MGoPodcast 6.6: Having An Average Podcast

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[Adam Glanzman]

OFFENSE

We ran the ball some? We tempoed wrong.

DEFENSE

That did not go very well.

COACHING WATCH

Devolves into a discussion of Katy Perry and how we don't want to work for Adidas. Then Dan Mullen is praised.

TALKING HOBO STRANGLIN' WITH JAMIEMAC

We introduce the Hobo meter for potential coaches, which is how many hobos you would strangle to install coach X at Michigan.

MUSIC

"Across 110th Street"

"Having An Average Weekend," Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet

"Walking Far From Home," Iron & Wine

"Bullet with Butterfly Wings," Smashing Pumpkins

THE USUAL LINKS

Comments

FrankMurphy

October 6th, 2014 at 4:10 PM ^

Hate to be so pessimistic, but I would put Dan Mullen only a half step above the Harbaughs in terms of likelihood (assuming that Florida fires Muschamp). I don't seem him choosing a program to which he has no ties in a region in which he probably doesn't have many recruiting connections over one where he was an assistant coach for four years.

The unfortunate reality is that qualified, realistic candidates for a high-profile job like Michigan are few and far in between this year. There's no big name out there like Kevin Sumlin in 2011, Charlie Strong last year, or Urban Meyer in 2004. So basically, we're screwed. 

Tater

October 6th, 2014 at 6:49 PM ^

I think Mullen would take the job.  Miss St is never going to be as relevant as Michigan.  They aren't even the most relevant program in their own state.  

Michigan has two wins so far and Miss St is undefeated.  Michigan is still in the national news more.  As soon as it becomes obvious that David Brandon is gone, this will become a desirable job again.  Outsiders will still be leery of getting sabotaged by so-called "Michigan Men," but a real AD will be able to assure them that it won't happen this time.

 

Pray For Mojo

October 6th, 2014 at 4:55 PM ^

If you're in need of more depressing music for the podcast, might I reccomend the new Gaslight Anthem:

"Get Hurt"

 

Sometimes I wake up in the mornin'

Sometimes I dream some more

I keep my wounds without a bandage, baby

As I come stumblin' through the door



Spend my nights in dislocation

Talkin' to spirits on the floor

I think I came to find a feelin', baby

Between what was mine and what was yours



And I came to get hurt

(Get hurt)

Might as well do your worst to me

(Get hurt)

Have you come here to get hurt?

(Get hurt)

Have you come to take away from me?

From me, from me

Might as well do your worst to me



I think I'm gonna move to California

Momma can you say a prayer for me?

(Say a prayer for me)

I heard they don't get so lowdown

I heard they never bleed

Not like we bleed



And I came to get hurt

(Get hurt)

Might as well do your worst to me

(Get hurt)

Have you come here to get hurt?

(Get hurt)

Have you come to take away from me?

From me, from me

Might as well do your worst to me



And it gets pretty late

And the stations will change

And the things once in order

Now seem so strange



Once I could tell all the hurt apart from myself

Now all I can see is the need, the need that



I came to get hurt

(Get hurt)

Might as well do your worst to me

(Get hurt)

Have you come here to get hurt?

(Get hurt)

Have you come to take away from me?

From me, from me

Might as well do your worst to me



And maybe you needed a change

And maybe I was in the way

Maybe some things they stay

And some things go away

And maybe I was mine

And maybe you were not the same

AZ-Blue

October 6th, 2014 at 5:10 PM ^

As does the music selection.

"Walking far from Home" on the TV dial after the Rutgers loss, I caught other teams actually playing football that day - the Ole Miss' INT to close out a fantastic effort against Bama and then ASU's hail mary to beat USC capping of a strong game.  Exact opposite of the crap Hoke & minions claim to be games they "prepared well" for.

Not used to this experience.

enlightenedbum

October 6th, 2014 at 5:22 PM ^

For reference, how many hobos are the Harbaughs/pipe dreams and Mullen?



I feel like Jim is probably also infinite.  Mullen like a million, and John 1000 or so (lack of previous coaching experience in college working against him)

MI Expat NY

October 6th, 2014 at 5:46 PM ^

Don't want to start a thread or anything, so I'm putting this here.  Is it just me, or is MSU highly susceptible in pass defense?  Watching that game, I felt that Nebraska had guys running open all over the place and were just held back by the fact that Armstrong can't pass, plus a couple drops.  And this was without Kenny Bell for 3/4 of the game.  Sure, Armstrong's completion percentage was terrible, but that includes about 4 easy misses on swing passes and a deep ball that was dropped by Westerkamp.  I think Indiana, Ohio State and Maryland could torch them through the air.  I wish I could say the same about us.  I don't think they're going to lose two or three more games this season, but I do think they'll lose again this season. 

 

Gitback

October 6th, 2014 at 5:56 PM ^

I feel like we've got a little revisionist history going on. We now look back on the '11 season and act like we won despite Hoke. Like Denard somehow overcame or was masking his ineptitude. But if we go back and look at the write ups, Brian lauded Hoke quite often for how he managed the game, how he (save the MSU and Iowa games) used Denard effectively, how he knew when to take a calculated risk... We loved Hoke's demeanor when Hagerup botched that snap against OSU and mused at how other coaches would have screamed at the kid. It seems like if we were winning in '11 DESPITE Hoke's ineptitude, it would have been pointed out at the time. No one cried foul when he won conference coach of the year. We universally felt he deserved it. Now it's "well, Denard is the only reason that season was any good."



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sambora114

October 7th, 2014 at 10:26 AM ^

Most Michigan fans were on board with Hoke after winning a BCS bowl (who wouldn't be?)

A lot of the national media (I specifically remember a Stewart Mandel column ranking college coaches and Brady Hoke was just out of the national elite like Saban or Meyer) were similar in expressing that Hoke was perfect for Michigan and championships were sure to follow. 

I think the gist against the revisionist argument would be that instances of failure like the State or Iowa game in 2011 became more glaring after subsequent seasons and repeated mistakes and worse strategic gaffes piled up. 

Winning makes errors look immaterial while losing in buckets made every faux pas look like gross negligence

The Dude

October 6th, 2014 at 9:32 PM ^

Tom Herman. In terms of realistic candidates, he should be a top 5 candidate and the highest ranked coordinator with no HC experience candidate. He has a track record of building offenses where ever he goes. He has exposure to a large role for a large program. According to his page on the Ohio State website he was name 2013 Big Ten Recruiter of the Year by Rvials.Com. 

Narduzzi comes across as a Bud Foster type that seems to be happy with his situation,. If he really wanted to be a HC he could be one by now. Yeah, UConn isn't a sexy job, but it is HC experience for a bigger job down the road. 

jaggs

October 6th, 2014 at 10:09 PM ^

the RR era at Michigan never happened and he went to the studio for a few years after WV and then to Arizona. Is Rich Rod infinite hobos strangled??