You are Brady Hoke. What is your approach towards the team this week?

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I like these "You are..." themed stories. What is Coach Hoke's approach towards the team this week? Here are some thoughts I had.

(1) You (the players) are defined at Michigan by what you do against Ohio State. BEAT OHIO.

(2) This is a chance to create a memory for yourselves (seniors) or for the seniors.

(3) This is our bowl game. (Obviously, any bowl oppoent will not be as good as Ohio State.)

(4) Light them up that they have underperformed and can salvage the season with a win here.

(5) Don't overstate the game's importance. Focus on the process of getting better each day.

(6) Other (explain)

 

 

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bigego150

November 24th, 2013 at 3:22 PM ^

lighten up dude

 

We are a cellar dwellar in the B10, we have a "leader" that blames the players and will not accept responsibility and the beat goes on and on...

Can you or the other Hoke defenders please defend or justify the 10 losses over the past 2 seasons? (please?)

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MGoBio

November 24th, 2013 at 3:25 PM ^

LOL...Purdue and Illinois are bottom dwellars. rich rod's first team was a bottom dwellar. 

I don't  think you know what that phrase means. 

Go root for alabama if all you want is 14-0 seasons. However, you must accept Saban and all of his "ethics.'

post an ounce of evidence based argument and maybe the intelligent posters on this site will take you seriously, and not as some moron. 

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chewieblue

November 24th, 2013 at 3:22 PM ^

It's always number one. We are not really good enough to beat them. But if they make a few mistakes and play overconfident, who knows? That's the only approach to have. Make it like the Herb Brooks speech.

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BayWolves

November 24th, 2013 at 3:40 PM ^

I really hope people don't boo the team on Saturday.  For the last game of the year against ohioand in front of the nation - I hope we cheer on the effort of these guys.

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blichtybcl12

November 24th, 2013 at 3:47 PM ^

And keep them inspired. It's been a tough, disappointing season but this is the one week of the year that can change everything. Has nothing to do with my post, but this team is 10 points away from being 10-1. That's crazy. Imagine how different the tone of the fans would be...

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Bilg2.0

November 24th, 2013 at 4:04 PM ^

As a mediocre Midwest B1G coach, I feel a mustache is in order. He can preach all he wants about the rivalry, "physicalness", hearing football, and executing. But to truly prove his mettle as mediocrity personified, we need more than hearty pats on the back and firm handshakes at midfield with other mediocre B1G coaches (Ferentz, Kill, etc). I feel a mustache will cement Hokes place as a B1G icon. It won't effect his ability to cheerlead on the sideline and clap his hands, but will ensure that Meyer knows he means business...we WILL run directly into stacked 9 man fronts for negative yardage, no matter the outcome! We should obviously show videos of Bo and stuff that happened 30 years ago, so the program can continue to grasp at past greatness and ignore the current epic fail and schematic dunces running the program now. Clearly he has not the capacity nor football IQ to fix what ails the offense or make minimal game day adjustments...so grow a mustache....it will fit in perfectly with all the other gratuitous "toughness" we can only preach about. I really feel a mustache would stamp our place as middling, mediocre B1G. It will mesh with all the talk about the rivalry, respect we have for the other program, and execution....You know, the loser talk we have been hearing all year.

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Bilg2.0

November 24th, 2013 at 4:26 PM ^

Offense will improve simply because of O-line maturity. Team will be improved. 2015 is really the year where it should all be set up, but given this staff's inadequacies, we will get out schemed in a couple games and blow it. Hoke's ceiling, even with all the pieces in place, is 2-3 losses per season, unless we get an offensive genius coordinator....a Mattison on that side of the ball.

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Wendyk5

November 24th, 2013 at 4:02 PM ^

What draws me to sports is the psychology of competition and winning. How does one man motivate a group of men whose spirits have been, if not broken, then damaged? How does one player who carries the weight of the team's success and failures feel confident again after having a series of bad performances? Can the team rally around him unconditionally? More than schemes and playcalling, these things will be the key to how we perform. The players need to feel, after 60 minutes of play, no regrets. No wishing they could take back a play. They need to know deep down they did everything right and to the best of their ability. And if the other team plays better, then so be it. You can't hang your head in that situation. Don't worry about winning. Worry about playing your position like you've never played it before. 

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allintime23

November 24th, 2013 at 4:17 PM ^

I become the D line coach and my pal Greg keeps his spot while a new coach with an actual plan that can work takes over. The entire offensive coaching tree is let go and the future is finally embraced with a coaching system that's relevant and realistic.

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