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Hammon is purely a pro coach…

Hammon is purely a pro coach.  She’ll be coaching an NBA team before she’s in the NCAA.

Pretty sure the ceiling for…

Pretty sure the ceiling for Bennett was a national title, which seems better than mid Wisconsin.  

Of course Warde didn’t say…

Of course Warde didn’t say anything with Howard standing right next to him.  Howard might have hauled off and slapped him and then Warde would have to pay out a settlement to himself.

Only one way to move when…

Only one way to move when you’ve hit rock bottom:  sideways.

This shit works!

This shit works!

about whether firing him…

about whether firing him would damage the school's relationship with the Fab Five

 Who gives a shit about this?  The Fab Five hasn’t been relevant for a decade.
 

 

Yeah, put this in the same…

Yeah, put this in the same file as “a coach was fired and investigated by the FBI for computer crimes and we never found out why”.

So did Mike actually have a …

So did Mike actually have a “personal issue” or was that bullshit and what he really had was beef with Sherrone?  Because it would be weird if we were all offering our thoughts and support for his  hard times and the it turned out he was just pissed he didn’t get to be OC.  

Fwiw, Campbell’s work is…

Fwiw, Campbell’s work is interesting but I’d be careful with his summaries of mythology.  He’s going to (intentionally or not) elide or ignore subtle but perhaps important differences between different traditions because he’s pushing a view that all myths are reducible to a “monomyth”.  He’s like the Golden Bough for the 20th century.  
 

You might agree with him on that (I don’t, full disclosure), but just know that that view is in the background when he’s summarizing things.  

He’s a great coach, but Bama…

He’s a great coach, but Bama was clearly paying dudes for so long that I don’t really give a shit about his feelings on the end of amateurism.  For course Saban is offended when players ask for more money, Nick never did that himself.   He paid an agent to get him however fucking many millions per year, so he’s clearly above that.

Only if he bizarrely leaves…

Only if he bizarrely leaves at the last minute again.  Greatest basketball coach we’ve ever had but damn was that exit weird

Get excited for a new coach,…

Get excited for a new coach, dudes!  Because Bacon has been as reliable as late 80s Harley Davidsons, I’m betting the opposite happens

The North Pole, duh

The North Pole, duh

Godspeed to you all; I shut…

Godspeed to you all; I shut this off a while ago.  Warde has assured me that you can’t fire a coach mid season because otherwise nobody good will ever ever take a job at a school that does that.  LOL.  

Oh man that news about Roh…

Oh man that news about Roh is awful.  He was WAY too young.  

It won't be this bad again.

It won't be this bad again.

 

Famous last words. This offseason I was completely convinced last that this year’s team could not possibly play worse defense or wilt more in crunch time than they did last season.  You can always dig deeper.

Give Warde a show cause?

Give Warde a show cause?

When you hit bottom, only…

When you hit bottom, only place left to go is….sideways.

You hate to see it….

You hate to see it….

 

Seriously though, I’m not losing sleep over a child abuser that blew through a fortune.

The arrow just keeps…

The arrow just keeps pointing further down every season.  It’s a trend, not a blip.  Add in weird shit like hitting an opposing coach and whatever the hell happened with Sanderson, and here we are, just circling the drain.

I was told that firing a…

I was told that firing a coach mid season dooms a program.  Is that not true?

I guess other schools have…

I guess other schools have NIL that pays for points in the final five minutes of games and we don’t.  

Can risk using it given…

Can’t risk using it given Howard’s heart condition

“Looks to good to me”- Warde…

“Looks to good to me”- Warde Manuel, probably 

 

If you were just watching…

If you were just watching the score you wouldn’t know that MSU played like total ass.  They’ll still win comfortably.

Jackson might have been…

Jackson might have been miscast as a 5 at Seton Hall, but he’s still not good

I was optimistic going into…

I was optimistic going into the half but that manifested one of the dumbest fouls imaginable so I’m not jinxing them again. 

You have to laugh a little;…

You have to laugh a little; how the fuck do you manage to foul in that situation? Clearly a well coached team impeded by structural issues

Could have a lead at the…

Could have a lead at the half!  Edit:  JUST KIDDING LETS FOUL AT MIDCOURT WITH A TENTH OF A SECOND LEFT!

With effective coaching he…

With effective coaching he might be able to cut down on turnovers…but….

How can anyone who actually…

How can anyone who actually watches these games sit back and say, “You know, this really is the best team Michigan could field given their NIL and academics”?

We’re currently worse than…

We’re currently worse than Northwestern.

I’d wage they would be…

I’d wage they would be significantly better defensively with Coach K.  The transfers that got admitted were able to play defense under other coaching staffs.

You can’t really pay the…

You can’t really pay the back ups as much as the starters because then the starters want more money.  I cannot really cry about Michigan’s NIL if the problem is that they can’t pay as much for back ups as comparable universities pay their starters.  

Nope, also seemingly said a…

Nope, also seemingly said a bunch false stuff during the last two Harbaugh to NFL sagas.  His whole “feel the love” bullshit most recently was comically bad.

I’m sure JUB will have 200…

I’m sure JUB will have 200,000 words for it at some point.

INSIDERZZ 4 LYFE!!!!

INSIDERZZ 4 LYFE!!!!

Have no idea about Jim but…

Have no idea about Jim but if Lamar was yelling at John like that John would have told him to sit down and a player or assistant would have came a walked Lamar to the bench.  Then they would continue to play and coach, say nothing to the media, and maybe talk in private.  So pretty much exactly how Andy Reid handled it.

If it was a no name player…

If it was a no name player we won’t be talking about it at all

It’s certainly not ideal,…

It’s certainly not ideal, but I think your friend is completely right and probably much better positioned to understand NFL norms than 95% of the world even though she isn’t a coach.  Coaches have different styles and different relationships with different players.  Belichek is going to have different boundaries than Dan Campbell.  And Campbell would have 100% barked back at him and then given him hug 45 seconds afterward, fwiw.  Reid didn’t seem that pissed at the moment and totally didn’t care afterwards so who gives a fuck?  I remember Brady having a scream off with an assistant (was it O’Brien?) and people made a big deal because it was Brady.  But it wasn’t a big deal, it was guys getting emotional under pressure and I would imagine it happens all the time.

I’d just add that coaching…

I’d just add that coaching your own kids is really hard, and I think Howard struggled with it.  I think that that is part of how he lost his way here. I don't think his kids leaving will fix things given how deep of a hole he’s dug.

Do you really think our NIL…

Do you really think our NIL is worse and our academics are stricter than Northwestern?  Because they have a better team than us.

I’m sorry but I couldn’t… I’m sorry but I couldn’t give a shit about the program’s relationship with the Fab Five. Hire the best coach possible and win games; Jalen Rose can feel however he wants.
This result is a bit…

This result is a bit deflating for those hoping some epic Juwan meltdown (slapgate redux) will force Warde to fire him. The team is so bad that I can’t see Howard getting upset enough about a loss to do anything silly.  

This has to be a parody

This has to be a parody

Who?

Who? The guy that dressed up like a bandit or something?  

I

I can’t express how little I care what Bacon or his fans think.

So much for training him…

So much for training him under Wink!

Here’s what happened. There…

Here’s what happened. There was a little voice in Chip Kelly’s ear.  It told him he didn’t need to work so hard keeping players, recruiting players, and attracting transfers.  It told him this was all too much work, too much responsibility, too hard.  It told him he should take a break, have a seat in the shade, take a demotion so he could do less.

 

That voice belonged to none other than Freddy P Soft.  But it sounded like a former player he coached, a kid named “Ryan.” So he called him up and got just what he wanted. 

I’ll just note that he could…

I’ll just note that he could be both a good DC hire not AND not as good as Minter or MacDonald.  You can’t really keep guys as successful as Minter or MacDonald around as college DCs (in MacDonald’s cases, even as an NFL DC).  Michigan was very lucky to have 2 wonder kids in a row at DC.  It’s really unlikely that anyone hire will be as successful as they were— Minter had the best defense in program history.

With a very young HC, it might be better to take an older guy with a higher floor and a lower ceiling than grab one of the coaches in the wonder kid pool.  FWIW,  I don’t think anyone in the NFL doesn’t run a ton of coverages.  Even if he runs man a lot more than Minter, he’s not going to be running a man scheme built to stop running quarterbacks like Don Brown.  He’s coming from coaching against pass first offenses.