Do you want to see the Team 136 thing continue next year?

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From what I understand that was a Brady Hoke thing he got during his playing days at Ball State, and was something that he carried with him when he was head coach at Ball St, took it to SDSU, and of course brought it here, to the point where teams past were retroactively called Team 65, Team 125, etc.

 

For the record, I thought it was kind of lame, especially the retroactive labelling. I especially didn't care for the number being prominently displayed on the student section shirts.

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JTrain

December 31st, 2014 at 8:49 AM ^

I like it. It acknowledges all the great teams before us. It includes past team members in discussions. I'm ok with it.
I think the legacy jerseys need to go tho.



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EGD

December 31st, 2014 at 9:03 AM ^

The team number thing is not a Brady Hoke thing. It's been around for ages. I remember reading an article shortly after the national championship in '97 where some older alumni were being asked about it and saying things like "the boys of team 119 [or whatever it was that year] did alright, eh?" Hoke may have popularized it outside the program but he didn't start it.

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chewieblue

December 31st, 2014 at 9:19 AM ^

Honoring the past and helping our guys see they are a part of something bigger is the right thing to do. I say keep it.
(Even though, as mentioned above, this was not just a Brady thing)

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CompleteLunacy

December 31st, 2014 at 9:47 AM ^

People will bitch and moan about anything, won't they?

Hoke failed here. That doesn't mean he was a "bumbling idiot", or that everything he did was a bad thing. Why is that so hard for people to get? We just got our man in Harbaugh, and he has a fairly strong roster to work with, thanks to Hoke. The bad stuff is in the past now...for the love of God, can we leave it that way and drop it?

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CompleteLunacy

December 31st, 2014 at 9:55 AM ^

The team number thing is great, because it gets players and recruits excited. I do not care who originated it...frankly if it was a Hoke-only thing I would still say keep it, because it's cool. But as others have pointed out, Hoke was far from the first to use the "Team XXX" thing.

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JoFree

December 31st, 2014 at 9:51 AM ^

concept is neither new, nor unique to Michigan as has been pointed out here several times.

Further evidence of other team number usage, when my son entered the training program to become a special agent for the Drug Enforcement Administration his class was assigned number BA 176 - - the 176th Basic Agent class.

That small gesture does give an individual a sense of team - a connection to something beyond   the individual and a link to all the teams that came before. I also think we should keep it as it serves more to re-enforce Bo's concept of the team than it was used by Hoke and therefore bad.  Far too shortsighted - we're better than that.

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BlueKoj

December 31st, 2014 at 9:55 AM ^

Current players/recruits continue to use it, so I'm guessing it'll stay that way. If the players like it, they'll use it. If JH likes it, he'll use it. I'm okay with that.

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It Happened

December 31st, 2014 at 10:07 AM ^

No problem with it. It's not like Hoke was the first person to ever use the concept. When I went through the Criminal Justice Academy, we did the same thing with the class numbers.

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MP48

December 31st, 2014 at 10:07 AM ^

Some may say it is a gimmick, but a well played one. Remember how the recruits got behind it and started identifying themselves by their class number? If the players are eating it up, may as well continue. it just adds to the theme of tradition, team, and actually sets us apart as not too many other programs can match that number of football classes.

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lilpenny1316

December 31st, 2014 at 10:13 AM ^

The only new things I could think of from the last 7 years that I want to retain are the Spring BBQ and night games.  The only old thing I can think of that I want to bring back is winning over 75% of our games.

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Amaizing Blue

December 31st, 2014 at 10:14 AM ^

Not that it will make a difference to anyone, but after this I am done reading or adding to comments about either man. I was happy with both hires initially, but neither delivered the results we all wanted. Both were good guys, IMO. However, the last seven years led to yesterday, which has the potential to be the best thing to happen to Michigan football since January 1, 1998. Good luck to both-now give me MOAR HARBAUGH!

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umumum

December 31st, 2014 at 10:46 AM ^

All of the points on endowed naming rights--save the "whore" characterization--are appropriate. Difficult to fix now, but one that hopefully ended with Brandon's departure.  

The "Ohio" thing has to go--it makes us look small, not OSU.  

The "Team __" should largely remain an internal team thing--not to be used generically by the fanbase.  It has too much of an cutesy, nicknamey "insider" feel for my taste--at least for those who aren't actually on the field.

That said, I still have some "get off my lawn" moments, as I don't especially like referring to Michigan Stadium as "the Big House"--a reference I believe was coined by non-Michigan Man Keith Jackson, and one favored outside the Michigan community even more than within. {although I suspect it may have panache with recruits.]

 

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cGOBLUEm

December 31st, 2014 at 11:28 AM ^

I like it. I would like "Ohio" to stop. Hoke went 1-3 against OSU, so it doesn't work--had he gone 3-1, then maybe. You can't mock your rival when you haven't beaten a legitimate said rival. I do like the team #, though. It takes the emphasis off of single players and puts it on the team as a whole. . THE TEAM, THE TEAM, THE TEAM.

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