CC: D. Brandon timeline; good, bad or forced?
Like many mgoblog members I've been reading all kinds of comments about DB's timeline to wait until after the bowl game to make a decision about the future of RR and the actual coaching staff. Some of them agree with him, but the majority doesn't. Most think that he is a bad CEO and there is no reason to wait unless he actually wants JH to be the next coach of Michigan football team. I want to bring a new perspective into this situation; I think he is forced to do it. Now let me explain it.
Most will agree with me that we are faced here with two likely scenarios:
1. J. Harbaugh or,
2. R. Rodriguez
If JH is the future coach, waiting for him is probably the best solution and an early announcement will probably create a bad situation both at Michigan and Stanford (remember West Virginia 3 years ago).
If RR is the coach, announcing it before the bowl game can open up a big can of worms. Why, will you ask? Think about it. What the next question will be? What about Greg Robinson and the defensive staff? Are they coming back? In this case what DB's answer can be? Yes! Unless he's 100% sure he cannot say that and what if he wants some changes in defense?
I don't know what your opinion is, but I think we need a change there and a lot of people believe that even if RR is back GERG is gone. Now we have to admit that this is a very likely scenario and I actually think that after JH as a HC this is the most likely to happen. He cannot say: "Wait for that answer after the bowl game" because that can mean only one think. You're fired, but after the bowl game.
Doing something like this IS a bad CEO decision because will divide the coaching stuff and create animosity and friction between offense and defense. That's why when somebody is fired he has to live immediately. You cannot have half the coaches safe and half not. What kind of working environment is that? You are better off with nobody safe then that.
So in conclusion J. Harbaugh or R. Rodriguez, D. Brandon may not have a choice on the timeline of his decision. Waiting after the bowl game may be his only solution.
P.S. I am in "keep RR get rid of GERG" camp. My second choice will be JH, other than that keep RR.
December 6th, 2010 at 8:16 PM ^
I'm done reading the Board for the rest of the night. Enough already!
December 6th, 2010 at 8:36 PM ^
Since I last posted this video:
December 6th, 2010 at 8:38 PM ^
Somehow I doubt that. Not you.
December 6th, 2010 at 8:55 PM ^
i just watched this 12 times before i could pull myself away from it
December 6th, 2010 at 8:20 PM ^
As I've said before, the longer it takes for DB to make a formal announcement, the greater the chance are that RR will continue to be our coach next year. The timeline works in RR's favor.
December 6th, 2010 at 8:25 PM ^
If a coaching change is going to be made, you make it at the end of the regular season and before the bowls. The decision to dump Rodriguez would have had been made a couple months ago. All this Harbaugh talk is so much white noise.
December 6th, 2010 at 9:07 PM ^
If a coaching change is going to be made, you make it at the end of the regular season and before the bowls.
Not if the coach you're planning to hire is busy with a bowl of his own.
December 6th, 2010 at 9:58 PM ^
If that's the case, then help me understand how Brandon's unwillingness to publicly endorse RR provides a benefit to RR and supports his efforts as head coach? What is his incentive to make the job (and life) of a valued employee so much more challenging?
Do you think RR feels as reassured by the timeline as you do?
December 6th, 2010 at 10:30 PM ^
I'd like to agree with you. I'm an RR supporter and thinks he deserves another year, but waiting it out makes me feel the opposite. The $1.5 million that comes off RR's buyout and letting JH come in after coaching his team makes me worry. Plus, if we perform poorly in the bowl game it gives DB another excuse.
I'm really confused and concerned on what is going to happen and why we can't have an answer right now.
How much does the bowl game factor into a seasons performance? I know the evaluation would be "incomplete" if DB didn't want until after the bowl, but I think that this recruiting mess could really come back and kill us. He is doing RR, JH, and the football program as a whole a big disservice by waiting this out.
December 7th, 2010 at 10:23 AM ^
That is the silliest assertion I have seen in this debate thus far.
I have said this before and will say it again, the ONLY way this timeline ends up being justifiable is if JH is brought in after the bowl game. If that isn't the case, this was a mistake.
As to the OP's assertion that you couldn't endourse RR after the regular season without also making a decision on the defense, I say that is false. In most situations, it isn't the AD's job to make a decision about the staff under the HC. All DB would have to do is say RR is staying publicly while telling RR personally that something had to be done about the defense following the bowl game.
Sorry, but the only way this timeline is forced is if JH is the target and the timeline is being driven by him (which may well be the case, but at this point none of us know).
December 6th, 2010 at 8:23 PM ^
If RR is the coach, announcing it before the bowl game can open up a big can of worms. Why, will you ask? Think about it. What the next question will be? What about Greg Robinson and the defensive staff? Are they coming back?
All he has to say is "We'll be evaluating individual position coaches at a later date." Done.
December 6th, 2010 at 8:38 PM ^
IMHO, I think that is kind of hard. What if he has a disagreement with Coach Rod when discussing the staff. Are you going to fire him after stating before the bowl that you support him.
I thought it was crazy for DB not to support or fire Coach Rod right after the Game. But, I think I am starting to maybe comprehend it. I may still be totally wrong. But, the delay is starting to make sense. Problem is that recruiting will take a hit.
December 6th, 2010 at 8:41 PM ^
Yeah those half-ass answers have worked so well with the press lately, especially Freep.
December 6th, 2010 at 8:47 PM ^
Right - but it's a lot bigger deal when its the head coach. The national media cares about RR and his job security, but not about the defensive coaches. The local media cares about the defensive staff, but they aren't going to beat it into the ground like they do with RR.
December 6th, 2010 at 8:52 PM ^
I hope you are right, but I don't trust the press anymore. They will not stop until RR is fired.
December 7th, 2010 at 10:30 AM ^
The AD's job is to determine who the HC is and that is the question everyone else wants answered. It is the job of the HC to make changes to his staff, so DB saying RR will stay has nothing to do with whether the D coaches return and I don't think the media are so uninformed that they don't realize that.
It would be perfectly normal for a HC to evaluate his staff after a bowl game under these circumstances. For an AD to wait to decide whether to fire or retain a HC until after a bowl game under these circumstances is another question entirely.
December 6th, 2010 at 8:24 PM ^
Is it january 1 yet?
December 6th, 2010 at 8:24 PM ^
The Bud Bowl back, I laughed so hard when they put the 40 oz'er in on the goal line.
December 6th, 2010 at 8:27 PM ^
Because you touch yourself at night.
December 6th, 2010 at 8:28 PM ^
Not as funny, but I am sure you will like: SFW (besides some language):
December 7th, 2010 at 10:28 AM ^
SOULS!!
I have to learn to listen more carefully but this explains the SFW.
December 6th, 2010 at 8:34 PM ^
I want to ride the ROD!!!
December 6th, 2010 at 8:34 PM ^
I trust that he'll keep rr. What puzzles me, however, is the urgency on the part of Domino's to convince me that their pizza is NOT made from toe nail clippings, red fingerpaint and buffalo snot. That never crossed my mind...that is...until those ads came out.
December 6th, 2010 at 8:36 PM ^
This is some post.
It has this "induced resignation" effect on the reader, or at least this one.
December 6th, 2010 at 8:45 PM ^
Wait a sec? Its either Rodriguez or Harbaugh
Huh
I did not know that
December 6th, 2010 at 8:56 PM ^
The CC thread preface should be changed to CCNGH = Coaching Change Not Gonna Happen
December 6th, 2010 at 9:18 PM ^
I like that better than the "Rob is going to give you a high five!" sequence.
December 6th, 2010 at 11:08 PM ^
Perfectly timed for when my sanity was about to reach its breaking point.
December 6th, 2010 at 9:00 PM ^
Either way, this is not good for recruiting. If DB wants RR back, he needs to say so. Recruits can then decide. IMHO, waiting only means a change is coming.
December 6th, 2010 at 9:24 PM ^
And there's a piece of me that wonders what all these coaching change threads do to influence any recruits that happen to poke around this blog / the Internetz. I think it's time we line up behind Rodriguez because like it or not, he's on the sidelines.
December 6th, 2010 at 11:57 PM ^
someone needs to explain the difference between being on the inside and reading about being on the inside. What are they going to do when the articles are about them?
About time to line up? I'm sorta slow, so I got in line 3 years ago. Thanks. Would you like a seat on the bandwagon?
December 6th, 2010 at 9:24 PM ^
What kind of faith is RR going to have in DB in the future? If it takes 5 weeks for DB to give a thumbs up to RR, do you really think it is a solid thumbs up and one that he is going to truly believe in? He is gone after the bowl game, there is just no other way to look at it.
If I completed a year long project at work and my boss took 5 weeks to tell me what he thinks of me and my project, let's just say any faith I had in my job security would be gone.
December 6th, 2010 at 10:17 PM ^
Nothing says "Michigan Man" like a good a cappella version of a Katy Perry song--sung by prep school boys.
December 6th, 2010 at 10:57 PM ^
Josh Groban in Glee.....wellllll.....
December 7th, 2010 at 12:22 AM ^
DB is waiting for RR to find another DC... ASAP... It's basic CYA.
If they can find a big name DC and get a bowl win he'll take alot less heat for keeping RR.
Even without a win in the Gator Bowl (which I think DB is praying for as much as anyone)... RR stays and GERG is the sacrificial lamb.
December 7th, 2010 at 9:53 AM ^
"Doing something like this IS a bad CEO decision because will divide the coaching stuff..."
Are you talking about that little stuffed animal coaching dude? He's loyal...won't be divided