If Harbaugh wants to come
It obvious that RR only cares about offense, the special teams and defense are just putrid. I said if he got 6 wins he'd earn another year. But if harbaugh wants to come now, we should give him the job. I'm writing this with 2 minutes to go in the half down by 17. Hopefully there will be karmic justice that makes me eat these words and we pull out an amazing comeback. But we suck.
We can't kick, we can't cover kicks, we have poorly coached, undisciplined freelancers on defense, our best receiver can't catch a cold ball, and our best runner is a twig who keeps getting hurt and dropping the ball.
Switching head coaches now will be another painful transition. But I'm almost an old man now and i'm looking more at the longterm. RR is not a long term answer. I wouldn't mind giving him the OC job. But I doubt he'd take the demotion Anyway, if we switch wake me up in 4 years when he have a chance of being a good team again.
November 27th, 2010 at 3:21 PM ^
If DB decides to fire RRod what effect does that have on the recruits we already have verbal offers from?
November 27th, 2010 at 3:21 PM ^
fuck harbaugh
November 27th, 2010 at 3:24 PM ^
Matt Millen said he would keep RR...I think that says it all.
November 27th, 2010 at 3:27 PM ^
Come home, Jimmy.
November 27th, 2010 at 3:35 PM ^
stay in Palo Ato
November 27th, 2010 at 3:31 PM ^
fucked if they do, fucked if they don't...With whatever decision is made, this team has a long way to go.
November 27th, 2010 at 3:38 PM ^
I think if you throw RR up into the box he would be one hell of an OC for any team. But as a head coach I just don't see it.
November 27th, 2010 at 4:02 PM ^
Hopefully we will all feel better tomorrow.
November 27th, 2010 at 4:37 PM ^
Why? Is that when RR is going to be fired?
November 27th, 2010 at 4:34 PM ^
"We are playing another very good football team, probably as efficient a team we've seen this year," Oregon State coach Mike Riley said. "... Every part of their team is very good, very efficient. It starts with their quarterback, who is definitely one of the best in the country."
Riley is an experienced coach at both the college and pro level. He regularly takes less talented teams to wins over USC, Oregon and the like. This will give you an idea of the type of football Stanford plays if you can't get to a TV tonight at 7:30 (versus).
It has been a long time since anyone running a quality program has said anything like that about us.
November 27th, 2010 at 4:41 PM ^
I hate to break this to you but Harbaugh is not RR's equal. He's working on it. He has the hot hand at the moment but Stanford has a lot more work to do. This is Stanford's 2nd winning season under Jimbo. Jim's also is working with 4 full recruiting classes and a senior future draft pick at QB. That's a huge difference as we witnessed the pain of Denard's inexperience these last few weeks. (And yet he's still breaking records, OMG!) For reference RR has had 2-full recruiting class! Yes there's debate on whether the late start was his fault or the Administration. Whateva!
I'll support whatever coach is at the Big House but there's quite a bit of risk bringing in a new coach this year. My biggest concern is the recruiting situation and reputation. I'm also not so sure that Jim with his pro-style O will beat Ohio State or Wisonsin or Sparty by next year.
There's other questions as well: Will Stanford recruits come to Michigan? (The numbers say that recruits don't follow the coach to his new gig!) Will our recruits stay commited? Will our existing talent stay?
Whew! DB is going to earn his pay this year.
November 27th, 2010 at 5:05 PM ^
Good questions. History says that some recruits will bolt, but new ones will come aboard. It's damn hard for a hot-seat coach to recruit. The new sheriff in town, at a marquee program, tends to inject new enthusiasm and confidence. RR has attracted some great offensive talent. But JH recruits better overall, at a "lesser" program. If he can consistently land top-10 classes at Stanford, I don't imagine he'd have trouble at Michigan.
The real nightmare-scenario would be if DB doesn't make a switch until January. That would leave just enough time for current signees to bolt, but not enough time to recruit new ones. I can't believe DB would be that stupid (see Carr-RR transition). He has to make a call, one way or another, asap.
November 27th, 2010 at 4:42 PM ^
If Harbaugh wants to come, you give him what he wants. I like Rich Rodriguez, and I'm more sad than anything about the past three seasons. But I have a hard time seeing him as a championship coach here at Michigan. Harbaugh may be that guy.
November 27th, 2010 at 4:58 PM ^
The disheartening thing about Richrod, aside from the obvious, is his disposition these days. Increasingly, with every loss, he seems to get smaller and smaller. The piss-and-vinegar Richrod is all but gone. He looks and sounds like a victim. People are starting to feel sorry for him. This makes it harder, IMO, to feel excited and confident about the guy.
November 27th, 2010 at 5:01 PM ^
Is Harbaugh going to bring Mike Hart on staff to coach RB's next year?
November 27th, 2010 at 5:07 PM ^
Three years and Michigan could only manage to score even points. You cannot keep RR you just can't.
November 27th, 2010 at 6:18 PM ^
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November 27th, 2010 at 11:20 PM ^
Oops?
November 27th, 2010 at 11:33 PM ^
Hey guys lets just win
November 28th, 2010 at 5:22 PM ^
What does he want more? head coach at Michigan or the NFL? Who knows, but I wonder if he'd really come here.
Some NFL team may snap him up before the circumstances arise for him to come here.