Jim Delany - Why Does He Hate Michigan?

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We all see the manifestation.  What is the genesis of his hatred toward Michigan?  Time for him to retire.

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JBE

December 4th, 2016 at 7:55 PM ^

"Learning laboratory where integrity and hard work are instilled in young men." Give me a break. It's football. It's where young men smash into each other for a scholarship, or the possibility of glory, or, for some, a million dollar paycheck. It's not like these kids are curing cancer out there.

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Mediocracy3

December 4th, 2016 at 8:04 PM ^

who take football waaaaaayyyy more seriously than the players do. The team is on with their lives - Some of them making arrangements with agents for the NFL, some sitting at home with their dudes playing Xbox... Very few (if any) of them are ranting about conspiracies every chancce they get. 

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big john lives on 67

December 4th, 2016 at 8:20 PM ^

Call it what you want but don't try to sell the just a game garbage. It is way more than that.

According to the coverage of the team from yesterday, they are taking the result very hard. As well they should.

If you don't care about the ideals of college football, that is fine. I do and believe M always has. That includes not burying your head in the sand when wrongs are committed.

This type of unfairness should not be permitted. As M fans, we should all stand against it.



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WNY in Savannah

December 4th, 2016 at 9:51 PM ^

I understand your sentiment here, but not everyone has the personality to "just let it go".  Some of us can't do that so easily.

Also, you are missing an important point.  You say Delany's job is "to make money" and you are unfortunately right.  That is all these people care about any more.  And the way to potentially make the most money was for OSU to win that game.  If OSU won, there was a possibility of getting two Big Ten teams into the playoff--OSU and the Big Ten championship winner.  AND, OSU was practically guaranteed to get in, so they had a minimum of one team in.  If Michigan won, there was no real possibility of two Big Ten teams in.

Do I know that there was a "conspiracy" to have OSU win that game? No I don't.  But I do know that the Big Ten had a bigger money making potential with OSU winning.  And I know that the Big Ten has made every decision in recent years based on making more money.  And I watched that ridiculous officiating last week.  It would be a lot easier to not believe something shady was going on if the officiating hadn't been ridiculously bad and in the favor of the outcome that could make the Big Ten more money.

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You Only Live Twice

December 4th, 2016 at 10:34 PM ^

You are on the high road looking down at everyone, huh?

It's not that simple. While I do commend your astute observation that the game is played by "a bunch of teenagers" ... you may also want to take into account that the achievements of half of those teenagers was corruptly taken from them.

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DHughes5218

December 5th, 2016 at 12:44 AM ^

This game was poorly officiated but not corrupt. If it had been corrupted, we would not have had a chance to win it with a 4th down stop. Hell, if Delano could've wrapped up, then you would've never said a word after the game. It's not like we were called for 12 penalties for 150 yards. If we could've gained more than 7 yards in the 4th quarter or not fumbled at the one, we would've one. Honestly this conspiracy crap is becoming embarrassing.

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deebeeinCanton

December 4th, 2016 at 10:57 PM ^

So who pays Jim Delany's salary? Who is he trying to make money for? After some quick Googling, it seems JD makes around $3 mil a year, and the major source of that is ESPN and Fox Sports supplying the B1G with just over $400 million per year. Should we just trust the sports networks to value fair play and ethics over profits?

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AmayzNblue

December 4th, 2016 at 9:50 PM ^

This is true. Harbaugh is disliked because he cannot be easily "managed." He won't play nice all the time, so guys like Delaney and weak minded NFL owners will decide to work against Harbaugh. Even coaches like Meyer can be managed and will get preferential treatment because they "play well with others."



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fksljj

December 4th, 2016 at 6:52 PM ^

I'm not into conspiracy theories and I don't know where Jim Delaney's loyalties are, but I just have a hard time believing that somebody sat down while making the officiating schedule and couldn't see that having 3 ohio born guys, one of which is a die-hard butt guy fan, would be a conflict of interest. If they were banned from calling the '06 game they should have been banned from calling this game. This game was equally as important.

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Sten Carlson

December 4th, 2016 at 7:41 PM ^

This ^^^ People can throw around the "conspiracy theory" monicker as a disparaging remark, but the evidence points to something completely different. Basically, one is left with only two plausible cases, either "conspiracy" or "coincidence." Is it just oversight that the officiating crew for by far and away the biggest B10 game of the year, and perhaps the decade, was the one we got? Did anyone notice? I find that very hard to believe. As such, we're only left with one possibllity. MOST nefarious activities are actually conspiracies, not lone wolf individual actors -- despite what the media portrays. Someone knew that this crew was being assigned -- whether they set it that way or not, who knows? -- and did FUCK ALL about it. I said the same thing when the B10 announced the reshuffle of the schedules due to the inclusion of Rutger and Maryland. Random draw huh? Michigan goes to MSU twice huh? Yeah sure! Would they have redrawn the lots of it was OSU at Michigan twice in a row? That decision was anything but ramdom and it will continue to have long lasting scheduling ramifications. That was a big FUCK YOU to Dave Brandon. The Michigan AD needs to do whatever is necessary to rectify that abomination, and to get to the bottom of how the B10 could get that crew on that game. If they don't, why even bother having an AD?

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Sten Carlson

December 4th, 2016 at 8:01 PM ^

Such as? Spoken like a true Coincidence Therorist! So are you denying that someone either a) set the ref crew intentionally, or b) it was set inadvertently and whomever was in charge of oversight did nothing? Why don't you explain how you think that crew came to ref the game.

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Brandywine

December 5th, 2016 at 3:27 AM ^

Gee, this ones easy.

The Big Ten has a lot of faith in their officials. Bill Carrolo, who is wholly responsible for the referee operation, naturally has even more faith in his officials. He assigns what he believes is one his better crews to the M-OSU game, not giving an iota's shit where they are from because like in fields everywhere, people put aside personal biases in the name of professionalism. By employing them, he indicates he believes they have integrity.

Poor officiating occurs. The big ten has 3 options: 1) publicly acknowledge poor officiating, thereby implicitly invalidating the result of their marquee game and casting doubt over any game refereed under the bill carollo's watch past and future; 2) accuse the crew of possible bias that extended into the professional arena, something they have exactly zero proof of and would damage the reputation of its league; 3) say nothing publicly, and internally think about controls to prevent a similar situation in the future.

There's an obvious choice here. As Delany for the day, what would you decide?

Or is it still high crimes and fraud committed by mean jim delany?



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Lampuki22

December 4th, 2016 at 7:50 PM ^

FOIA- I doubt B1G records be FOIA'd but it would be interesting. As in how they choose refs. for The Game. Did the process change? Was a B1G e.g. Delaney involved.



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uminks

December 4th, 2016 at 9:10 PM ^

Harbaugh is going to want to know who will be reffing his games on Saturday. If he see's a bunch of incompetent refs who are OSU fans he's going to file a complaint before the game.

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GGV

December 4th, 2016 at 10:32 PM ^

Schembechler, Ex-official Blast Big 10 Chief

August 16, 1990|By Ed Sherman.

Even as a baseball man, Bo Schembechler still can make news in the Big 10. It`s a familiar formula: Take Schembechler, game officials and a Big 10 commissioner; mix them up, and you get controversy.

The former Michigan coach and current president of the Detroit Tigers, and Gene Calhoun, the former league supervisor of football officials, may be gone from the Big 10, but they haven`t forgotten. Each has taken aim at second-year Big 10 Commissioner Jim Delany.

Schembechler says Delany called Calhoun in an attempt to ``prejudice``

the officials before Michigan`s game with Illinois last November, a game the Wolverines won.

Calhoun, who acknowledges he received the call, says he`s worried Delany`s influence will have a negative effect on officiating in the Big 10. Calhoun, the league`s supervisor since 1983, and Big 10 parted company after the 1989 season.

``If you don`t know anything about officiating, stay the hell out of it,`` Calhoun said. ``This conference deserves good officiating.``

The latest firestorm was ignited when Schembechler decided to add another chapter to last year`s autobiography, ``Bo.`` Schembechler tells how Delany called Calhoun prior to the Nov. 10 game in Champaign.

Delany reportedly wanted to have the officials pay special attention to a couple of Illinois players who were involved in an altercation the week before at Iowa. Then, according to Bo, he told Calhoun to have the officials make sure Schembechler was on his best sideline behavior.

``What did I ever do to Jim Delany?`` Schembechler wrote. ``I barely know him. He`s not a football guy. . . . Go ahead and accuse me of whining. I know the truth. That phone call prior to the game was an attempt to prejudice the officials in a key game.``

Calhoun said he thought the call was out of line.

``You can`t tell an official he should keep his eye on certain people,``

Calhoun said. ``If I say that as a supervisor, the official will go in the game with a certain mind-set. He`ll make a call against him just to please you.``

Delany was out of town Wednesday and issued this statement through Big 10 spokesman Mark Rudner: ``We will not respond to comments from former coaches and former conference employees.``

Schembechler was unavailable for comment Wednesday. Delany, though, is in good company. Schembechler had plenty of run-ins with his predessor, Wayne Duke.

Schembechler also implied the officials were out to get him in Michigan`s loss in the Rose Bowl. Specifically, the coach referred to the fourth-quarter holding penalty on Bobby Abrams that helped set up Southern Cal`s winning touchdown.

In the officials meeting the day before the game, Calhoun later told Schembechler, the group would make a point of trying to control the coach. At the postgame tailgate party, Calhoun recalled the officials were pleased they didn`t let Schembechler intimidate them. He was hit with an unsportsmanlike penalty for arguing the controversial call.

``In other words, they were out to get something,`` Schembechler wrote.

Calhoun wouldn`t say that the holding penalty was premeditated. However, he said it was a ``bad call.``

``You probably could call something in every play in football,`` Calhoun said.

Calhoun, 67, said philosophical differences with Delany caused him to leave the conference. Delany said he didn`t want Calhoun to talk to the media, which was a point of contention for the supervisor.

Calhoun said Delany also used to call and offer advice prior to a ``big game.``

`` `Big game.` We laughed at that,`` Calhoun said. ``I officiated more than 200 games, and he`s telling me about a `big game.` Every game is big to the kids.``

Calhoun also said he thought Delany was too preoccupied with controlling a coach`s behavior. Delany issued a reprimand to Schembechler after the Rose Bowl. The Wolverines` coach had been known to try to indimidate officials in his day.

``One of the points of emphasis in this administration was sideline control for coaches in all sports, and the sportsmanlike conduct of athletes,`` the Big 10 spokesman Rudner said. ``All the coaches and officials were notified of it numerous times.``

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GGV

December 4th, 2016 at 10:36 PM ^

I found this article from 1990 rather interesting and informative.

Has Delany tried to influence officials?  YES

Has Delany giving instructions to officials to keep specific coachs "in line"? YES

This would seem to explain the mystery Basketball Technical given to Harbaugh...

Further, sounds like Delany may have driven out some of the good officials and there could be a culture of micromanagement.

 

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big john lives on 67

December 4th, 2016 at 11:46 PM ^

Neither Bo nor Bobby Knight "had any use" for Delaney. You could disagree with Bo and even stand up to him and he would respect you for it even if he disagreed. But Bo's integrity was and is unquestioned. To him, it was everything. On this basis, it is very clear what is going on here.

The more that I read things like this, the more that Delaney sounds like Dave Brandon. He will stop at nothing to justify his delusions of grandeur.



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December 5th, 2016 at 12:01 AM ^

you may find this also interesting:

He Blows Whistle On Big 10 Officials

David Parry calls the video a ``hit parade,`` but more accurately it`s hits and misses.

``Now look here,`` says the Big 10`s supervisor of football officials, flashing a red light at the screen.

The 40 or so officials watch intently in the basement of Parry`s home in Michigan City, Ind. They are gathered for the almost weekly Wednesday skull session Parry holds for his crew. Attendance is voluntary, but on this night, officials from Iowa to Pittsburgh have made the trip.

The purpose is to watch a compilation of 72 plays from the previous week`s games. The majority are good calls.

From the Michigan-Michigan State game, Parry praises the official on an offensive holding flag.

``See, he takes him down, the man was beat,`` Parry says. ``That`s a good call.``

But there also are bad calls, 19 of them on this night. The film rolls, and the offending officials squirm quietly, with Big 10 Commissioner Jim Delany watching on the side. ``OK, here the ball appears to come out,`` says Parry of a play from the Purdue-Minnesota game. ``It`s a fumble.``

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GGV

December 5th, 2016 at 9:15 AM ^

Also consider the power Micromanager Delany would have over the previously fired official in this game.  Thinking back to the article about Delany dismissing the whole crew for sub-par performance in the Purdue game, I thought perhaps Delany was making the announcement for emphasis and perhaps to save face with the conference coaches...but the articles from the Chi Trib makes it sound like he is effectively managing the officials in some degree AND also trying to influence them. The power to influence the fired official whom he brought back onboard who did work The Game would be immense!  The official knows Delany will can him again if he doesn’t get the results he wants and expects...

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Human Torpedo

December 4th, 2016 at 11:51 PM ^

Curiously enough think the opposite, and believe he favors us and Ohio State over other recent contenders such as what they were. In reality I think OSU is his bread and butter and priority numero uno

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