Chalk up another loss to OSU--this time in hockey. Only a month and a half til the spring game!

Submitted by UMxWolverines on
Seriously. Make it stop. Warde better be on the phone calling potential candidates as much as possible.
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Wolverine Devotee

February 4th, 2017 at 11:52 PM ^

We beat them last night. 1-1 isn't bad considering how bad we are this year in Hockey.

Lumping other sports together is a dangerous narrative, because each one is entirely different. 

Hockey has a very bright future. A new coach WILL be coming in next season for hockey, we have great young talent and can recruit very well. We are also the greatest program in college hockey historically and statistically. 

Men's Basketball is the exact opposite of all of that and there is no fix in sight. 

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Wolverine Devotee

February 5th, 2017 at 12:49 AM ^

Uh....

Hockey HAS the talent RIGHT NOW. We're gonna be good next year. A down year here wasunavoidable due to losing basically the entire offense last year to NHL and graduation, having 11 freshmen and a former DIII assistant doing most of the coaching.  

Basketball would likely have a bad transition class when changing coaches before we actually get some heavy hitters. 

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bronxblue

February 5th, 2017 at 9:37 AM ^

People keep talking about basketball as this huge recruiting power despite all evidence that hasn't ever been the case outside of two Beilein years and the Fisher era, which we all sort of found out wasn't on the up and up. I continue to be amazed how certain UM fans assume because Michigan is a blue blood in football they should be treated as such in basketball despite historical proof that it hasn't been the case for decades.

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BursleyBaitsBus

February 5th, 2017 at 12:19 AM ^

What's up with all the Warde hate? Dude gave Red one more year and you guys are acting like he's full blown Bill Martin. At least give him a chance to get the right coaches in place before blowing up his spot with regards to coaching hires. Oh and btw the basketball coaching situation is on Hackett. 100. That buyout looks terrible.

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LS And Play

February 5th, 2017 at 12:24 AM ^

Giving Red another year was like Hoke getting year 5. Obviously you cannot compare the tenures of the two broadly speaking, but there was no excuse to give him this year under any circumstances. There is no "what about the replacement" argument either. We know who it is. 

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bronxblue

February 5th, 2017 at 9:34 AM ^

Because there are people here who assume everyone is incompetent and terrible at their jobs despite knowing virtually nothing about the inner workings of the AD. It's why these posts are littered with lukewarm takes. Warde came in and figured a coach who just got back to the tourney with a dynamic team might be able to gut out one more year instead of forcing the first year AD to replace him. But around here, the narrative is that Warde is another version of Dave Brandon and all evidence to the contrary is because we are sniffing his jock, just like any argument that firing Beilein in the middle of the season is because we are idiots and rubes. It's why these threads tend to be full of crappy takes.

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truferblue22

February 5th, 2017 at 1:20 PM ^

I think people are understandably nervous. The vast majority of Michigan's problems over the past 10 years are self-inflicted which is irritating to say the least. let's hope he turns out ok. I totally agree people are getting too upset, too quickly and we have very little idea of what's been going on. At least he's not a Brandon in the sense that he needs to be the superstar. I don't think he could be any further the other direction.

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Go Blue Eyes

February 5th, 2017 at 1:20 PM ^

I saw Sinatra twice in the early 90's.  Considering he was almost 80 at the time he was doing pretty well (Tony Bennett's voice seems to have lasted quite well for someone who is 90 - although he didn't have the same lifestyle that Sinatra did).  His Duets albums were pretty good but not nearly the voice he had in the 50's and 60's.   Still... Sinatra. 

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stephenrjking

February 5th, 2017 at 12:00 AM ^

A split is a pretty good result given where the team is.

Honestly, given the roster and the actual play on the ice, Michigan has overachieved with its record this year. No way we should have this many wins.

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