John Bacon - UM regents discussing contract extension for Warde
None of us know anything of course, and Bacon doesn’t seem to be plugged in as he used to be with the program. But if there is any truth here it seems there might be a battle between the old guard and new in respect to NIL and how the football program adapts to the changing landscape of college football:
https://x.com/johnubacon/status/1755754750530683282?s=46&t=yOp53t7WHGsRQ1QfeEFEXg
In other news, Bacon ran a poll on his Twitter asking who would support a contract extension (which I believe ends in 2025), and with almost 10,000 votes in 4 hours the results are approaching a landslide…
https://x.com/johnubacon/status/1755756835477373087?s=46&t=yOp53t7WHGsRQ1QfeEFEXg
February 9th, 2024 at 5:55 AM ^
My impression is Michigan won the National Championship in spite of Manuel. Not because of him.
February 9th, 2024 at 3:31 AM ^
When Warde energy takes Blog poster form!
February 9th, 2024 at 8:36 AM ^
Right. This poll would be extremely relevant if Warde worked for the Twitter verse.
February 9th, 2024 at 9:26 AM ^
Sounds like reasons for more Warde hate. Why do you think it needs to stop?
February 9th, 2024 at 1:05 AM ^
Even if Warde was very good it's not like he's going to a better university to be AD. You wait until next year.
Warde seems to be great at glad handing. That's for sure.
February 9th, 2024 at 1:16 AM ^
A master class on kissing up and shitting down.
February 9th, 2024 at 1:17 AM ^
Bacon on contract extensions: no longer my "go to" source.
February 9th, 2024 at 1:26 AM ^
Certainly there won't be any increases in pay or benefits. We wouldn't want a transactional Athletic Director. Transformational only, please.
February 9th, 2024 at 7:31 AM ^
Meta: need something more than an upvote to reward a reply of this quality.
February 9th, 2024 at 9:47 AM ^
February 9th, 2024 at 10:32 AM ^
It's different for important people.
/s
February 9th, 2024 at 1:54 AM ^
Bacon is a Troll. He knows Twitter “polls” are garbage but he puts one up anyway because he’s got an axe to grind. Get over it, JUB. You used to be better than this.
February 9th, 2024 at 8:37 AM ^
(double post)
February 9th, 2024 at 8:38 AM ^
Bacon may or may not be a troll. You tell me.
February 9th, 2024 at 2:03 AM ^
fully convinced “insiders” blindly throw darts while drunk. either that or make shit up to get views on their tweets. or both. probably both.
they’re like baseball players …. considered excellent if they’re batting .300 or better
February 9th, 2024 at 2:08 AM ^
The only person Warde appears to have no problem negotiating lucrative contracts for is himself.
#FireWardeNow!!
#FireOnoNow!!
February 9th, 2024 at 2:10 AM ^
JUB running a twitter poll on someone's life is petty and unprofessional. I'm not on board with this behavior. I've been among the outspoken ones for Warde firing, and at times piled on with jokes. But I'm a fan. He's a respected journalist with a decent platform. He should be more responsible.
February 9th, 2024 at 3:13 AM ^
Good point, I'm not quite sure how I feel about this.
February 9th, 2024 at 3:23 AM ^
Warde Manuel is a public figure that makes over one million a year. It's kind of like when people felt bad when Brady Hoke got let go. This isn't Joe Smith making 50k a year and supporting a family. Manuel will be fine no matter what happens to him.
February 9th, 2024 at 3:35 AM ^
I think we should honor the man with a large contract to show him how much he means to us. Have it all ready to go then sit on it for a fucking year or so. Once he has moved on to another job offer the details to the press as a "hey we tried". Seems like the way to go.
February 9th, 2024 at 10:07 AM ^
He is a public employee whose responsibility is to carry out duties for the benefit of the public. If the BoR did their job properly, we would not be in this place. You will be scrutinized as a public servant, period. If you don't like it, go work for a private organization. He had a choice.
February 9th, 2024 at 2:57 AM ^
I thought he was leaving to take the full time CFP chair position.
February 9th, 2024 at 3:15 AM ^
Anyone know where the results stand in the poll, interested... but not willing to vote.
February 9th, 2024 at 3:36 AM ^
92% mgoblog community
8% that one guy that has had enough of the Warde bashing!
February 9th, 2024 at 3:51 AM ^
92% no
8% yes
People want him gone yet if this is true then how can the BOR at a school that refers to itself as 'Leaders and Best" be this stupid?
February 9th, 2024 at 5:47 AM ^
There's really only 2 options. Either the regents like Warde's performance contrary to the rest of us, or they know some exculpatory things we don't.
I'm afraid it's the former, but hopeful it's the latter.
February 9th, 2024 at 9:35 AM ^
This is a joke, right?
There are way more than two options. The regents aren't some group of wise decision-makers, deeply in touch with the trends of modern society and the everyday realities of the world who only want what's best for the University. They are all politicians who were either born into an elite strata of society or who worked hard to get there and work even harder to maintain the status quo and their own place in it even (or especially) if that means risking no change. And Warde is the status quo.
February 9th, 2024 at 11:45 AM ^
I think that the regents liking Warde because he is the status quo falls under the category of "the regents like Warde's performance contrary to the rest of us."
February 9th, 2024 at 5:30 AM ^
All of those choosing no on the survey need to put their wallet where their mouth is. No more Michigan fear, don’t attend games, etc. Additionally, vote the regents out. Collective bitching without action is futile.
February 9th, 2024 at 5:40 AM ^
Username does,"not" checkout!!! Stop attending games? I'll refrain from calling names.
February 9th, 2024 at 6:06 AM ^
I put it in another thread but it’s pretty funny everyone goes after Warde but no one talks about the regents.
February 9th, 2024 at 6:41 AM ^
Warde needs to go, obviously. But I agree with you, that a lot of this unwarranted hate is because of the BoR. It seems like some of the regents are pushing unsavory things onto Warde (NIL, lack of paying positional coaches for SM). Seems like an internal struggle.
February 9th, 2024 at 6:33 AM ^
JUB: You have a logical purpose in life at this moment. Go chase the details on SignGate. Find out who did that (every single step).
February 9th, 2024 at 8:41 AM ^
Wait, so you're saying it's *not* twitter polls?
February 9th, 2024 at 6:53 AM ^
I got the popcorn ready!
February 9th, 2024 at 7:11 AM ^
Idgaf if he chairs the committee. Can him.
February 9th, 2024 at 7:17 AM ^
I guess that Wisconsin win was bigger than we thought.
February 9th, 2024 at 7:22 AM ^
I do not support Warde and feel that the school needs to move on. That being said, the people on this board who think Michigan is going to move on from Warde really have no idea how the world works. Michigan doesn’t care about NIL, and they certainly aren’t going to move on from an athletic director who just won a national championship, who also went to Michigan for undergrad and graduate school, who played football at Michigan, and who is only the second minority to ever hold the position at Michigan. And now you can add chair to the CFP committee. Not gonna happen people.
February 9th, 2024 at 9:11 AM ^
I mean sure if you only list the good things and ignore all his painfully obvious shortcomings it sounds impossible
February 9th, 2024 at 9:37 AM ^
Agreed, but that is 100% what the board will do.
February 9th, 2024 at 10:01 AM ^
Again, I do not like Warde and would love for him to get the axe. I’m simply highlighting what the board at a place like UofM will see. You don’t think they’re gonna convene and say “we need an AD who lowers our academic standards so we can get better players from the portal, and one who wants to recruit the best players to our school with lots of money like OSU.” Do you?
February 9th, 2024 at 8:24 AM ^
These are all the cheap bastards that don't believe the players should get paid.They're are the ones that have Warde programed to repeat cheap cheap cheap.
There won't be a chance until the football program looks like the basketball program.
I cannot stand people in suits making millions many times over yet they don't believe in sharing with the kids that risk life/limb. It's embarrassing and disgusting.
February 9th, 2024 at 9:15 AM ^
I'm all for it. I think this board has gone insane in its hatred of Warde. All of the criticism of him is based on air: Nobody has any idea at all of what his role was in Harbaugh's departure or those of other coaches, etc. All people here do is blame him for everything unfortunate that happens. "We lost in hockey to Wisconsin — it's Warde's fault!"
Please. I'll take a football national championship and the hockey team's strong finishes any day and twice on Wednesday. Yeah, the basketball results haven't been great the last few years, but we were all delighted by Howard the first two years, and I don't want an AD that has a super-quick finger on the trigger. We'll see what happens in the off-season.
The AD is a behind-the-scenes position. Yet, and despite having no actual knowledge of what Warde is doing and responsible for, the Michigan fan base is reliably negative. Is it possible Warde is responsible for Harbaugh not leaving the last two years? No, because we're glad Harbaugh stayed, so it can't have anything to do with Warde.
Even if we want to focus on the coaching departures this off-season, look at what happened to Washington — when their coach left the entire damned team transferred away. That hasn't happened here at all — the team seems to be completely on board with the transition. Why in the world is that somehow a sign of dysfunction?
Sigh. It's lame. I'll focus on results — which are pretty damned good. Keep it up, Warde. The athletic department seems to be running smoothly. Good work.
February 9th, 2024 at 9:56 AM ^
Warde should be fired for his NIL stance alone. He’s crying about transformational over transactional, when I’m pretty sure he doesn’t work for free. How anybody can defend a person who refuses to join the modern era is beyond me. Yeah we just won a national title, but sometimes you win something despite a person, not because of them. And you’re actually defending a guy who uses the term pay for play. It’s pay for work. We can fall behind OSU and the other blue bloods very fast and sadly probably will if this is the university’s attitude.
February 9th, 2024 at 3:56 PM ^
I don't know. We all love the Championship this year, but I think most on here would say that it was in spite of Warde. I do believe that we have no chance of high level success in football or basketball unless we are able to compete in NIL with regards to recruiting and the transfer portal. If Warde doesn't address this, then I think we will be mired in a downward spiral in these two sports. Also it appears like the University will wait to see downward trends in the finances before they act on anything.
February 9th, 2024 at 9:23 AM ^
He's making money and winning.
The Univ. of Michigan athletic department reported a $4M "operating surplus" for FY2022-23, according to Tony Garcia of the DETROIT FREE PRESS. The department created $229,561,279 in operating revenues compared to $225,548,280 in expenses, the “most in a single year.” It is the “second time U-M has exceed” $200M in annual operating revenue in one year -- the "only other occasion was last year.” UM’s total revenue increased by $18.9M year-over-year and "more than half of that increase came from an increase ticket sales.”
Source: https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2024/01/31/michigan-mich…
Warde: 2016-2024
Big Ten Championships
MBB: 2021
M Cross-Country: 2017
W Cross-Country: 2016, 2017, 2018
Field Hockey: 2017, 2018, 2020+
Football: 2021, 2022, 2023
W Golf: 2022
M Gymnastics: 2021, 2022, 2023
W Gymnastics: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023
Rowing: 2019, 2021, 2023
Softball: 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021
M Swimming & Diving: 2016, 2020, 2021
W Swimming & Diving: 2016, 2017, 2018
M Tennis: 2021
W Tennis: 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023
W Indoor Track & Field: 2016, 2023
W Outdoor Track & Field: 2016, 2023
Wrestling: 2022
https://mgoblue.com/sports/2017/6/16/trads-conference-champions-html
February 9th, 2024 at 10:11 AM ^
There is something to be said about winning a conference-record number of conference championships across all sports, I agree, but your most visible sports are in flux (football) and historically bad (basketball). Whether it's fair or not, these carry far more weight than most other sports.
February 9th, 2024 at 1:37 PM ^
Historically bad? You don't remember Ellerbe?
February 9th, 2024 at 2:26 PM ^
I wasn't a Michigan fan then, so no, but even so, 10-22 in 2008 set the school record for number of losses. Michigan is 8-15 and only favored (by 1 pt) in one game the rest of the year by Torvik. The projected record is 10-21. That is a historically bad season by Michigan standards, which is what I meant, not necessarily over several years - though bball has been trending down every year Howard has been the head coach.