U of M thread (in the Lions Forum) :)

[chemiclord]

You are an easy man to please, apparently.

[FVD]

Hoke makes a mean mac n cheese so jaadam's completely behind him.

[chemiclord]

For what its worth, loving a coach after his first press conference is as equally dumb as hating a coach after his press conference.

I don't think Hoke is garbage because he sounds like he has an IQ that aspires for double digits. I think Hoke is garbage because he has a totally underwhelming resume.

[Malto Marko]

I have speculated he will fail miserably.

Let me put it this way. We'll have Coach A, and Coach B.

Coach A:

Career record upon hire; 105-62-2
8 conference championships
3-3 Bowl record

Coach B:

Career record upon hire; 47-50
0 conference championships
1-1 Bowl record

Coach A was largely reviled and spat upon by the U-M faithful the moment he held his first press conference.

Coach B has the "full support" of the school and magically now is going to be the one to turn the team around.

History suggests that will not be the case.

Maybe that was because at his first press conference Coach A not only downplayed the biggest rival on the schedule but made it clear that things were going to change and it will be run his way.

People would not have a problem with that if he had success doing it.

Not only did he not, he embarrassed himself, the school and played dumb that he was unaware of basic NCAA rules.

Jackass!

.......now with that said.

Even though Sweatervest has had success, he is no better and as much of an asshole as Carroll who bent every rule possible so he can have the advantage to win. Sweatervest has an AD and School President that is covering his ass. It will eventually come out that his tactics were illegal and the NCAA will be reluctant to bring heavy discipline because he will be gone and the kids in the program had nothing to do with the shit he laid.

[SeattleLionsFan]

I don't know why you think anythings going on at OSU. It's not like Terrell Pryor has been stopped three times in cars he borrowed from a local dealership is it?

[jaadam4]

For what its worth, loving a coach after his first press conference is as equally dumb as hating a coach after his press conference.

Who said anything about loving him after his press conference?

I hated Rich Rod from day 1. I cant go another 3 years of wanting U of M to lose so we'd hire someone else. I'm not smitten like I'd have been with Harbaugh or Miles but Hoke seems like he loves the school. Lets see what he can do.

[jaadam4]

Hoke makes a mean mac n cheese so jaadam's completely behind him.

Damn right!

[chemiclord]

Who said anything about loving him after his press conference?

I hated Rich Rod from day 1. I cant go another 3 years of wanting U of M to lose so we'd hire someone else. I'm not smitten like I'd have been with Harbaugh or Miles but Hoke seems like he loves the school. Lets see what he can do.

Wasn't referring to you specifically, but the legions of callers who grumbled, "I will cut myself if the Wolverines hire Hoke" to "Hoke's the man! He's gonna get it done!" today. These were the same dipshits that said, "Rodriguez! YAH! A big name!" to "God, I hate him! I want him to die!" by the first press conference.

[SeattleLionsFan]

Brady Hoke was Regans morning in America speech to Carter's long malaise.

He preaches the concept of Michigan Exceptionalism. It might be a dangerous concept politically but its pretty appealing as a fanatic.

[Kstat]

He's already convinced Denard Robinson to stay. A big win to start off his head coaching career at U-M.

[nhwbrooklyn]

posted May 27th, 2008, 08:42 AM

damn i wish we'd have gotten Les Miles... Mallet wouldve been a damn fine QB here.

mmm this thread is going to be fun to dig through....

[jaadam4]

There will be a lot of Les love coming from this kid!!

[jaadam4]

He's already convinced Denard Robinson to stay. A big win to start off his head coaching career at U-M.

Very nice. Denard staying means we'll at least be able to have the same record as last year since the D cant get any f'ing worse. Thats a pretty big win for Hoke.

[chemiclord]

We'll see how he feels after trying to run whatever offense Hoke wants to employ, but its an encouraging first sign. I was expecting Robinson to keep his distance before (semi)quietly slipping away to another school.

If Hoke means what he says about running an offense that takes advantage of the talent he has rather than force a square peg into a round hole, I'll give him more credit than I originally figured. But that "play to the strength of the team" is a line I've heard before that inevitably meant nothing.

[jaadam4]

Yeah I agree. Kind of like dickrod having Threat looking like a fish out of water running his horrible offense the first year. That was a really bad start.

I thought the same thing about Denard chem. I thought he was already out the door ala Mallet