Brandon on his way to...
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/n220df
January 11th, 2011 at 1:13 PM ^
Santa Ana is an hour and a half from San Diego. There was a flight from Santa Ana to Scottsdale the other day when Brandon was in Scottsdale FWIW.
January 11th, 2011 at 2:05 PM ^
Does anyone know Brandons email address so I can send a desperate plea to hire anyone besides Brady Hoke?
January 11th, 2011 at 1:14 PM ^
at UC Santa Ana
January 11th, 2011 at 1:15 PM ^
Gruden
January 11th, 2011 at 2:06 PM ^
Gruden lives in the Bay Area.
January 11th, 2011 at 1:17 PM ^
At this point I'd hope they make him fly commercially... in coach..
January 11th, 2011 at 1:45 PM ^
On Southwest.
January 11th, 2011 at 1:18 PM ^
Well so much for "Brandon wouldn't return to AA unless the deal was sealed." I hope he liked taking the night off last night! Not like he had anything better to do!
January 11th, 2011 at 1:19 PM ^
GOD DAMN IT!
January 11th, 2011 at 1:28 PM ^
You're the next contestant on The Price is Right!
January 11th, 2011 at 1:35 PM ^
Hoke or hole as my phone wants to write will demand $5.1M per. And we'll pay it. Because why the fuck not.
January 11th, 2011 at 1:43 PM ^
"We found the need to raise ticket prices this season, to pay for the competitive salary of our new head coach, Brady Hoke".
January 11th, 2011 at 1:28 PM ^
DB just wants more private jet time...
January 11th, 2011 at 1:29 PM ^
Has anyone mentioned Mike Stoops. Big ten guy from Youngstown. Didn't they beat Wisky? I feel I'll.
January 11th, 2011 at 1:29 PM ^
I shouldn't have sold my stock in Ann Arbor Torch & Pitchfork yesterday.
January 11th, 2011 at 1:31 PM ^
I remember cringing when I heard RR field those "not the first choice" questions at his first presser. I do not look forward to hearing them yet again.
January 11th, 2011 at 1:31 PM ^
If it's Hoke, will DB let him keep his other job as governor of New Jersey?
January 11th, 2011 at 1:35 PM ^
There would be no reason for DB to fly into Santa Ana to see Hoke...there are 10+ closer airports than that. Very peculiar...
January 11th, 2011 at 2:03 PM ^
LA recruiting per Greg Henson twitter.
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January 11th, 2011 at 2:05 PM ^
Is saying it's Hoke and will be done fast.
January 11th, 2011 at 3:15 PM ^
Not surprising. Hoke was always the fallback and if we're now pursuing him, we failed on all plans before him...
January 11th, 2011 at 2:04 PM ^
But to keep the press away Santa Ana works.
January 11th, 2011 at 1:38 PM ^
Have we not learned to wait it out? The reason everyone is angry right now is because we jump the gun and get our hopes up. How about we let Brandon do his job and after he's done, form our opinions for once?
January 11th, 2011 at 1:42 PM ^
How dare you bring a voice of reason to this discussion. That I NOT acceptable behavior.
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January 11th, 2011 at 1:52 PM ^
The problem I have with DB right now is not whether we get a certain coach or not, but the damn process of it. Perception is reality at this point, and whether we are or not, we look as if we are floundering. And everyone, including recruits, can see it. This is a valid criticism that I feel we can level on DB right now. Part of his job is to get out in front of this kind of stuff so we look like we know what we are doing.
January 11th, 2011 at 2:05 PM ^
What we "look like" to people who have no clue what is *actually happening* is irrelevant. If we get a good coach thursday, nobody's going to give a shit that we were bummed out tuesday. We all can see about 5% of what's going on, that we haven't hired someone is not necessarily evidence that things are going wrong. The self righteous presumptions are getting out of hand.
January 11th, 2011 at 2:13 PM ^
It is the fans and the members of the team whose opinions have an effect on the state of the program if we go into this hire bitching and complaining then recruits and media will notice. We need to support whomever them Athletic director hires. PERIOD. Even if its the last choice.
January 11th, 2011 at 3:16 PM ^
I think most people will support the new coach regardless. Not sure about our ad though...
January 11th, 2011 at 2:19 PM ^
If we get a good coach, it will mitigate some of the bumbling, but not all of it. We can still end up looking stupid to recruits, which is the life blood of any. But what if we bumble and bumble all the way to Hoke? Is he a "good" enough coach to mitigate the bumbling? The only way this ends up not mattering is if we're in the top 10 in a few years. But we're digging ourselves quite a hole.
January 11th, 2011 at 2:29 PM ^
I can't help but feel that if Brandon had actually done his job, we wouldn't be in this f'd up scenario.
January 11th, 2011 at 1:43 PM ^
Would be worse than Hoke but not as bad as Kiffin. Any chance he's there for a pro coach or coordinator?
January 11th, 2011 at 1:51 PM ^
We have 8 months till the first game. We can wait a little longer
January 11th, 2011 at 1:53 PM ^
Has DB earned enough miles to get a free flight on Domino's Air yet so we can finally put an end to this madness?
January 11th, 2011 at 2:03 PM ^
Retweeting that Hoke is in negotiations and this will be done quickly. If true, I'm disappointed. If Hoke was the aim, why didn't DB just do it? I can't believe he truly felt a need to placate fans by making it seem like Miles turned us down and Harbaugh was off the table at his presser. Could have had our lives for the past week, even if we spent that week moaning about the hire. It's not like we're not going to moan for the next week, month, year anyway.
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January 11th, 2011 at 2:07 PM ^
If it's Hoke then that's what it is. Why did he wait? If he really tried for the others and they said no it makes me wonder how screwed we really are. Now if Hoke is the guy theres no way he is worth the 5 million that has been thrown out there for the big names. Another somber point is our recuiting class might be doomed this year. I love Michigan but this is a low point that I never thought I would go through.
January 11th, 2011 at 2:25 PM ^
I know why DB waited! Sure, he could have fired RR in November and hired Hoke the same day, but he knew how many people would be underwhelmed by the choice. He had a stated goal of uniting the family, and by delaying 7 weeks and damaging our recruiting efforts, he has done so. We are now a united family - furious at DB for dicking around needlessly. Go blue!