Marcus Ray Talks CC
Closer to search than news makers and seemed to dismiss Cowherd claim
Was on conference call of former players led by Hackett
Decision will come in weeks, not days
Taking time to ensure a top candidate isn't missed
Says Miles is saying what he needs to say, seemed to imply that not too much should be read into report he told recruit he was staying
Says Butch respects university, doing things the right way
December 5th, 2014 at 1:54 PM ^
ahhhh
December 5th, 2014 at 4:11 PM ^
magazine framed in my room. What a wonderful Saturday that was
December 5th, 2014 at 5:54 PM ^
December 5th, 2014 at 1:30 PM ^
I'd vote for him.
December 5th, 2014 at 1:31 PM ^
I've never found his analysis particularly worthwhile.
December 5th, 2014 at 1:38 PM ^
December 5th, 2014 at 2:12 PM ^
A former MMB member says a former championship DB turned BTN analyst is spewing nonsense.
Ok.
December 5th, 2014 at 3:12 PM ^
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December 5th, 2014 at 8:00 PM ^
December 6th, 2014 at 4:32 PM ^
You are significantly less informed than Ray is and you are delusional if you think otherwise.
December 5th, 2014 at 1:32 PM ^
The continued talk of "weeks, not days" really does seem to suggest Harbaugh is a legitimate possibility.
December 5th, 2014 at 1:33 PM ^
December 5th, 2014 at 1:41 PM ^
The longer the search takes the more I HOPE Harbaugh is already on board.
December 5th, 2014 at 1:33 PM ^
That is how I am choosing to interpret it too. It's reasonable.
December 5th, 2014 at 1:39 PM ^
I was mulling this over at lunch actually - Jim Harbaugh seems like someone that would have dismissed it thoroughly by now if he was not interested, so the fact that no such statement has come yet tells me that he's at least listening and perhaps intrigued if nothing else. The longer that continues, the more it does seem like we might have a shot at actually getting him to Ann Arbor.
December 5th, 2014 at 1:53 PM ^
That's what you think he thinks you think he wants us to think. :-)
December 5th, 2014 at 1:39 PM ^
December 5th, 2014 at 1:55 PM ^
The longer it takes the more it seems he's the AD's first choice and that he's still in play to be the hire.
December 5th, 2014 at 2:11 PM ^
If that much money is willing to ride on the idea that Harbaugh will be the next coach, of course it is a legitimate possibility. I know it's not proof, but people who know things like to profit on things that they know, and this tends to show up in Vegas. It is, to me, proof that it certainly could happen.
December 5th, 2014 at 2:56 PM ^
I was curious about the betting thing. Is there something like insider trading that applies to Vegas betting? What if someone in the know, lays money done on the hire before it is announced? Or, bets on the field except those they know won't get hired such that they've got an assured return.
December 5th, 2014 at 1:32 PM ^
Thats some smokescreen BS right there. It doesn't take weeks to make the candidate list. It takes weeks to talk to them, but they can't say that.
December 5th, 2014 at 1:33 PM ^
December 5th, 2014 at 2:14 PM ^
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December 5th, 2014 at 2:39 PM ^
He wouldn't be my number 1 or 2, but living here in TN I've been very impressed with what he's done.
Tennessee was a dumpster fire when he arrived, having gone through Kiffin/Dooley for 4 years. Dooley neglected to recruit any o-linemen his last two years so Tennessee was the only team in the country without a returning starter this year on the offensive and defensive line.
He's recruited great, and young players are making a huge impact. A true freshmen Defensive End (Barnett) has 9 or 10 sacks this year. The team showed improvement almost every week, and he is great in terms of interacting with fans and alumni. Could do much worse.
December 5th, 2014 at 1:38 PM ^
I am interested in the bit about Hackett's conference call with former players. I wonder if it was to discuss criteria in coaching candidates, discuss possible candidates, or just a courtesy by Hackett to keep the players in the loop.
December 5th, 2014 at 1:55 PM ^
December 5th, 2014 at 1:38 PM ^
The last thing I thought he said was Hoke was returning.
December 5th, 2014 at 1:39 PM ^
I am baffled as to why Butch Jones is even being mentioned. Everything that he did at CMU and Cincy was handed to him on a silver platter by Brian Kelly and his record at Tennessee through two years shows little to no improvement. That would be a terrible hire.
December 5th, 2014 at 1:47 PM ^
I have talked with TN people who follow their team closely, and they like him. They were in such a deep hole that they feel their current trajectory is encouraging. I don't see it at first glance, but that is their opinion.
December 5th, 2014 at 2:01 PM ^
We felt that way about Hoke. I think fans of any school tend to see what they want to see over the first couple years of a coaching regime.
December 5th, 2014 at 3:57 PM ^
December 5th, 2014 at 1:44 PM ^
or did he merely say that a new name will pop up over the course of the weekend? That's what I thought I heard. Kind of like a play on words. Like how he was dancing around the Harbaugh issue.
December 5th, 2014 at 1:46 PM ^
December 5th, 2014 at 1:55 PM ^
Cowheard essentially said that there is a current coach out there which no one is mentioning right now, but is possibly in serious consideration. He said we would find out who that person was this weekend. Some folks here (and possibly some other blogs too perhaps) for whatever reason took that as "we have a coach who will be announced this weekend".
December 5th, 2014 at 2:24 PM ^
He literally cannot be wrong. Any name that pops up over the weekend could be it. He definitely doesn't hang out on MICHIGAN message boards and certainly doesn't visit ANY message boards first-hand, so he would have no way of knowing if a coach's name "hasn't been on the message boards." I think we MGoBlog readers can attest that EVERY coach in America has "been on the message boards" if you count this one. Pinkel, Gruden, Malzhan, Captain Kangaroo, Peter Pan, everyone.
So he may have Stoops or Richt or Pinkel or Malzhan and SWEAR they've never been on the boards, but they have been.
He could also just make up some unsubstantiated shit about Jack De Rio (heyyyyy!!!!!) on Monday too, say that was him, ask "UM fans, you like him right??" and call it a day.
Maybe it's Jack Del Rio.
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December 5th, 2014 at 2:32 PM ^
Bingo.
And if no names pop up over the weekend, he can mention a name himself this weekend & claim that it is the name that he predicted would pop up, proving himself correct.
So it was a prediction with zero substance.
December 5th, 2014 at 2:03 PM ^
This is the same guy who said days ago that Hoke didn't have any QBs at Michigan.
December 5th, 2014 at 5:15 PM ^
He has no insight and pretends to know more than he does and then goes on and on about a topic until his lack of knowledge drives the subject into the ground.
I have never listened to a dumber smartazz. When he replaced Tony Kornheiser years ago, I turned him off, finding him pretentious and hardly entertaining or informative. He doesn't even interview well.
The fact that he's playing his own game of Jeopardy about the Michigan job suprises me not in the least, because it's his way of trying to latch onto a story of national appeal without actually doing any investigative work or research to even offer reasonable facts. The guy is a blowhard.