One Frame At A Time: Fire Hoke
These are actual quotes from Brady Hoke's presser this afternoon. I could not make them up if I tried, because they are appalling. Click the stills to open each GIF in a lightbox.
“I know there’s been a lot of talk, speculation, innuendos, whatever.” — Brady Hoke.
"We would never, ever, put a guy on the field when there's a possibility of head trauma." — Brady Hoke.
Hoke says he thought hit on Morris was targeting
— Alexa Dettelbach (@asdettel) September 29, 2014
Hoke on playing guys with concussion symptoms: "I would never put a kid in that situation, never have, never will."
— Dan Murphy (@DanMurphyESPN) September 29, 2014
Hoke on whether the athletic trainers did tests on the sideline, “I assume so.”
— Joshua Henschke (@JoshuaHenschke) September 29, 2014
Hoke says he wanted to get Gardner back in (presumably without a timeout), but was told no, "By that time, Shane's on the field."
— Nick Baumgardner (@nickbaumgardner) September 29, 2014
Hoke: on the criticism: "When your integrity and character is attacked that’s really unwarranted."
— angelique (@chengelis) September 29, 2014
Hoke on whether he will act different the next time: “I don’t know, I think that’s hypothetical.”
— Joshua Henschke (@JoshuaHenschke) September 29, 2014
September 29th, 2014 at 1:38 PM ^
I presume that is DB in the last picture leaving the game early?
September 29th, 2014 at 1:38 PM ^
That's Lloyd Carr
September 29th, 2014 at 1:39 PM ^
It's Carr
September 29th, 2014 at 1:55 PM ^
He did a lot of things that drove me nuts while I was a student during his last years on campus, but dear lord how I miss that dour bastard on the sidelines now. Any chance he could come back in as an interim coach to steady the ship while they find a replacement?
September 29th, 2014 at 2:02 PM ^
out of town in 2007, you may have been one of them, and then they wanted to burn him at the stake when Three and Out was published. No, I don't think many people will so quickly change their mind, much less Lloyd Carr himself.
September 29th, 2014 at 2:05 PM ^
Is that what the kids these days are calling retirement?
September 29th, 2014 at 3:50 PM ^
Brady Hoke was to state that he was tendering his resignation for retirement purposes, what would you call that?
September 29th, 2014 at 4:03 PM ^
good news. Beyond that, I'd call it something different than when a coach tells his AD before the season begins that he's retiring at the end of the season.
September 29th, 2014 at 5:54 PM ^
But don't you find it odd we didn't hear about that until after the loss to Oregon?
September 29th, 2014 at 9:41 PM ^
Carr didn't announce his retirement until November, after the OSU game.
September 29th, 2014 at 1:39 PM ^
I believe it is Lloyd Carr actually.
September 29th, 2014 at 1:41 PM ^
Thanks. I thought it was one of the two. Im surprised Carr stayed that long.
September 29th, 2014 at 1:57 PM ^
That's right when Brady sent out the punt team, down only two scores with 4 minutes left on the clock. If Brady's given up, why not Lloyd?
September 29th, 2014 at 1:38 PM ^
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September 29th, 2014 at 1:44 PM ^
Sarcastic? I hope so. To me it's pretty clear that the crown of Cochran's helmet hits Morris right on the chin. If his head wasn't hit, I wouldn't think Morris' head would have gone flying back; it would have gone forward first as his chest would have been flung back. Instead, Morris' head is leading the way on the backward's motion. Also probably wouldn't have instinctively grabbed for his head after the hit if it was his chest hurting the most.
September 29th, 2014 at 1:45 PM ^
You'll have to excuse my sarcasm detector, and I don't mean to come off snarky and rude myself, but.....truthfully, not sure if serious. The very still of the second GIF has Cockran's helmet well above Morris's jersey collar and right underneath his jaw. There's even a part of his maroon helmet which isn't visible because Morris's jaw is hiding it. I cannot fathom how that is anything but a hit to the head and neck.
September 29th, 2014 at 1:54 PM ^
September 29th, 2014 at 2:01 PM ^
That's what I thought because I could've sworn I saw earlier where you argued for it being a headshot. But the ol' detector kept coming back with "reply hazy, try again later."
September 29th, 2014 at 2:08 PM ^
to the teeth? Thought it looked like that.
September 29th, 2014 at 1:46 PM ^
I know you're being sarcastic. So I'll leave this here:
September 29th, 2014 at 1:58 PM ^
Everyone know that Shane has an abnormally large chest that extends up into his neck and chin. The man is all torso and pecs.
September 29th, 2014 at 3:16 PM ^
And nobody seems to give a damn about his welfare. Did he undergo a concussion exam, if not, why not? And why hasn't anybody even brought the subject up given their righteous indignation about the Morris thing? Do you think it's a black and white issue?
September 29th, 2014 at 3:45 PM ^
Was Gardner stumbling around? Or did his helmet just fall off?
Back to your bridge, troll.
September 29th, 2014 at 3:52 PM ^
The fact that he may have been concussed is at issue. But if you really want to go with the "stumbling around" issue, then you have to concede that Morris stumbling around was happening for more than one series and it was due to an ankle injury.
September 29th, 2014 at 3:46 PM ^
Yeesh.
September 29th, 2014 at 3:46 PM ^
That is all.
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September 29th, 2014 at 1:46 PM ^
I agree. It's unfortunate that the gif doesn't show how hard his head hit the ground following the hit though
September 29th, 2014 at 2:24 PM ^
The initial hit is bad enough, but his head hit the ground really hard too. I know helmets are designed to shield a lot of that, but it still looked really bad.
September 29th, 2014 at 1:57 PM ^
That is one magic loogie . . . er, helmet.
September 29th, 2014 at 2:16 PM ^
No no no. He hit him in the leg.
September 29th, 2014 at 1:52 PM ^
September 29th, 2014 at 2:26 PM ^
September 29th, 2014 at 5:47 PM ^
but I also remember the offense from the game immediately preceding that one--Ohio State--when we lost 14-3 and put up 91 (yes 91) total yards of total offense--and punted inside OSU's 40 yardline. I also remember RichRod walking around the field during the Florida game--perhaps not a coincidence that the offense opened up.
September 29th, 2014 at 9:47 PM ^
We were totally banged up for that OSU game, with Henne, Hart and I think Long all far less than 100%.
As for your second suggestion, it'd be awfully surprising given that Carr and RichRod weren't supposed to have gotten along once he arrived.
September 30th, 2014 at 9:26 AM ^
as to the first, I repeat 91 yards--and it was an embarrassing performance in person
as to the latter, it was a joke
September 29th, 2014 at 1:40 PM ^
It doesn't matter how much time was on the playclock, Gardner had to leave the field for 1 play after losing his helmet. Leaving the field for 1 play can be avoided by calling a timeout.
Lots of reasons to dislike Hoke and his QB management, time left on the clock to get Gardner back in is not one of them.
September 29th, 2014 at 1:46 PM ^
I think the point is that putting Morris back in the game wasn't a panic move because time was running out. There was plenty of time to see if Bellomy could find his helmet, think of alternatives, or even to decide that taking the timeout was the proper course of action. There was no need to rush Morris back onto the field or to make a hasty decision.
September 29th, 2014 at 1:51 PM ^
Having Justice Hayes take a direct snap with 10 men on the field would have been a better alternative than what actually happened.
September 29th, 2014 at 1:58 PM ^
Might have made for a better offense too...
September 29th, 2014 at 2:07 PM ^
No. It would just confuse the offense. 10 men are only used in punt formations.
September 29th, 2014 at 2:33 PM ^
Uhh...
Our offense this year has basically just been an extended punt formation.
September 29th, 2014 at 2:33 PM ^
Uhh...
Our offense this year has basically just been an extended punt formation.
September 29th, 2014 at 2:10 PM ^
I may have misinterpretted the intent of the point, which I thought was, "why would you need a timeout?"
Personally, when I saw Bellomy scrambling, I started calling for a wildcat formation, or a direct snap to Norfleet.
September 29th, 2014 at 1:41 PM ^
Also, well done Hoke for providing quotes that so perfectly fit the tone of this piece.
September 29th, 2014 at 2:22 PM ^
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September 29th, 2014 at 1:41 PM ^
I cringe everytime I see the Suga Shane hit. Kids a warrior. However,why didn't any of the olineman come to his defense?? Quite troubling...
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