Michigan's David Brandon Needs The Glenn Garry Leads. Seriously.
by markusr2007 on Jan 5, 2011 12:58 PM CST
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PrintOK, so the process is completed. The dough has risen. It's ready to be kneaded into a disc-shapped.....Oh wait a minute. Are we making pizzas here or what?
Alright. It's official. Michigan head coach Rich Rodriguez has been fired, along with his entire coaching staff for all we know, and no replacement head coach has been named. Instead Brandon has announced a national search for a new Michigan head coach and staff commencing now. Like right now. As is, NOW! No, I meant... NOW! Right NOW!
Fantastic job Dave! I mean, you had us all worried that things might spiral, you know, out of fucking control or something.
Then it occurred to me that you and Mary Sue might need a little help.
OK. Here you go, Dave. These tips are free. Now pick up the goddamned phone and start doing your job!
Please.
Thank you.
Here is a good, but not thorough, list of candidates that are not "Michigan Men", but probably should be investigated immediately:
1. Chris Peterson, Boise State head coach, age 46. 61-5 over last five season.
2. Gary Patterson, TCU head coach, age 51 in February, 98-28 over last 11 seasons.
3. K.C. Keeler, Delaware head coach, age 51, 161-62-1 overall, 74-41 at Delaware, 3 national title games, 1 national title, next title game this Friday vs. E. Washington. He is Delaware's version of Jim Harbaugh, having been a start QB for the Blue Hens and having played for revered UD coach Tubby Raymond (UD's Bo).
4. Chip Kelly, Oregon head coach, age 47, extremely well-rounded coach defensively and offensively, brilliant offensive coordinator background, spread offense conducive to Rodriguez's approach and roster structure. Excellent recruiter. Kelly is probably happy at Oregon, but they said that when he was still a 7 year OC at New Hampshire too.
5. Mark Farley, head coach Northern Iowa, age 47. Farley is not well-known in all circles, but he has been winning a lot of football games for UNI - a ridiculous winning track record: 89-37 over 10 seasons including 6 playoff appearances for UNI.
What other candidates make sense? Please include "Michigan Man!" samples. We must, since we all know too well how much they all want to come back "home" to coach at Michigan again.
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On Kelly
One thing that could bring him is the opportunity to work with Denard Robinso. Doubtful though. He’s playing for a national title.
Maybe Mike Belotti though?
Also, I’d add Chuck Heater to the list.
GO CUSE, BLUE, AND EAGLES!
I fully expect Herbstreit to, anytime before the national championship game, come out with a breaking news story that Kelly is taking the job. Thereby ensuring he won’t.
"There wasn't a man voting for it that didn't think that under a setup of this kind he'd muscle in on the profits of the men abler than himself...But while he was thinking that he'd get unearned benefits from the men above he forgot about the men below who'd get unearned benefits too. He forgot about all his inferiors that would rush to drain him just as he hoped to drain his superiors...That was our real motive when we voted. That was the truth of it. But we didn't like to think it. So the less we liked it the louder we yelled about our love for the common good."
Coaches
Well if Harbaugh truly is not coming then I think Brandon needs to make a strong push for Les Miles. Back in ’07 Les was basically crying during a press conference announcing he was not coming to michigan. He loves michigan and still considers it a dream job. A dark horse but definately something to consider would be Urban Meyer. Urban Meyer had a clause in his contract at Utah that allowed him to go to 3 schools without a buyout. Those 3 schools were ohio state, notre dame, and michigan. So maybe Brandon can some how lure him here. Finally, Brady Hoke would definately not be a bad hire. I do not think that having Hoke as coach would be “settling”. Hoke has proven he can win as he has now done so at 2 different schools. The only question mark with Hoke would be can he recruit. Can he get the big name 4 and 5 star players to come to michigan. Those are the coaches that I think would be the best fit.
Les Miles isn't a great coach
Hoke sucks.
I’d rather get Mike Belotti, Chuck Heater, Gus Malzahn, Gary Patterson…anyone but one of those two. One makes horrible decisions on the regular (yes he’s won but I don’t think he’s a great coach) and the other hasn’t really proven himself. Ball State’s 12 win year included losing the MAC championship because they were massacred by Buffalo. There are WAY better candidates out there.
GO CUSE, BLUE, AND EAGLES!
Les Miles
Les wins in the SEC on the reg. He is a good coach. Explain to me why he is not a good coach? O yeah, he won a national title too. Also, whats wrong with Hoke? Harbaugh coached San Diego before being hired at Stanford and he obviously worked out just fine for Stanford. Plus Lloyd Carr has said alot of good things about Hoke.
Carr also said Debord was a good coach
Les Miles makes HORRIBLE decisions in games. His clock management is baffling. Sure, he has won and is a good recruiter, but I don’t think he is as good as people here say he is.
Can he come in and rebuild this team, and outwit someone like Jim Tressel? I have serious doubts.
Hoke had ONE good season at Ball State (which included a thumping by Buffalo that denied Ball St the MAC title) and has had two decent ones at SDSU (not the same as San Diego). Michigan can (and should) do a LOT better than that.
GO CUSE, BLUE, AND EAGLES!
Awesome list
I would be happy with any one of those five (understatement of the year).
I really would like to see us roll the dice on someone like Keeler or Farley. I just don’t see an established BCS conference head coach that I think would be a good fit AND would leave his current gig to go to Michigan. We need to focus more on finding our own version of Jim Tressel (shudder) and not track down the flavor of the month. If we make an intelligent hire and surround him with the proper pieces we could set ourselves up for years of success.
Also, I am firmly for any list that doesn’t include the names “Miles” and “Hoke”.
Go Blue!
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Agree 100% with the last line
I have no idea why they don’t ask Belotti. He considered Colorado; you don’t think the guy who coached Dennis Dixon would want his shot with Denard/Gardner?
GO CUSE, BLUE, AND EAGLES!
I would be fine with
any of the following three: Chip Kelly, Petersen, or Patterson. I wouldn’t mind Les Miles, but I think it is unlikely he would willingly leave LSU. I do not like Hoke (unproven, in my opinion); and anyone from a Division 2 school would make me nervous. Kelly would be great, but I also find it unlikely that he would leave Oregon unless he got the right deal; plus, he just signed a six year deal last year at Oregon which has a $4 million buyout. Don’t think that is going to happen.
Kelly is a huge longshot
He’s playing for a national title one year after playing in the Rose Bowl.
And Oregon isn’t exactly San Diego State. It’s not even Stanford. It’s an elite program and if it’s not yet on the level of Texas, Florida, it’s knocking loudly on the door.
GO CUSE, BLUE, AND EAGLES!
Patterson
I don’t think Patterson would leave. Why would he? TCU’s undefeated this year, and they’ll be in a big conference next year. He has everything he could possibly want in TCU, a great team, a good conference, recruiting in his backyard, warm weather. No reason to come up to the mess that is currently Michigan football.
What would Yzerman do?
We all don't know anything
I’m fine with us going with a smaller name Brady Hoke or even D2 coach.
Why?
Where did Jim Tressel coach before Ohio State?
Who knew Bo Schembechler before Michigan?
David Brandon holds all the information there is in making this next coaching change, the measure of his success in this decision will be in wins and losses.
What would Yzerman do?
I agree with everything but what you say about Hoke
Hoke is like hiring a C+ student with the most unconvincing resume imaginable.
Why do that when Brandon probably has a bunch of A+ students waiting to be interviewed for this job?
I agree that the right place to look is FCS and Division 2. But you have to choose carefully.
Dave Clawson kicked ass at Richmond, but has been a dud (so far) at Bowling Green.
Tressel lit it up at YSU and OSU.
This is why I think Keeler and many others in the FCS may be very interesting.
Go Blue!
by markusr2007 on Jan 5, 2011 2:23 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Fair Enough
Excellent point
What would Yzerman do?
let me put this miles thing to rest..
Gary Moller is DB’s close friend and confidant..
Less Miles did Moller wife ..
all the miles talk is smoke! no way in hell is DB going to hire a man who while the oc did the head coaches wife..
just ain’t going to happen! forget about it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/wondering-about-answer-miles
http://www.ncaafanzone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6098
So save your breath Miles is not going to even get an offer.
it's not that you are stupid, it's just that you don't suspect!
Nothing is good nor bad until compared to something else.
Farley is from Waukon, Iowa and lives now in Cedar Falls, Iowa
and Michigan has slightly, uh, higher media management expectations.
Farley is a cool guy but he’s the third-best head coach in Iowa.
Rhoads, btw, would be a strong sleeper, if he weren’t coaching a few miles from his home town. He’s certainly done a ton more with ISU than Chizik ever did. He’s also a former DC, and irony of ironies, it was he (DC at Pitt) who shut down RR and WVU in the last game of 2007, when WVU was playing for a MNC bowl slot.
We play tackle football, most of the time.
I like the idea of considering FCS candidates. Time to look for a coach that can develop players…its the only way Michigan can compete in the short term (the talent level in ’11 and ’12 is going to be low), and in the long-run, I think this is what people liked about Bo and Lloyd as the fabeled, “Michigan Man”.
I know from FCS to FBS isn’t an easy transition, Mike London had a pretty rough season at UVA, after dominating at Richmond. But not many people in Columbus are complaining. 10 years later.
Does Brady Hoke fit into this category…its not as though Ball State and SDSU are picking-up 5-star recruits right and left. I also think its not worth selling his 47-50 record as a head coach…its not easy to win at Ball State and SDSU, and I believe Mark Dantonio came to East Lansing with a less than stellar record (around 18-17).
Who else out there in the BCS can teach players? Patterson and Peterson are not leaving their programs. I would argue that the coaches at Nevada and Fresno would fit this category too, but both of them are lifers at their schools.
by AWOOOOO-Werewolves of London on Jan 6, 2011 10:49 AM CST reply actions
"Talent level '11 and '12 is going to be low"
Umm…no. If anything, due to the fiasco that is this year’s recruiting, it will be better in ’11 and ’12 than in years present.
At least one of Gardner or Robinson will return.
Everyone on the o-line minus Schilling returns.
Wide receivers are still stacked.
On defense, at least we will be more experienced and (GOD please let this be the case) hopefully better coached.
GO CUSE, BLUE, AND EAGLES!
Hoke Schmoke!
LEACH, baby!
No, not lil Mikey. RICK LEACH dammint!
Dungard facemasks and good play stickers!!!
Could we perhaps......
…….re-animate Bo and give him some sort of robo-heart so he could coach again? I mean, isn’t this the best solution? Don’t we do any science anymore at the University of MIchigan?
George Romero loves you, man
I think this is possible.
First, we just need to find a full tank of Trioxin.
Second, figure out a way to focus Bo’s attention on game strategy and protect all cheerleaders, refs and football players from getting their brains eaten. I don’t mind if a few Freep writers or camera men get attacked.
Man, I’m convinced Michigan would go 13-0 and be in the Rose Bowl every year with this approach
Go Blue!
LOL!!
Trioxin RULES! I live near a military base in St. Louis now….I’m sure a 55 gallon drum is bound to fall off of one of their trucks sometime soon, so I’ll be on the lookout searching the nearby gullies and ditches off the roads.
Let’s get Sharp and Rosenberg ready for the forthcoming meal (Zombie Bo would likely starve, though; not enough brains between those two).
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