Congratulations to Former UM Linebacker James Ross III on his new coaching gig at Tulane.
I just wanted to take a minute to acknowledge one of our own. It's being reported that James Ross III was hired as Linebackers Coach at Tulane. This entire situation is a testament to how rewarding the game of football can be. If you work hard, prepare, bring the right energy to whatever the challenge is, the universe will bring good things back. Congratulations James, you embody what it means to be "A Michigan Man". Good luck at your next stop on the coaching train and I hope you get the opportunity to come back home soon. Go Blue!!!!
March 27th, 2023 at 11:13 AM ^
Go Green Wave, Go Blue (my two alma maters!)
Congrats to James Ross
March 27th, 2023 at 11:39 AM ^
I saw that Joe Bolden is also the ST coordinator and defensive assistant at Tulsa. He previously held similar roles at Nevada.
(I don't hold it against him that he also coached at OSU. You've gotta take your opportunities wherever they come.)
March 27th, 2023 at 11:39 AM ^
And Harbaugh's coaching tree sprouts a new branch. Good Luck and God Speed, JR III.
March 27th, 2023 at 11:45 AM ^
Short of billionaire, President of the US, or Aiden Hutchinson's dad/Surgeon, I don't think there is a better job for former players than as football coaches.
March 27th, 2023 at 11:52 AM ^
Or Drummer!
March 27th, 2023 at 11:54 AM ^
I've heard that being a failed CEO, failed Athletic Director, and failed CEO (again) can be pretty lucrative. Not sure that I'd want that for myself, but it can get you a pretty sweet house with a cheesy-ass sign out front.
March 27th, 2023 at 12:00 PM ^
Complete with a grammatical error LOL
March 27th, 2023 at 12:48 PM ^
That's not an error, that's just how that guy thinks. Brandon's really means "just me" "just the Dave's".
He did not mean to imply it was a place where his family would be happy (i.e., Brandons')!
It's worse than a misplaced apostrophe--it doesn't require an apostrophe at all because "Brandons" isn't a possessive; it's a plural. It's should just be "where the Brandons could live."
I’d forgotten about that. What kind of jackass puts a plaque like that on his house? (Before I get inundated with tales of Brandon idiocy, it’s a rhetorical question.)
Brandon has got to be on the Mt. Rushmore of deplorable UM alums.
In no particular order: Larry Nassar, Ted Kaczynski, Dave Brandon...
Actually Dave was not a failed CEO twice over. I worked with him at Valassis and he was a very demanding leader who took a small company and grew it exponentially. Of course he rewarded himself greatly in the process as most CEOs do. He was a marketing guy with a lot of ideas which often conflicted with the U of M fan base. His greatest failure was not getting Harbaugh in the fold and unfortunately sticking with Hoke. He actually probably would not have done bad if he had been able to get JH because I can just about guarantee that he would have been all over finding donors for NIL. Definitely a douche move on the house naming thing. I believe he had another mansion in Arizona with an equally cheesy name.
He was also a professional turnover ceo, taking struggling businesses and gutting the staff via quotas. When he took over the UM Athletics Department I was surprised he treated it the same way, like a failing business, announcing he would arbitrarily get rid of a substantial part of the established department staff to meet a target percentage, to its detriment.
Fun fact: Dave Brandon is currently on the Board of Directors at Zeeland, MI based MillerKnoll (formerly Herman Miller)
https://www.millerknoll.com/investor-relations/corporate-governance/board-of-directors
March 27th, 2023 at 11:52 AM ^
Cesar Ruiz & "Detroit Willie" Green can show him around town.
March 27th, 2023 at 11:57 AM ^
That's quite the progression for James. Spent 2021 on the Hope College coaching staff, then jumped to Cincy, now at Tulane.
Congrats!!
March 27th, 2023 at 12:12 PM ^
It feels like a lot more former players are quickly advancing into good coaching jobs. I generally think "culture" is BS - winning teams have great culture, not the other way around - but other teams wanting to bring in Michigan alums as leaders and teachers is a pretty good sign that JH is doing something right.
I've worked at several places with toxic work culture. I've worked at some with great culture. It made a huge difference in my everyday life. There is something to that in sports too.
I also think you can have a bad culture and still win. See 1980s Miami and their White House cocaine culture, or Urban Meyer's Circle of Trust at Florida.
Counterpoint: the Clippers under Donald Sterling
He was so toxic, the team actually improved as he came down with cancer and Alzheimer's.
March 27th, 2023 at 12:34 PM ^
"James, can I call you James? Congratulations!"
March 27th, 2023 at 12:35 PM ^
Congrats,JR3...Go Blue!
March 27th, 2023 at 12:59 PM ^
A hockey player too
I imagine the collisions between Ross and Khalid Hill were epic in practice drills.
Another sprout from the Harbaugh coaching tree
Biggs! Great guy, well deserved.
Congratulations, Mr. Ross!