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David Brandon YRSOB (brand deflater / email enthusiast / cowardly quitter)

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LostLassie said:
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoo...cels-coke-for-tickets-deal-for-minnesota-game



The promotion was squelched within the first 24 hours. And, technically, the tickets were all sold to start with, since Coke had already bought them.
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FWIW, I saw this this morning, and just wanted to let you know I didn't pull the statement out of thin air.

http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/108127/meltdown-continues-at-michigan

That record might have fallen Saturday if not for a botched promotion earlier in the week. On Monday, campus convenience stores gave away a pair of free tickets to the game with the purchase of two Coca-Cola products -- a $150 value for three bucks. The athletic department pulled the deal that night saying it never gave the go-ahead to Coke, but not before tickets sold out.
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*emphasis mine.
 
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Well, looks like I was wrong about Pizza Man firing cHoke...

Didn't come into this thread to admit that though... Came here to wonder... anyone else think he's been conspicuously quiet the last couple of days? I mean.. we're talking about a guy who loves to hear himself talk, so much so that he had a presser to introduce a coordinator being hired.... I find this very weird, that he's said nothing. Thoughts?
 
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Buckeyeskickbuttocks said:
Well, looks like I was wrong about Pizza Man firing cHoke...

Didn't come into this thread to admit that though... Came here to wonder... anyone else think he's been conspicuously quiet the last couple of days? I mean.. we're talking about a guy who loves to hear himself talk, so much so that he had a presser to introduce a coordinator being hired.... I find this very weird, that he's said nothing. Thoughts?
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He doesn't own a yacht, does he?
 
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Wetzel said:
Perhaps even more troubling, or indicative of how Michigan athletics is operating, is that on Monday afternoon, nearly 48 hours after this incident, Hoke said he still hadn't discussed it with his boss, athletic director Dave Brandon.

Not at all? How is that possible?

Could Brandon really be the only person in Ann Arbor not interested in finding out what happened?

And even if he somehow wasn't a bit interested in the subject, once the negative wildfire began spreading through social and traditional media to the point where the Wolverines' entire football culture was under attack, how does the AD not call the coach, or jump in on the damage control?

If this isn't the job of the athletic director, what is?

Brandon and Hoke love to brag about the "Michigan Brand." They are paid handsomely to protect it.

Right now it is under almost unprecedented assault, even from its most loyal fans and customers. "This is NOT Michigan," the fan blog MGoBlue railed Monday.

Maybe it is unwarranted to suddenly conclude formerly good man Brady Hoke is actually a heartless villain, but it isn't uncalled for to demand why the response has been so poor.

Or more specifically, why Dave Brandon apparently fiddled as his beloved brand burned.
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