Gulogulo37

April 9th, 2015 at 9:03 PM ^

I'm guessing that was soon after he was fired. I'm sure some time away from the game can make you change your mind. You hear that all the time about guys thinking of retiring or kids going early to the NBA. After the season a player or coach thinks he's done or a kid thinks he has to avenge losing in the tourney, and then they sit down and think about it and recharge and change their minds.

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steve sharik

April 9th, 2015 at 9:56 PM ^

Just not likely as HC at a Power 5 school.  Those who are thinking "maybe Purdue," I don't think any B1G AD would take a risk like that--he was given the keys to a potential gem of a program, had all the resources and support anyone could ask for, and failed at winning enough games.

I could see him as a mid-major HC, or most likely a Power 5 DL coach. Guy just loves football and helping kids too much.  

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MichiganMAN47

April 9th, 2015 at 1:17 PM ^

Great man, so-so head football coach. Not even a bad coach- he did get us to a Sugar Bowl win. He did a lot of good for the University of Michigan. He was precisely the person we needed at that point in time. Harbaugh was not ready for the role, and now he has a lot better resume. The timing could not have been better. We were lucky to have Brady!

I'm confident Brady will find success with something in the near future. He is too good of a man to not have success, at least in an administrative role.

In a decade or two Brady will return to Michigan to honor that Sugar Bowl team, and he will get a big applause.

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AlwaysBlue

April 9th, 2015 at 1:33 PM ^

how much Hoke's tenure played into Harbaugh's decision.  I bet some though.  As Hackett said, Hoke was masterful about a lot of things.  People don't want to acknowledge what a hole Michigan was in when Hoke arrived.  At least Hoke "got" what Michigan was about and recruited around those themes.  Yes, Hoke couldn't deliver in wins but he delivered in many other ways and Harbaugh and Michigan are better off for it.

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JayMo4

April 9th, 2015 at 1:23 PM ^

Oh, Brady Hoke went to Oregon's practice, did he?

Well I sure hope he had a really good time!

 

No seriously, I mean it.

Sorry if that sounded sarcastic.

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Gr1mlock

April 9th, 2015 at 1:28 PM ^

There was a freep article the other day chroncialling Hoke's tour of football.  It reads sort of depressing, actually, like Brady's wandering lost asking anyone he meets "can you teach me to football?"  Don't get me wrong, I thought he sucked as a coach, but he's a good dude and it's kind of sad seeing him come off this lost, professionally.  

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Mr. Yost

April 9th, 2015 at 1:45 PM ^

But after witnessing Hoke for 4 years, he's stubborn as hell and I won't believe for a second he's going to implement any of this unless it's a DL technique. 

If he put a little bit of Oregon or TCU in our offense the past few years he probably would still be the coach.

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Brady Elliott

April 9th, 2015 at 3:07 PM ^

I would say most if not all successful coaches are stubborn. It's a matter of what they are stubborn about. I also think some of the perceived stubbornness was at least in part to four different things- he hired a stubborn OC (see Borges and bubble screen), he disliked interacting with the media and thus was determined to not give them any information and was hesitant to acknowledge mistakes (in loyalty to his staff), he in some way bought into the mysticism of the Michigan way and the power running game, and my conspiracy theory is that Brandon was also a factor. I think there were things done behind the scenes that limited what hoke could do. Some of the issues I noted were weaknesses of mistakes of his but I think the stubborn meme is overblown. I think there were other circumstances at play. Would the fact that he is visiting Oregon and TCU speak to the fact that he is not stubborn? His track record as a coach would indicate there are certain things he is not stubborn about and offensive philosophy is one of them.

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Bo4President

April 9th, 2015 at 1:47 PM ^

Must be hard knowing your career is potentially over.

Imagine you getting your dream job and sucking at it and let go.

He is a small time coach or division 2 coach.

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CoverZero

April 9th, 2015 at 2:48 PM ^

I wish Brady Hoke the best and I hope that he is taking this time off to Reboot, spend time with his family, get in shape and lose 40lbs (he is in dangerous shape for his age), and learning fresh coaching philosophies.

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Perkis-Size Me

April 9th, 2015 at 3:47 PM ^

Good for him. Sounds like he's trying to get back into coaching, but also taking the time to meet with other programs and learn from his mistakes.

Wish him nothing but the best.



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CoachBP6

April 9th, 2015 at 6:32 PM ^

Hoke failed at UM bc of his stubbornness in all aspects of the game. It's nice to see him trying to learn and incorporate some modern offense / practice techniques into his philosophy. Brady didn't fail at Michigan bc he didn't give it his all, Brady failed at Michigan bc of his refusal to go against his archaic philosophies. I will always appreciate his love and passion for UM, it's gotta be tough to be on top of the world one minute to being fired from your dream job the next minute.

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