New ISU assistant suddenly resigns

[tornado]

He sorta pulls a Dana Altman!

Mike Jackson, Michigan assistant under Tommy Amaker, was just hired and introduced as a new assistant under Tim Jankovich, and now he resigns at ISU, and heads back to Michigan as new assistant under John Beilein!
Go figure..

http://blog.mlive.com/annarbornews/2007/04/jackson_returns_to_michigan.html

http://www.bradleyfans.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=6965

[DannyCooksey]

That sucks

I know the rest of the Valley will be laughing at us again. Unreal.

[dogsrus]

That sucks

I know the rest of the Valley will be laughing at us again. Unreal.

DC...how come no talk of it or even rumors on the ISU board?

[DannyCooksey]

That sucks

I know the rest of the Valley will be laughing at us again. Unreal.

DC...how come no talk of it or even rumors on the ISU board?

I have no idea. I can't access redbirdfan at work here. the only thing I can guess is it hasn't been made public or they just haven't heard yet.

Really sucks because there was a little blurb on Jankovich and Jackson making inroads on ilprepbullseye.

This pisses me off. I guess he couldn't pass up going back to Michigan? Thye prob doubled his salary too. I can't fault a guy for that, but this hurts us.

frustrating.

[dogsrus]

That sucks

I know the rest of the Valley will be laughing at us again. Unreal.

DC...how come no talk of it or even rumors on the ISU board?

I have no idea. I can't access redbirdfan at work here. the only thing I can guess is it hasn't been made public or they just haven't heard yet.

Really sucks because there was a little blurb on Jankovich and Jackson making inroads on ilprepbullseye.

This pisses me off. I guess he couldn't pass up going back to Michigan? Thye prob doubled his salary too. I can't fault a guy for that, but this hurts us.

frustrating.

It just hit ISU board and MVC board.

[Da Coach]

This has been the strangest year for coach hirings!

I had just noticed this morning that ISU posted Jackson's page on the Redbird website--

http://goredbirds.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/jackson_mike00.html

Now this occurs! This was just posted withing the past few minutes on the Redbird site--

http://goredbirds.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/040907aaa.html

This kind of move likely resulted from some key player or recruit who told the new Michigan coach he was leaving because he had become close to Jackson before Michigan fired him along with head coach Tommy Amaker.
Thus Michigan was forced to make a conciliatory call back to Jackson, and probably a boost in his salary, to lure him back in hopes of salvaging their recruit or player!

[DannyCooksey]

This has been the strangest year for coach hirings!

I had just noticed this morning that ISU posted Jackson's page on the Redbird website--

http://goredbirds.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/jackson_mike00.html

Now this occurs! This was just posted withing the past few minutes on the Redbird site--

http://goredbirds.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/040907aaa.html

This kind of move likely resulted from some key player or recruit who told the new Michigan coach he was leaving because he had become close to Jackson before Michigan fired him along with head coach Tommy Amaker.
Thus Michigan was forced to make a conciliatory call back to Jackson, and probably a boost in his salary, to lure him back in hopes of salvaging their recruit or player!

I'm sure that's exactly what happened. Unfortunately for Jankovich, ISU, and its many fans it occurs at our expense. It sounded like in the 10 days he was aboard, he was doing some good things. This is unfortunate to say the least for us. bad timing.

[tornado]

Little doubt that Michigan was able to lure him back with a sweeter offer,
and I agree it probably had to do with keeping the present players or helping with the Michigan recruits.

[tornado]

DC...how come no talk of it or even rumors on the ISU board?

dogs...come on...you know you can always read the most relevant BU and Valley stuff right here first....
the rest of the Valley will ultimately read our board and catch up....

[Phantom]

He decided to stay in Michigan because his family wouldnt be able to relocate to Normal for at least a year. His son is a special needs child.

So it was a family decision apparently.

[BradleyBrave]

He decided to stay in Michigan because his family wouldnt be able to relocate to Normal for at least a year. His son is a special needs child.

So it was a family decision apparently.

They always seem to find a 'family' excuse. It's a great crutch to have...

[Phantom]

He decided to stay in Michigan because his family wouldnt be able to relocate to Normal for at least a year. His son is a special needs child.

So it was a family decision apparently.

They always seem to find a 'family' excuse. It's a great crutch to have...

That and he probably got a hefty pay increase to go back to Mich. Whatever the case, it sucks for us.

[real fan]

Problem with todays society is people cannot be trusted unles you make them sign a contract on the spot as their word or verbal agreement means nothing.

[dogsrus]

Not blasting ISU but why would a guy leave as the assitant of UM to be assitant at ISU. I'm guessing he needed a job after UM head coach got canned.

If so it makes you wonder if he really ever wanted the ISU job for more than "employment".

[tornado]

Mike Jackson - who was hired as assistant at ISU and stayed less than two weeks before quitting and going back to his previous job at Michigan...

is in the news again....I guess you could call him an ex-ISU assistant...but he's going to be announced as the new assistant coach at Purdue......so this is probably what his short stay at ISU was all about..
he probably figured it was more likely that he'd move up the ladder from Michigan than from ISU...

http://www.annarbor.com/sports/um-basketball/report-michigan-assistant-basketball-coach-mike-jackson-leaving-program/