September 12th, 2021 at 2:16 AM ^
Arizona has little talent on that roster. Brady runs a damn good program when that program isnt Michigan. I hope he makes a NY6 some day at SDSU.
September 12th, 2021 at 2:51 AM ^
Not sure what the implications of this are but it's very interesting.
September 12th, 2021 at 3:15 AM ^
shit's gone weird
September 12th, 2021 at 3:23 AM ^
I will always be a Hoke fan! No offense to the Arizona guys, but there was never a moment where I didn’t respect the man!
Will always wish him the best. Unless he faces Michigan.
September 12th, 2021 at 6:36 AM ^
I liked Hoke also, but I lost a little respect when he didn’t take Sugar Shane Morris out of the game after he was run over by a truck.
September 12th, 2021 at 9:43 AM ^
And the making a joke about brunette girls for a guy who had been accused of sexual assault
September 12th, 2021 at 9:51 AM ^
That was more of an organizational thing (on Dave Brandon). John U. Bacon wrote about this. Hoke didn't see the initial injury and the guys who were supposed to keep him informed of any injury issues weren't in place that day for some reason. Then, when he did notice the injury, Bellomy couldn't come in because the equipment guy didn't have his helmet ready.
September 12th, 2021 at 10:04 AM ^
Maybe if he wore a headset, he would have actually been aware of what was going on during the game.
Nice guy, but he had no business ever being our HC.
September 12th, 2021 at 10:09 AM ^
No coach sees everything that happens, headset or not. I forget which book it was, but Bacon broke down all the problems that happened there and made a convincing case that Brandon's meddling set us up for a disaster like that to happen.
Hoke wasn't the guy to coach Michigan (his record says it all), but I don't hold that incident against him.
September 12th, 2021 at 6:20 PM ^
it was definitely a team effort to make that mistake. it took the crowd booing to get shane out of there.
September 12th, 2021 at 10:36 AM ^
People also forget, or simply ignore, that Morris came off the field limping and went straight to the trainer. It was the trainer who cleared Morris to continue playing on his bad ankle. It was the trainer who didn't notice the possible concussion, and it was the trainer that failed to report to team officials that Morris may have been concussed. But yeah, people blame Hoke because A.) He wasn't the right guy for Michigan and B.) He didn't wear a headset, and C.) He wasn't the right guy for Michigan.
September 12th, 2021 at 4:22 AM ^
Arizona of course previously had Rich Rod as coach and currently has Don Brown as DC. SDSU has had Fab Five coaches Steve Fisher and Brian Dutcher in basketball. Two programs that love Michigan coaches.
September 12th, 2021 at 8:22 AM ^
Don't forget Jedd. Poor mountaineer barely kept the family shed.
September 12th, 2021 at 9:14 AM ^
Wait, is that a joke? Those aren't the words. Barely kept his family fed.
Anyway, RichRod is the mountaineer if we want to get technical about it.
September 12th, 2021 at 6:04 AM ^
I didn't watch the game, but in scanning the box score my guess is Arizona's offensive line was overmatched by SDSU's defense. I say that for two reasons:
(1) SDSU's defense had 11 tackles for loss against Arizona, and
(2) Arizona was 1 - 13 on third down conversions
There wasn't a lot of lost fumbles or interceptions, and Arizona didn't hurt itself with penalties as they only had 7 for 58 yards. Again, from a box score perspective Arizona couldn't get a run game going (only 49 yards, 2.6 average), and only managed a little passing (36 attempts for 179 yards).
SDSU ran the ball a lot (56 attempts, 271 yards, 4.8 average), and complemented that with 10 for 15 passing for 183 yards.
September 12th, 2021 at 6:11 AM ^
You can take the coach out of Michigan , but you can't take Michigan out of the coach. 3 yds and a cloud of rubber pellets.
September 12th, 2021 at 9:32 AM ^
If anyone wants a visual
September 12th, 2021 at 12:41 PM ^
Looks like 2020 UM defense.
September 12th, 2021 at 10:09 AM ^
SDSU only threw one pass in the second half. It was 35-7 at halftime and they worked really hard to not run up the score.
September 12th, 2021 at 7:49 AM ^
Clap clap clap clap clap
September 12th, 2021 at 4:07 PM ^
I rode on Hoke Brady road during my bike ride today. I felt like clapping.
September 12th, 2021 at 8:14 AM ^
Don Brown is not the coordinator you want when you have a talent deficiency compared to the other team. Dr. opposite of bend but don’t break saw his defense give up a lot of big plays.
September 12th, 2021 at 9:47 AM ^
What I don't understand is how he fielded a top 5 defense at Boston College. I guess he's been scouted more since then?
September 12th, 2021 at 10:27 AM ^
It is a great question. The pattern with each Don Brown team is that they kicked it up in year two. Theoretically, it takes a year to learn the system. I was also under the impression that once upon a time he ran more zone and more traps but this is beyond my knowledge. The last two years were so frustrating. Never rotate or engage the youngsters. Never run some type of hybrid zone.
September 12th, 2021 at 9:04 AM ^
Interesting and depressing all at the same time!
September 12th, 2021 at 10:02 AM ^
Am happy for Brady. He runs a very good and clean program. As much as liked Don Brown, am not surprised his defense is not good. It was very wise to let him go but I wish DB well. He would be best suited for U-Mass or somewhere back in New England.
September 12th, 2021 at 11:51 AM ^
Ha!
And Rich Rodriguez is pitching for the Atlanta Braves (NTRR)! Keeping all our old coaches top of mind.
September 12th, 2021 at 2:59 PM ^
Happy for Hoke, but I hope I never see him as a coach in Michigan ever again.
His wins went down every year here, and too many people made too many excuses for his 3rd year when he SHOULD have been shown the door.
September 12th, 2021 at 4:08 PM ^
Maybe a defensive line coach? Give him credit for identifying and developing some great DL while he was here.
September 12th, 2021 at 8:09 PM ^
"His wins went down every year here"
Every new coach should do everything possible to go 0-12 their first year. It builds a solid foundation for future improvement and you can always blame everything on the guy you replaced.