January 11th, 2011 at 11:09 AM ^
he'll be told he needs to do things differently at UM.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:10 AM ^
He says, "Hopefully we can be done with the 'All In' phrase. It's become extremely divisive as it'd been used (the last few years) to signal support (or lack thereof) for RichRod rather than for the program as a whole. Let's start fresh with the new coach and not push back into that wound."
January 11th, 2011 at 11:17 AM ^
I may be in the minority on this, but to me it had no connection to any specific coach.
To me, it was a theme- a principle that we could abide by to give our team the best chance of success no matter who our coach was.
If it was used just as much with the new coach, I wouldn't have thought twice about it.
I still consider myself 'All In', and it has nothing to do with RR because he's not our coach.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:32 AM ^
That's fair. The phrase used to refer to being "all in" for Michigan (the program), but it seems that "all in" became a line of division at some point where any critique of the coach meant the speaker was not "all in" for RR, and thus not "all in" for the team. It had a nice ring to it, but I'd be happy to see it disappear.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:25 AM ^
Allen took care of that yesterday by getting rid of all the old coaching staff's merchandise.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:31 AM ^
Does no good to whine and complain before he even gets here. That's where all the negativity towards RR started. I've been completely opposed to the idea of Hoke being our HC and will continue to be until a new one is announced. But if it does end up being Hoke, I'll shut my mouth and hope for the best.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:40 AM ^
Does no good to whine and complain before he even gets here. That's where all the negativity towards RR started.
I think it's fair for folks to raise concerns with any of the possible hire selections, and disagree with the notion that the RR negativity started prior to his hire. Maybe that's the case among a small group of very connected insiders, but the general public was either curious, supportive or noncommittal. I fell into the supportive group at the start and moved (as did many) to the "not supportive" group after the 3-9 season. Might there be some legit reasons for that terrible year? Possible, but if Les goes 3-9, you'll see the exact same phenomenon. It's all about producing a solid team, rather than making 100% of the people happy on day 1.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:41 AM ^
I think that's the best approach. This is one area where we really should ask ND fans for coping strategies. They have a lot of experience with these things, after all.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:52 AM ^
Definitely not whining or complaining- just asking honest questions about the guy...
January 11th, 2011 at 10:52 AM ^
So, does this cancel out Gruden? :(
January 11th, 2011 at 11:22 AM ^
I wouldn't cancel anything out yet. I would still prefer Gruden but I doubt he is coming to AA.
January 11th, 2011 at 10:53 AM ^
During the "Nissan Shift" Pregame brouhaha yesterday they showed a driver shifting gears.... in an Automatic. WTF??!!?!?
Seriously. If your premise is "Shift" you couldnt do it in a stick-SHIFT car?!?!? Damn Nissan.
Oh, and I also love that even though we've been down recently we're still totally national news and worthy of gamebreaks in the NC game
January 11th, 2011 at 10:56 AM ^
In reality, I doubt many Nissan cars even come in a stick. Maybe the 370Z, but I'm sure none of the sedans or SUVs even have that as an option.
It's a sad how the world has become.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:01 AM ^
Sports edtion. Six-speed manual transmission.
Actually, the world still drives a lot of manual transmissions. The United States, no.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:28 AM ^
i should taper my expectations. It took me forever to find a stick for a new car (VW CC 2.0T. Love it). I had 2 Jeep Wranglers before that, all 5 speeds, it's the only way to drive
January 11th, 2011 at 11:31 AM ^
And other similarly ridiculous portmanteaux. They're basically automatic transmissions with the option to shift gears, and have become fairly common. The legitimate manual transmission is dying a slow death in the United States, sadly.
January 11th, 2011 at 10:56 AM ^
"informed us that Les Miles was to be introduced as the next Michigan head coach today at a team meeting scheduled for 4pm"
January 11th, 2011 at 10:58 AM ^
I saws it, I posts it. I don't vouche for it. Obv he can't be in A2 and Big D at the same moment in time... unless, well, if he can, then isn't that a recruiting advantage? Is taht an NCAA violation?
I suppose the team can be TOLD at 4pm, and meet him tomorrow.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:06 AM ^
Just to play devils advocate, a flight from dallas to AA would only take a little morecthan 3 hours.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:07 AM ^
Err, 2hours
January 11th, 2011 at 11:30 AM ^
in the bad-ass MGoJet.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:18 AM ^
There's no need to be a vouchebag about it.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:02 AM ^
The one comment on that blog is hilarious.
EDIT: OK now there are more, but they're all kind of funny.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:05 AM ^
That cite is grammartically and spellingly, uh, challenged.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:22 AM ^
I had a comment on there and the Mod deleted it, hahahahaha.
Detroit at it is finest.
January 11th, 2011 at 10:59 AM ^
Did you read the 1 comment? Brian called the dude a derp and said, "You don't know shit", funny.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:00 AM ^
Brian's a potty mouth.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:00 AM ^
our fearless leader! Take that, moron who makes up news to look cool!
January 11th, 2011 at 11:44 AM ^
I love Brian's comment in the blog:
DERP - You don't know shit.
Cracks me up. The 'Dtown Sports Blog' just had more hits in 10 minutes than it had in the past 6 months....
January 11th, 2011 at 11:20 AM ^
Thank you for that, I feel much better now.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:29 AM ^
I DON'T feel better after that. My stomach hurts. That damn beatboxing chipmunk at 3:02 almost killed me.
January 11th, 2011 at 10:55 AM ^
it looks like Les will be using the Acadian King Air for his trip to Dallas. Scheduled to arrive from Lafayette at 10:23 and then fly to Dallas, arriving at 12:47.
January 11th, 2011 at 10:57 AM ^
are having a team meeting at 4pm today then someone has to be locked up. i hope it's les but just frigging end this debacle.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:10 AM ^
I can't say how accurate this info is, but Doug Karsch on 97.1 said on his show this morning that he had heard that the 4:00 meeting is about strength and conditioning and other off-season stuff.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:55 AM ^
Per Angelique's twitter feed, this meeting was scheduled last week.
January 11th, 2011 at 10:58 AM ^
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N511TA
but this is supposedly Les Miles flight to Dallas this AM for you flight tracker fans.
January 11th, 2011 at 10:59 AM ^
Miles to Michigan, Pellini to LSU, Rodriguez to Nebraska. The circle of life.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:05 AM ^
Do you really think a Big 10 team would even consider hiring Rodriguez with his conference record here? Not a chance.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:07 AM ^
I definitely think he'd be welcomed at places like IU, Purdue, Minny, etc. Yeah, his conference record was weak, but let's not act like this team was going to go 9-3 and 10-2 every year with a different HC.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:11 AM ^
IU, Purdue, Minny did account for 4 of RRs Big Ten wins.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:12 AM ^
Well, I don't see Purdue or Minny pulling in Top 20 recruiting classes. If he can't do it here with diminished talent, I don't know how he can do it at Minny or IU.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:19 AM ^
I was a huge RR supported, but I'm not sure you can claim that 9-3 or 10-2 would be impossible or even extremely unlikely with a different HC. You're takling recruiting different players then too obviously. That changes everything...
January 11th, 2011 at 11:16 AM ^
If I had Taylor Martinez, I would definitely consider hiring Rodriguez
January 11th, 2011 at 11:00 AM ^
Some reading to pass the time, got it off tigerdroppings. Some people crack me up.
January 11th, 2011 at 11:03 AM ^
http://twitter.com/#!/ManCaveRadioSho
"The owner of VOODOO BBQ in Baton Rouge is reporting that he saw Les Miles sign with Michigan last night in his restaurant."
January 11th, 2011 at 11:07 AM ^
And by "sign," does he mean, order a Sweatervest Voodoo doll and stick pins in it?
Or, equivalently, order a TPryor voodoo doll, and have it declare for the NFL draft?