Brandon finally released a statement at 1:00 AM Tuesday morning. It's long but here is the most important paragraph:
In my judgment, there was a serious lack of communication that led to confusion on the sideline. Unfortunately, this confusion created a circumstance that was not in the best interest of one of our student-athletes. I sincerely apologize for the mistakes that were made. We have to learn from this situation, and moving forward, we will make important changes so we can fully live up to our shared goal of putting student-athlete safety first.
Brady Hoke also was not informed of the concussion before his press conference on Monday. Nice work guys. Are you both trying to get fired? Why release this at 1:00AM?
All that's left here is if David Brandon fires Brady Hoke now or at the end of the season. If he waits, he might not get to fire Brady because he will probably be on the street as well.
When Michigan continues to show up on ABC News for bad things, somebody has to pay with their job.
Buckle up, because recruiting is going to get bad as the season moves forward. Michigan will probably lose about 50% of it's recruiting class.
- Four-star NC DE Darian Roseboro is already gone. He just committed a couple weeks ago.
- TE Chris Clark and CB Garrett Taylor have one foot out the door. You might remember that Taylor just tore his ACL a few weeks ago.
Also this hit the internet yesterday as well:
A source has informed CoachingSearch.com that Michigan has gauged the interest of UConn director of athletics Warde Manuel and Boston College athletic director Brad Bates about their interest in the same position at Michigan. - Pete Roussel, Senior Coaching Insider
These are expected to be the two top candidates to replace David Brandon. John U Bacon responded quickly that his sources say this isn't true. Here is my take. I think there might be some truth to this report. Pete is well known and would not report a lie or make up a report. Michigan has a new president in Mark S. Schlissel and I'm pretty sure that most people don't know what he thinks of this situation. I would also argue that John U's sources might not be that tied into Mark's team.
If your wondering what Hoke's buyout is: $2M after the season. He is making 2.3M in salary this season. I would assume if they pulled the trigger right away it would cost the $2M and the rest of this 2014 salary, which should equal about $3M. Hoke's contract runs through the end of 2016.
As a point of reference, Charlie Weiss will be owed $7M from Kansas and ND is still paying him which will equal $20M when it's said and done. So Michigan should feel lucky with the 2 or 3M.
- The famous Michigan "Brady" Tom Brady and his Patriots played poorly on MNF last night as they got blown out by KC. Not a good week for Michigan Brady's.
6 comments:
I'm so glad that there is more talk about Dave Brandon being fired. I said, this years ago when I hear he had problems with Les Miles. It time to grow up Dave. Sounded like when he hired Hoke, he wanted a "YES" man. Not a coach who wants to win.
If you really think Brady Hoke doesn't "want to win" you're a frickin idiot.....
Frank Thomas was a class act, u son, don't have as much class as he left in his jock.
Like a spoiled little boy, u don't seem to be able to tolerate an opinion u don't agree with without calling people names and trying to belittle them.
Grow up dude.
Your right Big Hurt.....
Interesting take on blogging from mgobrew "One point bears repeating, in the basest of terms: do not be a dick. That is the single guiding philosophy for comments on this site. If you are a dick in real life, or on other sites, I'm not going to begin to tell you how to live your life. But don't pollute the community here.Dissent is not disloyalty, nor is it a crime. Passion is a wonderful thing. But here, harness it, and help us build something fun and cool and wonderful. It's much easier to tear something down and viciously attack than to constructively criticize and build something inclusive."
Anyone who gave Tim Reeds comment a second of thought would come to the conclusion that he wasn't questioning brady's desire to win... any and every coach wants to win.
I believe the point was brandon did not go after coaches who, in many people's opinion were more qualified and would have likely done a better job with the program, because he had some ax to grind with them. It has been reported that brandon harbors some resentment toward Les dating back decades and jim harbaugh openly bashed the quality of student athlete at Michigan.
Again, it's always good when you can disagree with someone without insulting them. Opinions are not facts, therefore they aren't right or wrong, they're opinions.
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