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January 3rd, 2011 at 3:05 PM
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CC: RR to Pitt Rumor

There seems to be a RR to Pitt rumor circulating around.  Has anyone heard any credible information on this?  There is a mention of it on ESPN, but the info requires "insider" subscription status. 

To me, this would make sense for RR.  He is all but gone here.  He knows the Big East and has had success there.  Plus, after 3 years of being a whipping boy - caused somewhat by the parting shots that WVU took at him - is there any doubt that a guy with a competitive nature such as RR wouldn't want to come back to the Big East and grind WVU into dust?

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January 3rd, 2011 at 3:19 PM | YES! (Score:1)
michgoblue
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You got me.

Seriously, though, I am not starting a rumor.  I have seen it in a few chat boards, and then ESPN Insider had a teaser for it, but I don't have Insider access, so I am just curious as to whether there is anything to it.

January 3rd, 2011 at 3:29 PM | that's me actually (Score:1)
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January 3rd, 2011 at 5:36 PM | + one million (Score:1)
dr eng1ish
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Anyone whose wife/gf frequents that site is dying of laughter right now.  Or I suppose there could be a cross section of perez/mgoblog visitors, in which case they're dying too.

January 3rd, 2011 at 3:07 PM | Now threads are being started (Score:1)
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Now threads are being started fishing for rumors??

Sincerely,

Cpt. Ass-Hat

January 3rd, 2011 at 3:09 PM | Good Lord. (Score:1)
ThWard
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This is a low point.  Anyone hear any rumors that ThWard is related to Peter North?  Anyone willing to start them?

January 3rd, 2011 at 3:19 PM | I did hear that. (Score:1)
rlew
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I did hear that.

January 3rd, 2011 at 3:23 PM | I thought you were (Score:1)
Str8ballin
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Nick Mannings brother?

I need to go home and put water in Buck Nasty's Mom's dish

January 3rd, 2011 at 3:32 PM | "droppin' loads..........." (Score:1)
bj-ask you
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"droppin' loads..........."

January 3rd, 2011 at 3:51 PM | +1 (Score:1)
Str8ballin
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classsic Howard Stern sound byte

I need to go home and put water in Buck Nasty's Mom's dish

January 3rd, 2011 at 3:47 PM | Speaking of Peter North (Score:1)
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My brother met him one time and learned that eating yams is the secret to his ejaculatory prowess.

Sadly, this is the most informative piece of information in this thread and possibly on the entire board.

It is spelled HOKEAMANIA.  Our coach is an ass-kicking American citizen, not one of the Beatles, for Christ's sake!

January 3rd, 2011 at 3:47 PM | word on the street... (Score:1)
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... is that you are related to Pam.

January 3rd, 2011 at 3:53 PM | i know that rumor (Score:1)
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ThWard is considered to be Peter's Little Brother, though he's actually older.

January 3rd, 2011 at 3:08 PM | P-I-T-T Lets Go Pitt! (Score:1)
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If he goes anywhere else, it would be great to see him at Pitt.  First, Pitt is one of my alma maters and getting him would be a steal.  Second, to see the ANGAR of all WVU fans when he beats them in the Backyard Brawl would be priceless.  Insert gif of heads exploding all over Heinz Field . . .

Disgruntled former moderator.  I got a lot of problems with you people!

January 3rd, 2011 at 3:15 PM | Everyone who sells furniture (Score:1)
CRex
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Everyone who sells furniture in the Morgantown area has to be rooting for this.  Couch sales at the end of Nov would be amazing for them.

January 3rd, 2011 at 3:24 PM | Oooh... (Score:1)
macdaddy
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... this makes me smile. I like RR and WVU's pain is my happiness.

January 3rd, 2011 at 3:08 PM | posted from iPhone (Score:1)
Talcelm
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Right now Bengals HC "would love Pitt job" That's if he is let go....doubt RR would go there....Clemson definitely!

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January 3rd, 2011 at 3:10 PM | He would have to be driven in (Score:1)
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He would have to be driven in a bullet proof car if he took a head coaching job at Pitt and got anywhere near West Virginia. 

Go Blue!

January 3rd, 2011 at 3:10 PM | I can't believe it took this (Score:1)
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I can't believe it took this long for a rumor like this. I'd be very happy for him if he decided to leave and go there.  Great fit IMO. Pitt would right there with TCU fighting for conference championships.

 Robinson also packed snow into a plastic bag for his return flight.
"Melted on the plane," he said.
 


 

January 3rd, 2011 at 3:11 PM | As if the state of West (Score:1)
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As if the state of West Virginia didn't have enough reason to hate him.

I would think he'd learn his lesson from a PR standpoint and not want the fuss regarding this manuever. If you get fired, don't go to Pitt RR, you'd be making another mistake.

For a' that, an' a' that, 
Our toils obscure an' a' that, 
The rank is but the guinea's stamp, 
The man's the gowd for a' that. 
January 3rd, 2011 at 3:11 PM | i just read it (Score:1)
Geaux_Blue
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the rumor consists of the following:

RR good at offense
Offense good
Hiring RR would ignite Backyard Brawl
Maryland passed on Leach and RR
Pitt needs coach

January 3rd, 2011 at 3:11 PM | From Stewart (Score:1)
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From Stewart Mandel:

However, I'm told it's highly unlikely. After the mess Haywood left behind, Pitt AD Steve Pederson figures to be extremely cautious this time around. Rodriguez's West Virginia ties don't matter nearly as much as the considerable baggage he accrued over the past three years. [Emphasis added]. There's no telling who Pitt will land next, only that Pederson, according to the school's statement, will explore a "wider pool of candidates" -- i.e., not just sitting head coaches this time around.
January 3rd, 2011 at 4:22 PM | RR can't do any worse than (Score:1)
outwest
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RR can't do any worse than the two guys they just fired

You can sum up this sport in two words, 'You never know.'

January 3rd, 2011 at 3:14 PM | I bet an RR to UConn rumor is (Score:1)
Dreisbach Turne...
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I bet an RR to UConn rumor is next.

Syracuse '03, Michigan G'05

Space bitches, space.

January 3rd, 2011 at 3:30 PM | Actually, that's been (Score:1)
goblue7612
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Actually, that's been mentioned on ESPN insider twice today. Once in the Rich Rod to Maryland article, and once in the UConn possibilities article.

January 3rd, 2011 at 4:16 PM | The game is basically (Score:1)
Dreisbach Turne...
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The game is basically everyone throw out a random rumor and whomever's comes true can claim credibility.

Syracuse '03, Michigan G'05

Space bitches, space.

January 3rd, 2011 at 6:22 PM | If that happens, then the "RR (Score:1)
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If that happens, then the "RR beating us at his new school" meme has a Saturday reserved in 2013.

Here's hoping his record as a visitor in Michigan Stadium is no better than his record against the Buckeyes and Spartans in Michigan Stadium.

January 3rd, 2011 at 3:14 PM | That is about as likely as (Score:1)
umich1
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Harbaugh coaching Ohio State in the near future, IMO.  I can't imagine him coaching his alma matar's biggest, most heated rival.  Save that for soap operas and hollywood.

January 3rd, 2011 at 3:18 PM | Harbaugh would absolutely (Score:1)
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Harbaugh would absolutely coach Ohio State if the Michigan job and NFL positions were not available and he were offered it.

He had Woody Hayes quotes all over the locker room at Stanford. Harbaugh is the type of guy who would relish a Bo-like change from one team to the other.

January 3rd, 2011 at 3:24 PM | No please (Score:1)
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I am so done with media circuses. If you thought Boren was bad, that would be jumping off the cliff.

January 3rd, 2011 at 3:25 PM | Ummm (Score:1)
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Schembechler graduated from Miami in 1951 and earned his master's degree at Ohio State University in 1952 while working as a graduate assistant coach under Hayes, who had become OSU's head coach.

It doesn't happen in just soap operas and movies. Bo worked for Hayes at Miami and tOSU and eventually became the HC at Michigan.

Beside when RR and Pastilong (the WVU AD) parted ways it was ugl, no idea how many fond feelings remain.

January 3rd, 2011 at 3:43 PM | Pastilong is no longer the (Score:1)
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Pastilong is no longer the AD.  It's Oliver Luck, Andrew Luck's dad.

January 3rd, 2011 at 4:00 PM | ZOMG THE TIES HARBAUGH IS (Score:1)
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ZOMG THE TIES HARBAUGH IS GONNA BE THE NEW WVU COACH.  LUCK WILL TRANSFER!!!!

January 3rd, 2011 at 5:56 PM | How do you earn a Masters in one year? (Score:1)
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Wow. Impressive.

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January 3rd, 2011 at 3:15 PM | Possibility (Score:1)
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Possibility, but the ESPN rumor just states that "there is a lot of talk that Rich Rodriguez would go to Pitt".  They state no sources and just explain why it would make sense.

If this does happen, however, then he'll be the most hated man in West Virginia.

Shock the world
January 3rd, 2011 at 3:20 PM | Isn't he already?  (Score:1)
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Isn't he already? 

“What the mind can conceive, the mind can achieve and those who stay will be champions.” - Bo 

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January 3rd, 2011 at 3:17 PM | RR to UConn? (Score:1)
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I have no heard anything about this, but would this be a possibility? Every reason for RR to go to Pitt falls in line with Uconn, so just wondering if there is a possibility for RR to go to UConn.

Hokemania...Gotta catch em all!

January 3rd, 2011 at 3:31 PM | "Rich Rodriguez could become (Score:1)
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"Rich Rodriguez could become available if he's fired at Michigan, and obviously he has plenty of Big East ties from his time at West Virginia." From ESPN Insider.

January 3rd, 2011 at 3:39 PM | This makes me wonder exactly (Score:1)
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This makes me wonder exactly what one has to do to become an ESPN Insider?!  Not talking about paying the ludicrous money to get info from the site, but what does one do to have enough credibility to place information on there? 

 

Wait, just answered my own question with the use of the word - credibility.

January 3rd, 2011 at 3:17 PM | this isn't a rumor, just (Score:1)
ish
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this isn't a rumor, just someone speculating that a coach who could soon be out of work might go looking for a job at a place that has a vacancy.

January 3rd, 2011 at 3:29 PM | posted from iPhone (Score:1)
artds
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My thoughts exactly. That said, this sounds like a plausible scenario.

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January 3rd, 2011 at 3:19 PM | There aren't many HC job (Score:1)
mackbru
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There aren't many HC job possibilities out there for RR right now. The only majors, at the moment, are Pitt, Washington State, and what else? Pitt's a pretty good job. WSU is a terrible team, but it's Pac Ten and could always be brought back to respectability. What other options would RR have? An OC job? I don't see it. Maybe just wait a year and hope Clemson opens up?

 

January 3rd, 2011 at 3:21 PM | Well, (Score:1)
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he's actually coaching Michigan right now, so, err... ?

HAIL.

January 3rd, 2011 at 3:24 PM | No, he's not. (Score:1)
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No, he's not.

January 3rd, 2011 at 6:19 PM | actually (Score:1)
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he is

Rudy watches inspirational movies about Shawn Hunwick

 

January 3rd, 2011 at 3:25 PM | This (Score:1)
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This is a pretty stupid rumor IMO. Remember, he did play at West Virginia too. I can't imagine he's a big Pitt fan as it is. Not to mention he'll be able to find jobs at other places IF he doesn't return here. 

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January 3rd, 2011 at 4:14 PM | Coaches aren't fans - their loyalty goes with the job (Score:1)
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I know what you're saying seems logical, but coaches (by and large) are closer to professional athletes than they are to fans, i.e., they are Johnny Damon going from the Red Sox to the Yankees (which a fan would never do).

There are numerous examples of coaches who went against their alma maters/former employers.  Just a few:

- Bo (went from OSU to Michigan, with Miami in btw)
- Corwin Brown (played at Michigan, coached at ND)
- Norm Chow (OC at USC; OC at UCLA)
- Steve Spurrier (played coach at UF; now at S Carolina (granted, not main UF rival)
- Wil Muschamp (played at UGA; coach at UF)
- Rick Pitino (coach at UK; coaches at Louisville)

...I could go on. 

Coaches realize they're only as good as their last season (if not their last couple of games).  They rarely can afford to let loyalties of some employer who fired them or that they were a part of in the past influence where they will take their professional life.  For them, it truly is a business.

Besides, they look at Ralph Friedgen (alum, long-time asst than HC) and Randy Shannon (been at Miami all his adult life) and realize, if the school thinks they can get someone better, they will; thus coaches look out for #1.

It only ends once. Anything that happens before that, is just progress.

January 3rd, 2011 at 3:31 PM | You know what, (Score:1)
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I'm going to start a blog, put my own rumors on there.

After that, I'm going to start a new thread and ask you all to find them and prove them true.

I'll be back soon.

http://forbeslist.blogspot.com

January 3rd, 2011 at 3:39 PM | No doubt that RR would be (Score:1)
SFBlue
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No doubt that RR would be successful at Pitt, but that's a lot of "baggage" for Pitt to take on in the wake of the Haywood thing.  I say "baggage" because It's not fair to RR, but that's how things work in the sports media, and public perceptions.  RR becomes "controversial" because of NCAA violations, a messy breakup with WVU, and a shaky three years at Michigan.

But it is not over for RR at Michigan.  If Harbaugh turns down the job, this is not the time to start a search from scratch.  RR is easily the most qualified candidate to coach Michigan next year.  Bringing him back would be the best thing for recruiting, and would forestall an ugly spate of transfers.  Firing RR at this particular point in time comes with more negative consequences than, say, after the tOSU game; accordingly, Dave Brandon is going to have to hit a home run to compensate, and I think he knows this.  I would have to imagine that the conversation with Harbaugh takes place before RR's "evaluation," so that Dave Brandon knows what his options are. 

Missing Ann Arbor

January 3rd, 2011 at 3:54 PM | Yes it is over (Score:1)
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Rich cannot survive another year here. He has been irrevocably damaged. No one would take him seriously if he stayed, knowing he was only a Harbaugh head nod from being gone. Brandon has to make a change. Let's hope he gets his man.

"Better to have died as a small boy than to fumble this football" -- John Heisman

January 3rd, 2011 at 4:55 PM | I am deeply torn.  On the one (Score:1)
SFBlue
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I am deeply torn.  On the one hand, I 100% agree with you in hoping Brandon gets his man.  If there is a coaching change, it's probably the most important hire since 1968, as the program is at a true cross-roads.  Jim Harbaugh has an outstanding records, has deep ties to Michigan, and hiring him away from the NFL would be an enormous PR win. 

On the other hand, I feel the best chance for Michigan next year, and the year after, is to have RR and the team he has recruited, with a new defensive coaching staff.  Many people took RR seriously when he was hired, even though he it required perhaps three head nods (Ferentz, Schiano, and Miles) for him to get the offer in the first place.  His team is behind him, I think, and that's what's most important. 

Missing Ann Arbor

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