Hockey CC: Mike Babcock

Submitted by DISCUSS Man on

let's look at some of the info here.

  • Contract expires after this season.
  • Made spontaneous comment out of nowhere about being on the Michigan bench a year ago, later dismissing it as a joke.
  • this posted in a front page post by Brian back when those comments were made-

 

Red Berenson has two years left on his contract and says this will be his last one. Speculation about his replacement has been rife. Veritably so. Folks around the program have been chattering about Red Wings coach Mike Babcock taking over for a few years now, primarily Michael Spath at the Wolverine but also from guys at the Daily:

 

@MichiganHockey @YostBuilt @cdbarker FWIW, in 09 I heard from multi. ppl. closely tied to Red when I covered UM that MB would be successor.

— Mark J. Burns (@markjburns88) April 29, 2014

people jumped up and down on here and all over the country saying Harbaugh to Michigan was a pipe dream. And it happened. Could Hackett pull it off?

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Tater

March 23rd, 2015 at 1:15 AM ^

Common sense says, "It isn't happening," but that doesn't mean it's impossible.  It certainly doesn't really make anyone "stupid" for thinking it could happen.  Berensen was an NHL coach of the year once.  

I would put the odds at 200-1, but there is still a "1" there.  

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umumum

March 22nd, 2015 at 10:12 PM ^

So you have no new information*.  Let's at least wait until some random person tweets something about this in 2015.  

*I suppose Harbaugh coming here got you thinking all things are possible.

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MGoFisticuffs

March 22nd, 2015 at 10:18 PM ^

I understand that hockey has been iffy the last couple years, but I think Red has earned the right to retire on his own terms. Our only duty is to have a succession plan in place for when he does.

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CoachBP6

March 22nd, 2015 at 10:27 PM ^

I would like to think Babcock would come, but I can't see him jumping at the opportunity being a head coach at the NHL level. Maybe if there is a 'Harbaugh' scenario involved we can hit the lottery again.

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JimLahey

March 22nd, 2015 at 10:36 PM ^

There's a better chance of me smoking a joint with the pope tonight than of Babcock becoming the UM hockey coach in the near future. I mean, both are really cool pipe dreams, but it just ain't in the cards.

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Wolverine Devotee

March 22nd, 2015 at 10:38 PM ^

Anything is possible with Hackett. If he does this right after hiring HARBAUGH, he deserves a building named after him. 

 

QUICK, someone make a gif of Babcock leaving the Joe and riding I-94 to Yost ala

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