tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068822035923402169.post4618889915092476884..comments2024-03-28T14:14:20.774-04:00Comments on The BIG HOUSE Blog: Brandon's Vote For HokeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068822035923402169.post-47098771206120602542013-11-30T01:09:36.462-05:002013-11-30T01:09:36.462-05:00I agree with Brandon for the most part. But his st...I agree with Brandon for the most part. But his statement that he will be counted as one of the all time great coaches at Michigan is a little pre mature. Of course he supports him, he singlehandedly chose him. <br /><br />I agree that he is the coach that should be there, but Al needs to go and so does anyone who is teaching the OL (I hope this isn't Hoke). I just watched UW vs WSU today and their halfback Sankey average nearly 6 yards a touch, how on earth UW can average that when we have the talent that we've signed the last several years is beyond me. It comes down to coaching, bottom line. Look at Auburn this year, Chizik knows how to coach offense. tho0505https://www.blogger.com/profile/07949150704303697671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068822035923402169.post-18816926116632953382013-11-29T20:22:51.161-05:002013-11-29T20:22:51.161-05:00I'm sorry, but I think this is much simpler th...I'm sorry, but I think this is much simpler than the conspiracy theorists are making it. It's a vote of confidence from his boss. He specifically mentions games people play to discourage recruits. This is Brandon's personal effort to shut up news and blog know-it-alls and keep the work Hoke's recruiting team has done firmly together (i.e. keep Peppers on board--he did mention he opened up his recruiting out of concern over rumored coaching changes, did he not?). Any more speculation is exactly what Brandon calls it: negative energy from misguided, passionate fans or haters. <br /><br />Honestly, I cannot figure out which it is much of the Wolverine blogosphere is anymore, but I find myself more and more turned off by it and all its commentators, and I did read it through the Rich Rod years. I'm near my limit though. The impatience and unrealistic expectations is just too tiring to absorb anymore. We're adults. We're alumni. We're not the team. We're not the athletic department. Those parties have been around and winning a lot longer than any of us. All this access to data in all its forms of stats, videos, and weekly media press conferences (which I am repeatedly dumbfounded how any of you still expect anything other than press-speak to come out of those things and then manage to draw inane conclusions from what wasn't said, as if any coach worth his salt would open up about the issues you want direct answers about) has saturated your brains into thinking you hold individual and collective answers that somehow the former parties (team and athletic department) are blind to seeing. You're all drunk on your own kool-aid. I enjoyed it all when simple blogs reported on games and players' seasons. The disgusting heavier and heavier coverage of high school recruiting has made national icons out of kids. We're all as responsible as Rivals, Scouts, 24/7, and ESPN for that. This obsession culture of college football is as bad as the monetizing of college football; it's just a different side of the same sickness. I'm out. I won't participate anymore. I'll be a fan; I won't further feed this monster we've created.Kid Adorablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16398413449226590032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068822035923402169.post-78777332641746468872013-11-28T18:46:53.367-05:002013-11-28T18:46:53.367-05:00I agree ... the need to give a vote of confidence ...I agree ... the need to give a vote of confidence is usually the kiss of death for a coach even in college sports because it also tells the world that the boss has also smelt the same smoke and see the same fire that everyone else sees and now they feel the heat from it. <br /><br />With David Brandon’s denial notwithstanding, this officially places Hoke (or staff) on notice, especially from David Brandon because as you remember, Brandon gave a short rope to Rich Rodrigues and then he cut that rope after three years, which is normally considered premature. Then Brandon conducted this national search for a coach revealing Brady Hoke, and so now Hoke is HIS man. He can’t blame this on the previous AD. He’s placed own his stamp of approval on Hoke. Therefore, when he felt the need to make a public defense of coach Hoke, he's not just speaking to the Michigan faithful; he's speaking to his own bosses. His neck is on the line and you can best believe that he has had some sort of conversation with his superiors about this embarrassment on the field, and you know he’s spoken to Hoke about the direction that this ship is headed.<br /><br />The success of an Athletic Director from a school like Michigan is graded in part on the coaches that they bring into their respective sports to represent their athletic programs. Winning, helps the alumni feel good about the sizable donations that they make that fund programs, pay salaries and build buildings. Michigan is a brand name and it is worth some significant dollars for many reasons but when that brand has difficulty in beating the Appalachian States, the Toledo’s and is never in the conversation to play in or win the Big Ten Championship in football, then the brand name is placed in jeopardy. <br /><br />If it weren't the case, then there would be no reason for David Brandon to say anything at all, because public sentiment doesn't change what happens on the field of play. Plus, the Wolverine Nation as a whole is so loyal that they will continue to buy and support all things Michigan, i.e., the stadiums will always be full and they will always purchase the memorabilia. However, if the golden goose that promotes that brand name is struggling with the likes of Akron and the UConn’s of the world, then it doesn’t bode well for any Michigan Athletic Director and Michigan football coach.<br />Look for something to change at the end of the season……IMHOVoice of Reasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09249702271701679486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068822035923402169.post-56069749105718284152013-11-28T15:30:32.903-05:002013-11-28T15:30:32.903-05:00Under Hoke, Michigan has gone in one direction: do...Under Hoke, Michigan has gone in one direction: down.<br />Down, backwards, regressed; however you want to call it. <br />The "vote of confidence" is a stop the bleeding measure, nothing more. <br />Brandon had absolutely not expected to be in this situation, and doesn't want to make a change on short notice, so I've now changed my mind: Hoke not out this year, but next, and Brandon will have time to find a big name (who hopefully can turn this mess around).<br />Brian S Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13157766736162157457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068822035923402169.post-32381383595456371022013-11-28T14:17:30.003-05:002013-11-28T14:17:30.003-05:00First off to all my fellow wolverines I wanna wish...First off to all my fellow wolverines I wanna wish u all a happy thanksgiving from north of the border..Toronto, home of the world famous Rob Ford....I can only hope somehow we can find a way to change this "funk" lol...<br />I can hope that guys from the D...Gardner I'm talking to u...Mayby use the words that Kirk Cousins used when beating us.."WALK DOWN THE STREETS OF MICHIGAN WITH MY HEAD UP HIGH" he knows how important this rivalry is.... He knows what this means..I hope he knows he is the key to this years game...GO BLUEIn Harbaugh we trusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11898180503735852367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068822035923402169.post-90392625638249804852013-11-28T10:56:18.794-05:002013-11-28T10:56:18.794-05:00If u want to see a Michigan win over Ohio, quick t...If u want to see a Michigan win over Ohio, quick tune into the Big Ten Network. Scott Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05656497653843030628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068822035923402169.post-43944404213256073322013-11-28T10:56:12.875-05:002013-11-28T10:56:12.875-05:00If u want to see a Michigan win over Ohio, quick t...If u want to see a Michigan win over Ohio, quick tune into the Big Ten Network. Scott Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05656497653843030628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068822035923402169.post-44944260295367118352013-11-28T10:21:46.757-05:002013-11-28T10:21:46.757-05:00Everyone needs to pay attention, I've said thi...Everyone needs to pay attention, I've said this here before....Brady Hoke is NOT the problem. In all honesty, he's the solution. If/WHEN the OLine improve, this entire team will look exponentially better in every important aspect of the game. The QB(s) will look much better, the RB's will look better, the WR's will look better too. The defense will look better from not being on the field for 2/3 of the game. Borges will be let go, that's pretty clear in my eyes. <br /> Everyone's 1st inclination is to hang onto the whole "vote of confidence = kiss of death" type of philosophy, but I prefer to think that what Brandon said about not being too far away from consistency has truth to it. We have a lot of youngsters getting playing time, that will be a benefit in the long run, and as stated already, this team is close to being consistent because all we need to fix is 1 thing.....just my 2 cents from a glass is 1/2 full perspective. Happy Thanksgiving everyone. God bless!Big35Hurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00196182411854233106noreply@blogger.com