Where's the money, Dave Brandon?
At the press conference announcing RR's termination, Dave Brandon talked about how Michigan has historically paid its coaches "in the middle of the pack" (quoting http://mgoblog.com/content/press-conference-recap) and stated that that was "not appropriate" (quoting Dave Brandon). Well, what happened? What happened to paying big bucks for a coach? Dave Brandon certainly can't be considering paying Brady Hoke top-of-the-market money. And while I had my hopes that a shitty head coach hire like Brady Hoke would mean Michigan was sure to shell out the moolah to bring in some top notch coordinators, we're now staring down the barrel of Al fucking Borges at OC and Vance Bedford/Jon Hoke/Some Other Crappy McCrapperson at DC. These people can't command the kind of money real football schools are paying their coaches. So was Dave Brandon just talking out his ass? Is the man completely full of hot air? Slimier than a used car salesman? Dave Brandon set the bar for himself by saying that Michigan's failure to pay its coaches above middle of the pack was "not appropriate," but then he hired coaches for whom compensation above middle of the pack would be "not appropriate." Is Dave Brandon off his retarded rocker? Where are the big-time coaches we looked forward to following Dave Brandon's talk about opening the coffers?
January 15th, 2011 at 12:49 AM ^
Calmer'n you are.
January 15th, 2011 at 12:56 AM ^
The world would be a better place if you had no fingers.
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January 15th, 2011 at 1:00 AM ^
Several of them. I won't concern myself with the details of the current head coach's contract.
But what I will observe, is that we somehow failed to bring in the desired Defensive Coordinator in the last Coaching Administration. Did we somehow fail, monetarily, to coax Jeff Casteel out of West Virginia?
It is not likely a problem so much for David Brandon. It might be an issue for Bill Martin, who I have routinely defended vigorously throughout this blog.
John U. Bacon's book is coming out this fall. I'd really, really, really like to know the true story behind Michigan's two, or three, or more, failed efforts to bring Jeff Casteel to Ann Arbor. Jeff Casteel, who only made something like $372k at WVU. I hope John's book tells that story.
January 15th, 2011 at 9:08 AM ^
January 15th, 2011 at 10:35 AM ^
I have coached with a guy who has connections to members of the WVUstaff, and it is my understanding that RR was a control freak about everything. Also, Jeff Casteel was asked again toward the end of this season to be the DC and he declined again. Hopefully RR takes advantage of his time off to assess his philosophy on leadership and delegating authority to assistants before moving on to the next job. I would love to see him sucessful at his next job.
January 15th, 2011 at 12:37 PM ^
With a former player and GA under RR and he said with utmost clarity that RR is/was a control freak who forced the 3-3-5, freqently overruled Magee's play calling, and generally did what he wanted without fear of condemnation. To be clear, this individual was not angry or bitter when he told me this and felt bad saying it.
January 15th, 2011 at 2:23 AM ^
I'm just enjoying my cup of coffee.
January 15th, 2011 at 12:51 AM ^
i don't think Jon Hoke is coming here. And the staff is not done yet, maybe there will be a surprise.
January 15th, 2011 at 1:43 AM ^
Jon Hoke doesn't think Jon Hoke is coming here either:
January 15th, 2011 at 3:04 AM ^
Is he a reliable source on this issue?
/s
January 15th, 2011 at 8:11 AM ^
......since sometimes at work, I don't think I am going somewhere, and yet, I end up there. Usually, I have no idea how it happened and I would have sworn up and down it wasn't going to happen.
January 15th, 2011 at 10:32 AM ^
If so, I would suggest making a lot of notes and keeping them on your person. Either that, or stop sniffin' glue. Good luck.
January 15th, 2011 at 11:24 AM ^
I will not believe Jon Hoke's take on Jon Hoke as a potential DC until Tom VH confirms.
January 15th, 2011 at 12:51 AM ^
RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE
January 15th, 2011 at 12:53 AM ^
wow..how longs it been since you left Mlive?
January 15th, 2011 at 12:57 AM ^
That's cute, my five year old has a friend named Stupid McStupidhead. Maybe they're related...
January 15th, 2011 at 1:17 AM ^
When I was little I had a buddy named Whiner McWhinestein. Gotta be some ties there, too.
January 15th, 2011 at 1:27 AM ^
my roommate is douchey mcdoucherson
January 15th, 2011 at 1:28 AM ^
That guy was my roommate four years ago!
January 15th, 2011 at 2:34 AM ^
lemme guess... and he dated chesty la rue?
January 15th, 2011 at 6:29 AM ^
Didn't he fail out at some point in the mid-1990s? I think he was in the co-op next to mine. I had wondered where he went after that.
January 15th, 2011 at 2:24 PM ^
Seven years of college down the drain.
January 15th, 2011 at 1:30 AM ^
January 15th, 2011 at 1:41 AM ^
I would say I hate them if I occasionally didn't become one of them, too. The pressure to win can be so great sometimes, don't judge me!
January 15th, 2011 at 12:57 AM ^
So many questions. And middle school profanity.
January 15th, 2011 at 12:58 AM ^
but it's not like he doesn't have a point.
Brandon did say we'd pay top dollar for coaches, and that hasn't happened so far. Part of the sales pitch on Hoke was that we'd open the coffers to go after top-flight assistants, but I don't think anyone can really be overwhelmed by the guys who have filled out the staff up to this point, and the staff is starting to get pretty full.
If we don't end up with an absolutely top-flight DC, then I'm going to be pretty disappointed that Brandon didn't end up opening the wallet.
January 15th, 2011 at 6:17 AM ^
There was a diary done by iawolve about Brandon coming from Dominos and what to expect. The fifth paragraph down starts with "Last, as the new CEO, you would be given very aggressive profitability targets to meet. This would be achieved via cost cutting and revenue expansion."
The university is already near the middle of the Big Ten in expenditures on the football program and this hire should allow them to cut cost even more. Especially with DB's insistence on midwest recruiting ties cutting down on those costly flights back and forth to Florida.
We already seen signs of revenue expansion or ideas for it given. Advertising at "The Big Chill at the Big House". The idea that DB floated about opening the "Big House" to weddings (nothing like sacrificing the purity of "holy ground" for profit).
http://mgoblog.com/diaries/imprinting-brandon-ceo-private-equity-held-company
January 15th, 2011 at 9:45 AM ^
I wish you were 100% joking instead of only mostly joking.
You are mostly joking right? Right?
January 15th, 2011 at 10:39 AM ^
He brings in his cronies, and everyone feels safe.
They will all get more money than they were making before. But once you bring in Brady Hoke, you cannot hire an assistant coach that could overshadow him. That would create turmoil, and DB is eliminating drama from the program.
January 15th, 2011 at 12:58 AM ^
January 15th, 2011 at 1:00 AM ^
would be an obvious candidate.
And the concern isn't that Brandon won't pay the coaches their worth. It's that we won't go after coaches who are worth breaking the bank for.
January 15th, 2011 at 1:02 AM ^
Everyone keeps mentioning Shannon. Is there any evidence that Shannon 1) is looking for a job for next season and 2) is willing to be an assistant coach again?
January 15th, 2011 at 1:06 AM ^
but it's possible that offering him around a million dollars a year might get him on the phone.
At the very least, he's the kind of guy we should be taking shots at; someone with a track record who will cost a crapload. If you want a guy like Kirby Smart, you've gotta pay the market rate for Kirby Smart.
January 15th, 2011 at 1:49 AM ^
If i remember correctly for most coordinators, the elite ones don't even make remotely close to 1 mil. I think our coordinators made around 250k in the Rod era, and I read somewhere (might have been this blog?) that that was only around 50-100k off the typical average. So 300-350k is the average, and that is WAY off of a mil. Elite coordinators probably make 500-600k at most.
January 15th, 2011 at 1:52 AM ^
both make 700,000 or so. Malzahn makes 1.2 mil. Venables makes somewhere around 500k.
January 15th, 2011 at 2:00 AM ^
Gary Crowton, who basically got the axe from LSU, was just hired by Randy Edsall at Maryland and will make $500,000 per year.
January 15th, 2011 at 9:52 AM ^
Maryland is paying Crowton 500K? This, ladies and gentlemen, is the worst case scenario for people who scream "THROW SOME MONEY AT A COORDINATOR."
January 15th, 2011 at 2:50 AM ^
what about charlie?
isnt he making some serious $$?
January 15th, 2011 at 3:08 AM ^
I don't know, but I know what he's spending it on (food, of course).
January 15th, 2011 at 10:31 AM ^
If I get the Purple paint, would you paint him? Swear he would be a dead ringer for Grimmace.
January 15th, 2011 at 11:48 AM ^
wow... that is eerily similar.
January 15th, 2011 at 12:03 PM ^
January 15th, 2011 at 1:00 PM ^
January 15th, 2011 at 3:35 PM ^
This picture, I can't help but wonder "what is wrong with this"? Could his shirt and pants have come from Fox tent and awning?
January 15th, 2011 at 4:40 PM ^
ok i wasnt going to go there, but "you have inspired me!"
these two are my fav's:
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January 16th, 2011 at 10:19 AM ^
January 15th, 2011 at 3:40 PM ^
That look isn't a "schematic advantage", I don't know what is..