Michigan AD insulting fans in e-mails

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

After some digging, some verified e-mails from our AD have come to light after fans started e-mailing a popular Michigan blog and a few others.

Link:
David Brandon: "I Suggest You Find A New Team" | mgoblog

John U. BaconVerified account ‏@Johnubacon I have every confidence these emails are authentic, as many UM fans have forwarded similar replies from Dave Brandon to me over the years.

Some of the gems:

In response to the way he markets the Michigan brand and the handling of the RR firing/coaching search:

Mr. Smith,
As you are helping define the difference between academia and Corporate America for President Coleman and me (thank you so very much….incredible insight!) you inaccurately stated my reference to branding at the University. I have never referred to Michigan Football is a “brand”….because it is not. I have referred to the “Block M” as a brand….because it is!
Michigan Football is one of the many ways we build our brand at Michigan…as do the rest of our athletic programs, our health system, our academic units, and just about everything else we do at the University.
If this troubles you….I am sorry. However, it won’t change the fact that our Block M is one of the most recognized global brands in higher education…and I would think anyone with an email address of “UM Alum” would understand the power of that!
Go Blue! And, thanks for providing your deep research on Coach Miles.
Dave
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And there are others. Pretty spectacular collapse by our AD. I can't believe someone in that kind of position would be so douchey as to actually respond to this way to fans and alumni.

It also seems the AD is deleting e-mails to avoid FOIA request.....

Fire everyone.

 

[Ironbreaker]

lol... oh man...

Burn it! Burn it all!!!

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

Statement from UM is, uh...

Michigan spokesman says right now "there's nothing else to add" RE: MGoBlog report on Dave Brandon emails
— Nick Baumgardner (@nickbaumgardner) October 28, 2014​

The fact that they did not deny it is damning.

 

[yeodonie]

Go Blue

 

[outofyourmind]

Sounds like an AD that knows he'll be shown the door very very soon.

 

[Wild Turkey]

Sounds like an AD that knows he'll be shown the door very very soon.

That makes it even dumber and that much harder to find another job because burning bridges is never a good idea.

 

[NDHoosier101]

 

[Erie Warrior]

Sounds like he knows he's about to get canned. Reminds me of former Browns' GM Phil Savage. He flipped out on a fan, in an email, shortly before he was fired.

 

[7Samurai13]

I'm aware that there are emails but not fully aware on whether those emails exist or not.

 

[HizzleRocker]

That makes it even dumber and that much harder to find another job because burning bridges is never a good idea.

Yep. You would think somebody in that position would be able to see his own bigger picture.

 

[7Samurai13]

Michigan better act quickly to firing Brandon or they will be stuck with another of his head coaches.

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

Sounds like an AD that knows he'll be shown the door very very soon.

This has been going on for some time. It's only now that someone took all the e-mails and compiled them into one thing, connected the dots and did research to try validate them. It's even more shocking that this is how he has been acting behind closed doors for some time.

 

[7Samurai13]

Sounds like the AD is as smug and arrogant as the football team is.

 

[outofyourmind]

This has been going on for some time. It's only now that someone took all the e-mails and compiled them into one thing, connected the dots and did research to try validate them. It's even more shocking that this is how he has been acting behind closed doors for some time.

Sounds like the perfect opportunity to fire the bitch and get on with the gettin' on.
What's the fucking holdup now??

 

[Edonidd]

That makes it even dumber and that much harder to find another job because burning bridges is never a good idea.

You might wanna look up who Dave Brandon is. He will have absolutely no trouble finding another (higher paying) job if that was what he wanted. It just won't be in athletics this time.