Chengelis Interviews GMAT
Angelique Chengelis has a new DetNews.com Big Ten Blog entry with quotes from Greg Mattison that didn't make an upcoming article she's writing. Here they are for your reading pleasure:
- On Hoke: "He's completely sincere. There's no B.S. in him. What it is, is what it is. This is the Brady Hoke way " full-bore, straight ahead. They're getting a real guy. When I heard his comment that he would crawl to Michigan ... Michigan is one of those places that you put all the other stuff aside, and you say I'm going to go there because it's Michigan. That's what he's bringing back."
- On the Michigan coach staff: "Michigan running backs coach Fred (Jackson) and I came to Michigan together from Navy. (Linebackers coach) Mark Smith, I've always had great respect for him. (Offensive coordinator) Al Borges ... I coached against him in the SEC. He's tough."
- On keeping tabs on Hoke: "I watched San Diego State (where Hoke was head coach the last two seasons), because I'm such a Brady Hoke fan. My wife and I got the (television) package so we could watch games, and we were able to watch three games this year. We'd put the alarm on so we could watch the San Diego State games. One time, I said,'Ah, man, the guy's doing an unbelievable job,' and my wife look at me and said, 'Of course, why wouldn't he?'"
- On Michigan hiring Hoke: "When they were deciding who to hire, I kept saying to myself, 'What did they think when Bo came? They probably said the same thing about Bo."
- On encountering Bo Schembechler: "I remember when I was there and Bo would come down to the copy room and you'd be nervous when you'd walk in there. Then he'd say something like, 'You're doing a really good job, and you'd walk out like you're eight-feet tall."
- On what to expect from Michigan's defense: "You've got to have tremendous pride in your defense and not give up points. That's the backbone."
If those were the quotes that ended up on the cutting room floor, the article should be chock full of some really good stuff.
January 20th, 2011 at 6:59 PM ^
is the Business School entry exam?
January 20th, 2011 at 7:00 PM ^
Yeah we need a different name for that test now.
January 20th, 2011 at 8:56 PM ^
Who came up with that last night? He deserves the credit and some points..
January 20th, 2011 at 9:15 PM ^
Considering our stature in the business school community, the nickname is clearly acceptable - and menacing (i.e. You're about to be taken to school by THE GMAT!)
Gives me chills.
January 20th, 2011 at 11:02 PM ^
nerds.
January 20th, 2011 at 7:02 PM ^
I though he was talking about Greg Mathews, WR from the Carr end of days
January 20th, 2011 at 7:03 PM ^
They are both tough.
January 20th, 2011 at 7:55 PM ^
Intense?
January 20th, 2011 at 10:49 PM ^
Yeah, I didn't think the GMAT was an animate object.
January 21st, 2011 at 1:14 AM ^
He means business on D.
January 20th, 2011 at 7:03 PM ^
I like that in a DC. It's refreshing.
January 20th, 2011 at 7:14 PM ^
Kinda different from GERG's "As long as the offense scores more points than we give up that's deffense."
January 20th, 2011 at 7:05 PM ^
It sounds so much better than "bend but don't break" or "prevent".
January 20th, 2011 at 7:08 PM ^
January 20th, 2011 at 10:02 PM ^
Hoke had an interview with Albom. I know he worshipped Bo and seems to be pro-UM, but he did lie in a story about being at an event that he wasn't at.
January 20th, 2011 at 7:08 PM ^
I say we refer to the entire staff as the Brady Bunch and develop the nicknames accordingly. So Greg Mattison's nickname is......Greg. Damnit, it seemed like a good idea.
January 20th, 2011 at 7:22 PM ^
People dont get nicknames by other forcing them on. It doesnt make our team "cooler" either if our staff has a nickname. Need a expample....."The Brew Crew"' remember that from OSU,yeah preatty stupid huh??
January 20th, 2011 at 7:21 PM ^
This interview would have been better if she actually used GMAT-style answering:
A only
B only
A and B
A, B, C but not D
A, B, C, and D
Damn, I'm 7 years removed from GMAT studying and I still hate that test.
January 20th, 2011 at 7:22 PM ^
Holy shit were going to play defense again!
January 20th, 2011 at 7:50 PM ^
It sounds like he intends to make defense make Michigan again. I like this.....
January 20th, 2011 at 7:57 PM ^
January 20th, 2011 at 7:59 PM ^
Bo teams basically lost 3 games a year when he was at Miami.
January 20th, 2011 at 8:05 PM ^
Really nice quotes from GMAT. Coach Hoke has nice friends and one just happen to be great coach.
January 20th, 2011 at 8:40 PM ^
GMAT is always taking care of business
January 20th, 2011 at 9:44 PM ^
watching the vids on mgoblue.com. This staff will do great things at Michigan, and I think they're going to turn Denard into an even better QB. That kid's accuracy is not something people talk about very often, but I distinctly remember a game where he should have won the all-time completion percentage record and missed a meaningless pass in garbage time. Dudz gat Skillz.