Tuesday, I saw a portion of the TV, press conference with
Michigan athletic director Jimmy Hackett. For those of you that do not know,
Jimmy played as a reserve for Coach Bo Schembechler . In the late 70s. Just
prior to his recent A.D. appointment(interim basis) by Michigan President Dr.
Mark S. Schlissel, Mr. Hackett was a CEO of a business in Grand Rapids,
Michigan.
Dr. Schlissel holds an M.D. and PhD from Johns Hopkins and
was a provost at Brown University prior to his recent appointment as the University
of Michigan’s 14th president. In the early fall 2014 edition of the
Michigan Alumnus Dr. Schlissel , there is a quote, “he has a passion for the
role of higher education in making a difference to the world we live in.” This
intelligent intellectual with a background in the biological sciences certainly had reason to appoint Mr. Jimmy
Hackett.
At that press conference with Mr. Hackett indicated that
there was going to be a search for a new head football coach, and that the
search team knew about Michigan’s values of molding the character of the
players. Hackett also indicated that winning was important as well.
We all know that Coach Rich Rod had some issues as well as a
poor won- loss record for the Wolverines. The University of Arizona, I’m sure
has “good values.” Hired Rich Rod and they are currently ranked just out of the
top 10 college football teams. By the way, Coach Hoke at an overall winning
record during his four years as head coach. Not only that, the players, both
present and past; A.D. Jimmy Hackett and others speak highly of Brady Hoke.
Even Shane Morris, the concussion quarterback controversy loves Brady Hoke. So,
apparently, Brady Hoke has similar values(building character and winning) to
all concerned. Yes, it’s true that this year’s record was disastrous.
Now if Brady Hoke’s values are in concert with the
University of Michigan’s why was he fired? Maybe, And what can be measured is
the number of students that attend games, going to a postseason bowl game and
won and loss record. Underneath the value of winning, is the economic
ramifications and big business. Regarding football. This economic juggernaut is
related to the ambitious for billion-dollar capital campaign in process. Let’s
face it, the number one value in college football is about the economics or
money. Whether we like it or not, football pays the bills and brings prestige
to universities all over this land
. So, Michigan search for another head coach, its third
since 2007 is a major issue. So much about values and building character, etc.
is good rhetoric, but is not the entire story. The University sets out to pick
another coach, and then make predictions about the won loss record. I can’t
wait to learn about scientific methods that the search team utilized in their
selection. Stay tuned as a story goes on.
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For those of you interested in my Warren Pierce
radio interview : Link to radio interview
with Warren Pierce https://sites.google.com/site/ithasnothingtodowithage/files/112914_frank%20lieberman.mp3?attredirects=0
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