How Brady Hoke is different from Rodriguez.....

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Among other things, he's not a one-trick pony. He can work with the tools he has.




Hoke has run various offenses in his eight years as a head coach at Ball State and San Diego State. He realizes much of the U-M roster was recruited to fit former coach Rich Rodriguez’s spread offense, so he’ll adapt as much as possible.
“First and foremost, you want to make sure you’re utilizing your personnel in the best way,” Hoke said on WTKA. “You don’t want to put a square peg in a round hole. Sometimes coaches make the mistake that 'I’m going to do what I need to do no matter what.' Sometimes you’ve got to step back from that. This is never going to be about the coaches; it’s going to be about the guys who are playing. Who gives your program and your team the best opportunity to be successful.

http://www.freep.com/article/20110113/SPORTS06/110113023/1048/rss03