generational gap and RR

a two year record is ALL this is about? No list of tactical mistakes? (punting on 1st down?, making Cone the starter, etc) No personality problem effecting the outcome of a game, or the university's reputation? (devouring yard markers, self-slapping at a press conference?) No evidence of NCAA rule breaking? Where is the real evidence? Why exactly is he "slimy"? Why isn't he a "Michigan Man"? Why is his past coaching record a fluke? Why is he cut so much less slack than any other notable hire? Please don't list WVU fans or the Freep in your list of credible character sources. I agree that It hurts to see this team struggle, but right now it's STILL too soon to be making rational final judgments. If after 3/12-4 years we are not seeing significant improvement (baring catastrophic circumstances) then we can blame it on RR's unforeseen, incompetent "dark matter".

But I'm 50 & I'm 100% behind behind RR. I really loved Carr, but it was time for real change, and not just the same old, same old. One other observation. There are a sizable number in the younger generation, or generations, who have many things they don't want to change. They don't want Rawk music pumped in. They don't want paid ads plastered inside and outside the walls and surfaces of the stadium. They don't want an overactive video screen. They don't want to kill the green, and change to a bright blue field with maize highlights. They don't want garish uniforms. They don't want Pepsi, or they don't want Coke. You know, I don't really want those things myself, but at the end of the day, who really cares? I want a good team on the field, and a coach who cares for his players. There is always going to be change, and some of it is always going to be uncomfortable. That's life . . . we all have to get over it. Historically, things have already changed over the years. I remember when there was a blue haze of pot smoke over the student section, and hundreds of girls passed up from the bottom of the stands to the top when Michigan scored. I remember numerous games with the Michigan score well over 50. I remember Bo vs. Woody, and all that went along with that. Needless to say, all that has changed, and I don't think we'll ever see those days again. For me, those are all good memories, but of a time gone by. I can fondly and warmly appreciate my great experiences as a student, without wishing that things were still the same. I suppose that at the end of the day, for those of us who are closer to retirement than to high school, the hard thing is grappling with the inevitable and irreversible change of our age. Oh, to be 18 and a Freshman again. To go to class, and see beautiful girls, and walk to the stadium, to see movies at the old arch bldg, to be young and have a world of possibilities ahead of us. We hang on to tradition sometimes as a link to who we were and who we are. Yes, I love all those wonderful memories, but that doesn't mean I didn't see the need for and don't support the changes that came with Rich Rodriguez. My support of him and the program is unwavering, and echoing the statements of many, my only hope is that he is given enough time to finish the task at hand well.

I'm still fairly shocked that people think M should win 7-8 games a year with ThreetSheridammit at QB and Kovacks at safety. and Ezeh at LBer, and Mouton at LBer and Cissoko at CB and Nowicki at OT and JT Floyd at CB and....