Thursday, November 13, 2014

Michigan Thursday: Is It Really A Bye Week?

Are you looking for Michigan to have one of the best coaches in the country?  
 
Are you looking for a coaching staff the develops players from 3 stars to top draft picks?
 
Are you looking for a program that is winning Big Ten Championships and doing well in the post season? 

The answer of course is Michigan Basketball.  It's is unbelievable that our two storied programs have swamped places.   What we have in our basketball program is exactly what we want/need in our football program.  It all started with the hiring of John Beilein and that is where it will start with the football program as well.   RR was a panic hire and Hoke was a "family" hire.   Let's go out and find the best guy for the job!

Saturday is not a bye week!  Michigan plays it's first basketball game of the season at home on Saturday at 2:00 against Hillsdale.   The game will be on the internet on ESPN 3.   Make sure Crisler is close to sold out and support this young team!!

Coach Speak from Wednesday Presser:

  • Norfleet is good to go next weekend
  • Derrick Green could be back for next Saturday
  • Northwestern was the best game the Offensive line has had this season  (is that them or NW's DL?)

Pat Forde now with Yahoo Sports thinks that Bob Stoops would be a good fit in Ann Arbor.  Potential hire: Presuming the Harbaughs wish to stay in the NFL and Les Miles wishes to stay at LSU, the school likely will have to let go of its incestuous Michigan Man obsession and look beyond the Bo Family Tree. It could do far worse than Dan Mullen – if it could get him. Greg Schiano also is out there, very much ready to chop sideline wood again somewhere.  

If we get to the Schiano on the list, there probably have been 5 or 6 guys turn down the job.  I am confident Les would not turn down the opportunity to come back to Ann Arbor.   He will just need to bring Cam and John Chavis with him. 

  • If President Schlissel is looking for a new AD from a strong academic university, is well respected, knows how to run big time sports, and understands the financial impact Michigan Football has on the overall University.    Brad Bates from BC could be your guy.  Brad of course graduated from Michigan and was a walk-on DB under Bo.    He recently told his home town newspaper this:  "There is no value of me commenting on other institutions and their processes," Bates told the paper. "I love it here at Boston College, my values align with the institution and I hope to be here a long time."

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