YBrit wrote:
Big Mistake...well money wise great move for Hoke.
HOWEVER
When L'ville hired Tulsa's coach I thought that'll be a quick "fire" simply because he had 1 lucky year as a HC, what happened? He was fired at Louisville after 2 awful seasons. This is the same thing. Hoke who has done well, will get to Michigan, lose 6 games next season, lose 8 the next season, lose 9 the next season and will be fired.
I'm not so certain Hoke will fail at Michigan. The similarities to Urban Meyer's career track are interesting--
Both were assistants on traditional Midwestern powers (Notre Dame, Michigan) and got their first head coaching gigs turning around sorry MAC schools (Bowling Green, Ball State).
Both jumped to MWC schools and had two years of success. Meyer had a better base of talent to start with at Utah and his results were astonishing. It's hard to deny that SDSU has seemed to be a different team under Hoke.
Both leveraged their short MWC success into head coaching positions at power schools.
Despite the embarrassment of not getting Harbaugh, I think this is a good hire for Michigan. Hoke is a former Lloyd Carr man, and he will have the Wolverines playing tough pretty quick. I hate Michigan, but I'm interested to see how this turns out.
EDIT: With the new forum format, it looks like my sig is going to have to be changed.