Pat Forde: Michigan is the biggest winner in coaching this offseason
File under "Obviously." Pat Forde named Michigan the biggest winner in the offseason coaching carousel. This is, of course, after calling them a "dumpster fire" a couple months earlier. This is just further proof that HARBAUUUUUUGH.
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January 20th, 2015 at 11:59 AM ^
but you're right ... obv is obv.
Harbaugh!
January 20th, 2015 at 12:02 PM ^
Pat Forde is a blathering idiot... except for this time.
p.s. Iman Marshall is leaving AA today, per the recruiting twitter folk, have him tweeting "back to cali" this morning so incorrect info about him staying thru Wednesday. Was a long shot, remains a long shot.
Also some account I've not seen before says Harbaugh will be in Cali after his Texas trip and this WR from Cal (who is REALLY smart - Duke, Brown, Harvard) will be on Harbaugh's radar. Didnt want to start a thead for these items.
January 20th, 2015 at 12:16 PM ^
I'm of the opinion that having smart players is very important.
also Pat Forde is a turd burglar.
January 20th, 2015 at 12:28 PM ^
ass clown if there ever was one.
January 20th, 2015 at 12:09 PM ^
Its best we all just closely follow alum96's posts for recruiting news
January 20th, 2015 at 12:17 PM ^
Your recruiting updates > some asshat in Iowa making fun of the FCS champions.
Just sayin...
January 20th, 2015 at 12:01 PM ^
Just another guy checking the weather vane to see which way the wind is blowing, both then and now.
January 20th, 2015 at 12:02 PM ^
January 20th, 2015 at 12:03 PM ^
Scorcher of a take, that.
January 20th, 2015 at 12:05 PM ^
3 of the 5 hottests seats are in the bigg tennnnn
January 20th, 2015 at 12:27 PM ^
January 20th, 2015 at 12:11 PM ^
I still love the morons saying that our coaching search was lost and we had no clue what we were doing. Our hire is sooo much better than any other hire in football. Period.
Eat crow media clowns
January 20th, 2015 at 3:20 PM ^
They won't.
ESPN was talking about coaching searches just the other day and insinuated that it's unheard of for a NFL coach to return to college because good coaches want to be at the top of their profession and chase the Lombardi Trophy.
January 20th, 2015 at 3:21 PM ^
They won't.
ESPN was talking about coaching searches just the other day and insinuated that it's unheard of for a NFL coach to return to college because good coaches want to be at the top of their profession and chase the Lombardi Trophy.
January 20th, 2015 at 12:10 PM ^
January 20th, 2015 at 12:16 PM ^
DUH! [ note added emphasis ] :)
January 20th, 2015 at 12:14 PM ^
PJ Fleck will be a coaching phenom in a few years.
January 20th, 2015 at 12:22 PM ^
January 20th, 2015 at 12:33 PM ^
He'll be coaching, and winning, a P5 program within the next 5 years.
January 20th, 2015 at 12:44 PM ^
Not so sure about winning, but I can easily see him at a program like Illinois or Iowa St. or IU.
January 20th, 2015 at 1:13 PM ^
me as the kind of guy that will get the best out of his players. That usually translates into wins if he's even a 1/2 way good coach.
January 20th, 2015 at 12:18 PM ^
January 20th, 2015 at 12:18 PM ^
a dumpster fire did it for me. I don't care for that kind of overstatement from douchebags who peddle non-original information, and use insult to create controversy.
January 20th, 2015 at 2:10 PM ^
on fire. If only chimps could master fire, we'd rule the world.
January 20th, 2015 at 12:22 PM ^
No shit, Forde....
January 20th, 2015 at 12:22 PM ^
...and the sky is blue.
January 20th, 2015 at 12:23 PM ^
a new level of Obvious. Dumb-ass Obvious.
January 20th, 2015 at 12:26 PM ^
in SEC move from one SEC school to another. I may be wrong, but it seems that it happens at a much higher rate in the SEC than any other conference.
January 20th, 2015 at 12:27 PM ^
January 20th, 2015 at 12:29 PM ^
January 20th, 2015 at 1:03 PM ^
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January 20th, 2015 at 12:35 PM ^
January 20th, 2015 at 12:37 PM ^
I enjoy listening to Dan Patrick and regulaly download his podcast. But I remember him essentially making fun of UM's process based on a "report" that UM was curating a list of candidates that included [insert usual names here]. The attitude - and I don't thing DP was alone with this - was "doesn't UM realize it is no longer a desination job?!"
Meanwhile, Cook is chomping at the bit to make a Harbaugh announcement.
I'm in a good place, mentally, with all of this now. Could you have imagined a universe that included an OSU national championship, bad MBB beats, Lavert season/possible UM career-ending injury?
*shivers*
January 20th, 2015 at 12:40 PM ^
Iowa. Speaking of Ferentz—he’s gone from untouchable to unloved by a growing segment of the fan base over the past five mediocre years. Ferentz is standing pat on staff, which is a roll of the dice. But with a golden contract that runs through 2020, maybe he can afford to.
Wouldn't Iowa owe him something like 75% of his unpaid salary through the term of the contract if they did fire him? I think there's a longevity bonus owed to him at the end of this month too, so that's another - I think it is a half million, perhaps more than that. The Hawkeyes really had him over a barrell with that last extension indeed.
January 20th, 2015 at 1:21 PM ^
See diary I wrote about a month ago. They could have fired Ferentz, hired Herman (who was at Iowa State and knows the region) and came out ahead.
January 20th, 2015 at 12:43 PM ^
January 20th, 2015 at 12:50 PM ^
He's Forde.
January 20th, 2015 at 2:56 PM ^
I see what you did there!
January 20th, 2015 at 12:58 PM ^
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January 20th, 2015 at 1:20 PM ^
Once upon a time, a sports columnist/reporter might have to produce a piece once a week. Remember that this was in the days when:
1. the player's and coach's private lives were off limits - no pieces about who was out chasing what when.
2. there was almost no real discussion about contracts, no salary caps and such. The Reserve Clause was still in effect in MLB. The only speculative pieces might be something about trades in the old stove league.
3. Structural issues about the teams, ownership, their behavior and the league were also off limits. The current uproar over Dan Snyder and the DC NFL team name and Donald Stirling pales in comparison to the known behavior of many prior owners/managers in the past.
4. nothing about PED - even though amphetamines were not uncommon in the past (see point 1)
Today pretty much everything is on the record, but not much is written about 1 and 4 out of fear of alienating sources. Not everyone really grasps the nuances of point 2 and the leagues hate it when point 3 is covered. Don't know what metric is used internally to judge writers but clearly number of pieces or things produced each day/week. Another factor is that no one probably calls anyone on wild predictions.
January 20th, 2015 at 1:24 PM ^
January 20th, 2015 at 2:13 PM ^
he intends to throw gasoline in the dumpster the first chance he gets. Too bad for him he won't get that chance.
January 20th, 2015 at 2:26 PM ^