January 8th, 2020 at 6:11 PM ^
Well. I’m bummed. I came here for a Hoke clapping gif and there isn’t a single one.
January 8th, 2020 at 6:14 PM ^
Good for him. He had quite a bit of success there the first time around. I think that's the level he's best suited for, and he always seemed to genuinely care about his players. Best of luck Brady!!
January 8th, 2020 at 6:20 PM ^
Just as long as we skip the part where he goes back to the HC of Michigan.
January 8th, 2020 at 6:47 PM ^
Go get um Brady. It is a shame your dream job didn't work out.
January 8th, 2020 at 7:22 PM ^
Anyone who loves Michigan is alright with me. Good luck coach!
January 8th, 2020 at 7:56 PM ^
He's 60+ and hasn't been a HC in 5 years. It'd be fairly humorous if he runs like the most outrageous modern spread whatever out there after turning the clocks back 50 years at Michigan with this Manball crap.
January 9th, 2020 at 10:56 AM ^
It's more likely he'll install Manball there and it'll work. Defenses continue to primarily prepare for the spread, so "manball" (by which we mean fielding a fullback, I guess) is going the way of triple option -- it calls for reads & assignments that players don't practice regularly and talent that bigger programs aren't looking for. Michigan was never going to enjoy that advantage because virtually every opponent picks apart Michigan's schemes with fanatical intensity, and plenty of them can (or at least could) recruit athletes with enviable blends of speed AND power that allow them to switch responsibilities easily enough.
The sorts of opponents he'll face at SDSU will lack either the inclination to pick apart schemes (and then spend a ton of practice time repping the countermeasures) or the resources to field players that can easily switch from chasing slotbugs to shedding a fullback block, if not both. Also, there won't be a fanbase expecting him to go undefeated every year.
So I mean I don't expect Hoke to be a world-beater but you can win 8-9 games a year at that level with an archaic scheme, with the occasional up or down year, and that'll be enough to keep the job.
January 8th, 2020 at 9:12 PM ^
I knew this would happen. Its the perfect place for Hoke and his wife. Good for him.
January 8th, 2020 at 9:37 PM ^
SDSU jerseys selling like hot cakes in Ohio today.
January 8th, 2020 at 10:36 PM ^
some people just fall up
January 8th, 2020 at 10:57 PM ^
Maybe he'll get the band back together and hire Al Borges. Greg Mattison seems to love Hoke, maybe he'll ditch OSU for SDSU. One can only hope.
January 9th, 2020 at 12:53 AM ^
This should end good for Brady. Gave him the support when he arrived in A2 but realized during the 2013 Akron and UConn games he wasn't the guy.
Nothing wrong with going to bowl as SDSU coach for the next 10+ years.
January 9th, 2020 at 8:58 PM ^
he's 61, i wonder how much longer he'll coach.
January 11th, 2020 at 11:37 AM ^
The man could recruit. His 2012 recruiting class was the nucleus of the 2016 team that played Ohio State into overtime.
If recruiting is what is keeping us behind Ohio State, Brady Hoke deserves credit for at least solving that piece of the puzzle . . .