Next coach better get rid of legends jerseys
It's a god damn disgrace that players are given numbers of the best players in UM history without doing ANYTHING to deserve them. It's a damn joke at this point.
Get rid of the legends jerseys and let guys make their own damn legacy.
Maybe I'm just tired of seeing Gardner wearing 98, but oh well. None of the other guys wearing them deserve them either.
October 25th, 2014 at 6:01 PM ^
October 25th, 2014 at 8:18 PM ^
October 25th, 2014 at 6:02 PM ^
Seriously. Stop disgracing people who were actually good at football and had some heart.
October 25th, 2014 at 7:23 PM ^
Kids are sponges and will take on the personality of their coach. So question the heart of the coaches instead.
The good at football thing I totally agree with though.
October 25th, 2014 at 6:02 PM ^
October 25th, 2014 at 6:03 PM ^
Everything that was made up by Brandon should be gone!
FIRE BRANDON NOW!!!
October 25th, 2014 at 6:41 PM ^
How does throwing away everything Brandon has done translate to winning football games? do you think improved WiFi in the stadium has caused the team to struggle on the field?
October 25th, 2014 at 8:31 PM ^
FIRE BRANDON!
October 25th, 2014 at 9:12 PM ^
October 25th, 2014 at 6:04 PM ^
AGREED. Also, what's the point in specifically making certain players "more important" than the rest of the team. Doesn't that contradict "the team, the team, the team" saying
October 25th, 2014 at 6:05 PM ^
As you say this, another drop by Funchess. Don't care if he was interfered with, still should have been a catch.
#1 my ass.
October 25th, 2014 at 6:06 PM ^
watch guys not make plays while wearing a jersey of a guy who only made plays. I get that it happens every year, at almost every college. But then don't make a big deal out of giving a guy a number. Just give out a #5 each year, or a #2 each year...or never give out a #1 or a #2 or whatever.
October 25th, 2014 at 6:06 PM ^
October 25th, 2014 at 6:07 PM ^
Wait, so #1 Braylon would make a catch that hit his hands against MSU? Oh wait, he did multiple times. Our #1 has the dropsies way too often
October 25th, 2014 at 6:58 PM ^
Double post.
October 25th, 2014 at 6:57 PM ^
drop several crucial passes inculding one in end zone in The Game.
October 25th, 2014 at 6:09 PM ^
Legends jerseys idea seemed good in theory but has been godawful in practice. Get rid of them.
October 25th, 2014 at 6:23 PM ^
October 25th, 2014 at 9:24 PM ^
It always seemed like a horrible idea in theory to me. "The team, the team, the team."
October 26th, 2014 at 12:07 AM ^
To me, it's never had anything to do with how good or bad the players are playing. It's flat-out unfair to them (IMO). Let them make their own legacy with their own number!
Again... never liked the legends jersey idea from the get go. Even if we were undefeated with 3 All Americans and a heisman candidate on either side of the ball, this was a crappy idea.
October 25th, 2014 at 6:10 PM ^
October 25th, 2014 at 6:13 PM ^
This star system was the start of the downfall of UM football. Bo or any other decent coach would not have gone for it. Terrible idea by Brandon.
October 25th, 2014 at 6:13 PM ^
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October 25th, 2014 at 6:42 PM ^
this what happens when you bastardize a decades-old tradition for the sake of expanding a budget. . .
October 26th, 2014 at 12:16 AM ^
Or if you're not always an ass, you had a good day off ass practice.
Maybe a player or two asked for these #'s. Like Funchess for #1. You cannot blame them for wanting that. But please go take your machismo ignorance to another fanbase. These are kids trying to play football and in most cases with the legacy jerseys, being assigned numbers they didn't ask for.
Who the hell are you to question any college kids worthiness for their jersey?
Dumbass x10
October 25th, 2014 at 6:14 PM ^
Any other receiver in UM history wearing the #1 jersey would make at least 1 of these catches that Funchess has dropped. You have to be an athlete and make a play. Spielman is right though, we've become a team of "almost's".
October 25th, 2014 at 6:18 PM ^
to rooting for a TD. That's how pathetic we've become. We need to fire Hoke and begin the healing process. We've gotten progressively worse. Our rivals mock us and laugh at us.
October 25th, 2014 at 6:20 PM ^
Add this to the list of Jokes about Brandon/Hoke.
October 25th, 2014 at 6:22 PM ^
I think no one should get wings on their helmets until their next coach sees the effort and passion worthy of a Michigan football player.
October 25th, 2014 at 6:22 PM ^
Should only happen at the end of the season, like before the OSU game. And it should just be for "the game"... that way we can truly evaluate a "great player" prior to that game to see if he is worthy.
No way in hell that Funchess should be wearing "1" right now. And as I type this, Devin Gardner commits another turnover.
October 25th, 2014 at 6:37 PM ^
No, I think this is the problem. Just let a guy wear a jersey, legends or otherwise, for his whole career. Don't make a huge deal out of it.
October 26th, 2014 at 12:27 AM ^
Exactly
October 25th, 2014 at 6:23 PM ^
There is much to blame Hoke about, but I believe this one is much more on Brandon than him. Hopefully, our next AD will get rid of this.
October 25th, 2014 at 6:26 PM ^
October 25th, 2014 at 6:26 PM ^
Seriously. We're not. Our offense is led by a receiver. Our top receiver can't catch. Our line is average at best. Indiana and Perdue put up better fights against MSU.
Maryland got boat raced by Wisconsin today but I think they'll win at Michigan vs. this offense.
October 25th, 2014 at 6:33 PM ^
At this point, they should make everyone go out there with blank jerseys because they are all a deisgrace to anyone who has ever worn any number in th ehistory of UM football..
October 25th, 2014 at 8:46 PM ^
guy doesn't have bragging rights with his Sparty buddies for yet another year and is upset with the players? Right now I think you are more a disgrace...you know, lacking grace, than the players are.
October 25th, 2014 at 6:34 PM ^
I have no problem with the legends jerseys (except that the patch is too big). Just don't have guys switch jerseys so much in mid-career.
The big benefit of the legends jerseys is that we can honor players who played beyond the 1950s. We stopped retiring numbers because we couldn't take any more out of circulation. The legends jerseys solve this problem.
Gardner's having a crappy game, but that doesn't mean the jersey is the problem. He's still a great overall representative of the school/program (graduated in three years, getting his master's in social work). Having a bad game does not disgrace the jersey. Being a bad person does.
October 25th, 2014 at 6:34 PM ^
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October 25th, 2014 at 6:35 PM ^
October 25th, 2014 at 6:36 PM ^
October 25th, 2014 at 6:49 PM ^
I think you're supposed to stick to one player per number but I've seen a whole lot of zero today.
October 25th, 2014 at 9:06 PM ^
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October 25th, 2014 at 7:30 PM ^
October 25th, 2014 at 7:33 PM ^
I was on my way home from a soccer tournament and was thinking about this exact subject matter. I am fine with the players wearing the Legends jersey. But DAMN IT, earn the bleeping right to wear them. Gardner needs to give it back, as do the rest.
October 25th, 2014 at 7:40 PM ^
October 25th, 2014 at 7:46 PM ^
October 25th, 2014 at 8:58 PM ^
I don't care about a Jersey or Rawk music. I want to win games (within all NCAA rules). Period. The arrogance of anything else is the disease infecting Michigan.
Neg Away.