Brady Hoke Appreciation - They're still OHIO to him

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Brady Hoke is on Sportscenter right now talking about the upcoming Ohio State v Oregon game. Right out of the gate he called them Ohio and had to correct himself to Ohio State, presumably for TV purposes. 

Despite his downfall as head coach, I think we can all appreciate how much, regardless of his departure, he still loves Michigan. 

Haters are gonna hate and say the Ohio schtick is old hat but I respect a guy who sticks with it despite his circumstances.

Go Blue.

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Mr. Yost

January 8th, 2015 at 11:55 AM ^

Considering he was never a big talker...but I think that was more towards the local media.

He'll get a job here soon, these TV deals are always great personal marketing.

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Wisconsin Wolverine

January 8th, 2015 at 1:00 PM ^

I feel like I must be the only one who never thought of "Ohio" as a jab in the first place. It's not inherently derogatory, I honestly just think it was Brady exercising a natural brevity of speech. My guess is that I t's just a shorthand thing to him, and everyone else read into it. Wouldn't be the first time Brady made things happen unintentionally, would it? See: http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/3176729/hokewelp_medium.gif

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GoBlueinEugene

January 8th, 2015 at 11:56 AM ^

I never minded the Ohio schtick. Just another aspect of the best rivalry in sports. Guessing Harbaugh will say very nice things about everyone... and then stomp them on the field. That would be a welcome change. 

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UMChick77

January 8th, 2015 at 5:57 PM ^

I agree....I want to see Dantonio do a full Jimmy Schwartz with Harbaugh. I think JH and Urban will be cool but cordial...at least for a little while but Harbaugh and Dantonio will be epic. I don't think it will take much for Dantonio to go over the edge with JH....I get the feeling JH will know just how to push his buttons without making it look like he is, lol.

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East German Judge

January 8th, 2015 at 11:57 AM ^

The one thing I still don't understand about the fans of "The Ohio State University" is their level of anger and animosity when Brady kept calling them Ohio!

1) But when they score a touchdown, their cheerleaders bring out flags on the field that spell:

2) There fans spell:

3)  Their band spells out:

4)  Their stadium is called:

5) Their fight song says…”Fight the team across the field, Show them Ohio's here….”
 

So if they want to be called Ohio State, can't they just spell the extra 5 freakin' letters!

 

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JeremyB

January 8th, 2015 at 11:58 AM ^

As badly as I wanted Hoke gone, I'll always tip my cap to how his teams played vs. OSU. 40 points twice, with never more than a 1 point difference at halftime, and last year's tremendous going-for-2 call.

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East German Judge

January 8th, 2015 at 12:32 PM ^

Gibbons did not play in the Nov. 30 regular season finale against Ohio State for what Hoke described as “a muscle pull.” Gibbons also missed the bowl trip to Arizona for the Dec. 28 Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl because of what Hoke said was a “family issue.”

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74 ZRide

January 8th, 2015 at 12:07 PM ^

I had the same initial reaction in 2013 with the going for 2 call (being present in the stadium). After hearing about how severe Gardner's injury was, I liked the call. It wouldn't be right to force Gardner to continue into OT in that condition. Also remember, that was a game NO ONE expected us to win. This includes the thousands of UM fans selling tickets to OSU fans.

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kehnonymous

January 8th, 2015 at 4:32 PM ^

There are any number of egregious examples of Brady Hoke's coaching malpractice-by-negligence/cluelessness one can point to.   The decision to go for it with the score at 42-41 was categorically not one of these things.  As anyone who watched the second half could tell you, we were not stopping Braxton Miller or Carlos Hyde from 75 yards away, let alone 25.  Devin Garder was playing on one foot and dinked us to two tying scores on sheer willpower.

It's fine to criticize the specific playcall, but the decision to go for it was absofuckinglutely correct.  Playing for overtime would've been a deferred surrender.

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MFanWM

January 8th, 2015 at 1:23 PM ^

I think it was one of the things about him you could admire, but at the same time it made me question what happened during the other games.  At times it felt like the team was showing up for a practice instead of a game until Ohio State.  

If the team would have played at the same intensity level for 3 or 4 other games, he would still have a job.  It just seemed like the motivation was really there for OSU in a way that was not felt during many of the other games during his tenure.

He seems like a great person, a passionate guy about the players and supporting them, but it just never really clicked for me how they could so obviously digress as each season went on until Ohio State.

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MFanWM

January 8th, 2015 at 1:23 PM ^

I think it was one of the things about him you could admire, but at the same time it made me question what happened during the other games.  At times it felt like the team was showing up for a practice instead of a game until Ohio State.  

If the team would have played at the same intensity level for 3 or 4 other games, he would still have a job.  It just seemed like the motivation was really there for OSU in a way that was not felt during many of the other games during his tenure.

He seems like a great person, a passionate guy about the players and supporting them, but it just never really clicked for me how they could so obviously digress as each season went on until Ohio State.

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jmblue

January 8th, 2015 at 12:16 PM ^

I don't think announcers' popularity has much to do with how they did in their previous careers.

In Madden's case I didn't follow when he was coaching.  I knew him first as an announcer/video game pitchman and only later learned that he'd been a successful coach.

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JHendo

January 8th, 2015 at 12:38 PM ^

I think Madden is an exception to the rule about success in their prior careers.  Please tell me any tv audience or network would have allowed his aloof, uninsightful commentary-laden announcing career to go on for as long as it did if he wasn't one of the greatest coaches of all time.

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Jonesy

January 8th, 2015 at 6:33 PM ^

Nobody cares one whit that Madden was a successful coach, everybody loves him because he's hilarious.  How old does someone even have to be to remember his coaching?  I'm 35 and didn't even know he was a coach for the first 10 or so years I enjoyed listening to his insane, awesome ramblings.

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FormAFarkingWall

January 8th, 2015 at 11:59 AM ^

Hard to dislike Brady Hoke.  He was in over his head from a coaching standpoint, but as a leader of men and a positive figure in the lives of his players, he's absolutely top notch.  I don't understand the vitriol that a select minority chooses to direct his way. 

Land on your feet, Brady.

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Auerbach

January 8th, 2015 at 12:01 PM ^

Thanks for all your hard work, Hoke. You're still well like around here. But please, for the sake of your own career, at your next job, please don't force your guys to practice so hard that they enter Saturdays hurt and injured and expected to go up against guys with fresh bodies. 

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tolmichfan

January 8th, 2015 at 12:30 PM ^

No, not really, but all the injuries in practice are facts. Plus I think it was Gerry Dinardo (sp) always talked about how much harder practices at Michigan were then other teams in the big ten is true. So while no one who says Michigan under Hoke was a country club has any facts to back up what they are saying. I just gave you two points that are true to counter an argument that has no base other than its someone's opinion.

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westwardwolverine

January 8th, 2015 at 1:24 PM ^

I could just point to Hoke's general demeanor and the fact that players describe him as more of a friend than a coach if we're playing that game. 

Edit: I'll also note that the guy you are quoting compared Michigan's OLine to Alabama's prior to the 2013 season. So....

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tolmichfan

January 8th, 2015 at 1:43 PM ^

Well I could point to how Bo's former players consider him a friend too. Does that mean he wasn't hard on his players too? I'm sure most guys that have played the game would consider most coaches their friends after they are done playing, I know I do. I only was only blessed with the physical body to play high school ball, but when I see the same coaches who yelled and screamed, made me run till the sun went down, mentally and physically pushed me to the point of puking, I consider those guys friends.

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BigCat14

January 8th, 2015 at 12:02 PM ^

about 'we are all good coaches when we have good players'.  Regardless of how he meant it on national TV he just threw his players under the bus.  To what degree, I suppose that is in the ear of the beholder.  I personally did not take too much offense.  The comment did twinge me a little.  Especially in light of most of the starters were his players.  Gosh he must be a good guy, maybe to sit down and hang with.  However, he is an awful orator and difficult to listen to.  

On to Harbaugh led teams for the future.

Go Blue!

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