No Way Coach Rod gets fired this year
There's no need for it. Brandon is committed to doing an evaluation after the bowl game. It is already too late to fire Rodriguez. There is no harm done in letting him coach another year - especially on the money side of things. If Harbaugh wants to go pro, well then, he can make that decision. We don't want him if he is just going to do that in a few years anyway, and on the other hand if he really, really wants to come to Ann Arbor well, eff it, let him show us that. Especially the case after the way he jammed up the program a few years back.
Brian, you may have heard things from reputable sources, but I do not hear you saying that someone has told you anything with certainty.
So based on the rumors, but then looking at the time, and the bottom line, and then considering that there is absolutely no evidence that Harbaugh even WANTS to come here, I'll stick with my guns. It would be a bad decision to dump Coach Rod and go off into the unknown, especially with the price being what it is.
Additionally, I have heard it said that Brandon will not fire Coach Rod unless he has some assurance that Harbaugh wants the job. To those who say this, I ask where the f*** is your information coming from on this one? And also I will say - if Brandon is the kind of slimeball that would say on one hand that he will wait in order to evaluate, all then while putting out feelers to Harbaugh, and then conditioning what he does based on what Harbaugh says, then we all must step back and reconsider the propriety of the Athletic Director. I consider him to be a stand-up guy - but maybe I should reconsider, based on the infinite wisdom of the speculators in our midst.
November 30th, 2010 at 1:27 AM ^
What. The. Hell. S.T.F.U.
November 30th, 2010 at 1:32 AM ^
I.Won't. S.T.F.U.
November 30th, 2010 at 1:38 AM ^
Could you at least post this as a comment in one of the 100 trillion other threads on this exact same topic?
That's only a slight exaggeration. Searching for "Rod + Harbaugh" gives 495 results.
November 30th, 2010 at 1:41 AM ^
How do you know RR will not be fired, I just read somewhere he was fired and coach Mcgee was going to florida, if I could only remember where I read that at so I could pass that info on to you.
Hey now I remember it is 3 threads down from this one.
November 30th, 2010 at 1:42 AM ^
I'm going with BlockM on this one
November 30th, 2010 at 2:08 AM ^
..don't read it" side. But I pretty much agreed. Till I read some of the replies. And had my first good laugh of the day concerning the whole situation. The "diarrhea" remark was so fitting, it just gave me an uncontrollable case of the giggles. But then, it's getting late, and has been a looonnnggg day.
November 30th, 2010 at 9:34 AM ^
I usually hate the whole "you don't need to post this" censorship on these board. If you don't like it, don't read it. But this post was just entirely unnecessary. There are a bazillion (I counted - there are actually 1 bazillion posts) on this topic. All the OP did was post his speculation. A perfect comment to one of the already existing posts, but not something to start a new thread on.
Also, to the merits of the original post: Do you really believe that the timing means that DB will 100% not fire RR? If this were the case, why would DB not come out now and endorse RR and put this all to rest? Surely, DB knows as much as you about how his time table will affect things.
November 30th, 2010 at 9:47 AM ^
I've heard this too. I don't think this slimeball at all. He has to cover his own ass too.
November 30th, 2010 at 9:59 AM ^
I remember my first beer and getting on the internet.
November 30th, 2010 at 12:46 PM ^
*****THIS IS AN IMPORTANT POST TO READ BECAUSE IT'S 'THE' TRUTH*****
#1) Michigan is NOT Jim Harbaugh's 'dream job.' He wants an NFL job, because him and his brother are so competitive. SD, SF, Oak and Car (and maybe even Dal and Min) are all going to be fighting over him this off-season.
#2) Dave Brandon is going to be doing absolutely everything he can to convince him to come to Michigan over the next month.
#3) In all likelihood, Rich Rod will be brought back (signing a two year extension after the bowl game), and Greg Robinson will be replaced (along with the 3-3-5). Ron English is supposedly an early DC candidate.
November 30th, 2010 at 1:34 AM ^
Why won't it stop.
November 30th, 2010 at 1:38 AM ^
How can you say that RR has no chance of being fired. He may not get fired but DB has not exactly said he will be back for sure. I think DB is a stand up guy. Everything he has said he has done. The guy is a straight shooter. You need to relax.
November 30th, 2010 at 1:38 AM ^
Hey guys, did you know that Rich Rod is on the hot seat?
November 30th, 2010 at 1:51 AM ^
Great. We have buckeye fans with more sense than some of our own. How did this happen??
November 30th, 2010 at 7:19 AM ^
November 30th, 2010 at 8:02 AM ^
Dammit, Jon, who told you?
November 30th, 2010 at 7:19 AM ^
Monica Lewinsky?
November 30th, 2010 at 7:54 AM ^
I don't know what's worse, that you posted a picture of a cool starry bra or that it is size 32AA.
November 30th, 2010 at 8:54 AM ^
I'm sure she has a good personality though!
November 30th, 2010 at 8:24 AM ^
You better return that to Dantonio soon, he's gonna need it for MSU's bowl(?) game
November 30th, 2010 at 12:40 PM ^
Cool story, bro.
November 30th, 2010 at 6:14 PM ^
November 30th, 2010 at 1:40 AM ^
main reason i think RR will be back is the only thing holding this team back is defense! (ok and ST) plus wouldnt it be a little late in the game to fire RR recruiting wise?
November 30th, 2010 at 1:44 AM ^
Late in the game? You know Michigan's regular season just ended 59 hours ago, right?
November 30th, 2010 at 10:01 AM ^
If that was sarcasm, then it was damn good sarcasm and I apologize for missing it.
If not:
Are you kidding - ONLY the defense? Last time I checked, defense was 1/3 of the game. And special teams another 1/3. So the only thing holding this team back is that we are downright terrible - like one of the worst in D1 football - at 2/3 of the game? Good thing that that's all it is - I was afraid it was something substantial.
Oh, and as for the other 1/3 of the game - offense - we scored 7 freeking points against OSU. If we have such a great offense, one would figure that we would score more. Ditto Wisco - we only put up points when the game was out of reach. Ditto MSU. Ditto PSU. Just about every decent defense that we have faced has scouted our offense and discovered ways to stop it.
So we are TERRIBLE at 2/3 of the game (D and ST), and as for the other 1/3, we are good against crappy defenses and terrible against decent competition.
November 30th, 2010 at 1:42 AM ^
wait, wait, wait, wait......who is Rich Rod and what did he do with Les Miles? Lloyd Carr is still our DC, right?
November 30th, 2010 at 1:43 AM ^
i'd rather talk about diarrhea. that's always true, but it's especially true right now
November 30th, 2010 at 1:44 AM ^
is really starting to stress me out. Yikes.
November 30th, 2010 at 2:04 AM ^
Above you?
November 30th, 2010 at 1:46 AM ^
Unless DB makes a statement saying RR will be our coach by the end of the week ( I hope he will). I don't think he's going to make a judgment on rather RR will be HC based on a bowl game where a big 12 team OU, OSU or NE will be a much superior opponent!
My thoughts are that RR was told after the IA game that he would be released after the January bowl games. Strange as it seems, I think RR may have agreed and may want to move on. The announcement delay may be due to bowl games being played. Harbaugh wants to coach his Stanford team in a BCS bowl game and Steward would like to coach one more bowl game before his retirement. Thus, the hush through bowl season, and UM will reduce it buy out payment.
Otherwise, why would you damage RR recruiting with speculations he may be fired after the bowl game????
November 30th, 2010 at 1:49 AM ^
Why the fuck would he have been told after the Iowa game. The team was 5-2 with 5 more games to play. Are you on crack!!! If you got fired from your job a month ago would you still work for a company till your buy out goes down. Go light up another one.
November 30th, 2010 at 2:44 AM ^
you can't let every single dumb post upset you my friend..look at the board lately, I can only laugh about it and play both sides to piss people off
November 30th, 2010 at 9:47 AM ^
Bob, I live in a box and my favorite color is clear!
November 30th, 2010 at 1:48 AM ^
I think RR was told with 6:31 left on the clock in the third quarter of the PSU game.....that's why he yelled at the defense like he did
November 30th, 2010 at 1:49 AM ^
i meant if DB fires RR after the bowl game. Sorry
November 30th, 2010 at 1:50 AM ^
Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
November 30th, 2010 at 2:03 AM ^
I think some people are missing the timeline factors here.
That guy that everyone thinks is going to be the next coach (I won't even say his name) is in all likelihood not going to publicly consider any job until he's done coaching his team in a post-New Years bowl game. Coincidentally, RR's buyout goes down on Jan 1. Also, any firing would have to be done with money in place to pay the old man and pay the new guy coming in, lining that up takes time.
Thus, even if he's leaning towards firing RR, there's no way DB can do anything until after the new year, unless he wants to seriously destabilize the program with a lame-duck session and run the risk of not getting that guy everyone thinks is going to be the next coach - i.e. 2007 redux.
The story is not over until the bowl games are done, but there won't be any public activity in December. It's going to be a long month.
November 30th, 2010 at 8:30 AM ^
This isn't a kidnapping where someone is trying to get ransom money together. It wouldn't take the University of Michigan 10 seconds to find the money to pay off RR's contract and enter into a new one if that was what it wanted to do. There are plenty of athletic boosters who would help with that even if the University didn't want to write the check.
November 30th, 2010 at 2:25 AM ^
a RR vs JH, Magee, coaching rumor, unfounded rumor, and applicable thread. This is what I am sure many of us will feel like we are watching until word comes from DB's office...at least it is more enertaining to watch than this shit we will see from now until...???
November 30th, 2010 at 2:26 AM ^
Hahahaha
November 30th, 2010 at 2:43 AM ^
November 30th, 2010 at 3:40 AM ^
Seriously, can we just take it easy for a while? This whole topic is driving me away from the site. I'm MGoBored with it.
November 30th, 2010 at 3:57 AM ^
Negging people for opinion statements, because everyone is entitled to one, but you, sir, deserve every bit of negging you get, including this one:
NEGATIVE 1
I hope you enjoyed it, because I did.
November 30th, 2010 at 6:51 AM ^
November 30th, 2010 at 7:03 AM ^
we don't turn into Notre Dame 2.0
Playing merry-go-round with the coaches is probably the most effective way of destroying a program.
Look at what it did to our defense. We haven't had a good defense since the days of Shawn Crable and co
It is such a negative thing -
1) Spooks the really good recruits
2) All players have to learn new play calls and schemes
3) Player compatibility with scheme related attrition/ lack of talent (Sheridan/ Threet)
Really - give RR and GERG another 2 years. If they don't deliver fire them. But firing them now puts the program back 3 years at the onset itself.
November 30th, 2010 at 8:59 AM ^
I just hope we don't turn into Purdue or Northwestern under Tiller and Walker. Good offensive teams that put points on the board but are never really challenging for Big Ten titles because they couldn't consistently beat the big boys.
November 30th, 2010 at 9:47 AM ^
Purdue sucks anyway, but NW beat teams with a lot more talent than them using RR's offense. Neither team wins the BT very often because they can't attract enough talent. NW's administration and mission don't really take football seriously enough for them to compete with the big boys on a regular basis, and Purdue is a cesspool that no player with self-respect and serious offers from elite schools would even consider.
RR's offense is a positive, and as soon as they have more upperclassmen on both sides of the ball, Michigan will be back in it. I see Michigan as a "surprise" 11-1 team next year, but I am always more optimistic than most.
How about this for a scenario: 11-0 Michigan loses to OSU again next year, something in the team mentality "snaps," and they wallop OSU the following week in the BT Championship game to procure a berth in the MNC game.