Lloyd Carr: 'I am not a candidate'
Apparently no Lloyd as AD
http://www.annarbor.com/sports/lloyd-carr-i-am-not-a-candidate-to-be-mi…
October 21st, 2009 at 5:54 PM ^
At least this saves the board 1 million arguments over the next few months.
October 21st, 2009 at 6:17 PM ^
I assure you that one million arguments over something else will take it's place.
October 21st, 2009 at 5:54 PM ^
but the pro shop guy said.........
October 21st, 2009 at 5:57 PM ^
Granted, I don't think he wants the job and this probably means "I'm not a candidate, nor will I be a candidate, nor do I want to be a candidate," however he doesn't put any stamp of finality on the matter. This certainly leaves it open-ended. He could become a candidate at some point in the future and if he wants the job he probably will become a candidate.
This quote doesn't do much one way or the other.
October 21st, 2009 at 6:03 PM ^
Lloyd isn't one to play coy. If he wanted the job, he'd say so.
October 21st, 2009 at 6:08 PM ^
I think if Lloyd wants the job he'd make it known to MSC and other internal parties but I don't think he'd come out on the day the Martin announcement is made and tell the press: "I want the job!" Essentially, this would make HIM the story, and that isn't Lloyd's way. I think in this situation Lloyd would play coy with the media, as he probably should.
October 21st, 2009 at 6:11 PM ^
I disagree, only because he declined to comment on any of the other athletic department matters. I think if he really was trying to be coy he wouldn't have commented on being a candidate either.
October 21st, 2009 at 8:13 PM ^
'I am not a candidate', now get off my lawn please.
October 21st, 2009 at 6:16 PM ^
1. I would have bet my life that the Carr-as-AD rumor was wildly mistaken. I never believed it, not for a minute. I presume the wording, "I am not a candidate," may be indicative that he'll be later named as a search committee member, and not a candidate.
2. It would be nice to get some same-day press releases from Lloyd on the petty nature of the Free Press jihad versus Rich Rodriguez, Barwis and the other WV transplants. Lloyd didn't waste any time in clearing the air on this one; I hope he'll do the same for Rich Rodriguez someday.
October 21st, 2009 at 6:17 PM ^
If he was gonna speak up, he would've done so by now.
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:52 AM ^
Maybe he's waiting for Michigan's Associate Athletic Director to tell him it's okay.
October 21st, 2009 at 6:30 PM ^
Wheaties, to your point #2, I agree wholeheartedly!
October 21st, 2009 at 8:46 PM ^
It would be nice if Lloyd's "people" weren't leaking this non-crap crap to the Fr--p in the first place.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:24 AM ^
Yes it would have been nice 6 weeks ago. Unfortunately, at this late date, anything Lloyd had to say publicly on the matter would appear (or actually be) contrived.
October 21st, 2009 at 6:34 PM ^
Don't you have to be more of a business man, rather than a "football coach"?
Kinda why, form the beginning, I thought LC as a AD was rather odd.
October 21st, 2009 at 6:55 PM ^
since college football is all about money, you do need a business person as an AD. Historically, there have been many ex-coaches as AD. Bo is the one that comes to mind.
October 21st, 2009 at 6:59 PM ^
Barry Alvarez is currently athletic director at Wisconsin. Ron Mason (hockey) was AD at MSU until last year. Those are two quick examples from the Big Ten.
Still, it never seemed that Carr had much interest in the AD spot. Everyone asked him that right when he retired, and he seemed dismissive of the idea then too.
October 21st, 2009 at 7:25 PM ^
and... Tom Osborne is cleaning up the mess at Nebraska.
October 21st, 2009 at 7:19 PM ^
Lloyd developed a real interest in traveling just before he retired as HFC. That, and his other non-athletic pursuits, are probably closer to what he's after these days. He's also in his sixties, so its not like he'd be in the position as AD for a long period.
It certainly seems to be in everyone's best interest if he took a role on the search committee, but did not become a candidate for the AD job.
October 21st, 2009 at 7:27 PM ^
Let's be honest about this, it would be a major conflict of interest for the football team. And without question it would cast an odd shadow over RR as coach. I hope that he is not a candidate and I GUESS he can be on the search committee. But let's be real it would be a bad fit with the current football regime.
And whenever I see Lloyd he looks like he is tired and should be retired. He should write a book.
October 21st, 2009 at 7:34 PM ^
Lloyd- always stating the obvious.
October 21st, 2009 at 7:50 PM ^
Even Lloyd as a search committee member is a little shady, no? just adding to the conflict of interest I guess.
I really just want someone who is in favor of what the program is doing right now. As most of us do. Is there anyone left for RR to fall back on? I really hope Martin has a say on who replaces him.
October 21st, 2009 at 7:58 PM ^
I agree, the fact that there has been no signs of LC backing RR shows to me that Carr being involved first hand in RR's boss might not be a good idea. If he had even shown a smidgen of backing it might be one thing, but Carr should stick to what he is doing, staying back and throwing out "No Comments" every now and then.
October 21st, 2009 at 8:05 PM ^
It pisses me off that Lloyd has not been publicly supporting the football team, yet he sure did have plenty of nice things to say today about Bill Martin.
October 21st, 2009 at 9:26 PM ^
I agree. As much as I respect Lloyd, he has pissed me off. This interview right here did it for me:
http://www.fox17online.com/videobeta/watch/?watch=29d922bb-df65-4f77-b7…
October 21st, 2009 at 11:01 PM ^
In the interview cited in response to your post, Carr says 1) that Nick Sheridan did a great job last year, 2) that he doesn't want to "get into that" (i.e. the quarterback situation) and 3) that "[RichRod] will do fine."
So I'm guessing you were expecting Carr to take the initiative the hold press conferences to defend RichRod or something?
Carr never worked with RichRod, and to my knowledge knows very little about him. So, 1) what type of "public support" did you expect from Carr, and 2) what created this hatred for RichRod in Carr?
October 22nd, 2009 at 1:10 PM ^
It's hard to know a lot about someone when you turn down practice invitations and avoid the man at all costs.
October 22nd, 2009 at 1:18 PM ^
Llyod is the Associate Athletic Director of the University of Michigan. Seems like it would be part of his job description to support the Head Football Coach.
October 21st, 2009 at 9:02 PM ^
There is a God.
October 21st, 2009 at 9:14 PM ^
All this time I thought Lloyd was a teacher! I still do. Let him live out his days watching M Softball, and bleeding Blue.
October 21st, 2009 at 10:06 PM ^
What's Gary Moeller up to these days??? Ba ha ha
I think Lloyd being the AD would kill him.
Oh man, if only Jim Harbaugh wasn't doing such great things at Stanford, I'd want him! Though I seem to remember him ripping the program during the coaching search...
Too many negatives about Lloyd, though. Glad he removed himself.
October 21st, 2009 at 10:56 PM ^
So, Carr hates RichRod. What better way to eliminate RichRod than by becoming AD?
This is a no brainer. Carr will take the job.