Sound Mind and Body Camp - Picture of Hoke and Meyer
EDIT: Damn, people - the post was simply a lighthearted (e.g. non-professional) opportunity for analysis of the photo's subjects. No need to agree with my personal analysis but I can't see why it's deserving of the malice shown below. You guys are grumpy today....cheer up.
I saw this picture and couldn't help but think how well it captures the essence of Brady Hoke and Urban Meyer. Brady is giving his attention to the two gentlemen that have cooked and served what appear to be some killer ribs; Urban is posing for the camera.
Normal guy who who relates to virtually everyone and truly is interested in people v. slick talking pretty boy who uses people. Regardless of whatever happens on the field in the next few years, advantage Michigan.
Anyone else see any irony in serving up huge plates of ribs at the "Sound Mind and Body" camp? "Everyone be healthy! ooooooo ribs om nom nom nom"
there is nothing better for my mind than ribs.
Maybe "Sound Mind Cholesteral-clogged Body" would be a better name for this event.
Then again, I'm not sure how sound a mind one has either to be eating standing up next to the trash cans that appear to be sitting outside the back door. Man, and people complained that Coach Rodriguez was a hick.
I will definitely stipulate to this: the desire to grab a rib or two from a steaming hot plate of them as they go past you, wherever you might be, or wherever you are offered them, is proof that you have a sound mind.
I was going to reserve making some childish remark about how great Hoke is and how bad Meyer is, until I saw the white shorts. Really??? Come on, man! You don't wear white shorts to eat ribs!
I'm 53 percent certain that he's wearing an apron or "pants bib" of some sort. If those were white shorts, we'd see a belt line or something, wouldn't we?
I make no assumptions about Urban's belt line. I leave that to the co-eds.
Urban in a Skort is almost as bad a mental image as remembering my coach in his coaches shorts and striped tube socks.
In light of the supposed health problems, this could be Urban, realizing he has been caught eating ribs, politely putting them back. All the while, he is thinking to himself, "Must remember what I said at the first resignation from Florida..." You could also argue that he didn't exactly like that particular batch, but that's OK because they didn't have a committable offer to his stomach.
What's more telling of Urb's personality is the white pants. No man should ever where white pants unless painting, playing sports (coaching isn't playing) or your name happens to be Boss Hog.
September can't get here soon enough.
"When I first heard of this ... I started laughing. I said, 'You can't do that.' And then our compliance said, 'You sure can.'"
Is there anything OSU compliance would say "no" to?
it points out the Meyer doesn't know the recruiting rules as well as he has made people believe.
Urban said that is because the coaches who attend not only get to talk to potential recruits, but also "coach" them on the field. Something that normally would be a violation of NCAA rules during the offseason. Apparently there's a by-law in the NCAA though that allows Adidas to run this event.
my reaction looking at photo: urban distracted from his conversation / eating ribs with the other three folks
thread author's reaction: urban caught mid-planning assasination plot on the president
Hoke: What do you think you're doing?
Meyer: You have this on camera if he bites my hand off, right?
Here is a fun topic for a thread: post a picture and make all sorts of inferences about the character of the people in said picture. You could even make a whole story up about what is happening/happened.
All joking aside, I don't like Meyer much, but I also don't like the idea of being so judgemental over a picture such as this...
The dog days of June Threads.... sigh
I was under the impression that coaches weren't allowed to be at these camps.
So was Urban. I think actually Hoke and Dantonio were kind of avoiding camps like this because they felt it was a fine line, but now there will be peer pressure for all the Big Ten coaches to go to things like this. Like Urban said, there are some kids who can't afford to go on unofficial visits for travel costs, etc. so they have to wait until senior year when the school's can foot the bill. This gets players some face time without travel low to no travel costs.
As I read more about it, it seems like they just spoke at the school. I think they aren't allowed to be present during the actual on-field camp portion.
You may be crazy for reading that much into the photo but I may be even more crazy for thinking that you are right.
Shocker!! Hoke is eating ribs?? Fat bastard.
My life? My life is a disaster zone. I've got a step-daughter so fucked up cause her real dad is this large-type asshole. I got a wife, we're passing each other on the downslope of a marriage - my 3rd - because I spend all my time chasing guys like you around the block. That's my life.
You aren't missing anything. Sorry for the confusion. I was just trolling the guy who said I was trolling with a quote from the movie Heat.
That's just good clean living there.
It's not like he presented an essay titled "Urban's Defining Moment: The Rib Snatch." He just found a photo that's comical because that's the impression we have of both of those guys.
For a thread competing with "Kidney Transplant Live Feed" and "I'm going to re-enact The Rookie" on the first page you guys sure are touchy.
Thank you for not joining in on my assasination. It was an interesting picture that in my opinion captured the essence of both men, nothing more, nothing less.
this photo is screaming to be captioned or shopped
Great time with @MSUAD Mark Hollis and his entire coaching staff at BTN today - a lot of fun to show them our world and watch them do a show
Is it just me or is it a huge oversight for MSU's coaching staff to go to the BTN instead of SMSB? I know, rabble rabble recruit galactically, but honest question, are they stupid or am I missing something?
Hey OP, can we get your brilliant anaylsis of this picture too?
Obviously, Meyer has absolutely no respect for people that ask to take pictures of him, and selfishly focuses on pleasing himself with food - he clearly didn't even thank the cooks for the food. Hoke, ever the Michigan Man, takes time out of his favorite past-time to acknowledge the nice gentleman asking for a picture - showing how down to earth he is.
Interesting companion photo. It does a good job of refuting my original analysis but confirms that Meyer is indeed wearing white shorts....and that's...yeah.
Urban had just said "Thanks for these great ribs". The guy on the left is laughing because he said, "What ribs? That's your 'rib'. Those ribs are Brady's ribs." Brady smiles.
I'm sticking with racist.
If there is a post, picture, and explanation and screams to all of us that it's the offseason, this is it. We have a winner among several worthy candidates.
Lol @ the dumb ass character analyses you people are coming up with based on this picture
Thanks for the laughs, as usual.
you say "you people," are you trying to say all of MGoBlog readers are making the inference? Or did you just read the original poster and then completely ignore everyone else commenting under it who told him that making an inference based on something like that was totally dumb? Oh, Buckeyelurker0509, who is making the inferences on people now? Thanks for THE laugh.
Or the other thing you might mean by this. You might mean that the "dumb ass character analyses (sic)" is actually funny and you are sincerely thanking us for the laughs. OH GOD...NOT SURE WHAT TO INFER FROM POST.
That's the theme song for the Jefferson's!
but now having digested the comments, I see you've been so thoroughly roasted that there's no need to skewer you further.
But since I'm here, I give you cinematic history's greatest exposition ever on the subject of ribs, courtesy of Chris "Gimme One Rib" Rock:
A couple of dudes sharing ribs out of a pan in an alley, next to a couple of trash cans.
No reaction to the headline of the article, no reaction to Meyer's comments about plans to recruit "up north".
I dare him.