CC: Newsflash, Rosenberg makes sense. (Stay away CC post bashers)
I've been as critical of him as anyone here, but Rosenberg IMO makes sense in today's article. Basically, his point is that waiting until January doesn't make any sense unless you are planning to fire RR. Otherwise why make him and his assistants twist in the wind?
"You can make a reasonable argument for keeping Rodriguez. He has coached only three years, his offense is working, his record got better every year, etc. But you cannot make a reasonable argument for dangling him over the edge of a cliff for five weeks, then keeping him. There is a reason nobody else in college sports operates this way. Even if the plan is to keep Rodriguez and make changes to the coaching staff, it makes much more sense to announce now that Rodriguez will be back.
Brandon is a smart man. And when a smart person does a seemingly stupid thing, you have to look at it from every angle to see what you're missing. No matter how I look at this, only one thing makes sense:
Brandon has decided to fire Rodriguez."
He may be dead wrong, as he's been many many times before, but this makes sense to me.
December 10th, 2010 at 3:56 PM ^
With conveniently similar last names. And I think it makes a point.
The point has absolutely nothing to do with race. Thank you for asking, to make that point clear beyond any question.
A racist, or a race-baiter, should find no intellectual space in the grand tradition of Michigan football, from the magnificent Willis Ward, whom I was privileged to meet when I was a boy, to scores of the finest Michigan Men and All-Americans, to the remarkable honoring of one Jesse Owens of The Ohio State University in a memorial at Ferry Field, to the present day.
December 10th, 2010 at 4:05 PM ^
I hope you realize i wasn't "calling you a racist", just asking for clarification on a statement that might be perceived as such.
and clarification received
December 10th, 2010 at 5:18 PM ^
I realize it could be a problematic reference. If I can't explain it to anyone's satisfaction, I ought not make it at all. There needs to be more sensitivity, I'd agree, if we were making any nameless generalizations. But Drew Sharp, who has personally advocated the firing of about a hundred different officials in sports, and who has made a career out of outraging people, is not a person to be treated with any special sensititvity.
December 10th, 2010 at 3:59 PM ^
Thanks again. Not being in the Detroit area for the last 15 years, I have no idea about their previous work or any possible agendas. I really appreciate you clarifying and giving you opinion on these topics. There seems to be more people on here that like Sharp more than Rosenberg, although I don't really see much of a difference.
December 10th, 2010 at 2:30 PM ^
Sharp went up and asked Brandon some questions before the game. His article the next day could have been predicted. Brandon didn't give him too much time from the impression people who saw it got, though.
December 11th, 2010 at 11:33 AM ^
Somewhere out there is a budding journalist who dreams of a career as an investigative reporter. I see a large bullseye on the Freep's back, just waiting for someone to target them over this entire story issue debacle conspiracy thing.