Question for those who want RR gone

Fire RR? Not this year. This offense, when executing, can
score points. Unfortunately this D, when executing, can't
stop the other team from scoring points. It will get better.

I know people hate it when someone says anything they don't like about their beloved team. I did not come on here to make people mad I just want to figure out what fans like me are thinking about the team this year and what they think should be done if anything, because in my opinion what is being done isn't working and Michigan needs to look in another direction. But when I make a post I don't want people to call me an idiot just because I am saying bad things. I want people to explain to me why I am wrong and why I should look forward to watching games.

I wonder if jon gruden would be interested in the Michigan job.I thought at one time he seemed a possibility. I'm not for firing richrod but just curious if there would be any interest from gruden.

I wonder if jon gruden would be interested in the Michigan job.I thought at one time he seemed a possibility. I'm not for firing richrod but just curious if there would be any interest from gruden.

Look at the other top coaches throughout the country, it's the second year when you figure out whether they are going to be successful or not. If a coach does not get it done by the second year, then they generally don't get the job done. Meyer, Tressel, and Stoops won national championships the second year. And Pete Carroll and Nick Saban were 11-2. And at least for Carroll and Stoops you had teams that had been pretty poor the previous five years. And none of those guys were walking into situations that were any worse than Michigan Even this year look at Duke, they have not gone to a bowl game since like 94 and they have 5 wins this year and a decent chance of going to a bowl game.

Or Cal who won 4 games in the previous 3 years to Tedford and 8 in his second year. Even Michigan St won 5, 5, and 4 games in the year previous to Dantonio and 9 in year 2 (though they were very lucky during this year and probably didn't deserve 9 wins). Only coaches who really got it done after year 2 were Ferentz and Iowa, Pinkel at Missouri, Mangino at Kansas, and Schiano at Rutgers. And none of these situations were at all comparable to Michigan coming off a 9-4 and 11-2 season. And for those that argue about teams that are changing systems dramatically, there was not big fall off when Mike Leach took over Texas Tech and even improvement when Paul Johnson took over Georgia Tech.

As for worrying about the next guy to come, do you really want a guy who is too scared to come to Michigan because he is too afraid that he might be fired. Would a guy with that level of confidence really be the right guy for U of M.

He has connections to the State of Michigan and he is famous for winning right away with sub par athletes. Look at Grand Valley State, Central Michigan, and now Cincinnati.

None of this even matters. Unless he's found guilty of any NCAA violations, he'll be there for 2 to 3 more years.

For better or for worse, Go Blue!

I just posted the article from the detroit news:

U-M's lack of success under Rich Rodriguez is mystifying

http://www.detnews.com/article/20091107/OPINION03/911070389/U-M-s-lack-o...

The post was removed after a number of people statrted negging it. It seems strange to me that anyone who is not happy with how things have developed under RR are immediately attacked by RR Fanboys.

I don't advocate getting rid of him at this point, though next year is really my personal limit. Just like in politics having fanatic fanboys who defend you and blaming the previous coaching administration will only get you so far, and next year is as far as I think it will get him. I hope we can somehow turn things around, I just don't yet see how there is hope for our defense and it is difficult to win games when your defense can give up 30 plus to any team on any given Saturday. That's more pressure than the offense should have.

i'm as disappointed as anyone, but many of you need to chill-out and get some perspective.

granted, we have a couple of tough games left and we have played a few cupcakes. that said, we are averaging 32 pts a game and giving up 26 pts per game. last year it was 20 and 29, respectively. to me that's huge improvement.

bear in mind, the last time UM averaged 30 pts per game was back in 2000 with henson, a-train, et al. does anyone in their right mind think our current team has the talent of 2000? yet, our pts per game is comparable and better than the henne, hart and company.

now, i know our D sucks, but try to convince me that RR doesn't know what he's doing and should be fired.

John L Smith teams also scored quite a bit but I don't think that any would argue that he was a good football coach. Note that I am not comparing Rich Rodriguez to John L Smith in any form because John L is one of the worst coaches I have ever seen, instead I wanted to point out that just because one has an offense that can score points doesn't mean that they can be effective as a football coach.

What kind of coach could Michigan get?
Michigan?

You mean the winningest program in NCAA history. The Big House. A multi-million dollar paycheck. On television every week. 2 of the top 10 and 3 of the top 15 rivalries in all of college football? Some of the finest facilities in all the land?

When/if Rich is canned, Michigan can get a fantastic coach. This silliness about not wanting to get rid of RR because we might do worse -- than 3 big ten wins in 2 years -- is just on its face dumb.