Sam Webb - Hoke & Hackett meeting before 3pm team meeting tomorrow
Multiple sources have confirmed meeting between #Michigan AD Jim Hackett & Coach Brady Hoke WILL occur Tues sometime before 3pm team meeting
— Sam Webb (@SamWebb77) December 1, 2014
Decision on Hoke's future as coach is expected to be delivered to him at that time
— Sam Webb (@SamWebb77) December 1, 2014
December 1st, 2014 at 5:59 PM ^
December 1st, 2014 at 6:02 PM ^
#racist
/joke
December 1st, 2014 at 6:49 PM ^
most definitely not clicking that link...
December 1st, 2014 at 6:54 PM ^
December 1st, 2014 at 8:10 PM ^
Do they have a pinkish hue?
/didn't even click link, pretty sure I know which scene it is.
December 1st, 2014 at 6:15 PM ^
December 1st, 2014 at 6:01 PM ^
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December 1st, 2014 at 6:21 PM ^
...by all accounts Brady is a good guy. His players love him. He got the job because past colleagues must've loved him too. I have a friend whose husband coaches here in San Diego and knows Brady quite well and they can't say enough good things about the man.
That being said, he and his assistants did not have a successful tenure in Ann Arbor. I hope, much as is the case with RichRod, that Brady finds a great location and meets with much success. If letting him go to pursue another head coach can ultimately become a win-win for Michigan and Brady Hoke, I'd be extremely happy. Like you, I certainly don't wish him ill at all...
December 1st, 2014 at 6:50 PM ^
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December 1st, 2014 at 7:00 PM ^
Yep, your take is definitely more dickish.
December 1st, 2014 at 8:09 PM ^
Oh yeah...most definitely a lot more dickish.
And, a somewhat serious question to the posters who keep citing his salary as a reason for these constant expressions of schadenfreude...at what compensation level does a person lose the ability to generate empathy from you? Is it $1 million? Less? Or does anyone, down to minimum wage level Walmart employees, harsh your emotions if they don't perform to your judgment of competence?
This is not an argument to keep Brady...this is simply amazement at the level of gleeful dancing on his being-dug-as-we-type grave.
December 1st, 2014 at 11:10 PM ^
To answer your bigger question, I guess I'd say somewhere around $1 million. You can live a very comfortable life on $100k pre year, and that would give someone 10 years to find another job or figure out another way to make a living.
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December 1st, 2014 at 5:47 PM ^
The end is nigh
December 1st, 2014 at 5:48 PM ^
December 1st, 2014 at 5:49 PM ^
So, I haven't hardly followed recruiting in the last couple months, especially in the last month after things totally cratered. I'm curious about the impact on recruiting. I'm assuming that anyone who has stuck it out this far (in terms of commitment to Michigan) is committed to the University, not to anyone on the coaching staff, least of all Hoke. But I do have a couple questions:
First Is there anyone remaining committed to Michigan who would leave because the coaching staff was let go?
Second, in the event that someone like Harbaugh or Miles becomes our next coach, are there any decommitments who would recommit? Are there any commitments to other schools who would consider flipping to Michigan? I'd love to see Michigan move quickly, so that a new coaching staff is on board, and has the opportunity to gain some solid recruits in the month of January.
December 1st, 2014 at 6:25 PM ^
Nothing final until they sign on the dotted line and fax it in on signing day.
But all of LSU's verbals right now are from LA, FL, TX, MS, and a 2 star OL from Georgia, so I'm not seeing any prime targets for him to convince to follow him.
If he'd found some midwest guys to verbal to LSU, I'd be hoping for the same thing I think you are.
I'm sure you could go through the guys and see where they'd taken their official visits. Maybe some of them took officials to WVU, MSU, OSU or some northern schools to at least give the impression they could come up to UM should Miles get the job.
December 1st, 2014 at 7:06 PM ^
Makes you wonder how well he'll recruit the midwest, an area he has not worked in for 20+ years.
December 1st, 2014 at 5:50 PM ^
How has this not made the front page, yet? I don't mean this in a remotely critical way, but is something going on that Brian has seriously scaled back his coverage of the whole CC thing? I would have figured that he would have something directly on the cc - best speculation on timing, candidates, rumblings, etc. after the game, but we haven't heard much in the past week or so.
Is it possible that Brian knows more than he is able to say?
December 1st, 2014 at 6:21 PM ^
December 1st, 2014 at 8:02 PM ^
My guess is, he has information and doesn't want to tip his hand, or write anything that can be construed as a tipping of the hand.
December 1st, 2014 at 7:24 PM ^
December 1st, 2014 at 8:08 PM ^
December 2nd, 2014 at 12:24 AM ^
December 1st, 2014 at 5:52 PM ^
Talent has never been the Issue. Michigan can recruit itself. Also, we'll get a good new coach 'righting the ship' bump as usual.
Lets focus on the coaching list. Recruits...meh
sjw
December 1st, 2014 at 6:08 PM ^
December 1st, 2014 at 6:10 PM ^
So is anyone making a new banner for Brian right now?
Still remember the banner-carousel from 4 years ago. SMH
December 1st, 2014 at 6:50 PM ^
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December 1st, 2014 at 6:24 PM ^
December 1st, 2014 at 8:37 PM ^
Well he's got wealth now, that he really didn't earn.
December 1st, 2014 at 6:25 PM ^
I've been reading a ton of comments on all the "cc" stuff and sweet bearded baby Jesus, you guys are so impatient. First, people are complaining because its been too long already and Hoke hasn't been fired yet, now it's people pre-complaining about having the new coach hired the moment he is fired. Relax people, all in good time.
December 1st, 2014 at 6:26 PM ^
ESPN has confirmed that the meeting is taking place at 2PM.
Fire up the F5. Prepare the servers. 502 is coming.
December 1st, 2014 at 7:56 PM ^
My daughter's basketball game starts at 4:15 and it takes 35 minutes to get there, so that'll give me a good 45 minutes of futile refreshing.
December 1st, 2014 at 6:31 PM ^
December 1st, 2014 at 6:33 PM ^
I saw this headline on Deadspin and nearly fainted. Thankfully it appears to be a sick, cruel joke on us all. Damn you Deadspin. Damn you to hell.
He Just Heard Michigan's Not Going to Fire Brady Hoke
December 1st, 2014 at 6:37 PM ^
I'm not celebrating until I know who we're getting as a replacement.
Until then, it's just same-old, same-old, to me.
Just wish they'd hurry up and get moving on this. Pelini had a winning record and Nebraska's been less ass-grabby about the-decision-that-NEEDED-to-be-made than Michigan.
December 1st, 2014 at 6:40 PM ^
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December 1st, 2014 at 6:52 PM ^
The odds of UM canning RR and getting a better HC were slim. Hence, Brady Hoke.
I just don't see that happening here, or at least see the odds being that this could happen.
Even as we bicker about who we'd like to see assuming the Harbaughs say no, whether it be Miles, Jones, Schiano, Pelini, Stoops, Stoops, McElwain, Calhoun, Herman, Martin, etc. with whom we find flaws, I think it's safe to say that ALL would be better head coaches at Michigan than the guy they're replacing.
December 1st, 2014 at 7:22 PM ^
December 1st, 2014 at 7:40 PM ^
How? We're fans on a message board. How would you propose I dig a little deeper? Call Harbaugh? Ask a reporter to ask him a question for me?
And you misread my point.
And I typed "assuming the Harbaughs aren't coming" to make my point that any of the secondary level options are better than Hoke.
December 1st, 2014 at 8:39 PM ^
You mean you haven't mastered the skill of telepathy yet?
December 1st, 2014 at 9:17 PM ^
I knew you were going to say that.
December 1st, 2014 at 7:13 PM ^
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December 1st, 2014 at 7:46 PM ^
So is it theoretically possible we hire a coach who does worse than Hoke? I guess so, but I wouldn't count on it.
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December 2nd, 2014 at 12:04 AM ^
And yet the guy was coach of the year in three different leagues.
December 2nd, 2014 at 9:37 AM ^
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December 1st, 2014 at 7:27 PM ^
December 1st, 2014 at 7:42 PM ^
Not entirely convinced even HE is a worse HC than Hoke!
December 1st, 2014 at 6:51 PM ^
Today at his presser, Harbaugh poked fun at his management -- saying he "won't be apologizing" for his team's performance.
Harbaugh also for the first time in a while didn't wear his SF 49ers cap to his presser.
Harbaugh did ask if anyone at the presser happened to have handy a Trip Tik from SF to Detroit area.
OK, only 2 of those 3 things are true, and most of you don't know what the 3d one is (damn you, smartphones).
So, while 3 of 3 would have cinched the deal for me, I'll say 2 of the 3 is a near certainty!!!!! Right???? Please??? Ohdeargawwwdnsweetbabeegeezusplease????