CHAD HENNE: JERKING UP FOR 2007

Lloyd Carr asks Chad Henne into his office. Henne sits down.
Carr: Henne. You need to jerk it up a little. (HT: Larry Brown Sports.)
Henne: Um, sir?
Carr: Jerk it up.
Henne: I…I don’t do that sir. And isn’t that a bit personal. I mean, I’ll do anything for Michigan football, but I can’t see how that’ll win…(Blushes.)
Carr: Jesus, I’m not talking about badgering the witness.
Henne: Oh, heh. Sorry.
Carr: Burping the worm.
Henne: Yes.
Carr: Squeezing the toothpaste.
Henne: Sir, I get it?
Carr: See, that’s what I mean. Always with the sirs, the pleases, the ma’ams.
Henne: Well, sure , sir. It’s–
Carr: It makes you a total pussy, Henne. And total pussies cannot play quarterback in the Big Ten, Chad.
Henne: Jeff George played for Illinois, sir.
Carr: ILLINOIS IS NOT IN THE BIG TEN, HENNE!!!
Henne:…
Carr: Anyway, you’ve got to drop the civil shit and really get a cocktail fork into some nutsacks out there. That’s the only way you get ‘em to perform for you, Henne.
Henne: Fear?
Carr: Better–hate.
Henne: Lemme put this on my ThinkPad, here, I just want to write this down–
(Carr seizes the Louis Vuitton bag and slams it to the ground, laptop and all.)
Carr: Son, you can’t have a Louis Vuitton bag and start here. You just…you can’t.
Henne: It’s a European carry-all–
Carr: Say that again and I will shoot you like I shot JFK and Hitler, son.
Henne: …
Carr: Okay, now. We’ll have to review some terminology.
Henne: Fuck You!
Carr: What did you just say to me?
Henne: Sorry, trying to get in the spirit of the whole thing.
Carr: Oh, well, then…that’s a start now, isn’t it. Okay, the X receiver?
Henne: Yes?
Carr: You will call him “Shitbag.” Got it?
Henne: Yes…assface!
Carr: Don’t get cheeky, son. Remember: I shot Hitler.
Henne: Sorry. This is fun!
Carr: (stares stare promising a fiery, painful death. Flames from a Berlin bunker flicker in his eyes.)
Henne: (Shudders.)
Carr: Your Z receiver? You will now call him Fuckley Shitmahpants.
Henne: Check.
Carr: And the protections? We have five of them, each paired with a direction.
Henne: Names?
Carr: Fumbletits, Whorechum, Fartslap, Cockbiter, and Assmaster.
Henne: Gotcha.
Carr: So gimme a standard pass play to practice.
Henne: (at top of lungs) Delta Fuckley McShitMahPants Tango Z-slot Shitbag Whorechum Roger 5 Hut! (giggles.)
Carr: Just like that, son. Just like that. But don’t giggle.
Henne: Awesome. (stifles giggle) Anything else?
Carr: This is Glengarry Glen Ross. Go home. Watch it. Memorize it. For the next five months, only respond to people in phrases that are said by Alec Baldwin in this film. Do you understand that?
Henne: Yes, sir. What else?
Carr: You know Manningham’s girlfriend?
Henne: Oh, she’s really pretty. And nice, too!
Carr: Impregnate her. Or at the least, have a good firm baby muscle-tussle with her one night. You’re the qb. Tell her you know Tom Brady, and she’ll be begging for it.
Henne: Um, okay.
Carr: And Jake Long’s new car? The one he got with his NFL-guaranteed loans?
Henne: Oh, yeah. He’s really proud of it. You shoulda seen him the other day, he was just glowing riding around in it.
Carr: I want you to stand on the hood and piss on it in ten minutes in the parking lot or I’m benching your ass.
Henne: But I could get arrested, sir…and it’s his new car and all…
Carr: SILENCE!!! You don’t need to be nice, Henne. You’ve got to be a jerk. And being a jerk sometimes means urinating in public on a man’s new ride. And if he interrupts, give that daisy a little water and tell him all about it while you’re doing it.
Henne: Jake could kick my ass, sir. Like, to the moon, I’m pretty sure.
Carr: BUT HE WON’T!!! Don’t you understand? They want you to pee on their cars and impregnate their women. They want a dictator, son. They’re little people, son. They crave order.
Henne: Really?
Carr: Yes, son. You’re a god among insects. Don’t let anyone tell you different.
Henne: Yes, sir.
Carr: Now go piss on Jake’s car. Mark your territory, son.
Henne: Are you sure this is going to work? I mean, who acts like this? Impregnating women randomly? Pissing on cars?
Carr: I call them Tom Brady and Brian Griese son. Other people call them champions.
Henne: Heading out right now, fuckface.
Carr: That’s my boy.









1
DevilGrad says:
Your 2007 University of Michigan Fuck Lions!
August 28th, 2007 at 1:27 pm
2
Rob says:
“Carr: Say that again and I will shoot you like I shot JFK and Hitler, son.”
LOL!
August 28th, 2007 at 1:27 pm
3
Jerkwheat says:
didn’t George play for Team Redacted?
I’m such a pussy for knowing and/or thinking that
August 28th, 2007 at 1:34 pm
4
SMQ says:
Jeff George played for Illinois. If you want a Boilermaker, I dunno, maybe Kyle Orton?
August 28th, 2007 at 1:34 pm
5
skinnyphatman says:
EDSBS: All that shit above.
skinnyphatman: ….
words.. ah hell. there are no words worthy. Once again… shit nevermind.
August 28th, 2007 at 1:36 pm
6
Boy Howdy says:
“Flames from a Berlin bunker flicker in his eyes.”
I’m never going to be able to look at him the same again.
August 28th, 2007 at 1:41 pm
7
Rival says:
From the DN link:
Michigan’s first depth chart does not feature a fullback. Does this mean a three-receiver set?
Oooh, scandal!
Michigan’s upgrading to Football 2.0 with three, count ‘em, three receivers!
Next thing you know, they’ll have color televisions in the coaches office!
August 28th, 2007 at 1:42 pm
8
Orson Swindle says:
We were slightly right. George played for Purdue for one year before he transferred to Illinois.
Corrected.
August 28th, 2007 at 1:42 pm
9
blackertai says:
“Carr: I call them Tom Brady and Brian Griese son. Other people call them champions. ”
Hilarious. That’s got to be worth some mad cocktails, right there.
August 28th, 2007 at 1:43 pm
10
PeteJayhawk says:
Jeff George transferred to [Team Redacted] from Purdue.
August 28th, 2007 at 1:45 pm
11
TIGERinATL says:
“badgering the witness” – That’s a new one on me.
But nothing says more with less than “…”
August 28th, 2007 at 1:45 pm
12
Aerobab says:
I’m pretty sure that this transcript originated between the OBC and Wuerffel.
“If he hits you Danny, just….just hit ‘em baaack!”
August 28th, 2007 at 1:46 pm
13
Oops Pow Surprise says:
Bringing it back to Brady and Griese is simply glorious.
August 28th, 2007 at 1:47 pm
14
Brian says:
Carr: I call them Tom Brady and Brian Griese son. Other people call them champions.
That’s the best ending anyone could have hoped for. Succulent meat sir, moist, succulent meat.
August 28th, 2007 at 1:50 pm
15
Signal to Noise says:
+ many cocktails for Fuckley McShitmypants. Why that had me rolling, I don’t know.
August 28th, 2007 at 1:52 pm
16
Mr. Wrong says:
Nice work.
Fartslap and Cockbiter sounds like a porn remake of some mismatched buddy cop movie that hasn’t been made yet.
August 28th, 2007 at 1:53 pm
17
skinnyphatman says:
I dunno, I thought the refrence to Jeff George playing at Purdue was right on. I mean how much more dismissive of an opponent than not acknowledging that perhaps the best player in their history (only so many # 1 NFL draft picks), played somewhere else. Carr clearly does have time for some of this shit. Kind of like Saban motivating his tailback claiming that Hershel Walker played for Clemson. Because, why would he know, how could he know that HW is a UGA legend.
He does not have time for that shit.
August 28th, 2007 at 1:54 pm
18
DC Trojan says:
You can hear the crowd at Michigan stadium on Saturdays from my father-in-law’s back yard. I had always wondered what the strange keening noise was during the week, now I know it’s the aftermath of a Lloyd Carr motivational session.
“You think I’m fucking with you? I’m not fucking with you.”
That clip would be funnier if it wasn’t the basis of the executive management manual here at Megacorp, Inc.
August 28th, 2007 at 1:55 pm
19
Jackwraith says:
Righteous.
August 28th, 2007 at 1:58 pm
20
Allahver Fist says:
It’s all about the leads, Henne. The leads. You get the leads, you win the games.
Also, you’re a stupid fucking cunt.
August 28th, 2007 at 2:01 pm
21
Chg says:
If Carr’s theory is true, South Carolina is about two to three seasons from a pairing of the best offensive mind in football with the perfect starting quarterback.
You saw what he did with a choir boy like Wuerffel.
Be scared. Be very ascared.
August 28th, 2007 at 2:06 pm
22
Cameron Siggs says:
can’t….stop….laughing…..need….air….
August 28th, 2007 at 2:08 pm
23
Bob says:
If this were almost any other blog, I’d call it great work, but Orson’s capable of even more. This doesn’t quite capture the ornery side of Lloyd that Michigan fans know and love.
August 28th, 2007 at 2:11 pm
24
McBain says:
The way that came all the way back around in the end was truly Seinfeldian. Well done, Orson.
August 28th, 2007 at 2:23 pm
25
Alec Baldwin says:
“YOU ARE SHIT! Hit the bricks pal , because you are. going. OUT!”
August 28th, 2007 at 2:24 pm
26
maskedavenger says:
Carr isn’t ornery, just look at the company he keeps. Like Russel Crowe for instance. . . . Uh, never mind.
August 28th, 2007 at 2:31 pm
27
Larry Brown says:
Officer! Stop that man, he stole my european men’s carry-all. You’re what? Alright, my purse, I carry a purse, you happy?
August 28th, 2007 at 2:36 pm
28
Out of Conference says:
I would have thought sawing Jake Long’s new car in half with a buzz saw to demonstrate that a team relies on two parts, offense and defense, to win would have been more to the point.
August 28th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
29
BeantownBlue says:
Holy Shit! Funniest post ever! I’m wiping a tear away from my eye right now.
Thank you.
August 28th, 2007 at 2:43 pm
30
Scalz1 says:
“Other people call them champions.”
Those that stay will be champions. Nice work. LC might be in the stone age, but I’ll take him.
August 28th, 2007 at 2:46 pm
31
tzubear says:
Dear god swindle, your going to get me fired. Cant stop chuckling….
August 28th, 2007 at 2:47 pm
32
Edsall is God says:
I want to see the transcript of the conversation between JoePa and Morelli.
-Coach, how do I throw less picks?
-In my day, we used to play football with onions because the skin was still on the pig, who was coaching us at the time. We played for three days while the Confederacy only played for two you see.
I can threadjack anything to make fun of how old Joe Paterno is. Come on…everyone knows Grandpa Simpson is based on Paterno.
August 28th, 2007 at 2:50 pm
33
gosouthgohard says:
The thing that gets me is that Henne didn’t even say jerk, if you look at the article. He said (jerk), which means that he really said…
dick?
asshole?
bastard?
The people want to know, Henne!
August 28th, 2007 at 2:53 pm
34
Sam says:
Lloyd should make Henne room with Marquis on the road.
August 28th, 2007 at 3:13 pm
35
gerry dorsey says:
orson didn’t you tell me yesterday that henne was the product of underground cloning??? couldn’t they just make another one and make him a huge asshole????
August 28th, 2007 at 3:14 pm
36
PJ from NU in SF says:
If only this had happened last year, history might have been very different.
August 28th, 2007 at 6:00 pm
37
maskedavenger says:
Not the Youtube you are expecting:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=aH_LXvWvYtQ
August 28th, 2007 at 6:25 pm
38
Jorgé the Bass Player says:
Fuck the Meechigan John Coopers.
I’ll FedEx a cooler up to Ann Whore ASAP.
August 28th, 2007 at 8:00 pm
39
Thursday says:
Orson,
Couldn’t you have worked Marques “Grand Marques” Slocum into this conversation somehow? My wife was sad he didn’t make an appearance.
August 28th, 2007 at 11:04 pm
40
Reed says:
Re: “Badgering the Witness”
My brother was a major proponent of “Roughing the suspect”, but I’ve always preferred, “Pulling the hair off the old lady” which is the term my dad used for shucking corn…
Just hilarious, Orson.
August 29th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
41
Hickorydick.. says:
University of Michigan Fuck Lions, that was good, I like it.
August 29th, 2007 at 6:09 pm