Link: Inside Look On How Nebraska Got Coach Mike Riley Without Anyone Knowing

Submitted by Mr. Yost on

This is a pretty cool look, because we're obviously going through the same transition. We also have a board full of internet AD's, so it's actually nice to see how an AD gets through this kind of search.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/12009292/behind-scenes-q…

I realize that in the end, we don't care if we video chat Harbaugh to Ann Arbor or send in Navy SEALs to extract him from San Fran...but again, here's one way to do it.

Oh, before I forget...

(insert your favorite expletive) 2014!

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Don

December 10th, 2014 at 9:16 PM ^

That's odd... the post you made about Harbaugh that got nuked by the mods after about 30 seconds earlier this evening also said you were back down to just a few hundred points or so. Now you're back up to millions. What's going on?

Or was that an imposter?

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Wolverine Devotee

December 10th, 2014 at 9:38 PM ^

Had to be an imposter. I got an SMS MGoBlog notification about a Harbaugh thread but it wasn't on site when I clicked the link. 

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OccaM

December 10th, 2014 at 6:51 PM ^

I'm sure ESPN will have to write another article about how Oregon State kept its coaching search under such tight wraps as well after hiring Gary Andersen away out nowhere... lol. 

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Muttley

December 10th, 2014 at 6:51 PM ^

'"Trusted sources" and electronic research helped confirm Eichorst's beliefs about Riley.' Wow, that sounds like us MGoBloggers. Only we do it for free.

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Nobody

December 10th, 2014 at 6:54 PM ^

The article says something to the effect of "I didn't want to evaluate football coaches, I wanted to see him as a person"
Please don't be like that Hackett



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JWolve

December 10th, 2014 at 6:57 PM ^

Honestly, I'm happy that Michigan doesn't operate like this. Nebraska didn't ask the OSU AD for permission before talking to Riley. Also, the players and coaches all seemed pretty upset that the Nebraska AD told them via email while he was out of town. 

And did anyone else think that Eichorst came off as a total tool? "Yah bro, I doubled my work out to twice a day - gotta pump the iron for this coaching search..."

You have to give Hackett credit for handling things in what seems like a respectful manner so far...

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Jack Hammer

December 10th, 2014 at 7:02 PM ^

If I ran hiring searches like that, I would be fired.  

And if we don't accelerate our hiring search, I'm fairly sure I will be fired.

Will be at the Niners vs. Seahawks game on Sunday -> ignoring the game completely and simply staring at Harbaugh sending telepathic messages to come home.

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M-Dog

December 10th, 2014 at 7:08 PM ^

If anything, the article does show how extremely disruptive a coaching change is for a coach, his staff, and his family.  It's not something you just do.

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Ron Utah

December 10th, 2014 at 7:09 PM ^

I read the article hoping to find some cool technique or clever gamesmanship.  What I learned was that if you're the AD at Nebraska and you wear a baseball cap, no one will notice you.

This is exactly how I hope Hackett does NOT conduct his search--a personal fixation on a candidate.  Do your research, interview, and get references.  Work with a search firm.  Do it right, even if it take a little time.

But if Jim Hackett walked into DTW wearing a baseball cap, I have ZERO doubt that the press would be on it and the "secret" search would be blown.  And if Jim Hackett just hires a guy because he liked him 12 years ago, I would be furious.

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Ron Utah

December 10th, 2014 at 7:25 PM ^

His reserch "confirmed" what he wanted to hear...have you ever heard of confirmation bias?

This looks like a pretty meager search, and the "secrecy" aspect only succeeded because the people of Nebraska don't know what Eichorst looks like.  The whole thing sounded pretty lame, and resulted in hiring a 61-year-old who has won fewer than half of his games in the last five years at a program he spent 12 years building.

Ugh.

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cbs650

December 10th, 2014 at 7:37 PM ^

I mean yea but the only difference between his search and ours is he knew the guy he wanted would take the job so no need to check others out. we don't know if the guy we want will come so we need to be a little more exhaustive in our search

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'07LesMilesMafia

December 10th, 2014 at 7:58 PM ^

quiet on the UM coach search front today...the news yesterday was clearly to push jim a little bit!

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