Hackett on the AD Budget, Harbaugh, etc
From Angelique at the Detroit News. The former AD who shall not be named has saved the AD quite a bit of money by getting a job tending to a giraffe.
Michigan interim athletic director Jim Hackett said what he told the UM Regents in May would be a nearly $8 million budget deficit will be significantly lower than expected.
Jim (has been) up in his room (in Chicago) writing practice plans. He never stops. I don't think he sleeps."
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Hell, he would be over qualified for that job. We need to keep him as AD.
Hackett is one BAMF!
would love to throw a giant chew in with harbaugh and write practice plans all weekend.
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"Tweeting about academic performance. I've been watching the camps, how he's teaching the kids. He's a fantastic, inspirational guy. I see that all levels of the operation – he's a very inspiring guy on deeper missions about life, on self-improvement."
The tweets about academics are one of the aspects of the transparency that I like about Harbaugh's style. You have to think that players see these, just like they will the charts of drill and practice performance, and set their goals accordingly. It sort of reminds me of Lear Corporation's old motto - "Advance Relentlessly" - which I always thought was a cool message.
I think Lear stole that from Harbaugh.
Also, whenever I hear Lear, I think leer...
Funny comment from Hackett on how they did not expect Brandon to get a new job....
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"Dave got a new job," Hackett said. "We weren't counting on that"
Unpublished next sentence, "He's such a useless asshole, we didn't think anyone would hire him."
August 1st, 2015 at 11:03 AM ^
Brandon's biggest contribution to Michigan was leaving.
Don't ever say he didn't do anything good for the program.
The man has a real deal pimp hand. Pimp Hand.
BAM
"Every time I stick my nose into a sense of that, the robustness of it is really good. This is why I was happy and I'm even more delighted."
Wait, did Hackett just compare Jim Harbaugh to wine?
Also, I love his comment on marginal cost calculations. In layman's terms, you get what you pay for (in this case, at least).
My god, he did. Robust notes of freshly-cut grass, a whiff of field turf, some blue Sharpie, perhaps...
"There's some relief because Dave got a new job," Hackett said. "We weren't counting on that; we got that."
SICK BURN.
EDIT: Double
August 1st, 2015 at 10:48 AM ^
"Brandon was to receive $3 million over four years, but because he is now CEO at Toys R Us, Michigan's budget will get a break."
Shitty reporting. What is "the break"? Do they have to pay none of the buyout now? Some of it? How much did they already pay before he got the Toys 'R' Us job? None of this is answered.
August 1st, 2015 at 11:05 AM ^