January 7th, 2011 at 5:37 PM ^
Please?
January 7th, 2011 at 5:53 PM ^
I would like to see other coaches at Michigan other than Brady Hoke. But, if he does become Michigan’s next head coach, we as a fan base must support him. We can’t go through another coaching term with half the fans and alumni not in full support of our coach. Wr should try to do anything to help our coach succeed.
January 7th, 2011 at 5:32 PM ^
~ Michael Rosenberg, January 4, 2011
January 7th, 2011 at 5:34 PM ^
I have never despised anyone I don't personally know as much as I despise him.
I honestly think I would spit on him if I saw him in person.
January 7th, 2011 at 5:34 PM ^
I had to hold off on negging this... because I was really just wanting to neg his face... then I realized he didn't write this. lol.
January 7th, 2011 at 5:41 PM ^
Behold, the Ayatollah of Integrity!
January 7th, 2011 at 5:44 PM ^
At this point, I'm fairly convinced that Rosenberg is purposefully trying to bring the football program down. I can't see it any other way.
January 7th, 2011 at 5:50 PM ^
You know, there's 1-way tickets to Bolivia leaving tomorrow for under 1500. I wonder if we can convince Rosenberg that RR's taken a head coaching job with a soccer team down there and have him leave us forever...
January 7th, 2011 at 6:23 PM ^
I have family there....I can easily have him disposed of.
January 7th, 2011 at 7:00 PM ^
They're all power-tripping. Hardly the first time it's ever happened in human history. Unfortunately, we live in an age where flogging is no longer considered an acceptable form of punishment.
January 7th, 2011 at 5:52 PM ^
He is a bad person.
January 7th, 2011 at 6:54 PM ^
Can I help out here? Do you suppose that Rosenberg didn't want to bring down the entire program; but that he did want to bring down Rodriguez for the expressed, intended purpose to clear the space for Jim Harbaugh? For a long time the unproven, working assumption was that Rosenberg was just angry that he no longer enjoyed privileged access to Michigan coaches, who all had a history of cozy relationships with Free Press columnists, going back to Bo and Mitch Albom. But isn't it a much simpler assumption, that Rosenberg wanted Rodriguez out, for the purpose of putting Harbaugh in?
The Rosenberg love-letters to Harbaugh --
In Sports Illustrated:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/web/COM1173844/index.htm
On ESPN radio:
http://espn.go.com/espnradio/show/_/showId/theherd/postId/5988766/show-in-review
In Sports Illustrated, again:
http://sportsillustrated.asia/vault/article/magazine/MAG1175724/7/index.htm
Rosenberg certainly didn't want to oust Rodriguez because he thought ill of Michigan losses in the Big Ten and in a bowl game. Rosenberg started his Jihad in the early part of 2009, before Tate Forcier and 5-7. Rosenberg didn't care what sort of performance Rodriguez gave; Rosenberg didn't know then what 2009 and 2010 would hold. It wasn't about what kind of coach Rich Rodriguez was, for Rosenberg. It was something else. I can only presume that it was Harbaugh.
January 7th, 2011 at 7:12 PM ^
You've hit the nail right on the head.
January 7th, 2011 at 8:34 PM ^
I can't believe you're still dwelling on this bullshit.
January 7th, 2011 at 10:28 PM ^
mackbru
Obviously, if RR gets his papers at today's meeting, that means DB already has his man. (It had better mean that -- otherwise DB is Bill Martin with better hair). It also means that DB had indeed been waiting on Harbaugh.
January 4th, 2011 at 2:03 PM
January 7th, 2011 at 6:52 PM ^
Lynn Henning, Detroit News, 11.26.10:
If [Brandon] does opt for a new coach, Harbaugh is by far his best choice to do everything the Wolverines are obliged to do — in a hurry.
I believe he would leave Stanford for Michigan in a heartbeat. He grew up there when his dad was on Schembechler's staff. He played quarterback for Schembechler and took the Wolverines to a Rose Bowl.
He wants to coach again in this conference, absolutely. He deeply wanted to be considered for the Michigan State job four years ago before Mark Dantonio was hired.
He would hit Ann Arbor like an intercontinental missile and provide as much turnaround energy as any coach in the land could bring. And if you doubt it for a moment, you don't know Harbaugh, or the job he has done at Stanford.
Those who say Harbaugh is more likely to opt for an NFL job are forgetting his Michigan ties. They also are underestimating his football savvy.
Harbaugh understands that a college coach is his own personnel director. He has control over his talent. He recruits his roster, with little interference from above.
In the NFL, you must answer to a general manager, or bow to differences with a personnel guru. Harbaugh is too good, too smart, to put up with conflict there, a lesson Nick Saban learned during his brief and regrettable time in the NFL.
The Wolverines are Harbaugh's dream job. He knows what can be achieved. Almost instantly.
So, too, in all likelihood, does Brandon, who didn't take the job at Michigan to accommodate football as it's now being played in Ann Arbor.
From The Detroit News: http://detnews.com/article/20101126/OPINION03/11260389/U-M-has-enough-evidence-to-fire-Rich-Rodriguez#ixzz1AOcFgfgp
January 7th, 2011 at 11:03 PM ^
January 7th, 2011 at 11:09 PM ^
Speaking as an alumni, who really wants to go back to biting cold, super-expensive, no-parking-anywhere Ann Arbor? Don't get me wrong - I'm passionate about Michigan - but given the choice, I would stick around in mild SF over freezing A2 in any lifetime.
January 7th, 2011 at 5:35 PM ^
before the whole coaching search, I was thinking, "Really, people? Dude's an A-hole. Just ask Mike Hart." Then, after canning Rodriguez (wrong decision), it seems like everyone got on the Harbaugh bandwagon. I must admit that I joined, as it would have definitely been the best hire to "unite the fanbase".
With this new news comes a bit of a positive, because I kinda liked disliking him. I usually have zero vitriol for any M alums, but I think i can make an exception.
Screw you, Harbaugh. Screw You. Mike Hart was right.
January 7th, 2011 at 5:35 PM ^
I know it's over and oh it never really began but in my heart it was so real.
Also: Fffffuuuuuuuuu
January 7th, 2011 at 5:36 PM ^
Time to get wasted
January 7th, 2011 at 5:41 PM ^
UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 7th, 2011 at 5:53 PM ^
wishing in hindsight that we DIDN"T make a bowl game this year? If RR was gonna be fired anyway as he was, at least the evaluation would have commenced immediately after the OSU debacle, and we would have a coach now.
Not like the bowl game was enjoyable anyway. Ironic that the bowl game we all wished for ends up working against us in the long run. Story of the last four years around here, I guess.
January 7th, 2011 at 5:53 PM ^
We need you. Hell, I need you. I'm a mess without you. I miss you so damn much. I miss being with you, I miss being near you. I miss your laugh. I miss your scent; I miss your musk. When this all gets sorted out, I think you and me should get an apartment together!
January 7th, 2011 at 5:54 PM ^
make u feel a lil better...
January 7th, 2011 at 5:58 PM ^
Yeah, but couldn't they ALL get punched in the face? PLEASE???
January 7th, 2011 at 6:32 PM ^
+1 HTTP 403 error for you, sir. Only thing that made me smile in the past day.
January 7th, 2011 at 7:02 PM ^
Not bad. Not bad at all.
January 7th, 2011 at 5:54 PM ^
Seems like most people around here think RR didn't get a totally fair shake at Michigan. Guess we're a bit in the minority.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/fp/flashPollResultsState?sportIndex=ncf&pollId=104888
January 7th, 2011 at 5:55 PM ^
January 7th, 2011 at 5:58 PM ^
We get too hung up on the flavor of the week (I am also guilty).
All one has to do is look at all the very successful football teams out there that aren't Michigan to know that there aren't just a few good coaches in the various leagues.
I'm hearing too much from B1G and UM about "the brand." Chevy is a great brand. Biggest branding and ad budget in the US. Advertising drives that brand.
But I'd still rather drive a BMW. Quality drives that one.
January 7th, 2011 at 6:01 PM ^
I am so....over this whole thing! This is whole mess is circling the drain to the point where they will have to "settle" for a coach, that is, in my opinion, underwhelming. Doesn't make him a bad guy, and doesn't make him likely to fail....just underwhelming on the surface!
January 7th, 2011 at 6:03 PM ^
PANIC!!!! PLEASE GOD. NOT BRADY HOKE!!!
January 7th, 2011 at 6:07 PM ^
Brady Hoke is on the "short list" for the Stanford job!
January 7th, 2011 at 6:26 PM ^
I was never in the harballz bandwagon.
<br>I miss Rich Rod. Is Brady Hoke really a better option? Fuck no.
January 7th, 2011 at 6:33 PM ^
January 7th, 2011 at 6:34 PM ^
Fuck Harbaugh
January 7th, 2011 at 6:36 PM ^
As a human being trying to function in a complicated world, this is nothing to me. I got serious shit in the day-to-day to contend with.
As a lifelong Michigan fan who has long looked forward to Harbaugh coming home and leading us, this is devastating. Who should the next coach be? I don't give a damn. Brandon's call. I'll be there and I'll be supportive and presumably U of M rises from this shitpile like a mutant Phoenix. I don't see anything unattractive about the job with the exception of the climate and perhaps economic flight from the state. Somebody worthwhile with take it. But one of the main things I've been waiting for just ended in a big Fuck You.
January 7th, 2011 at 6:37 PM ^
Look, Harbaugh not coming here certainly is painful. It would have been amazing having a Michigan Alum and former NFL quarterback as our head coach. It didnt happen, oh well, lets move on.
Having Harbaugh as an NFL head coach should be capitalized on by the Athletic Department. DB needs to ensure that he continues to have a relationship with Harbaugh and use Harbaugh's fame and success for recruiting purposes. Who knows, maybe they can get Harbaguh to do a coaching clinic in AA or something like that.
January 7th, 2011 at 6:40 PM ^
at 49ers.com.
January 7th, 2011 at 6:42 PM ^
I want a reporter to ask him how close/if he was close at all to coming to UM
January 7th, 2011 at 6:49 PM ^
How do you get a Michigan grad out of the AD office?
...pay him for the pizza!
January 7th, 2011 at 6:50 PM ^
January 7th, 2011 at 6:53 PM ^
He doesnt even have final say on the 53-man roster...is anyone else surprised? I am shocked he couldnt get control of the roster.
January 7th, 2011 at 8:08 PM ^
He's looking for another job inside three years.
January 7th, 2011 at 6:51 PM ^
Let's guess the next Michigan coach plus ASSISTANTS! (plus one if you get them all right)
It will be like clue
Ok I'll go first:
Hoke
Loeffler - Off Coordinator
Trgovac - D Coordinator
Ok - your turn
(this is what we are left to now that Harbaugh is gone