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I, for one, couldn't be happier to see this era end. Rich Rodriguez was officially fired from the University of Michigan this afternoon, as heard on Fox Sports. WOO-HOO!!!!!!!!!!!
Now the bigger concern... How will we ever convince Harbaugh to come to Michigan and not go to the pros?!?! Or convince our AD to hire Les Miles over Brady Hoke. This is going to get interesting... At least the hopelessness is over.
... or not. News stations are all changing their tune, claiming it hasn't happened yet. Very strange, if you ask me.
The university said no announcement has been made.
And Harbaugh would be a FOOL to go to UM. If he goes anywhere he's be best off heading to the NFL.
I think it's the objective of sports news now to be first and not necessarly right.
fixed. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by stealthee
Why? You don't think he could win there? Has the Michigan program fallen that hard?Quote:
Originally Posted by stealthee
It would take Harbaugh several years to bring in the type of guys he needs for his type of offense. He has an established program at Stanford. The only thing Michigan has over them is that they are the winningest team in NCAA history. The only logical step for him if he goes anywhere would be to the NFL.
easy answer how to get the coach you want...... money
I don't know. It would be easier for Harbaugh to stay at the top if he went to an established program, like, oh I don't know, Texas, Florida, USC, etc, etc... The NFL is a meat grinder for coaches and Andrew Luck's don't magically appear every 4 years. Stanford doesn't have the luxury of taking any idiot athlete like the aforementioned programs do. If Harbaugh wants stability for his family, a top tier football school would be a good choice. Shrug. Either way, he's at the top of anybody's wish list.Quote:
Originally Posted by stealthee
Keep your mitts off of Hoke. He needs to stay here in San Diego for a few more years and make SDSU a top program.
harbaugh is going nowhere near that cesspool up north :)
I'd take an up and comer like Hoke over that idiot Les Miles any day.
Worrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrd.Quote:
Originally Posted by AdamVR4
I like:
1. Harbaugh
2. Hoke
3. Patterson
In that order. :)
I'm just glad the DickRod era is over. I don't care if we go 0-11 next year, if we have a promising coach in place and the future looks bright, I'll be happy. I never liked RR and didn't like the manner in which he was hired. I'm just glad to see the program moving forward and I like Dave Brandon's approach and professionalism thus far.
Just curious, why Hoke over Patterson?Quote:
Originally Posted by TonyM
I think Patterson is more of a stretch, he's got to be pretty happy with his team's dominance already.
Hoke on the other hand knows the Michigan way and could be a good up and comer. Provided he has some good ideas for moving the team forward, I could see him being a solid long term coach. Remember, nobody knew who Schembechler, Tressel, etc. were before they got their chance, perhaps Hoke is that guy.
Oh, so it wasn't exactly a matter of preferring Hoke to Patterson. With TCU finally getting into an AQ conference, I would imagine Patterson has some unfinished business all of the sudden.Quote:
Originally Posted by TonyM
Mike Leach!!!!
dude needs a job!
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Originally Posted by Mikes2nd
Okay, that made me laugh.
And nows hes officially signed with the 49ers, lol.
Told ya he wouldn't go to UM.
Looks like Brady Hoke took the job. FUUUUUUUU......... First SDSU loses Harbaugh to Stanford and now Hoke to Michigan. Everyone else in San Diego wants to stay here... everyone except the football coaches.
Harbaugh coached at the University of San Diego (USD), not San Diego State Where Hoke coached.
I'm glad we got him, I think he's young, hungry, and could do a damn good job. He's not some marquee coach who thinks his name equates to automatic victory, he knows he's going to have to work for it. Good luck Coach Hoke, right the ship!
I think the sums it up pretty well:
http://msn.foxsports.com/collegefoot...verines-010711Quote:
Hoke is no one’s “compromise” or “second-tier” coaching candidate. Not if you understand football. Not if you comprehend how he got to the point that he’s even a candidate to be Michigan’s next football coach.
Brady Hoke loves hard. He loves his family, his players, his assistant coaches, Ball State football and Michigan football.
You think winning 12 games and getting into the BCS conversation is difficult at Stanford? Try doing it at Ball State. Try doing it without a coaching office, after the school president has paid the emotionally unstable women’s basketball coach more than you. Try doing it at the place you love that doesn’t love you back.
. . .
Hoke has been honest with his bosses. Michigan is his destination job. He has no interest in auctioning himself off to the highest bidder. He loves Ann Arbor. He’d crawl on hot, broken glass to work inside Schembechler Hall as the head coach.
I’m not speculating. He has an uncanny ability to get kids to believe in him and believe in themselves. He doesn’t do it with smooth words. He’s not smooth. He does it by being the same genuine person day after day. I’ve watched his practices, sat in his meetings, listened to him address his team before a big game, after a tough loss and on a mundane Thursday.
http://detnews.com/article/20110106/...te-for-U-M-jobQuote:
He is straight from the Bo Schembechler-Lloyd Carr schools of football control: Practices are closed. Media are to be kept far behind the moats. His preference is football over just about anything else planet Earth offers. And his players love him. Not because he's soft or cuddly or sympathetic to the tackle they just missed. Rather, it's because they believe in him and the football he coaches.
Or in a word, Hoke is hungry. Good hire today. Let's hope Michigan fans can show some patience and recognize real progress over the next few years.
That's the best part about it. I'll take young, hungry, and driven over a 'big name' anyday.
And if he gets players to return for next year, I think he can start molding them into the Pro-style team we used to have. Will we have great season next year? I doubt it, but you never know. Tressel came into OSU and started whooping us right away so it isn't impossible.
Rich Rod was hungry also... just his big east "dude spread offense" dumb thinking was simply not going to work against real teams....
I will miss the crying... the sappy song playing, the whining, the screaming, the faces Rich rod made... He was funnier than Steve Spurrier...
I am sure he banked his michigan millions and is laughing on the way to the bank now as he talks to the next fools to hire him.
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