Bacon said something interesting on 105.1
He said his souces wouldnt go on record so it is not in Endzone, but a caller brought up that Bandon made personel recommendations when he came in to watch film on Sundays with the staff (so not cool) and said he was thinking of firing Hoke midway through last season and bringing in Greg Schiano. Did anyone else hear about this or have any more information?
As mentioned Bacon said he couldnt go into it but the way his voice sounded it wasnt difficult to tell there had to be some truth behind it.
August 25th, 2015 at 7:06 PM ^
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August 25th, 2015 at 8:34 PM ^
No, Miles had doinked Moeller's wife and spread shitty rumors about Carr's health when he was the DC at Okie State and lobbying for the Michigan job.
August 25th, 2015 at 9:00 PM ^
August 25th, 2015 at 9:05 PM ^
That 'urban legend' has been around for many, many years ... but the general strife between Carr and Miles is well documented.
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August 25th, 2015 at 11:34 PM ^
strikes me you lost the neg war
August 25th, 2015 at 6:24 PM ^
We could have had Harbaugh then but he was never asked. We could have skipped the Richrod-Hoke era all together. Did you really just ask me what Martin did? You dont remember the whole "gone fishing" failure? The Les Miles weird shit with the spray tan guy from college gameday? YOU ASK JIM HARBAUGH!!!!!!!
August 25th, 2015 at 6:43 PM ^
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August 25th, 2015 at 6:57 PM ^
Carr could have hired JH as QB coach instead of Leoffler, not that Leoffler was a bad QB coach. Why would you not if you had the opportunity? Like most hires, politics enters into it. JH could have succeeded Carr and no doubt would have been wildly successful, but then the NFL would call and we might be doing this all over again.
August 25th, 2015 at 7:54 PM ^
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August 25th, 2015 at 8:17 PM ^
Now that's a more interesting hypothetical. If Harbaugh is on our staff from 2002 onward, maybe he's promoted to OC in '06 and becomes the heir apparent. Oh well.
Having said that, Loeffler was a fine QB coach in his own right and Carr was familiar with his work, as he'd been a GA here to work with Brady.
August 25th, 2015 at 7:10 PM ^
Miles down, or irrelevant. There was no way he was getting the job then. I think Bacon even wrote about just that.
August 25th, 2015 at 8:09 PM ^
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August 25th, 2015 at 8:18 PM ^
Lloyd wouldn't hire him to serve as QB coach, let alone recommend him for HC.
He wasn't the Harbaugh HC legend at the time.
August 25th, 2015 at 9:23 PM ^
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Bill Martin is a real estate guy - that's what he does and did. His legacy at the University should most certainly tied to the incredible facilities and M Stadium renovations he came up with.
He is not a people person ...and has an odd personality. The whole "sailing around instead of hiring a coach" is an urban legend that grew from the complexities of Les Miles leading LSU to a national title and "someone" in the Carr camp leaking to Herbie that Miles would be the next coach.
Suddenly he wasn't going to be.
Stadium looks great, Crisler looks so much better ...the volleyball and wrestling venue ...all Bill Martin's doing.
August 25th, 2015 at 8:05 PM ^
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...because they knew Les would be (rightfully) pissed that someone would leak that information to GameDay on the same day he's supposed to be coaching a conference championship game. It was all inside baseball machinations, as it's pretty well known Les does not consider other options while his season is still going on.
August 26th, 2015 at 1:03 PM ^
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That's why the leak worked - Herbie and GameDay is as legit a source as there (was) is in CFB and they went on air to proclaim Miles as the next HC.
That forced Miles' hand on the subject and he had to publicly decline. Now unlike other coaches named Meyer and Saban he didn't then change his mind weeks later and instead stayed in Baton Rouge, but he was cornered by his own success.
Because the theory at the time was ....defeat Ohio State in the BCS Title game while at LSU and then following the win, announce his move to MICHIGAN.
Plan was foiled
August 26th, 2015 at 12:13 AM ^
Except I don't even think he was expecting to play for the national title. LSU had two losses and a bunch of teams blew it so they ended up in the title game. Once they won the title game he couldn't leave.
August 25th, 2015 at 11:45 PM ^
Fuck Barnacle Bill Martin. So we got some shiny new buildings under him. Clearly you've forgot about the rest.
August 26th, 2015 at 12:36 AM ^
He also put the AD's finances in order. And hired John Beilein. Most importantly, he was just in the background, like most ADs, as opposed to his successor who needed to be front and center.
August 26th, 2015 at 1:17 AM ^
... and he gave us PSLs
Shit OOC scheduling
Started alienating students and alum before DB ever could
Made Michigan a national laughing stock during the coaching search -- it is inexcusable that a big boy org such as Michigan didn't have a succession plan. Even in the case of an emergency
Assaults at the ND and New Hampshire game
August 26th, 2015 at 1:41 AM ^
PSLs were coming. That's just the reality. Everyone has them nowadays.
The crappy scheduling likely was as well - though note that Martin extended the ND series for a very long time, only for it to break under Brandon.
Alienating students? They continued to buy season tickets en masse throughout his tenure.
The 2007 coaching search obviously is his major downside. I'm not arguing otherwise - though I think you are overstating the "national laughingstock" part. Most fans of other teams didn't really care.
August 25th, 2015 at 5:56 PM ^
...how many days again? Too many.
August 25th, 2015 at 5:58 PM ^
of firing Hoke and hiring a new coach mid-season. He might have said they'd be better off with Schiano, but Brandon was a dead man walking after Minnesota. By midseason he was negotiating the terms of his departure. Surely, even he knew that he wasn't going to be allowed to hire a new coach. There's delusional, but that's a step beyond.
August 25th, 2015 at 6:02 PM ^
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No, I never heard any.
August 25th, 2015 at 9:20 PM ^
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August 25th, 2015 at 7:54 PM ^
Banhammered. Crossed the no-politics line way too many times
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August 25th, 2015 at 6:08 PM ^
what has become my final impression of Brandon: an ego-driven, meddling, controlling, profit-driven asshole who had little regard for anyone outside of his "circle of trust" which was comprised only of athletes, some ex-athletes, and large donors.
August 25th, 2015 at 6:12 PM ^
hoke was inept. i'd be offering him personel advice too.
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Knowing everything else we know now, I'm convinced that unless Bo himself was the head coach, Brandon would've meddled.
August 25th, 2015 at 6:12 PM ^
I've given up hope believing Brandon was competent AND that we'll ever get a true story about his time at UM. He's not going to say anything, and Bacon has a known axe to grind, so any chance (in most cases real) he has to rail on him, he will.