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Thoguh posted:Attendance at the Big House is a metaphor for the urban decay of Detroit. The jangling keys represent the death of the auto industry
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Deteriorata posted:I'm not sure why it's being discussed here and not in the coaching thread. I'm not sure why this entire thread isn't in the coaching thread.
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JesustheDarkLord posted:I'm not sure why this entire thread isn't in the coaching thread. At some point an AD was involved
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JesustheDarkLord posted:I'm not sure why this entire thread isn't in the coaching thread. At this point it probably could be, but when I created it it was unknown how long the circus would go on.
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JesustheDarkLord posted:I'm not sure why this entire thread isn't in the coaching thread. If this were UAB, it would probably fit in the coaching thread. It's kind of a big deal to watch Michigan go from "consistently good" to "a baby could do a better job" in a period of like 3 years.
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BigBoss posted:If this were UAB, it would probably fit in the coaching thread. It's kind of a big deal to watch Michigan go from "consistently good" to "a baby could do a better job" in a period of like 3 years. That's basically the story of the Big Ten in the last dozen years. Michigan is only remarkable because of the army of irritating Michigan Men who think that the Fall of Michigan is anything other than symptomatic of the complete irrelevance of midwestern football.
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R.D. Mangles posted:That's basically the story of the Big Ten in the last dozen years. Michigan is only remarkable because of the army of irritating Michigan Men who think that the Fall of Michigan is anything other than symptomatic of the complete irrelevance of midwestern football. Sorry that Michigan is stealing some space in Northwestern's cardboard box over the heating grate. We'll be getting our poo poo together and moving back into permanent housing shortly, so you can finish your bottle of Thunderbird in peace.
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An irrelevant program calling an irrelevant program irrelevant.
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Declan MacManus posted:This one's for all the fiat currency
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Northwestern fans threw the goalposts into a lake and chanted "We're the worst!" when they broke the record for most consecutive losses, they're cool by me
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BigBoss posted:If this were UAB, it would probably fit in the coaching thread. It's kind of a big deal to watch Michigan go from "consistently good" to "a baby could do a better job" in a period of like 3 years. It can happen anywhere if the program stagnates and then you make a couple of bad coaching hires. Look at Tennessee.
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BigBoss posted:If this were UAB, it would probably fit in the coaching thread. It's kind of a big deal to watch Michigan go from "consistently good" to "a baby could do a better job" in a period of like 3 years. Tennessee did it. Nebraska did it. Notre Dame did it. With any luck, Florida is doing it. USC almost pulled it off. Colorado's situation might have been worth its own thread.
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JesustheDarkLord posted:I'm not sure why this entire thread isn't in the coaching thread. Consider this thread a quarantine because Michigan Men wouldn't shut up about David Brandon and how he stole their picnic baskets.
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JesustheDarkLord posted:Tennessee did it. Nebraska did it. Notre Dame did it. With any luck, Florida is doing it. USC almost pulled it off. Colorado's situation might have been worth its own thread. When Notre Dame went into free-fall it was big news too. I would love to read a thread making GBS threads on Charlie Weiss. If there wasn't one, you guys missed out. Either way, threads devoted to large stories of interest is a good thing. Megathreads can become unwieldy.
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Michigan is the biggest certain vacancy right now by a wide margin and would be like 90% of the posts in the other one. It's fine on its own.
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Alouicious posted:Northwestern fans threw the goalposts into a lake and chanted "We're the worst!" when they broke the record for most consecutive losses, they're cool by me Yeah, this was pretty great.
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This cropped up on twitter:quote:Alex Cook @alexcook616 9h9 hours ago  I don't know if this is an ongoing concern of his, being a former player, or something he's trying to get up to speed on due to the Shane Morris incident. I'm glad for it whatever the reason.
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Regnevelc posted:That's a fake account. Figures. Nothing on Twitter is real.
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Regnevelc posted:That's a fake account. Are you sure? quote:James Hackett @JamesHackettAD
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Has it been mentioned that members and alumni of the athletic department are calling the non athlete students at Michigan "muggles" because lol that is the most hilariously Michigan thing ever.
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Detroit_Dogg posted:Has it been mentioned that members and alumni of the athletic department are calling the non athlete students at Michigan "muggles" because lol that is the most hilariously Michigan thing ever. A Michigan Man appreciates fine YA literature.
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Detroit_Dogg posted:Has it been mentioned that members and alumni of the athletic department are calling the non athlete students at Michigan "muggles" because lol that is the most hilariously Michigan thing ever. It seems to have originated with the current players as something of an inside joke. Brandon got wind of it and began using it as a rallying cry to get the former players on his side and try to save his job. It's all kind of dumb.
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Nov 6, 2014 17:52
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Hoke: You're a wizard Shaney.
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Deteriorata posted:It seems to have originated with the current players as something of an inside joke. Brandon got wind of it and began using it as a rallying cry to get the former players on his side and try to save his job. Vincent Smith of "That Clowney GIF" fame was on MGoBlog's board saying this exact thing the other day. Obviously there's going to be some bunker mentality but from what Smith was saying it was never meant to be derogatory when they started. Kalli posted:Hoke: You're a wizard Shaney. Hoke, after leaving Morris in the game: "I should not have done that, I should NOT have done that."
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It's funny cuz saying "Dave Brandon" has the exact same effect on Michigan Men as saying "Voldemort" does in the books
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Raku posted:It's funny cuz saying "Dave Brandon" has the exact same effect on Michigan Men as saying "Voldemort" does in the books Figuring out where he's buried the horcruxes is going to be a bitch.
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Look what showed up in the Michigan Daily today: http://www.michigandaily.com/news/university-lacks-policy-retain-employee-communications-public-record quote:In a March 28, 2014 response to The Michigan Daily, Patricia Sellinger, the University’s Freedom of Information Act coordinator, indicated “there are no responsive records” corresponding to the request submitted for “all e-mails sent to and from Athletic Director Dave Brandon between March 13 and 14, 2014.”
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As always, Teamcatlab had the best take on the situation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVnKIjBkGVE
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Good article at The Daily with President Schlissel talking sports, academics (specifically UNC), and athletic directors. As to the time scale involved here:quote:Schlissel added that [Faculty Liaison] Curzan said the Athletic Department “often tries to keep her at arm’s length,” expressing frustration regarding the marginalization of faculty governance in these matters. There's lots of stuff to quote and highlight which basically becomes the entire article, so I would encourage clicking through and reading it on their site.
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Deteriorata posted:Good article at The Daily with President Schlissel talking sports, academics (specifically UNC), and athletic directors. As to the time scale involved here: quote:University President Mark Schlissel discussed the “sports stuff” that has transpired over the past semester hahaha. This is a pretty good article though and full credit to him to being patient on the whole process. Related, Detroit News is saying Hackett will be paid $600k and his appointment letter says his term is "indefinite".
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Top Hats Monthly posted:I like how this reached a boiling point because of the Minnesota Gophers Losing the Jug is pretty serious business.
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Even in our 3-8 season we crushed Minnesota. So yeah, heads need to roll when you lose to Minnesota. Although had Hoke started Gardner, I do think Michigan would have won. Tho we would be heading towards an 9-4/8-5 season, no 'concussion-gate' and Hoke/Brandon may have survived that.... and gross.
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Regnevelc posted:Although had Hoke started Gardner, I do think Michigan would have won. haha, really? That game wasn't even close. Gardner has caught some bad luck, but he's also not very good and has lost to a lot of lovely teams.
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MourningView posted:haha, really? That game wasn't even close. Gardner has caught some bad luck, but he's also not very good and has lost to a lot of lovely teams. It was close until the second half when Michigan's defense had been on the field for 90% of the first half since Morris couldn't sustain a drive. Gardner came in and led them to a TD on his first drive. It was 10-7 at half.
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Declan MacManus posted:This one's for all the fiat currency
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Regnevelc posted:Even in our 3-8 season we crushed Minnesota. I was being facetious. Lloyd Carr lost to Minnesota, so did Bo - when Minnesota was far worse than they are now. The Minnesota game catalyzed a lot of events that were going to happen anyway. The nonsense after the Morris incident was typical of how everything in the athletic department was being handled, and if it hadn't blown up over Morris there would have been some other incident shortly thereafter that would have had the same result.
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