The committee had trouble deciding who the most qualified candidate was, but not the least: Dave Brandon. More than one member of the search committee told more than one Regent that Brandon was the least impressive candidate on the list. Despite pushing back several times, the committee members finally acquiesced to Coleman’s wishes and picked Dave Brandon.
sachmoney said:
There is no Rev said:Moving forward, if you post a link to a piece, please include some blurb or explanation of why a piece is worth reading. (Do not, however, print the whole piece, as we wish to respect other people's content.)
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- The Management
sachmoney said:I don't read what Rev has to say ( ) but the link is to an excerpt from John Bacon's new book called "The Seduction of Harbaugh."
I'm shocked this Brandon idea never got any traction.sachmoney said:A couple more excerpts from Bacon's book. For God and Country, Hackett's decision to go back to Michigan. Excerpt on ESPN regarding Brandon not pursuing Harbaugh heavily in 2011.
The lucky breaks didn't stop there.
Jay Flannelly, the former team manager turned dishwasher at Pizza House, known as "The Beav" by the former players, knew he could ask Tom Brady for almost anything-except after a loss. The Sunday after the Michigan-Ohio State game, November 30, the Patriots suffered only their third defeat of the season at Green Bay. Flannelly wasn't going to bother asking a favor after that one.
But on December 7, the Patriots got back to their winning ways in San Diego, beating the Chargers, 23-14, to go 10-3 on the season.
The Beav sprang into action.
"The Pats won, and Tom played great," Flannelly told me. "So after the game's over, I'm e-mailing Tom. I congratulate him on the win. He replies, 'Hey, we won, we played great.' Then I ask him to call Harbaugh, and give Tom his number. Tom says, 'Coach Harbaugh is the kind of guy we need.'
"Next day, Ghindy tells me Tom called Jim and talked for two hours. Okay, that's really cool."
"Tom Brady," Ghindia says, "has as much to do with Harbaugh coming back as any player on our list. It showed Jimmy just how deep it went."
sachmoney said:1. W - I don't want to lose this game
2. Rudock
3. Rudock
4. 9-3
5. Smith
6. L - I think this game is probably 45-55 right now, MSU has lost a lot
7. L - Hard to pick M to win this game without seeing them
8. Butt - If Rudock gets more starts, it will be Butt, especially from shorter routes
Interesting. My reasoning was more driven by Rudock's penchant for being a "take what the defense gives me" guy. He's not afraid to check down to pick up yardage. Obviously, I have no idea how Butt is going to be used, how vertical he is going to get. I think that another big factor is that I haven't heard of a WR really establishing himself as the go to guy. Everything has been wishy washy. Hopefully, someone steps up, but if not, we might be in trouble and staring at a 7-5/8-4 year. The usage of TE vs WR will be something to monitor through out the year.Zososoxfan said:
So, I think Butt will get a TON of catches this year and thought this would be a clever choice too. I looked up 08 and 09 Stanford stats (close to what I think this team will be) to see if there were any hints backing this up, and the TE those years had half as many catches as the leading receiver. So, even though I agree that Butt will get tons of catches, it's still unlikely (and would probably be bad) if he leads the team in receptions.
sachmoney said:For winning with him and resurrecting his career, trading him, and helping him get the "worst contract in the NFL?" Yeah, I know it's for discarding him for Kaepernick.
Any idea on how many Michigan fans will be there? I know there should be a lot of people out there to see Harbaugh's debut.
sachmoney said:RE: Peppers - Given the expectations, are we going to nitpick every play where he isn't Charles Woodson mixed with Desmond Howard and Anthony Carter? Not picking on your comment at all, WBV, more gauging the room. A couple plays that I did see that impressed me were when Jabrill caught the Oregon State running back on the first drive and that play where he separated the receiver from the ball. I guess the question is, besides playing solidly in whatever role he is in, how many impact plays are we expecting from him per game?
Yeah, probably, but he might be the second best guy in coverage behind Jourdan Lewis. Michigan hasn't found a second coverage guy (which is why Peppers might be the second best there) and coverage has been the part of the game that Peppers has struggled the most with thus far. For the most part, Peppers has been playing a a hybrid CB/NB/S/LB so far. I feel that Durkin is trying to put him in the position to make as many plays as possible. They need him to do more stuff like this:RedOctober3829 said:Isn't Peppers better cast as a safety instead of at corner?
sachmoney said:Yeah, probably, but he might be the second best guy in coverage behind Jourdan Lewis. Michigan hasn't found a second coverage guy (which is why Peppers might be the second best there) and coverage has been the part of the game that Peppers has struggled the most with thus far. For the most part, Peppers has been playing a a hybrid CB/NB/S/LB so far. I feel that Durkin is trying to put him in the position to make as many plays as possible. They need him to do more stuff like this: