January 1st, 2011 at 8:42 PM ^
There has been 0 indication Patterson would consider leaving, but you're right, his team did look incredibly disciplined out there.
January 1st, 2011 at 8:42 PM ^
Didn't see the other discussion. Delete thread, kill user.
January 1st, 2011 at 8:42 PM ^
because we are not getting Patterson.
This is like asking "Stoops vs. Meyer"? They're both great coaches!
January 1st, 2011 at 8:47 PM ^
If its Harbaugh v Hoke, that's a no contest. Hoke doesn't deserve being Michigan's head coach.
January 1st, 2011 at 8:52 PM ^
Why ?
January 1st, 2011 at 8:55 PM ^
January 1st, 2011 at 8:58 PM ^
I feel harsh saying this to your adorable avatar, but ...
Come on ... Hoke is 52 years old and has never coached in the big (i.e., BCS) leagues. I don't see how his arc intersects with Michigan in this universe.
For details, look at his Ball State experience. Place the outlier (12-2) aside and tell me what you see.
As far as SDSU is concerned, he's been there only two years. So far, so good (for sure), but it's still early.
Schools on the level of Minnesota and Indiana could consider someone like that. Not Michigan (at least for now) ...
January 1st, 2011 at 9:20 PM ^
Just to play devil's advocate to your point about his experience in the big leagues. What about the success of Tressel who came from D-1 AA Youngstown State?
January 1st, 2011 at 9:26 PM ^
Tressel won multiple lower-division national championships and had a winning percentage of something like .900 at Youngstown State. If you show that you can build up a program and sustain dominance at a lower level, there's a decent chance you can do it somewhere else (Brian Kelly also fits this description).
Hoke hasn't shown that he can do either of those things.
January 1st, 2011 at 10:35 PM ^
I was questioning the theory of "he isnt from the big leagues" but yes they are good coaches.
January 2nd, 2011 at 2:03 AM ^
Good god, you have to ask that?
Name ONE other major program who would consider hiring Brady Hoke right now.
January 1st, 2011 at 8:45 PM ^
But nobody actually knows whether or not Patterson would be interested, right? Maybe he wants more national exposure, a new challenge, Denard? TCU remains obscure to most fans.
January 1st, 2011 at 8:55 PM ^
My hunch based on zero factual information is that he wants to stay at TCU. Reason being is that he has built up a pretty well known program there and the team is now moving to an AQ conference where I imagine he's salivating at the possibility of finally reaching the BCS title game and further building the program's credibility.
January 1st, 2011 at 10:34 PM ^
TCU joins the Big LEast next year and will have a much easier task of making it to a BCS game from here on out.
January 1st, 2011 at 8:47 PM ^
Patterson because they run a spread and that would better suit our personel. And ya his D is just flat out awesome. Would take a miracle for him to come to AA. Lets see if DB has any snake oil.
January 1st, 2011 at 8:48 PM ^
I didn't see the "Brady Hoke" option in there.........
January 1st, 2011 at 8:48 PM ^
but after how RR has been treated by the media and many other alums, not exactly sure why those coaches would even consider coming to UofM with their current programs success .... not to mention knowing they will only will get three years to prove their program works here.
January 1st, 2011 at 8:59 PM ^
Instead of thinking of it as he only had 3 years to prove it could work, think of it as he only took 3 years to prove it won't work (not can't, but won't).
January 1st, 2011 at 9:41 PM ^
I don't think a lot of coaches are feeling sorry for poor, deprived Richrod.
January 1st, 2011 at 8:49 PM ^
I'd prefer BIll Belichick over both of these coaches. K thanks
January 1st, 2011 at 8:54 PM ^
He has not done ANYTHING successful at the college level.
Hear me out:
I vote we:
1) Keep Rich Rod as an Offensive Coordinator
2) HIre Jim Harbaugh as our head coach
3) Hire Patterson as our defensive coordinator
I really think that with this combination we could overcome our weakness at kicker
January 1st, 2011 at 8:59 PM ^
Yeah I was kidding, because some people assume that since we're Michigan we can grab any coach from any school no matter what kind of success they're having. I like your plan better though...
January 1st, 2011 at 9:00 PM ^
Randy Shannon has a better track record than Patterson.
January 1st, 2011 at 9:11 PM ^
Not as a head coach
January 1st, 2011 at 9:39 PM ^
We're not talking about as a head coach.
January 1st, 2011 at 10:49 PM ^
Do you have a mouse in your pocket?
January 2nd, 2011 at 12:03 AM ^
Can we tag Peterson on as a Special Teams Coach or something. I want him on this staff as well
January 1st, 2011 at 8:50 PM ^
January 1st, 2011 at 8:50 PM ^
January 1st, 2011 at 8:51 PM ^
So a guy wins a BCS bowl at a (soon to be) Big East school and people can't wait to bring him to Ann Arbor but the guy we've got who did the exact same thing doesn't deserve to see his first full recruiting class reach their junior season?
Fucking sweet.
January 1st, 2011 at 8:59 PM ^
It gets worse, dude. Notice how often Brady Hoke is mentioned in these threads without any trace of irony.
January 1st, 2011 at 9:04 PM ^
These people have very short attention spans. Have we not learned anything from Notre Dame?
This Jimmy Harball love smacks of 11 year old girls pining for the heart throb of the week.
Three years ago Michigan had a chance to get the Stanford coach and they passed on him. did
you ask why?
Now he just got a great season under his belt and some of you girls can't stop slobbering There
is nothing new here he's the same coach with older players, That's the part some of you don't get
and I feel sorry for you
January 1st, 2011 at 9:13 PM ^
I dont get this "We're going to become ND" meme.
They've fired like 15 coaches. Michigan is going to fire statistically one of the worst coaches in Michigan history. So you're saying a coach should never be fired? Plenty of coaches land on their feet in a new school. You think everyone is as inflexible as Rodriguez?
January 1st, 2011 at 9:18 PM ^
He's so drunk he can't even spell his "Jimmy Hairball" insult right, no more string two coherent sentences together.
January 1st, 2011 at 9:22 PM ^
This insult would be better if you had made it a complete sentence.
January 1st, 2011 at 9:25 PM ^
Would you even exist on here without me? Take your trolling elsewhere...I'm sure there's a Giants head coaching search you can comment on somewhere. But your obsession on me is getting a little sick. Go back to your cave.
January 1st, 2011 at 9:26 PM ^
he was that years Brady Hoke. Decent coach at the lower level and 1 year of 1-11 at Stanford.
January 1st, 2011 at 9:28 PM ^
I think we have learned from Notre Dame. They kept Weis around too long.
January 2nd, 2011 at 2:06 AM ^
PurpleStuff. A true believer.
Keep pimping Rich Rod's WVU resume. It's helping Michigan so so much these days.
January 1st, 2011 at 8:51 PM ^
What about Bill Cowher?? I hear he is available with strong Midwest background
January 1st, 2011 at 8:51 PM ^
I'm hoping we get Vince Lombardi. He's a proven winner and has demonstrated an ability to get his teams ready to play in cold weather. Strong in fundamentals and definitely runs "old school" offensive sets.
Plus I heard from a friend who has a VERY reliable source in the afterlife that he always wanted to coach at Michigan.
January 1st, 2011 at 9:03 PM ^
Yea, but not even Lombardi could do anything with these players.
January 1st, 2011 at 9:15 PM ^
Not in the B1G he couldn't.
January 1st, 2011 at 8:52 PM ^
January 1st, 2011 at 8:55 PM ^
I'm so sick of all this Michigan Man bullshit. I could give a crap if he's got a big Michigan connection. If someone comes in with zero connections and wins games, awesome. If someone comes in with all kinds of connections and doesn't, their connections mean nothing.
If RR is fired, I want the best coach we can get, regardless of some ridiculous standard of familiarity people keep trying to force on the coaching position.
January 1st, 2011 at 9:10 PM ^
You sir are an intelligent poster
January 1st, 2011 at 9:17 PM ^
Just hire the best guy.
January 1st, 2011 at 9:32 PM ^
However, I personally think that Harbaugh is the best coach that we can reasonably hope for. Thus, I'm pushing for Harbaugh. But not because of his "Michigan Man" affiliation.
January 1st, 2011 at 9:46 PM ^
Wow, it has come to "reasonably hope for." We have really fallen far as a coaching job. Which cannot be blamed on RR!
January 1st, 2011 at 9:56 PM ^