Is Michigan at the point that it is going to be looking for a new coach?

[cwerph]

I think how Michigan finishes this season might play a big part.

If they lose @ Northwestern and at home against Ohio State...and perhaps if they lose their bowl game, they could be fishing for a new coach.

After thinking about it, I wonder how Les Miles feels about going back to Michigan? I know it's been brought up SEVERAL times in the past, but after seeing for how long Alabama has been dominating the SEC, I wonder if Les Miles would have some interest in going to Michigan to try and turn it around...maybe thinking there's the possibility he could turn it around, win the Big Ten, and perhaps make it to a NC. At the moment, it seems a little more plausible than trying to make it through that meatgrinder that is the SEC schedule.

We interrupt this pissing match to get back to the actual topic posited by the OP.

Well done!

 

[AfrikaBlack]

Maybe. Hard to tell really. He certainly can't be worse than what you have now.

Pretty sure if he was in Michigan for 5 years he would of had the ball rolling by now.

 

[The Authority]

One thing I will say is that it would be much more fun to beat Les Miles all the time than Brady Hoke.

 

[Sox33OSU]

Pretty sure if he was in Michigan for 5 years he would of had the ball rolling by now.

More than likely, though given his big game coaching, I can't say for sure you guys would be elite. He happens to be in the middle of a recruiting hotbed at a school with no discernible academic standards, and even when players on his team screw up off the field he just holds a "team vote" to decide if they can stay. Overall, I don't know if he is that elite of a HC. He's definitely very good, but I don't think he's at the level of Urban or Saban.

 

[jalopy]

More than likely, though given his big game coaching, I can't say for sure you guys would be elite. He happens to be in the middle of a recruiting hotbed at a school with no discernible academic standards, and even when players on his team screw up off the field he just holds a "team vote" to decide if they can stay. Overall, I don't know if he is that elite of a HC. He's definitely very good, but I don't think he's at the level of Urban or Saban.

If I were David Brandon, I would have a blank check delivered to Les Miles on Dec 1 and send a plane to pick him up on Dec 2. Hopefully, he wouldn't use that check to entice Fournette to come to Baton Rouge.

He might not be the elite coach that Saban (the Urban omission is intentional) is but he is the best Michigan is going to get right now.

 

[Sox33OSU]

If I were David Brandon, I would have a blank check delivered to Les Miles on Dec 1 and send a plane to pick him up on Dec 2. Hopefully, he wouldn't use that check to entice Fournette to come to Baton Rouge.

He might not be the elite coach that Saban (the Urban omission is intentional) is but he is the best Michigan is going to get right now.

I don't know about that. I hate to say it, but it's still fuckin Michigan. It's a prestigious program that, even when down, is enticing. I said it when you hired him that you settled big-time for Hoke, and I still think that, maybe even more. I see him exiting after 2014 (assuming you don't all of the sudden discover how to coach talent and win when you're supposed to), and the next name will not be some relative no-name like him.

 

[AfrikaBlack]

More than likely, though given his big game coaching, I can't say for sure you guys would be elite. He happens to be in the middle of a recruiting hotbed at a school with no discernible academic standards, and even when players on his team screw up off the field he just holds a "team vote" to decide if they can stay. Overall, I don't know if he is that elite of a HC. He's definitely very good, but I don't think he's at the level of Urban or Saban.

He would be fine in the Big Ten.

 

[Sox33OSU]

He would be fine in the Big Ten.

We thought the same about Rich Rod.

 

[AfrikaBlack]

I don't know about that. I hate to say it, but it's still fuckin Michigan. It's a prestigious program that, even when down, is enticing. I said it when you hired him that you settled big-time for Hoke, and I still think that, maybe even more. I see him exiting after 2014 (assuming you don't all of the sudden discover how to coach talent and win when you're supposed to), and the next name will not be some relative no-name like him.

Brandon didn't want to cut the check he just wanted a yes man.

 

[AfrikaBlack]

We thought the same about Rich Rod.

Big Ten plays defense so no we didn't lol.

 

[jalopy]

I don't know about that. I hate to say it, but it's still fuckin Michigan. It's a prestigious program that, even when down, is enticing. I said it when you hired him that you settled big-time for Hoke, and I still think that, maybe even more. I see him exiting after 2014 (assuming you don't all of the sudden discover how to coach talent and win when you're supposed to), and the next name will not be some relative no-name like him.

The problem with Miles isn't his coaching ability, it is his ego. Michigan will always prioritize education and will never let the Football Program compromise it. Bo understood that and embraced it but I'm not sure Miles could. Hoke embodies everything the University of Michigan stands for (except winning).

The Hand news is huge because the casual fan will blame this on Hoke and begin to turn on him. He's done now. A year on the rumor mill will only deteriorate the program further.

 

[BucksFanInGA]

I honestly have no idea how good Les Miles actually is... He's obviously a great recruiter, but so far so is Hoke...

Part of me wonders if he just gets wins based on the amount of talent he pulls in and not so much due to his excellent coaching...

I don't think I've ever facepalmed so much watching any other coach on gameday...

 

[Oney]

I think Hoke will be there another year, but who knows. I'm not sure they win another game this year, though.

I mean, is there O line beat up or what? Negative rushing yards in back to back weeks is ridiculous.

 

[bamabear82]

I think Hoke will be there another year, but who knows. I'm not sure they win another game this year, though.

I mean, is there O line beat up or what? Negative rushing yards in back to back weeks is ridiculous.

That is pretty crazy.

 

[7Samurai13]

That is pretty crazy.

If it happens a third time, with it being Northwestern, he should be left in Evanston and kill the university cell phone he has.

 

[Sox33OSU]

I think Hoke will be there another year, but who knows. I'm not sure they win another game this year, though.

I mean, is there O line beat up or what? Negative rushing yards in back to back weeks is ridiculous.

It's a young line, but it's also supposed to be wildly talented. And what happened to Derrick Green?

 

[Sox33OSU]

Brandon didn't want to cut the check he just wanted a yes man.

That's about the extent of what Brady is able to eloquently say...

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPxPSzz0LBY]Brady Hoke: Philosopher King - YouTube[/ame]

 

[AfrikaBlack]

It's a young line, but it's also supposed to be wildly talented. And what happened to Derrick Green?

Hoke being Hoke. Giving his senior all of the touches no matter what.

 

[ForkEmBucky]

They should be. Did you see how excited he was to beat Toledo this year? Wasn't that at home? I don't think he quite understands Michigan if he pumps his fist after that near miss.

 

[7Samurai13]

They should be. Did you see how excited he was to beat Toledo this year? Wasn't that at home? I don't think he quite understands Michigan if he pumps his fist after that near miss.

Akron not Toledo