So how much longer can this go on?
DB said he would work quickly but carefully and everything seems to point to having this business wrapped up by midweek. But what if it's not? I know Tressel wasn't locked up until Jan. 17 however at some point not having an actual, you know, head coach is going to irreparably damage recruiting and thus the whole program for maybe more than just next season. So what is the true, hard-deck bottom line date to have a coach? As a card-carrying MGoLunatic I want this to be over before we all asplode.
January 9th, 2011 at 8:05 PM ^
until Lloyd Brady is named as the new HC
January 9th, 2011 at 8:18 PM ^
YESSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 9th, 2011 at 8:42 PM ^
Recruiting is on a dead period until the 13th. Why rush at this point.
January 9th, 2011 at 8:05 PM ^
Eternity?
January 9th, 2011 at 9:22 PM ^
But maybe Brandon has a BFG9000.
January 9th, 2011 at 9:36 PM ^
Missed ya, Chunks.
January 9th, 2011 at 8:38 PM ^
Goin' old school. Like when Bo was our coach. Good times man, good times.
January 9th, 2011 at 8:07 PM ^
My wife has started making fun of me because I cannot go by the computer without checking MGoBlog.
She doesn't know I've also resorted to twitter updates :(
January 9th, 2011 at 8:17 PM ^
I have my girlfriend texting me mgoupdates while I'm at work in case big news breaks.
She says we all have an unhealthy obsession. I insisted it was entirely healthy.
January 9th, 2011 at 8:10 PM ^
Beat me to it, love this scene.
January 9th, 2011 at 8:13 PM ^
props to you.
January 9th, 2011 at 8:07 PM ^
find someone VERY speical.
What about Jimmy Johnson?
January 9th, 2011 at 8:14 PM ^
How about Lombardi? Is he available?
What? Oh, we aren't just throwing random names out there? Ok.
January 9th, 2011 at 8:15 PM ^
AaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhHhh!!!!!!!1!!!!!111!!!!!!!11
January 9th, 2011 at 9:48 PM ^
My brain has been so fried today from spending too much of the day going back and forth from tigerdroppings, MGoBlog, flightaware and realtime on google that I literally just spent 5 minutes watching this .gif just to see if anything different would happen. DB needs to make a decision soon so I don't have an excuse to not have a life anymore.
January 9th, 2011 at 8:08 PM ^
this can go on as long as that pimp hand of dave's is still strong
January 9th, 2011 at 8:56 PM ^
an omnigraffle genius
January 9th, 2011 at 8:09 PM ^
Seems forever ,....the Miami, FL HC search took well over 10 days,... Muschamp to Florida,... a matter of hours basically,.... UF went after him with a vengance,...however their program is not the mess that ours appears to be in the recent past....
January 9th, 2011 at 8:09 PM ^
At the same time, I don't think any of the speculation going on has anything to do with what Brandon is actually doing. Nobody knows a thing and the premium message boards are trying to drive traffic. ESPN's INSIDERZ are apparently posting a list of coaching candidates Brian came up with as if it's exclusive news. Rivals and Scout can't think of anyone besides Miles (wasn't offered last time it turns out) and Hoke (no reason to think Brandon would consider the guy based on his resume) so they keep putting up articles with pictures of those guys full of juicy info from their "sources".
January 10th, 2011 at 2:47 AM ^
I signed up for scout just for the rumor mongering during the coaching search. I have received nothing in particular that I would consider worth money from them in return so far.
January 9th, 2011 at 8:10 PM ^
At least 11 more minutes.
January 9th, 2011 at 8:11 PM ^
We really don't need a coach until 2013 -- until then, Denard can be player-coach.
January 9th, 2011 at 8:12 PM ^
edit: someone beat me to the sandlot reference.
January 9th, 2011 at 8:11 PM ^
That's what she said
January 9th, 2011 at 8:13 PM ^
looking at the blog, he is laughing his ass off at all of us.
Patience...Trust...Believe.
January 9th, 2011 at 8:15 PM ^
he has accomplished so much as an AD, oops, no.
January 9th, 2011 at 8:18 PM ^
Until everyone we would want says "no" and the athletic office holds a press conference asking for anyone WILLING to coach to contact them. Then add a week or two.
January 9th, 2011 at 8:25 PM ^
WIll their be HC tryouts in the parking lot?
January 9th, 2011 at 8:14 PM ^
No clue. My hope was Saturday before the AA game but that has come and gone. At this point I hope by Wednesday but even that is looking unlikely. Hell who knows anything really? I think the time it has taken is a complete fuck up by DB and at the same time it is so air tight that I have to hold out hope he may blow the doors off this place when he does announce who the coach is.
My gunt is telling me it is neither Hoke or Miles and the delay is him assembling a staff as the coach we are going after does not have one.
January 9th, 2011 at 8:40 PM ^
Dude, I don't even wanna know what your gunt is telling you.
Keep it to yourself, please.
January 9th, 2011 at 8:49 PM ^
I figured Sam Webb had the gut thing trade marked.
January 9th, 2011 at 8:15 PM ^
OSU hired Tressel on Jan. 17
I'd be institutionalized if we wait until the 17th
January 9th, 2011 at 8:16 PM ^
The sun is expected to turn into a red giant in another 3-4 billion years, where its outer surface will expand to the size of Mars' orbit, engulfing the four inner planets and extinguishing all life on the surface. On the plus side, I just saved 15% on my car insurance by switching to Geico.
January 9th, 2011 at 8:19 PM ^
DB made a decision as fast as your MgoPoints are growing! We'd have our man by now.
January 9th, 2011 at 8:17 PM ^
.. he'll wait until he is satisfied he's found the right man for the job.
Sure - it might hurt this recruiting class - but hiring a bad coach hurts the next 3 years in the minumum.
January 9th, 2011 at 8:38 PM ^
Whoa there. Are you sure you cleared that with Brian and the gang? Level-headed thinking at this stage in the process is not permitted. Only panic, despair, and clinically approved variatians of lunacy. Some people...
January 9th, 2011 at 8:18 PM ^
In all seriousness...who do you think will break the news first in an accurate manner?
January 9th, 2011 at 8:20 PM ^
... duh
January 9th, 2011 at 8:23 PM ^
At this point it is hard to rely on anyone else.
January 9th, 2011 at 8:39 PM ^
Mr. 0-2-1 against Michigan...Kirk Herbstreit.
January 9th, 2011 at 8:58 PM ^
If Herbstreit correctly predicts who is going to coach michigan and no one is around to hear him, is he still an asshole?
January 9th, 2011 at 9:20 PM ^
This post makes me a happy panda.
January 9th, 2011 at 8:40 PM ^
And Brandon will confirm her tweet less than an hour later with a release, followed by a press conference
January 9th, 2011 at 8:57 PM ^
Some reporter will report as fact a rumor about a coach. It will happen close enough to the actual hiring of that coach that the press will credit him/her with breaking the story. This reporter will make fun of mgoblog at some point for no reason.