OT - RIP John Hoke (Coach Hoke's father)
Must be very hard to lose your father. I can only thank God today that the relationships within my family are strong; an unconditional bond. I lost my grandfather a few months ago to lymphoma, and I assure you there was much grief and despair followed by a rekindled strength and unity that I can only hope finds its way into the Hoke family.
I'm sure this unfortunate situation has reached the team as well, and I hope/pray the residual by products of loss will evoke a strong sense of unification and passion in Hoke and Team 133.
My thougths and best wishes are with him and his family during this hard time. Any father who could have someone like Coach Hoke as a son must have been a great father and a great man.
Earlier this week UMH as only they could were able to get my father from a pretty bad outlook to a thoroughly livable one, i.e. thanks to the University of Michigan there's still the possibility he'll live to be a tenth as proud of me as Brady's father surely was of him. In triumph and in loss, go blue.
Spartan fan here offers condolences on your loss.
I saw an interview with papa Hoke after Brady's inaugural press conference, and he was just done crying, and he said a few tremendous words.... "Don't worry.....he'll win" as matter-of-factly..... that stuck with me, and was when I thought that this dude and wife did a heck of a job raising his kids. The words didnt necessarily make me think that but I felt good about those words. RIP
March 28th, 2012 at 10:04 AM ^
Thank you for making Coach Hoke who he is today. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Hoke family.