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I'm convinced that Bo's ghost is haunting the school. His memory is probably the worst thing that could happen to Michigan. They've spent so many years fetishizing him that they've been stuck in 1994 for the last 20 years. Even Bama moved past Bear, so why can't the Michigan institutional organization get over Bo?
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BigBoss posted:I'm convinced that Bo's ghost is haunting the school. His memory is probably the worst thing that could happen to Michigan. They've spent so many years fetishizing him that they've been stuck in 1994 for the last 20 years. Even Bama moved past Bear, so why can't the Michigan institutional organization get over Bo? 10 years of bad ADs in the '90s left the football program free to do as it wanted, causing it to turn inward and start serving itself rather than the doing what was best for the program in the long run. Winning the MNC in 1997 resulted in a cult of personality around Carr, who tied himself to Bo. The Cult of Carr then made Carr and Bo one. Carr then lost interest in actual coaching around 2005, and was more interested in being The Coach. At that point the program was largely on autopilot, with most of the coaching coming from the seniors coaching the underclassmen up to their level. It all blew up in 2007, and after the Oregon debacle it was literally Mike Hart and Chad Henne that took control of the team and led them the rest of the way to the Cap One Bowl win over Florida. Bill Martin recognized Carr had to go, and forcing his retirement made the Carr Cult go berserk. The result of all that is the last seven years as the fanbase has torn itself to pieces, then reunited in its hatred of Brandon and Hoke.
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BigBoss posted:I'm convinced that Bo's ghost is haunting the school. His memory is probably the worst thing that could happen to Michigan. They've spent so many years fetishizing him that they've been stuck in 1994 for the last 20 years. Even Bama moved past Bear, so why can't the Michigan institutional organization get over Bo? It took Alabama literally hiring Nick Saban and winning a bunch of titles.
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Oct 31, 2014 17:56
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Deteriorata posted:If you notice, most of the time when people invoke Bo, they're not describing Bo, his team, or his way of doing things. They're actually describing Lloyd Carr and calling him Bo, and the problem lies there and not with Bo himself. I agree. The imperfect memory of Saint Bo or something has warped peoples' minds and perception. The reality of Bo as the man and coach, and "Bo" the symbol are two distinct things. By allowing the ghost of Bo to haunt the decisions, the people at and around Michigan have done themselves a great disservice.
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Angelique Chengelis at the Detroit News is reporting that James Hackett, who played for Bo and was CEO at Steelcase, will be interim AD. Probably doesn't matter much as he won't be there for long.
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Oct 31, 2014 18:04
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Do we know if this is going to be streamed somewhere yet?
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Oct 31, 2014 18:05
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Sirotan posted:Do we know if this is going to be streamed somewhere yet? WTKA, 1050AM, plans on streaming it, as is 97.1 The Ticket. ESPN may cover it, I'm not sure. Edit: These guys are going to stream it: http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/27175341/espn-michigan-athletic-director-dave-brandon-to-resign Deteriorata fucked around with this message at 18:10 on Oct 31, 2014 |
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Oct 31, 2014 18:08
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Deteriorata posted:Angelique Chengelis at the Detroit News is reporting that James Hackett, who played for Bo and was CEO at Steelcase, will be interim AD. Probably doesn't matter much as he won't be there for long. Yeah, I suspect he'll be there until Bates can leave BC. Or, for maximum trolling, Jeff Long will be the new AD, but he'll remain as chairman of the playoff committee long enough to leave MSU and Notre Dame out of the playoffs, then take the U-M gig.
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Deteriorata posted:WTKA, 1050AM, plans on streaming it, as is 97.1 The Ticket. MLive too now: http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2014/10/watch_live_michigan_ad_dave_br.html
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Oct 31, 2014 18:14
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What are the chances the Michigan hires someone just as incompetent as Brandon?
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Oct 31, 2014 18:23
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Scrode posted:What are the chances the Michigan hires someone just as incompetent as Brandon? 100%
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Oct 31, 2014 18:29
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So all you had to do was create a new thread and that would get Brandon fired? Who knew it was so easy?
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Oct 31, 2014 18:31
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Scrode posted:What are the chances the Michigan hires someone just as incompetent as Brandon? Herman Cain
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Oct 31, 2014 18:31
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LeeMajors posted:Herman Cain 
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Oct 31, 2014 18:35
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Schlissel: Dave Brandon has resigned as AD. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cPwcftqzgY
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Oct 31, 2014 18:38
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Deteriorata posted:Schlissel: Dave Brandon has resigned as AD. Of course you picked some poo poo from the 30s. More like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roRQ2mNwMMQ
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Oct 31, 2014 18:39
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Groucho Marxist posted:So who's getting blamed when Michigan still sucks in 5 years? Brady Hoke as he will still be there  LeeMajors posted:Of course you picked some poo poo from the 30s.
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Oct 31, 2014 18:46
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Emails released on Tuesday. Brandon chose to resign on Wednesday. I'm sure there was no connection.
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Oct 31, 2014 18:54
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Haha his Twitter account has been deleted.
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Oct 31, 2014 18:57
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Deteriorata posted:Emails released on Tuesday. What day did donors start saying they would freeze donations if he stayed on?
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Deteriorata posted:Angelique Chengelis at the Detroit News is reporting that James Hackett, who played for Bo and was CEO at Steelcase, will be interim AD. Probably doesn't matter much as he won't be there for long. They even name dropped Bo during the presser.
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Oct 31, 2014 19:08
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Brandon jumped off the Titanic early.
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Video of presser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9MrLSIqHsA
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Oct 31, 2014 19:54
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I guess now they'll play hockey game organ music at football games instead of something from this century.
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Oct 31, 2014 19:57
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wtftastic posted:I guess now they'll play hockey game organ music at football games instead of something from this century. Hockey game organ music is more Michigan State's thing.
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Oct 31, 2014 20:00
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Deteriorata posted:Hockey game organ music is more Michigan State's thing. I can't think of anything shittier and more annoying to listen to during a sporting event. Well, maybe you guys can finally get a vuvuzela corps or something.
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wtftastic posted:I can't think of anything shittier and more annoying to listen to during a sporting event. Organ music rules for hockey and baseball. Cheapass owners keep firing organ players because they're idiots. gently caress you, Mike Illitch. Music clips being played DURING an NBA game is the worst sporting music.
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BigBoss posted:Organ music rules for hockey and baseball. Cheapass owners keep firing organ players because they're idiots. gently caress you, Mike Illitch. Music clips being played DURING an NBA game is the worst sporting music. Places for organ music: church, a classical music concert. Places for loud rev up stupid music: sporting events. I say this as someone who likes organs.
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Oct 31, 2014 20:14
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Now that Brandon's gone the noise level will go back from "funeral" to "wine tasting", just as God intended.
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HOTLANTA MAN posted:Now that Brandon's gone the noise level will go back from "funeral" to "wine tasting", just as God intended. Well, we want it back to "SAT exam room" like when Bo was here  "Wine tasting" is more appropriate for those Stanford luddites.
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First act of the new AD is gonna be to fire Brady Hoke and openly suggest that Harbaugh should bail on the Niners when they don't even make the playoffs.
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They better hire another delivery joint CEO because otherwise I won't laugh as much when someone talk about Michigan's AD.
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They're going to get some great AD who will calm the fanbase, say all the right things, give everyone plenty of hope and peace of mind and then promptly hire John L. Smith 
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DJExile posted:and then promptly hire John L. Smith Ty Willingham gives them an edge of diversity without having to resort to Photoshop.
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Michigan doesn't even play organ music at their hockey games! We've got a 90 piece band! They play Kesha and this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G6QDNC4jPs Not surprisingly, Yost is the most fun building on campus.
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LeeMajors posted:Ty Willingham gives them an edge of diversity without having to resort to Photoshop. I'm told John L Smith once defeated Florida State, a landmark achievement only matched by uh Wake Forest and NC State?
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People can figure whatever timeline they want for the start of Michigan's decline, but I am going to continue to give credit to Corey Lynch's blocked punt 34-32 forever 
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Ribsauce posted:People can figure whatever timeline they want for the start of Michigan's decline, but I am going to continue to give credit to Corey Lynch's blocked punt The decline had already set in the season before. App State had studied our game film all spring and summer and figured out how completely predictable and uninspired the coaching was. They knew going into that game exactly how to beat us and that they would. Losing that game exposed a lot of the dry rot that had set in with the program.
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Declan MacManus posted:I'm told John L Smith once defeated Florida State, a landmark achievement only matched by uh Wake Forest and NC State? Tiki Barber at UVA. Oh, and John Bunting at UNC 
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