CC- "Hoke..not an option"
Has Brian explained what he meant by this yet? Is this a direct quote from someone who would know, or just his personal opinion? I'm sure this has been covered, but I still think its comical how people automatically dismiss him because he isnt a big name at the moment. I've heard a lot of cfb experts weigh in and say he's a really good coach and would be a great hire for us. Yet I know we have a fickle fan base that feels we "have to have a big name coach, because we're Michigan". I think we all know Harbaugh is plan A, but if that deal doesnt get done, it will be very interesting to see Brandon's backup plan. So, I'd be very curious to know if Hoke is indeed not under consideration, and if he's not..who is. I cant really buy Fitzgerald.
January 4th, 2011 at 1:18 AM ^
then you might just as well stick with Rich Rodriguez.
Hoke is also a pathetic 1-12 against Top 25 competition.
He has had only two memorable years as an HC: 12-1 at Ball State with no signature wins and 9-4 at SDSU.
That's it.
Rodriguez teasily takes a flame thrower to all of that.
Honestly, just because a guy was an assistant towel boy for a national championship football team doesn't make him a "MICHIGAN MAN!", nor a great head college football coach.
There a plenty of higher profile targets Michigan should be going with. Grasping for every microscopic fiber to find some kind of past connection to Maize & Blue pedigree is the wrong way to select your future race horse. Just go after and hire the best coach you possibly can and give him the resources and support he needs to succeed. Period.
Brady Hoke? No dude.
January 4th, 2011 at 5:06 AM ^
Those slamming Hoke haven't watched his teams.
They are very evidently well-coached (something M cannot say at the moment). Most of all, they have a toughness that m is lacking right now, that is needed in the Big 10.
Brady Hoke isn't as flashy as Harbaugh- but he isn't likely to leave until Michigan wants him to. Harbaugh on the other hand, clearly wants to do both- coach in the NFL and coach college.
January 4th, 2011 at 9:38 AM ^
101 comments and not a single person answered his question:
Brian put quotation marks around his "Not an option" statement, implying that somebody said it. However, it was completely unattributed. Who said it? E-mailers? Reliable sources? Brian's mailman? His cat? Was Brian quoting himself?
The question wasn't your opinion of Hoke, it was merely asking what the genesis of the quotation was.