Geaux_Blue

January 13th, 2010 at 7:34 PM ^

one stupid internet poster brings something up to see what happens and the panic it causes and now we have official quotes from his agent. this is a brave new world. in the meantime, i give you this

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M-Wolverine

January 13th, 2010 at 8:17 PM ^

I thought it was a play on words. Particularly funny? No. But I was more worried that the over/under on posts would be 5 on hearing "you forgot the 's', jackass"; like I didn't know what I was doing. So, don't feel stupid. You all at least got it and didn't think it was a typo. I should know by now not to underestimate the MGoCommunity.

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aaamichfan

January 13th, 2010 at 7:39 PM ^

Hmmm......I wonder if local sportswriters monitor MgoBlog on a regular basis. I haven't heard anything about it outside of here.

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bjk

January 13th, 2010 at 11:41 PM ^

this in a comment on the RR-to-UT thread:
Mark May said on his radio station that he had heard Rich to Tennessee.
plus this in the article linked above:
Rodriguez, so the rumor on radio and Internet went on Wednesday, supposedly was seen in the Knoxville, Tenn., airport and would be the new Tennessee coach, replacing Lane Kiffin, who bolted for USC on Tuesday night. However, Rodriguez apparently was on a flight from Orlando, where he had attended the American Football Coaches Association convention, and heading home when he supposedly was seen in Knoxville.
(. . . interviewing our new LB coach?) [Above emphasis mine] The "Internet" might have been us.

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NickUmich

January 14th, 2010 at 2:42 AM ^

...That's the last time I will mention it. I brought it up in one post of my own and then I commented on it in this thread. I just think it was such a ridiculous rumor. No need to be so pissed off about it. Perhaps I overdid it. If I annoyed you, then I apologize. It is the internet, you can always just ignore what I say.

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Section 1

January 13th, 2010 at 8:02 PM ^

But I am not going to rail against the OP. I do understand that this "No" means "No." And I can leave it at that. But did Tennessee really approach RR? Hell, if I was Tennessee's AD, I sure would have. The OP related details that seem dubious; RR upset over Freep Jihad, warmer weather in Tennessee, etc. But the OP was relating second-hand info, by his own account. Anyway; done. Dead. Rumor is killed. Rich Rodriguez coaches for Michigan. With some great recruits coming in, and with a bright future. And room in this class for a couple of hard-hittin' five-star guys from California. I'd honestly and sincerely suggest; if you guys have been dreaming about playing in the 2012 Rose Bowl, you're gonna want to be in a Michigan uniform.

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M-Wolverine

January 13th, 2010 at 10:02 PM ^

All the credit goes to the Angel. She did all the work debunking unnecessary nonsense. I just clicked on DetNews at the right time.

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bjk

January 14th, 2010 at 12:11 AM ^

is a bit convoluted, but maybe we should be registering in order to leave favorable comments on the article along the lines of "THIS is what responsible journalism looks like!" I'm on dial-up *derision noted* so I'm still in the middle of doing it myself.

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bjk

January 14th, 2010 at 12:01 AM ^

Put it another way; if you come across something dubious but potentially earth-shaking like this, what would the responsible protocal be; maybe an e-mail to Brian explaining the sources, or what? The OP might have suspected that others less well-intentioned than him were already in possession of this explosive rumor. His (I'm picking one, there were actually two threads) presentation included the following:
I'm not saying it will happen, but that's the rumor going around. Anybody heard anything or have any thoughts on the matter?
I could see how one can see this as fishing for trouble, but I can also see it as a natural reaction to coming across alarming news. Sitting on it seems like a powerless approach; what is the proper response when you hear something like this?

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M-Wolverine

January 14th, 2010 at 1:03 AM ^

I think you're pulling that from Magnus's thread on the rumor. I have no problem with that thread, discussing it, or throwing in 2 cents about it. Open discussion is what it's about. And my track record has always been to promote and defend unpopular speech here, argue it if you like, but let it be heard. The posts Section 1 and I refer to is the one that was just thrown in a Kiffin thread, didn't just say it was a possibility, but that according to close sources he had in the U-Tenn Athletic Department that it was likely to happen, then drop all this stuff about how unhappy Rich was with his lack of support, his wife didn't like it here, yadda yadda yadda. And I said there, as here, that if it happens, or heck, we even find out that there were serious discussions, we'd bow to his source-y knowledge. But as there were holes in the story at the time, it had the air of fabrication about it, and if that is the case, I see it as a far worse board crime, because as this article shows, it reaches into "reality". King of Belch's latest identity or whatever or whoever can be contrary, and annoying. But to put out rumors that gets picked up by the media, thus going out to recruits and everyone else that maybe he's leaving? It may be beyond reasonable, but in this coaching environment we have going across the country, who would blame some kid for believing it? And it only takes one. I can't tell you what or how the rules on rumors should be. It's not my site, my place to say, and I get the feeling the situation is fluid. I can only say how I'd handle it. I know people and hear things, and frankly, unlike a lot in and around the Athletic Department, I hold those trusts. So I don't see me really breaking anything. I'll pass on information that is already out there, when it breaks, just bringing it to attention, or showing where to find it. What minor knowledge I have I may use for context after the fact. If I did hear something that I absolutely felt NEEDED to be out there, I would probably email it to Brian (and assume with his sources that he had heard the same). Then he'd either have enough evidence to run with it, or I might prove myself as reliable. As I said, I don't seeing that happening, but that's probably how I'd handle it. YMMD.

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bjk

January 15th, 2010 at 10:56 AM ^

Finally found the original post in question. Thanx for clarification on my misunderstanding about "poster" referenced. I understand where you were coming from a lot better now.

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SysMark

January 13th, 2010 at 9:13 PM ^

As an aside to the post, the article mentions Randy Edsall as a TN candidate. Though I am all Blue I live in CT and like many here admire Randy Edsall and what he has done with that program. He is a class act and I would really hate to see him move "up" to something like Tennessee.

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