Late Late Night Open Thread
January 8th, 2011 at 2:07 AM ^
No joke. I could tell him to call Les Miles and Gary patterson for a hell of a lot cheaper.
January 8th, 2011 at 2:05 AM ^
all Mike Singletary's fault. If he had won a couple more games in a crap division, we wouldn't be in this mess now.
January 8th, 2011 at 2:17 AM ^
Very true.
January 8th, 2011 at 2:31 AM ^
I am not so sure that Harbaugh's treachorous heart wouldn't have led him to some other NFL team.
January 8th, 2011 at 2:37 AM ^
Just not as funny.
January 8th, 2011 at 2:06 AM ^
I think it will come down to Miles or Hoke. Both coaches have Michigan ties.
I like the fact that Hoke states that the UM job is his dream job, and I think he will try his best to get Michigan back to it's winning ways. He will run a clean program and take care of his student athletes. The downside is that his record as HC is not the greatest. He will change our offense to a pro set and we may lose DROB and our other spread offensive players. It may take him longer to rebuild UM back to a team capable of challenging for the b10 title.
Miles is 5 years older than Hoke but seems to have a lot of drive for his age. He's a great recruiter and will go after Tressel on and off the field! The big draw back is that he doesn't treat his student athletes as well, but that could change if he heads to Michigan. I think he would keep more of the spread offense given the players we already have here. We may compete faster for the b10 title. Even if he retires in 5 to 10 years, he should fill the cup board quite well, possibly for JH after his NFL stint is over!
I wish there were other choices but I'm beginning to think it is going to be one of these two.
January 8th, 2011 at 5:11 AM ^
That sounds a lot like why Maryland's AD hired Randy Edsall as the new head coach, and Edsall has a hell of a lot better résumé than Hoke does.
January 8th, 2011 at 2:08 AM ^
If this shit doesn't go down, what the fuck will happen? I honestly think someone will get killed.
January 8th, 2011 at 2:09 AM ^
Whats Bobby Bowden doing these days?
January 8th, 2011 at 2:13 AM ^
Tracking down Peggy.
January 8th, 2011 at 2:17 AM ^
He isn't that old to track Peggy down.
January 8th, 2011 at 2:18 AM ^
"I'm not too old to find you, son."
January 8th, 2011 at 2:21 AM ^
Not sure what the problem is with having charges to a cat emporium. We've all had one of those weekends.
January 8th, 2011 at 2:25 AM ^
Agreed.
January 8th, 2011 at 4:16 AM ^
I am deeply offended!
January 8th, 2011 at 2:26 AM ^
You know Bowden is a fan of lol catz.
January 8th, 2011 at 2:28 AM ^
In a disturbing way though
January 8th, 2011 at 2:17 AM ^
I would be very happy to get Miles. Only coach i'd rather would be Harbaugh, but we aren't getting him, or are we......................................
January 8th, 2011 at 5:13 AM ^
I kept expecting one of those excessively numerous periods to turn into a question mark to no avail. I think this is what you were going for: '?'.
January 8th, 2011 at 2:17 AM ^
After midnight?
January 8th, 2011 at 2:25 AM ^
is when you've got to let it all hang out.
January 8th, 2011 at 2:22 AM ^
Against my better judgement, because we seem to have a ton of new posters (lockdown time?) that think Michigan should go old SMU/Miami style win at all costs
Come on. He's not John Calipari. And given that we're on probation as it is, we don't really have a leg to stand on.
January 8th, 2011 at 2:24 AM ^
I've never seen our fanbase be this so kneejerk dramatic about anything. It's amazing, from Brian on down.
January 8th, 2011 at 2:42 AM ^
Who wrote a long post on how the sanctions against U-M were the saddest day in Michigan history, but worrying about dumping students because I signed too many is "drama".
January 8th, 2011 at 2:53 AM ^
Um...
Every single candidate, aside from JH, has gotten the same treatment from pretty much everyone here. The sky is falling, DB is suddenly an incompetent idiot, etc.
Everything is going to be just fine.
January 8th, 2011 at 3:01 AM ^
Everything is going to be just fine.
No matter how many times I say this to myself, it feels like I'm lying.
January 8th, 2011 at 5:19 AM ^
It's hard not to reach that conclusion when Michigan's athletic department looks it's being run by an incompetent idiot. The program looks absolutely foolish right now, for everyone to see, for the second time in four years, under a second consecutive AD, and this is all happening because of Dave Brandon's decisions. Nobody else's. Even if he reveals a master plan, it won't erase the period in which we looked like morons for the whole country to mock. That's not good for the brand. DB screwed up, and his frantic efforts to make it better aren't working.
Still, I hope you're right that it will all be fine.
January 8th, 2011 at 2:40 AM ^
Have you seen some of the posts tonight? All the "don't be naive, it's all about winning" stuff that has been all over the place?
January 8th, 2011 at 2:19 AM ^
I called it.
Zow!
January 8th, 2011 at 2:20 AM ^
when Michigan gets Les and then blows a game in the last minute by trying to run 9 new guys on the field?
January 8th, 2011 at 2:23 AM ^
Then it'll be the last time we've lost a game in the fourth quarter since 2009.
January 8th, 2011 at 2:24 AM ^
Very true.
January 8th, 2011 at 2:24 AM ^
being in our losses until the last minute would be a nice change, wouldn't it?
January 8th, 2011 at 2:28 AM ^
If we win a national championship and have four or more 11-win seasons in six years, I promise to let the game he blows due to poor clock management slide.
January 8th, 2011 at 2:49 AM ^
The end of the Tennessee game this year was almost as scary as our kicking game
January 8th, 2011 at 2:25 AM ^
Whats the real word on Gruden?
January 8th, 2011 at 2:30 AM ^
Gruden said "haha, I'm not interested in coaching again, although michigan's a sweet gig". Paraphrasing.
The rumor mill said "HE LAUGHED BEFORE HE SAID THAT AND I'M PRETTY SURE HE HAD HIS FINGERS CROSSED WHICH MEANS ITS OPPOSITE DAY HERE HE COMES BABY WOOO".
January 8th, 2011 at 2:33 AM ^
DId he really say that? Both his son and dad have mentioned in interviews that he is coming back to coaching in the next couple years - but that's obviously doesn't mean he is coming here
January 8th, 2011 at 2:38 AM ^
Can't remember where I read the exact quote... I've read waaaay too much about football coaches today. It's not that he said he'll never coach again, just that he's not interested right now. He said something like he was glad michigan hasn't contacted him because he'd be tempted, but no. So you see the wiggle room people are latching onto and blowing up.
January 8th, 2011 at 2:43 AM ^
For sure - desperate times call for desperate measures
January 8th, 2011 at 2:48 AM ^
Pretty sure that "quote" was from Tony Dungy, not Gruden
January 8th, 2011 at 2:59 AM ^
You sir, are correct
January 8th, 2011 at 2:31 AM ^
Other than casual mentions he has not really been brought up. Likely will wait for the right NFL job within the next year or two, but I think he would be a grand slam.
January 8th, 2011 at 2:33 AM ^
Our fanbase seems to have a really special obsession with guys that look like they're pinching one off on the sidelines.
January 8th, 2011 at 2:27 AM ^
For those of you wanting to believe in them, just so you know, I left their "station" tuned in after the show about Les leaving for UM ended. They are now talking about the existence of real-life were-wolves. So, you know, grain of salt. Big grains.
January 8th, 2011 at 2:36 AM ^
Maybe the werewolves are the station's sources?
January 8th, 2011 at 2:28 AM ^
I've heard rumors that Tony Dungy may be interested! He grew up in Michigan and was a Michigan fan. May be he would like to give a shot at coaching a major college team? I'd take Tony over Gruden if we were going to look at former NFL coaches!
January 8th, 2011 at 2:32 AM ^
Dungy is done coaching.