Warm Feelings Thread: Hypocrites or Genuinely Caring?

This is long, but it's an important issue for those who are passionate fans

There STILL seems to be a lot of people on here, and in the news and around campus who are trying to make the argument that if Michigan was 5-0 we wouldnt be calling for Brady Hoke or Brandon to be fired and/or protesting. They think it's all about losses. As a Michigan student I don't think those who are reacting in this way are hypocritical. That's unfair. If all recent and past events were held constant (let's pretend this is possible) except Michigan was 5-0,  would  we still be upset over Brandon's/Hoke's decisions and errors over the past few years?  YES! Would we still have an organized protest and call for the immediate firing?  Of course not. "HAH I was right! Its all its all about the wins just like I said!" 

Not so fast.  Look at it the other way around.  Lets keep our record the same, but remove the Morris incident, the numerous "failures in communication", the Gibbons incident, the Coke promo incident, the firework incident, the student ticket and pricing incident, the fireworks proposal, the giant noodle, the piped in rap music that muffles the band, being the 2nd slowest team in college football, no urgency to win in games etc.   Would we be upset about the poor record? Of Course, especially since this is Hoke's 4th year. What fanbase wouldnt be upset? Would we protest and call for the immediate firing of Hoke and Brandon? If all other things were going well (or not absolutely horrible) and we just had a poor record (let's pretend this is possible), of course not. We've come back from bad records to have decent seaons. So by these people's logic this wouldn't this mean records mean nothing!  Neither is true.

CLEARLY all that has happened is adding up. There are no positives to hang on to. The whole Morris Incident was the back breaking last straw. All these events impact the culture, morale, and trajectory of the season and football prgram.  You can't change one variable or two and create an argument on a hypothetical  situation that isnt reality and then claim others are hypocrites because they might not react how they are if that hypothetical win-loss record was true. One event affects another. In reality, events are linked and reactions are affected by how they are linked.  If you ignore every other event leading up to an event that people finally reacted strongly to that reaction will seem hypocritical because obviously.  That's not reality.  Students and fans really care about this program and, while the record is important, its more than two numbers seperated by a dash.  Its also about that amazing warm feeling you get down in your plums when you first walk into the stadium and all that comes after that moment.  Brandon and Hoke are damaging this.  Let's do our part to stop them.