Bacon's Plan A, Plan B and Plan C. You Won't Like Plan B.

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John U. Bacon on the Huge Show this afternoon, offering his updated assessment:

- Plan A is (in no order) Jim Harbaugh, John Harbaugh or Les Miles.

- Plan B is Greg Schiano. Dan Mullen was part of Plan B, but he's fading.

- Plan C is another Brady Hoke.

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Danwillhor

November 25th, 2014 at 8:34 AM ^

Truly, not angry but I want to know. Neither Harbaugh is a miracle worker, btw. Jim isn't going to come in here and win a NC his first year (or few, if ever.....it's CFB). If fellow UM fans/alum want a miracle worker HC than get used to never being happy. Ever. If you want a good coach we have a few options, some much more likely than others. GS is not a bad coach. He's not who I'd toss in that top tier (I'd truly put Jim up there with just about anyone in the game) but how many of them are even in CFB? Greg kicked ass at Miami (ytm) to the point that a dead program hired him away as HC as a kid (I think it was 30, maybe younger) and he built a respectable program. He is responsible for more than you claim (Sanu, FH, etc) and Rutgers is all we have to go by other than the NFL.....THE NFL....in Tampa lol. He's firmly in the "people not named Harbaugh" tier, like it or not. It's reality.

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Danwillhor

November 25th, 2014 at 8:22 AM ^

I don't get the sentiment of hating the guy so much. He turned Rutgers into a quality team from a pile of absolute nothing (at age 30 or something) and then won 11 games at the level above CFB. His team often playing tough and having no QB. Is he Vince Lombardi? No. Yet, he's a decent coach. The NFL wanted him (he could stay there as a DC if he wanted to) and that makes him better than almost any legitimate name thrown out there after a Harbaugh.

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Maize and Blue…

November 24th, 2014 at 6:25 PM ^

He would be a latteral move, at best. He had one great year at Rutgers, and has been living off of that ever since. There was more scandal in Tampa than was ever reported in the national media about him being a tool, and his assisstants had their own version of concusion-gate. In fact, I hate both Plan B, and Plan C,and would rather take a wild chance on an unknown with an upside, then status quo losing or hiring another sub par coach.

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UofM Grad 2009

November 24th, 2014 at 6:13 PM ^

Jon Bacon is not even worth listening to at this point. He is basically the same thing as Sam Webb, and has no actual info.

Honestly, he loses a lot of credibility by even entertaining the idea of keeping Hoke in option 3.

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Wolverine Devotee

November 24th, 2014 at 6:14 PM ^

If this program gets stuck with another loser HC that runs things into the ground even worse, we are officially ND.

 

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Chameleon Eyes

November 24th, 2014 at 6:22 PM ^

I think we can stop pointing and laughing at ND. They're miles ahead of what we are, currently. We're worse than the caricature of ND that is so despised around here.

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WolvinLA2

November 24th, 2014 at 6:29 PM ^

That's not true.  We're at worst where ND was during the Weis years, if not a little ahead.  They had Willingham-Weis, and we had RR-Hoke.  That's pretty comparable, I'd say.  The thing is, at least we had Carr before that who had some very good teams at the end - they had Bob Davie and the whole O'Leary disaster.

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J.Madrox

November 24th, 2014 at 9:15 PM ^

The problem with that statement is Herman is a hotshot coordinator this is only his third year as OC under Meyer. He was a very succesful OC before Meyer hired him at OSU and is hardly a product of Urban Meyer's offensive mind. He may have benefited from learning under Meyer, but he was a hotshot coordinator before OSU, which is why Meyer hired him in the first place.

In addition, the last OC to get hired from under Meyer seems to be doing pretty good for himself (Mullen). Herman may be a terrible head coach or he may be the next greatest coach in college football but to say he is not a hotshot coordinator or simply a product of Meyer is just false.

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JamieH

November 24th, 2014 at 6:21 PM ^

Definitely not a fan of Schiano.  But man, there doesn't seem to be a whole bunch out there right now that excites.  If we whiff on the Grade A prospects, this could be ugly.

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PhillipFulmersPants

November 24th, 2014 at 6:26 PM ^

resigned to Miles as best case, who'll likely make them competitive again and recruit well but utimately won't  be a Bo or Tressel-like game changing hire.  I guess I'd be fine with that, given the some of my worst fear alternatives. 

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My Name is LEGIONS

November 24th, 2014 at 6:27 PM ^

On Mullen. His OL sure as heck looks the part of the Michigan lines of old. Maybe its the SEC but it makes me smile seeing an OL like that... like we once had



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bighouse22

November 24th, 2014 at 6:30 PM ^

I would take Plan C before considering Plan B.  They will lose me just as fast with Schiano as they did with Hoke.  

Going back to my previous comments, would they really consider a guy who couldn't beat RR while they were in the Big East?  Really?  Another .500 career coach, who got thrown out of Tampa?  

Please tell me that is John U. Bacon talking and not someone from inside the Athletic Department.  

If your are going outside, why would this guy be your bold choice?????

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Wmonette

November 24th, 2014 at 6:35 PM ^

John U. used to be pretty connected... but my understanding is that he isn't as tied into things as he used to be. I could be wrong on this, but I think the perception inside the AD is that he was taking Rich Rod's side in "Three and Out." Frankly, he doesn't paint the prettiest picture of internal University know-how in that book... I think it's a fabulous read, myself.

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My Name is LEGIONS

November 24th, 2014 at 6:29 PM ^

Jeez. Id like to see Tom Herman in plan B. a OSU impresses me. Playing with frosh Barrett. were playing with a fifth yr senior who is coddled. Herman would end that and fast



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