RR Will Be Coach for the Next Month
This can be locked and doesn't require discussion but instead thrown up to decimate the Lynn Henning article and the 9 other bs notions that have gone out and around the past week:
UM Ath Dept officials told WTKA that the evaluation of the football program will be like all teams -- after the season, including postseason (HT: MichiganInsider)
Rodriguez will not be fired Monday. He will not be fired after the game Saturday to a chorus of boos by the OSU faithful. He will not be fired in the Shoe. He will not be fired with a fox, he will not be fired in a box.
tl;dr version: Successful Reporter Troll is Successful
Edit: Dave Brandon chimes in
Heard about a "rumor" re: some "big announcement" on Monday regarding M-Football. Add it to the rumor rubbish pile! Happy Thanksgiving!
November 24th, 2010 at 1:02 PM ^
Let's have some fun! There is only a couple more minutes until Geaux_Blue gets here and deletes this post! Oh wait...
November 24th, 2010 at 1:03 PM ^
1) i'm not a mod
2) this has not been broached AFAIK
3) there's been 5 "Someone says RR is gone" - this is the first report from the Athletic Department that such 'knowing claims' are false
November 24th, 2010 at 1:06 PM ^
Fun!!!
November 24th, 2010 at 1:08 PM ^
That's not what the Moderation Action Sticky says. Has there been some MGoDrama behind the scenes that we are not aware of? Spill the beans!
November 24th, 2010 at 1:11 PM ^
just not anymore. obviously things are fine or i wouldn't be trying to be a valuable frequent commenter. i enjoyed being a mod and won't feel bad not clicking into Beveled Guilt because of the absurd number of hours i helped out. that's all.
November 24th, 2010 at 1:17 PM ^
Well I hope it's all worked out for the best. Glad you're still around and contributing.
November 24th, 2010 at 1:17 PM ^
I don't want this confirmed because in my own head he and Brian hang out and one night they got drunk and in a big fight and Brian got home and immediately stripped him of his Mod abilities. Or they got in an E-Fight or something. This is because being a michigan fan has caused me to, by correlation, LOVE DRAMA!
Edit: dammit
November 24th, 2010 at 1:03 PM ^
I find this very telling.
November 24th, 2010 at 1:04 PM ^
do you like them green eggs and BAM?! Thanks for the post. Can we focus on osu now?
November 24th, 2010 at 1:07 PM ^
Whoa, whoa, whoa. That would make both Kirk Herbstreit and that random poster on virtually every thread this morning incorrect. So I find it pretty hard to believe.
November 24th, 2010 at 1:08 PM ^
sources. They are for....
November 24th, 2010 at 1:08 PM ^
The media was out for RR's head since day one...and now its the last game of the season they want to start more shit with no crudible sources. The media is scum...whats so different than the Freep or Detnews to TMZ...NOTHING! They just want to start shit...thats how the get hits on there websites and papers sold.
November 24th, 2010 at 1:12 PM ^
is that there are no repercussions for being right, yet you get so many accolades for being right. If you pull something out of your ass and it ends up being right, you are a super sleuth who has "inside knowledge." If you're wrong you keep hosting College Gameday.
November 24th, 2010 at 1:23 PM ^
Being right is a apparently a more complex state of being than I had ever anticipated.
November 24th, 2010 at 1:55 PM ^
Don't worry about it. Now that I take a second look, I noticed that I goofed up, too. See? We all do it once in a while. Feel better?
November 24th, 2010 at 1:28 PM ^
Hey don't lump TMZ with all of those untrustworthy media type out their. TMZ broke the Farve text messagegate 8 months ago, and because it was TMZ it was dismissed. They don't have the best tactics but are more honest than all the rest. Besides Harvey is a lawyer.
November 24th, 2010 at 1:08 PM ^
But what about the month after that?
November 24th, 2010 at 1:09 PM ^
that random internet posters quoting anonymous and/or unverifiable sources are proven yet again to be full of shit.
November 24th, 2010 at 1:11 PM ^
Any random dude with a microphone knows more than these bullshit "UM Athletic Department Officials."
If he didn't know stuff, then please explain how he got a microphone.
QED
November 24th, 2010 at 3:27 PM ^
Loves these mics! And I must admit that I can be seen signing some Bon Jovi into them................"Wanted...waaaaaaaaaanted....dead or alive!"
November 24th, 2010 at 4:02 PM ^
I think I saw Henning use the original Mr. Microphone.
"Hey good looking, I'll be back to pick you up later?"
November 24th, 2010 at 1:12 PM ^
I was hoping he'd be fired at halftime
November 24th, 2010 at 1:18 PM ^
This appears to be your first post. A success it was not.
November 24th, 2010 at 2:07 PM ^
Thanks Yoda.
November 24th, 2010 at 2:11 PM ^
Welcome, you are.
November 24th, 2010 at 2:35 PM ^
You forgot the "/s"
November 24th, 2010 at 1:12 PM ^
Does this mean that all posters claiming they had insider info should be negged to Bolivia?
November 24th, 2010 at 3:57 PM ^
Put on the first train to Negeragua.
November 24th, 2010 at 1:12 PM ^
Yeah but I have a source who works for the University of Michigan cleaning bathrooms and he heard a cell phone conversation from a stall which had what he was pretty sure were Brandon's feet underneath and he was talking to Jim Harbaugh about moving to Ann Arbor, and this source doesn't lie.
November 24th, 2010 at 1:13 PM ^
A serious question:
It seems obvious that the AD put this out in response to the rumors that have started to gain steam. Well done by the AD for promptly squashing such a rumor that could cause a distraction on the eve of a huge game.
But, does the fact that the AD simply said that the evaluation would be done after the post-season - rather than saying that RR will be back next year - bode negatively for RR? I know, DB has consistently said that he would make his eveluation after the season, so this is just being consistent. However, with the rumors circulating, if DB had already decided to bring RR back, it would have made sense to come out and say so now.
So, to me, this means that at a minimum, no decision has been made on this issue, and DB is actually going to go through a real analysis after the season to make this important decision. Am I reading too much into a non-statement?
Also, conspiracy theory warning: is it possible that DB has already approached Harbaugh and Harbaugh has said that he will not leave his team that is about to play in a BCS bowl until after the bowl? Harbaugh always struck me as someone who had a real sense of what he considered to be right and wronf, and the type of guy would would frown on leaving a team before finishing the entire season. This of course assumes that (1) RR may be fired, (2) there would be interest in Harbaugh, and (3) Harbaugh would be interested in coming home.
November 24th, 2010 at 1:14 PM ^
All it means is that David Brandon is going to do what he's said he'd do all along: wait until after the season to make any decisions.
I know that can be hard to believe at times, but absolutely everything he's said has supported that claim.
November 24th, 2010 at 1:20 PM ^
Can't remember the one article that probably was posted here, but it was the most telling article of any that Dave brandon was asked about the teams progress.
He talked about the MSU and Iowa games and how MSU didn't beat us, and if Denard just calms down and throws an accurate throw on both the INT's it is a different game and we are in position to win.
Same thing with the Iowa game at the end if we make a stop we had a chance to tie the game up.
If anyone has a link to the article it would be appreciated, but he sounded pretty positive about the team. It was before the Wisconsin game i think and possibly a rivals article.
November 24th, 2010 at 1:20 PM ^
You had me until the bit about Harbaugh having a real sense of right and wrong. I can't help but think of his DUIs and general dickishness, not to mention him waiting until Bo was dead to talk shit about the program. If he had any balls at all, he would've said it while Bo was alive and dealt with the fallout, but that's just not his style.
I hope RR gets another year but realize there's a decent chance that he won't. If Harbaugh's the replacement I'm still going to cheer for the team, and he may very well be successful, but it's going to be hard for me. I really don't like the guy
November 24th, 2010 at 1:21 PM ^
To be fair, he never claimed that Harbaugh had a sense of right and wrong. Merely a sense of right and wronf.
November 24th, 2010 at 1:25 PM ^
I was eating a potato chip when I read this post. The laughing, it hurts.
November 24th, 2010 at 2:05 PM ^
I'm at work and nearly blew my eyes out having to plug my nose to stifle the laughing. +1 to you.
November 24th, 2010 at 3:08 PM ^
Harbaugh's loose cannon style could lead to some great moments:
- Reaching out for postgame handshake with Dantonio only to pull his hand back and brush the side of his hair with it.
- Harbaugh + Tate coming off the field after 3 and out = sideline camera guy's wet dream.
- Forming a Dennis/Mr. Wilson-like relationship with Tressel.
- Out-smugging Bielema.
- Wearing the #1 jersey on the sideline himself in a figurative pissing contest with Braylon.
November 24th, 2010 at 3:58 PM ^
Now that you mention it, I'm picturing him just chewing out guys like Sharp and Rosenberg and I gotta admit, it's not all bad. Silver lining I suppose.
November 24th, 2010 at 4:01 PM ^
I'll never respect Harbaugh, because of this indefensible and defining act of cowardice. Great player, potentially great coach, and douchebag extraordinaire.
November 24th, 2010 at 6:27 PM ^
Michigan program think that you guys are being over sensitive and that Jamie Morris was out of line. Even the one UM alum I know thinks Harbaugh's actual comments "Weren't that bad, it was just the timing."
Outside of Michigan world, his comments aren't viewed as being that bad.