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 6:21 PM ^
I'll tell you what. I trust Bacon. But Coachingsearch isn't a hack website, and Roussel has earned a pretty fair level of trust himself. I don't think these two things are mutually exclusive, not in this world of microscopically parsed statements and painstakingly crafted PR releases.
September 29th, 2014 at 6:25 PM ^
Even if it's on the level of regent talking to agent. I know that Manuel is really liked at UConn so it might be a good idea to start following the local bloggers and insiders in the Northeast.
September 29th, 2014 at 6:26 PM ^
September 29th, 2014 at 6:32 PM ^
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
September 29th, 2014 at 6:34 PM ^
You're a liar.
September 29th, 2014 at 6:35 PM ^
I read the whole post. It was amusing.
September 29th, 2014 at 6:35 PM ^
Mr. Brandon,
You have more important things to do than this right now.
September 29th, 2014 at 6:40 PM ^
The reason (as it has been explained about 10 bazillion times) that it is somewhat irrelevant whether Morris was actually concussed or not is rather simple.
A) Player takes massive shot to upper body region including most likely the head
B) Player appears noticably woozy/unable to properly stand/walk.
C) Player is left in the game
D) Player is reinserted into the game clearly without a full concussion protocol having been done.
Now, was Morris simply being allowed to be pummelled into dust due to his leg injury (a coaching malpractice in its own right by Hoke that honestly showed utter incompetence outside of the whole concussion situation)? Or was Morris knocked woozy and everyone ignored it? I have no idea. But that is the question isn't it? Why wasn't ANYONE PAYING ATTENTION TO OUR QUARTERBACK? What the hell was Hoke doing that he didn't notice that our already injured quarterback was getting blasted into next week and needed to come out of the game?
Someone needed to be looking out for Shane Morris. Given the absense of anyone else, that person should have been Brady Hoke. But Hoke was too busy saving timeouts while down by 23 points in the 2nd half of a game he had no chance of winning.
September 29th, 2014 at 7:02 PM ^
The game was out of reach. There was no good reason to have Morris in the game. It isn't like this was a game winning drive and Morris was our star QB and pulling him at that point was somehow throwing the game down the toilet. Morris had been horrible all game and was clearly injured beyond any level of effectiveness. What possible point was there to leaving him in the ballgame?
Having him then go back into the game after Gardner lost his helmet was just the icing on the incompetence cake.
September 29th, 2014 at 6:42 PM ^
Let me ask you a question. Suppose during a football game a player falls awkwardly on his neck and stops moving. If the training staff comes out and immobilizes his head and neck, and it turns out later he didn't break his neck at all, were they wrong to do so?
If he lays on the ground not moving, and the trainers come out, pick him up, and carry him off, without any of those precautions, they'll be fired. Even if it turns out later the guy didn't break his neck at all.
The fact that you don't get this disqualifies you from the discussion.
September 29th, 2014 at 9:16 PM ^
this ain't the world cup!
September 29th, 2014 at 6:47 PM ^
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
September 29th, 2014 at 9:10 PM ^
September 29th, 2014 at 6:47 PM ^
You do make a couple fair points, but I don't agree with all of it (or even most) by any means.
September 29th, 2014 at 6:48 PM ^
September 29th, 2014 at 7:54 PM ^
You're = you are
Your = your post is incorrect.
Yore = I miss the Michigan Football of yore.
September 29th, 2014 at 10:55 PM ^
*I* miss the Michigan football of yore.
Raback that.
September 29th, 2014 at 6:50 PM ^
show us how they are lying. All you have done is point at MGOBLOG and say "J'ACCUSE!". Well, that may well have been good enough for Emile Zola, but you are no Emile Zola. At least he had the balls to accuse using his real name instead of hiding behind a pseudonym. You are a coward.
Secondly, it has not been proven that he was not concussed. You'll have to provide evidence to where he was.
Thirdly, do you know what libel is? If so, prove to us how MGOBLOG is guilty of it.One wo accuses without evidence is someone to be scorned.
Fourthly, how do you even know that Brian is going to that game? He has a family and thus may not go to all the games. Again, you accuse without basis.
Fifthy, no his tweets ably express his very justifible outrage over the descent of a once proud program into a morass of horrid play, dubious decision making by the head coach, and pimping out of a much beloved football program by a corporate bureaucrat.
You accuse, but present nothing to support your accusations. You damn, but provide no damning evidence. You are an intellectually lazy person who is clearly tied to Brandon and Hoke in some way. Your vituperation-saturated rant indicates that to us.
I challenge you to provide evidence to support your accusations.
September 29th, 2014 at 6:55 PM ^
September 29th, 2014 at 7:38 PM ^
September 29th, 2014 at 7:59 PM ^
The poster's basic premise holds true. Brian Cook loves to rant about how everyone in the AD and the coaches can't do their job. Brian makes his living from analyzing Michigan football, but apparently only when the team does well. Was there any discussion about the game? About Peppers being benched for mouthing off? Nope. Will you see a UFR for this game? No. Just more bitching about how everyone just has a job because they have a job. Well, now Brian can count himself among that group.
It's fine to write about the turmoil without wearing your heart on your sleeve. But if you are going to post every rumor going forward, you are going to alienate a lot of readers who followed your posts because you DIDNT post a bunch of rumors. until something actually happens, keep it on the board where it belongs.
September 29th, 2014 at 8:19 PM ^
Firstly, it's a blog. That means it subjective opinion pieces will be made. Brian's commentary complements the the analysis wich tyoically come out later in the week.
They also posted Hoke's pressers from Saturday and today. You got to read from the horse's mouth.
There was indeed a discussion of the game.http://mgoblog.com/?page=1
This necessarily included referencing the Morris incident as it was really the one outstanding aspect of the game itself.
Why you felt compelled to write a factually criticism of Brian I have no idea.
September 29th, 2014 at 8:31 PM ^
You can watch all the pressers on Mlive. Nothing new there. Did you listen to the podcast?
I guess you can't criticize the authors of this site... or you'll have to read a sentence like, "Why you felt compelled to write a factually criticism of Brian I have no idea."
The English translation portion of my brain just seized.
September 29th, 2014 at 8:58 PM ^
I intended to say a "factually deficient criticism".
Your "criticism" was lacking in both logic and in facts. The indepth analysis you expect comes out days later after Brian and company breakdown the film. I don't know what you expected so early after an event. Most sites typically take time in breaking down the film. The days after a game are reserved for initial pre-film impressions and post-game pressers.
It appears that you don't understand how reporting of football games work. That's unfortunate.
September 29th, 2014 at 11:08 PM ^
September 29th, 2014 at 11:18 PM ^
September 29th, 2014 at 8:51 PM ^
http://www.mgoblue.com/tickets/fbl-index.html
Appears to be tickets available to all 3 home games left on the schedule.
September 29th, 2014 at 10:52 PM ^
"Less intelligent persons"
I mean, srsly. Who the hell do you think reads the blog.
September 29th, 2014 at 6:27 PM ^
Really, it represents the only five minutes this year that have been ok. WHYYYYY?!??!
September 29th, 2014 at 7:52 PM ^
Zoltan does not approve!
September 29th, 2014 at 6:27 PM ^
Just because it's denied doesn't mean it's false.
September 29th, 2014 at 6:43 PM ^
As others have noted, these two accounts aren't necessarily mutually exclusive. The people conducting a search like this would likely be limited to just a few individuals, and Bacon's sources could just be on the outside of those discussions.
I think this story could help explain why Brandon wasn't at the presser today, and why Hoke said he hadn't talked to him--which IMO was the part of the press conference that strained credulity the most. You're facing a storm of bad national publicity and even the campus paper has called for your ouster, and you and your boss haven't even talked, let alone having him there in support? Could be that Brandon is either already out or is about to be.
September 29th, 2014 at 6:38 PM ^
September 29th, 2014 at 6:41 PM ^
I don't care what Bacon's sources are, no one he's talking to in the ADept is going to confirm this, assuming they would know. If someone's talking to these guys the ADept will be on the outside looking in.
September 29th, 2014 at 6:44 PM ^
In his prime other coaches were winning multiple national championships. He never won one. So I don't quite understand what metric you're using. Bo, "in his prime," was behind the curve blindly believing that a power, grind it out, predictable running game would prevail and that the flashy passing game was just a fad. He was wrong then -- or he'd have won an NC -- and he'd be very wrong today. His defenses were great, but his offenses only seldom could hang with the best offenses of the day.
Bo was good, at least he didn't lose to lesser teams, but he was old-fashioned and inflexible as far as the game was concerned.
September 29th, 2014 at 6:50 PM ^
the conflicting statements. Maybe Bacon and coaching search have different source. Word gets to coachingsearch that these AD's have been contacted to gauge interest. Word leaks and damage control by both parties kicks in - if anyone asks if UM has reached out to contact you, deny any knowledge.
In my mind, it's not to hard to imagine that maybe both Bacon and coachingsearch are correctly reporting what their sources have told them.
Maybe coachingsearch's source is a little better connected then Bacon's on this matter.
September 29th, 2014 at 6:53 PM ^
...if someone is meeting with an AD, I HIGHLY doubt you'll hear about it. It makes absolutely NO sense to do so. Not unless the University President is demanding a public search...in which case you lose a lot of candidates because they don't want their name out there. I don't think you'd lose these two, because Michigan is probably their dream job.
Nonetheless, that person is currently employed and leading a staff, he/she has donors to worry about, student athletes, an entire athletics program to worry about. One of them isn't going to get the job, that makes things very difficult.
They call them airport meetings...you get a flight with a layover in your city, get a hotel conference room, chat and talk shop, then get on your plane and go home. You never set foot on/near campus.
They do this all the time with coaches, but especially with AD's. How do I know? I've been on a committed to hire an AD (and a coach). The candidates flew to our airport and never left, they just turned around, got on a plane and went back home.
I've also been on one where we had to go to Atlanta just to meet the candidates. Such a waste of money...fly staff to a city to go meet someone and then fly them back home that same night. (I don't work there anymore).
I especially wouldn't believe ANYTHING you read until Brandon is officially out. At that time you may get some leaks that reasonable, and they may be Bates and Manuel, but right now these names are just being floated to see how people react to them. Particularly the people (donors) with money.
September 29th, 2014 at 6:56 PM ^
September 29th, 2014 at 7:32 PM ^
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
September 29th, 2014 at 7:44 PM ^
September 29th, 2014 at 8:27 PM ^
They reported that a report indicated interest in Warde and Manuel. Bacon talked to his sources who denied it. Basically, we have two different people citing different sources. Brian rightly reported Bacon's tweet.
He gave you all the information that is available.That is what any reporter is supposed to do.
September 29th, 2014 at 11:42 PM ^
September 29th, 2014 at 7:36 PM ^
September 29th, 2014 at 7:46 PM ^
There you go again, using that 'logic' thing. What are you, some kind of attorney?
September 29th, 2014 at 8:00 PM ^
It's habit for me, and usually serves me well. A lot of people just don't seem to be able to do that, at all. It's often what is left unsaid that's most important.
September 29th, 2014 at 9:35 PM ^
bacon is a joke. who the fuck is he. a nobody looking for pub for his shity books
September 29th, 2014 at 7:36 PM ^
I like Kevin Bacon better.
September 29th, 2014 at 9:17 PM ^
I like brown sugar bacon. Mmm, bacon.
September 29th, 2014 at 7:41 PM ^
If Bacon's source is from within the AD, I am not too concerned. Unlikely that anyone in the AD would be consulted about informal inquiries. It is a bit concerning that this has hit the airwaves, however, as it will be more difficult for the Regents (or someone working with them) to operate.
September 29th, 2014 at 7:50 PM ^
Comments