Things you want Warde Manuel to do within his first year
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Hire Mel Pearson.
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Expand the Maize Rage
- Remove the ads on the Michigan Stadium concourse pillars, free our poor baskets of this leftover stuff....
In other words, Mr. Manuel........tear DOWN those ads.
I would say extend Harbaugh but Hackett is likely to get that done before Warde officially takes over in March.
January 29th, 2016 at 5:55 PM ^
I'd like him to listen to the Hockey Student Section (Children of Yost) and work to restore some of what was Brandon'd away from them.
Move the visiting parents back across the ice so they aren't trying to come into the student section all heated every game.
Don't give a third of the section to three American Red Cross workers.
Don't sell a home game against Michigan State to Coyote Logistics to play in the slush.
January 29th, 2016 at 6:25 PM ^
January 29th, 2016 at 6:34 PM ^
I was in school 96-00. And when I talk to former students who graduated and attend uofm they have no concept of how fucking fun a hockey game can be!!!
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January 29th, 2016 at 6:48 PM ^
January 29th, 2016 at 8:31 PM ^
One of the major things you're mentioning is how the Band has been used deliberately to mask the C-Ya chant.
This involved literally moving them closer to the students to drown them out better on TV.
January 29th, 2016 at 5:55 PM ^
Start a way for people not going to the OSU game to sell tickets to alumni or fans of Michigan only so we don't have so much red in the stadium in 2017.
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January 29th, 2016 at 6:38 PM ^
I don't know what other schools do, but I can tell you that in the '70s, it was a common rumor that if there were OSU fans sitting in your seats you would not get a renewal form in the mail the next season. I think it was an urban legend, but a lot of people did think it was true, and obviously the ticket office wasn't about to debunk the rumor if it wasn't true.
They couldn't do that today with ticket demand not quite where it was 40 years ago, but if you're between the 30 yard lines it's reasonable to say that there are still plenty of people who want your seat who would actually go to the OSU game.
January 29th, 2016 at 6:39 PM ^
January 29th, 2016 at 8:13 PM ^
I never said policy. I wouldn't mind that policy but I was thinking more of an online exchange website like 707oxford said.
January 29th, 2016 at 6:02 PM ^
I feel its relatively simple.
Force the concessioneers at M stadium to operate more efficiently. Let them setup sort of a "manufacturing cell" where everything is at arm's reach and there arent 25 steps to be taken to deliver to me a bottled coke and a pretzel. Time is of the essence here people I have money to spend and ball to watch. I don't know if its something simple like allowing extension cords or put the dang refrigerators on a pallet thus to be moved by a pallet jack or not. We are the Leaders and Best, put the concessioneers on a time study minimum or let someone else take the wheel.
I haven't been to every single one but the 2nd level east side are notorious offenders of inefficiency. I have sworn several times, also, I have sworn I could double their money uptake.
Also, please either bring back the porcelain troughs or more restrooms. The wait is too long and there is ball to watch.
8-)
January 29th, 2016 at 6:02 PM ^
Continue an open and honest dialogue with the student leadership. Reading how Brandon and Co. asked for student feedback to save face in Endzone was maddening. Was grinning ear to ear while reading about Proppe handing Lochdawg his ass in Flint.
January 29th, 2016 at 6:13 PM ^
There are a lot of things Warde Manuel could do, but this is one of the most important things that he could do to help reinforce confidence in the direction of the athletic department. Actually, doing this makes all the other things that probably need doing (a few of which have been mentioned in this thread) that much easier.
January 29th, 2016 at 6:05 PM ^
don't say "Datsun"
January 29th, 2016 at 6:05 PM ^
January 29th, 2016 at 6:08 PM ^
There have been many efforts to brighten up Crisler, and admittedly it is better than say 10 years ago, but it's still pretty dungeon-like in the upper bowl because the ceiling is painted black.
Yost has silver panel-like things on the ceiling to help reflect the light and dramatically brighten the building. I'd like to see a similar revision applied to Crisler. So, paint the ceilng white, or attach the reflective silver panels to it; do something please.
January 29th, 2016 at 6:12 PM ^
January 29th, 2016 at 6:14 PM ^
For a billion years.
January 29th, 2016 at 6:16 PM ^
Then kick out Rutgers for cause.
January 29th, 2016 at 6:17 PM ^
...with purchase of a 6 pack of Coke
January 29th, 2016 at 6:17 PM ^
If you look at salaries for college hockey coaches they are all under 400k. Texas pays their baseball coach over a million dollars and baseball at Texas is analogous to hockey at Michigan. Ohio State's womens basketball coach makes 800k. We could offer 600K for a coach and get the pick of the litter while not really doing much to Michigan's finances.
January 29th, 2016 at 6:30 PM ^
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January 29th, 2016 at 6:22 PM ^
on this board and tell us who each and every "silent commit" is!
January 29th, 2016 at 6:23 PM ^
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January 29th, 2016 at 7:48 PM ^
He could offer to play back to back road games against one of them, but I still doubt they would do it. I think a better idea is to just start crushing state and turn it back into the irrelevant rivalry game it used to be.
January 29th, 2016 at 6:28 PM ^
Get rid of the goal horn and piped in music like JumpAround
January 29th, 2016 at 8:37 PM ^
January 29th, 2016 at 6:29 PM ^
Reinstate Firing Friday's. Those seemed so popular and good for morale.
January 29th, 2016 at 6:30 PM ^
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January 29th, 2016 at 9:40 PM ^
Better wifi would not help "rock" the big house.
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January 29th, 2016 at 6:35 PM ^
January 29th, 2016 at 6:38 PM ^
Seriously
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January 29th, 2016 at 6:46 PM ^
Ensure that the current MBB shorts design is replicated in next season's Nike football uniforms.
January 29th, 2016 at 6:53 PM ^
cut the damned price of water bottles down to something at least justifiable. Even Metro Airport charges significantly less per bottle and that's saying something.
January 29th, 2016 at 7:42 PM ^
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January 29th, 2016 at 9:18 PM ^
Brandon did do something great. He started restoration of the course to the Alister MacKenzie / Maxwell design. The greens will be enlarged to their original sizes, bunkers restored and unnecessary trees taken out. The views will be great and the course really nice. Only a few MacKenzies in the US exist including Augusta National, Cypress Point, and UM.
January 30th, 2016 at 12:35 AM ^
January 30th, 2016 at 2:13 AM ^
Yes, Crystal is a MacKenzie / Maxwell. Great course. Pretty sure Doak restored Pasa but I could be wrong.
January 30th, 2016 at 12:35 AM ^