tolmichfan

December 4th, 2014 at 11:27 PM ^

So if Harbaugh says no again will this stop all the conspiracy theory's on why we didn't hire him. Hackett seems like a smart guy and they are trying to be more open with the fan base, when it comes to this search. They also have to keep a certain amount of secrecy with who they are contacting. So if we don't get Harbaugh hopefully the fan base will get behind whoever the new coach is.

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snarling wolverine

December 4th, 2014 at 11:10 PM ^

You guys do realize that Carr didn't have the authority to sign anyone's transfer papers, right? 

RichRod, as the coach, ended up signing the papers of the guys who transferred.  (Which is not to say that he kicked them out, of course - I'm sure he'd have wanted Mallett - but only he had the authority to keep them or let them go.)

 

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Brodie

December 5th, 2014 at 1:14 AM ^

if RR had any interest in running an offense tailored to our personnel, he would have started Steven Threet, the former four star prospect who later went on to start for Arizona State, instead of forcing us to endure Nick Sheridan because the latter was marginally more mobile.

He wouldn't have made use of Mallett's skills. What he's done at Arizona is the result of his learning experiences here.

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Brodie

December 5th, 2014 at 2:02 PM ^

Shaun King was far more mobile than Mallett, for one thing... he averaged over 5 ypc at Tulane.

For another, we have RR's decision making: he started a walk-on, a purfunctory no-talent coach's kid, over a 4 star QB who later went on to start successfully in the Pac-12. He had no interest in even attempting to run anything but the spread-n-shred in full Pat White mode here. If he had we probably could have done better than at least the Toledo game.

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Baughlieve

December 4th, 2014 at 11:14 PM ^

Fact: Mallett left Michigan on his own because he didn't want to operate in a run-based offense.

Mallett played in 11 games as a freshman at Michigan in 2007, completing 43.3 percent of his passes for 892 yards with seven touchdowns and five interceptions. He started three games for the injured Chad Henne, including games against Notre Dame and Penn State.

When Wolverines coach Lloyd Carr retired after the 2007 season, Michigan hired Rodriguez from West Virginia to replace him. Mallett knew Rodriguez's spread offense wasn't a good fit for him. Mallett decided to leave Ann Arbor after his first face-to-face meeting with Rodriguez.

"As far as what Coach Rodriguez wants his quarterbacks to do, we both agreed it wasn't for me," Mallett said. "I decided to take a pass and let him get his own guy in there to be successful."

After Mallett decided to leave Michigan, he also considered transferring to UCLA, Tennessee and Texas A&M. But Mallett chose the Razorbacks because of Petrino's pass-happy offense. Under Petrino, Arkansas broke eight school records in 2008, including season marks for pass attempts, pass completions, passing yards and passing yards per game.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/preview09/columns/story?id=4417463

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GoBLUinTX

December 4th, 2014 at 11:38 PM ^

They, being Mallett, RR, and Mallett's parents, that they met before the bowl game.  That's the conversation Mallett refers to.  It is after the bowl game that there is disagreement about communication.  Whether or not RR did try to contact them or not after the bowl game, apparently the damage had been done...first impressions and all.  

According to Mallett's mother, who has publicly stated that they all had a sit down, they didn't like what they were hearing from RR, that Ryan would have to compete running the zone read option.  There was no way RM was going to win that competition so the Mallett family decided to look elsewhere for somebody wanting a pro-style QB, or at least somebody willing to utilize a pro-style QB as a pro-style QB.

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Brodie

December 5th, 2014 at 2:00 AM ^

the vast majority of our players, and especially guys like Manningham, Mallett, Arrington and Boren, were not suited to play in RR's system. Subsequint events on both sides of the ball proved that RR had zero interest in tailoring his system to our roster (there was no reason for Sheridan to ever see the field with Threet on the depth chart).

Lloyd, whether it chaps your ass or not, had a responsibility to his kids. If you think wins and losses are more important then you and I have very different views on college sports. Those kids came here because Lloys Carr promised to look out for them, and in many cases because he promised to prepare them for pro careers. It wasn't their fault or his that we hired a coach whose offense wasn't compatible with those promises

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CoverZero

December 4th, 2014 at 10:34 PM ^

This is great to hear.  Sam has a "teaser" headline over at the pay section of Scout tonight which says "Is Lloyd Carr blocking Harbaugh at Michigan" or something like that.  I hope he revises that or takes it down.  Lloyd takes a lot of unnecesary shit from people who dont appreciate what he did for the school and accuse him of meddling in everything even today.

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MGoRob

December 5th, 2014 at 12:19 AM ^

Hey. If any of you are looking for any last-minute gift ideas for me, I have one. I'd like Jim Harbaugh, right here tonight. I want him brought from his happy holiday slumber over there on Melody Lane with all the other rich people and I want him brought right here...with a big ribbon on his head! And I want to look him straight in the eye, and I want to tell him... Welcome home

/ Christmas vacationed

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Danwillhor

December 5th, 2014 at 1:44 AM ^

there is nothing we can offer then the job, control & autonomy. If he agreed maybe a cheap NFL out clause after 4 years but he knows what he's getting into. It's only a case of him wanting the job. No amount of wooing him will work. You go to his sentimentality, nostalgia, need for him, compensation and hope.

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