Report: Michigan Reaching Out To Bates, Manuel
Manuel, Bates
Per Coaching Search's Pete Roussel:
A source has informed CoachingSearch.com that Michigan has gauged the interest of UConn director of athletics Warde Manuel and Boston College athletic director Brad Bates about their interest in the same position at Michigan.
UPDATE: John U Bacon says nope.
FYI, my proverbial "well placed sources" tell me the reports of UM starting a search for a new AD (Bates, Manual, etc.) are NOT true. FWIW.
— John U. Bacon (@Johnubacon) September 29, 2014
Sorry for getting anyone's hopes up.
September 29th, 2014 at 5:33 PM ^
Trey Burke pic...errrr I mean....
September 29th, 2014 at 5:31 PM ^
just having hope can be such a blessing.
September 29th, 2014 at 5:31 PM ^
Hopefully this can happen. This fanbase can't take Brandon any longer. He has ruined Michigan football games for me as a student.
September 29th, 2014 at 5:40 PM ^
Does this count as Godwin's Law? Regardless, love Christoph Waltz.
September 29th, 2014 at 5:34 PM ^
Please, please don't tease me.
I know nothing about either of these guys. I support hiring either of them to replace Dave Brandon.
September 29th, 2014 at 5:33 PM ^
So we might hire a guy with real experience in athletics this time?! Brillant!
September 29th, 2014 at 5:33 PM ^
So we might hire a guy with real experience in athletics this time?! Brillant!
September 29th, 2014 at 5:33 PM ^
They wouldn't be reaching out if they hadn't already fired Brandon right?
September 29th, 2014 at 5:33 PM ^
I guess our legacy coaching tree isn't that bountiful, but boy oh boy do we churn out AD material!
September 29th, 2014 at 5:33 PM ^
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September 29th, 2014 at 5:34 PM ^
What makes Bates a good idea? Not trying to be challenging, just curious.
September 29th, 2014 at 5:40 PM ^
He mentions Bates in Bo's Lasting Lessons.
September 29th, 2014 at 6:08 PM ^
Hired Steve Addazio. Not a bad start.
September 29th, 2014 at 10:43 PM ^
Addazio coached Temple and won with Al Golden's players.
Then he sucked a lot.
The idea that Addazio is a good hire is ludicrous.
September 29th, 2014 at 11:21 PM ^
He took Spaziani's 2-10 Boston College team and went bowling in his very first year. This year he steamrolled USC. What about that is so bad?
September 29th, 2014 at 11:32 PM ^
they followed up the USC win by losing to Colorado St at home.
September 29th, 2014 at 5:34 PM ^
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September 29th, 2014 at 5:35 PM ^
UCONN AD loves him some NARDUZZI!
come on down?!
September 29th, 2014 at 5:35 PM ^
I dont know much about Manuel, but the comments that Bo wrote about Brad Bates in his book are outstanding. Sounds like Bates was the hardest worker on the team and an overachiever.
September 29th, 2014 at 6:18 PM ^
by how the last hire (Brandon) went down that he will not interview for this if offered an interview. I'm hearing this secondhand but I trust my source completely, and he trusts his.
So, there's that. /guyoninternet
September 29th, 2014 at 5:36 PM ^
I said this earlier, but it feels relevant here.
Unless he's a Harbaugh, I don't want a "Michigan man" to be our next head coach. I think there are better candidates out there. With the AD, though, I think there's value in having someone who has been here before, understands the traditions, understands what a shitty job DB has done, is pissed about it himself, is willing to undo all of DB's stupid shit, and will twist the knife in DB's back while he's undoing DB's legacy. I think a message of "I'm so sorry about the last guy; we'll never treat you like that again" is the most direct way to winning back the loyalty and hearts of this fan base.
September 29th, 2014 at 5:40 PM ^
I totally agree. Have a Michigan Man as the AD makes sense for all of the reasons you cite. As a coach, I just want someone who can, you know, coach.
September 29th, 2014 at 5:56 PM ^
My view on this is that there's no reason to want Michigan's football team to look like it did 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50 years ago. In fact, I don't want it to, since I think there are better paths to winning football games in 2014.
I do want the Michigan Stadium experience to feel a lot like it did 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50 years ago. I think that's part of what makes Michigan special. Getting that back doesn't require a "Michigan man," but it helps to have someone in the AD who understands why tradition is so important to us and what it's all about.
September 29th, 2014 at 6:14 PM ^
Frankly, coaching like it's 30 years ago is precisely Hoke's problem. Bo's philosophy was that he just had to teach the fundamentals better than everyone else, keep his guys in the right frame of mind, fix things just by putting "emphasis" on them, and everything would be great. You didn't need a playbook; if you wanted to run the ball you just had to want to do it more than the other team wanted to stop you. And it worked back then because coaching, recruiting, and S&C weren't all billion-dollar industries.
Hoke still thinks you can win by coaching that way. That's why he's always talking about "we're gonna get back to work, we just need to execute better" etc. etc. I think he genuinely believes it.
September 29th, 2014 at 6:29 PM ^
...except Bo and his staff actually taught fundamentals and the players took this coaching, listened and learned. With Hoke, that does not happen. Bo could get through to his guys and develop their talents, Hoke can not.
Bo would be very successful if coaching in his prime today. He just had the "it" factor, both in his personality and in his ability to inspire players and coach them up.
September 29th, 2014 at 5:41 PM ^
I totally agree. Have a Michigan Man as the AD makes sense for all of the reasons you cite. As a coach, I just want someone who can, you know, coach.
September 29th, 2014 at 5:44 PM ^
September 29th, 2014 at 5:45 PM ^
Maybe the new AD will let us have water now...
September 29th, 2014 at 6:03 PM ^
I disagree it means that someone that has played, attended Michigan. I think it's the values, integrity to uphold the honor of our school. It's a winner, but not at all costs, one that wins while doing the right thing. It's what you do when you face adversity that defines it. Brady Hoke, in my opinion, lost that status Saturday with the mishandling of the Morris incident. Bo was not a Michigan Man because he coached here. Bo was a Michigan Man because he just was, before stepping foot in Ann Arbor.
September 29th, 2014 at 6:56 PM ^
Come on, do you really think that Hoke put Morris in because he doesn't care about Morris's health and well-being? Everything that we've ever heard from every player, past or present, has indicated that Hoke cares deeply about and protects his players. That incident stunk of incompetence to me, and Hoke should be fired for his continued incompetence. To give that incident an extremely uncharitable interpretation - and one inconsistent with everything else we know - is being unfair. I get that you're upset, and I am, too, but it's possible to be upset and level-headed at the same time.
September 29th, 2014 at 5:38 PM ^
Double post
See ya, DB!!!
September 29th, 2014 at 5:38 PM ^
or no hair?
September 29th, 2014 at 5:38 PM ^
You have to fire Brandon before you fire Hoke, because we can't have Brandon picking our next HC.
September 29th, 2014 at 5:40 PM ^
Should Michigan be looking outside of those with ties to the university for the most qualified AD out there? I saw someone mention attempting to get Louisvilles AD in addition to a few other names.
Not trying to start an argument, or say these two guys wouldn't do a good job, just not sure why Michigan wouldn't try to get the best candidate possible, regardless of whether they had previous ties to Michigan.
September 29th, 2014 at 5:43 PM ^
Honest answer: Even if these guys didn't have ties to Michigan, they'd be top candidates. Both are recognized leaders in the field, not a pizza CEO who lost his reelection to the Board of Regents.
September 29th, 2014 at 5:51 PM ^
I don't know anything about what makes you a true qualified candidate for the AD job. Other than you know, actual experience in an athletic department sometime in your past. Just saw a few non-Michigan sports people on twitter mentioning the fact that Michigan should look outside of people with ties to the university.
If these two are amoung the most qualified candidates and happen to have ties to Michigan, wonderful. I would just hope if it made sense Michigan would go after the best person for the job, whether or not they had ties to the university like with the current university president. But like someone said earlier in the thread, maybe you want previous ties for the AD because of the unique job they have to do.
Either way, thanks for the response.
September 29th, 2014 at 6:10 PM ^
I feel like connection to the University's culture is OK as a tiebreaking qualifier (like if you're between say, Jim Harbaugh and Kevin Sumlin, you can prefer Harbaugh), but not a limiting factor like it was in the 2011 head football coaching search.
September 29th, 2014 at 9:50 PM ^
Jim Harbaugh and Kevin Sumlin are a tie?
September 29th, 2014 at 5:40 PM ^
please
September 29th, 2014 at 5:41 PM ^
I have no information to confirm or deny this, but the fact that Dave Brandon has essentially been silent and invisible in the last 48 hours after half of Michigan Stadium was chanting for his firing makes me believe there's no small possibility an exit strategy is being negotiated as we speak.
The last two days could be the most chaotic and bizarre at Michigan since the two days he spent trying to fire Rich Rodriguez. But now we're talking about incompetence and player safety, not the inability to field a half-decent defense. These rumors, in conjunction with DB's radio silence, have to add up to something.
Did he actually show his face on the sidelines on Saturday?
September 29th, 2014 at 5:41 PM ^
I see it guys! The light at the end of the tunnel is something we can SEE now!
I'll take either guy. I tweeted that they were my ideal candidates. Bo even suggested Bates as Michigan's AD in his autobiography.
This is a massive leap towards the light if this gets done.
September 29th, 2014 at 7:08 PM ^
Please don't be a train. Please don't be a train. Please don't be a train.
September 29th, 2014 at 5:41 PM ^
I like to think that my emails had some small effect on this, even though I realize that isn't reality.
September 29th, 2014 at 5:43 PM ^
Is this something that would get guys like MGrow back in the stadium? What would it take?
September 29th, 2014 at 5:43 PM ^
Reaching out is a cliche. Who contacted who?
September 29th, 2014 at 5:44 PM ^
FYI, my proverbial "well placed sources" tell me the reports of UM starting a search for a new AD (Bates, Manual, etc.) are NOT true. FWIW.
— John U. Bacon (@Johnubacon) September 29, 2014
September 29th, 2014 at 5:57 PM ^
Don't downvote the messenger.
I WANT TO BELIEVE.
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