41 PM ^
It gave us a moment's respite and helped us remember who we used to be.
It also is single-handedly responsible for putting your career coaching record above .500.
So you've got that going for you. Which is nice.
December 2nd, 2014 at 4:44 PM ^
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December 2nd, 2014 at 5:25 PM ^
I wish it could have worked because I really believe it was about the school and the players with Brady, not himself.
December 2nd, 2014 at 5:26 PM ^
I wil miss your loyalty, your integrity, your humility, and your ability to bring quality student-athletes to Michigan.
Hope you leave with your head held high and love of Michigan intact. Best of luck.
December 2nd, 2014 at 6:38 PM ^
Whatever his technical faults, Brady Hoke was a man any mother and father would want their son for play for. I never recall him ever blaming his players, his coaches, the athletic department, or anyone else. They all love him, and no doubt will love him and be indebted to him all their lives.
If anything, his tragic fault is loving and believing and trusting others around him maybe too much, sticking with and defending them to the end. They were all very lucky to have him. So was Michigan.
On the field, the results were to nobody's satisfaction. In every other aspect, there probably is/was none better.
Godspeed Brady!
December 2nd, 2014 at 7:07 PM ^
I'm so saddened by this. Don't mean to get sappy, but instead of saying thank you I feel like I should be saying I'm sorry. Coach Hoke was everything college football should be about, but unfortunately is not . . . and I'm part of the problem! College athletics shouldn't be about wins, it whould be about the kids. Mike McRay's tweet made me loathe myself even more for not being satisfied with all Hoke accomplished:
"Thank You Coach Hoke for everything you have done for me. I will make you proud just like I said before. " --Mike McRay
December 2nd, 2014 at 7:52 PM ^