Read the Book(3 and Out)

Every post about The Book makes me want to run to a book store...oops there aren't book stores anymore...never mind.

Just head to borde--...nevermind.

ARGH! Mine has been delivered to Grand Rapids, and I'm waiting for my brother to bring it tomorrow when he comes for the game. I hate having to avoid the internet right now!

Bought the book yesterday at Barnes n noble. One of only two copies left. Barely on the third page of the first chapter.

I am only a couple chapters in but to IMHO Bacon did a hell of a job explaining why RR is the way he is/made the decisions he did, and the depiction of him as a riverboat gambler who has 110% faith in himself when the stakes are on the line has helped me understand some of the miscues he made during his time here.   

i don't know if anyone else could do another perspective because I am not sure who would have had the same access. I really wish Bacon (and for that matter Brian)  would give us the whole story at some point. If you listened to the radio spot from WTKA with Brian this week it seems both he and Bacon have quite a bit more to tell...

Just start reading. got it in a couple of secs ago over kindle and will wait for my hard copy to be available soon.  one question, is after reading the book, which i have not done, is now what.  what does the book point out for us to do going forward?

Bacon is signing books at Nicola's Bookstore tonight (Ann Arbor's west side).  I just went there last week and they had a lot of copies left (Bacon also said on WTKA this morning that they still had plenty of copies).  I can't go tonight but figure I'd share the wealth

Finished it yesterday.  Must say, one of the best books I've read (non-fiction).  Bacon has a way of building up each past game that I actullay think we have a chance to win the ones we lost.  My impression is that is a fairly written account of the last 3 years of Michigan football.  It does not appear to me to be tiltes toward any one person, although obviously has a lot more RR content than anyone else.  I also thought the insider views into the players and assistant coaches lifes was mesmerizing.

Bacon's doing a talk and book signing tonight at Nicola's books, so if you don't have a copy, go to that!

I just got an email from the M alumni club in San Diego that JUB will have an appearance here in about two Weeks. Just loaded the book on the kindle, iPad and Droid phone...can't wait to read it for myself!

It's an excellent book.

While it's nominally about the RR years, there are some insightful observations one can glean regarding the University and its athletic department.

And that state ain't all good.

Great read from start to finish. I have to admit that my opinion of Lloyd Carr has plummeted. Although I thought Carr's coaching was anemic towards the end, I always thought that he was a virtuous, sincere and ethical guy. In the book he comes across nearly as bad as the free press d-bags. 

I just got an email from the M alumni club in San Diego that JUB will have an appearance here in about two Weeks. Just loaded the book on the kindle, iPad and Droid phone...can't wait to read it for myself...
The beginning is great just from an overall historic perspective.

I'm a third of the way in, and I'm surprised on everyone's take on Carr.  1/3 of the way in there are 2 big things to explain: Carr releasing players and Carr's assistants and former players undermining RR unchecked.  Releasing the players is understandable.  If Carr thinks that RR is a bad fit for some of his players, he's forced to protect Michigan at the expense of his players, or protect his players at the expense of Michigan.  I expect a Michigan coach to do the latter every time.  This isn't the SEC.  Regarding the behavior of Carr's loyalists, people seem to think Carr flipped some kind of 180 degree turn after Dec 17th when he was supportive of RR in the press and that he turned his loyalists against him, even though there's no evidence of this.  I think the book supports the idea that that's backwards.  On Dec. 20th, the exit interview process upset Carr's assistants.  "Any labor lawyer can tell you it's not firing employees that generates lawsuits but the way you fire them.  And this was not handled well-creating another layer of well-connected insiders who would have no love for Rodriguez, no mixed feelings if he failed, and no hesitation about spreading their views on the matter."

After that, Carr gets quiet.  No surprise there.  If his loyalists are all upset, Carr is probably going to side with them, but he doesn't say anything about it in public, which is very Carr-like.

I will, but mainly because I have a certain distaste for being negged for expressing an opinion that is, perhaps, not so popular.

The author will be signing books and giving a little talk for Seattle UM Alumn on Thus. next week!

I am hoping to ask a few questions about the scandalous stuff he left behind...

Dude I stopped reading after college, could you just summarize the key points?

They had two left and were next to Demond's I Wore 21 book.

BTW - Great post from the DSR about Rosenberg and the FreeP...

Michael Rosenberg's Tears

http://detroitsportsrag.com/mossisms102811.php

My copy (courtesy of Amazon) was sitting on the front porch when I came home (took part of the afternoon off). I plan to start tonight after the kids go to bed. 

Just got it last night and I'm about 130 pages in at this point and I'm having a hard time putting it down, which is saying a lot because I hate reading.

One thing that bothers me is the small little things about games that don't match up. The Purdue one is obvious, but he also says that the field goal was missed to the right against Toledo. I just watched it again and it was definitely wide left.

Well yeah!  Isn't it obvious!  You have it backwards.  The book is the counter-argument to the reality which played out for 3.5yrs.    This crap should have never gone this far.  The attitudes, environment, culture, all ugly.  WTH! 

Shameful!

I'm more pissed!

UGP and MDen on Main St. both had copies yesterday, for those in A2 still looking for it.

Some quick points - 

So far, my feelings remain unchanged in that I still mainly blame Bill Martin - who really is a prick IRL (have been at meetings with First Martin reps) - for turning the search in 2007 into a train  wreck. 

As for Carr, I suppose I get it - I think he somehow felt he was looking out for the program, but it is pretty clear his feelings towards various people got the better of him.

Mary Sue Coleman - the portrayal is that she was likely more pissed about how Martin was making the university look than about the situation per se, which may be true. Could be wrong here.

Why does this book make me doubly sad that Bo is no longer with us? 

All biggest thing I have gotten so far is the lunch with Carr, Martin and RR...if that is 100% fact then the lloyd being with his guys and certain guys tearing things up from the inside is an absolute joke.

John Bacon:

Thank you so much for writing this book.

Allowing you the access to write this book was the best thing Rich Rod could do.

As a result, Rich Rod finally gets his story told.

Maybe he wasn't perfect, but he was a damn good coach, he was honest, and he really took care of his team.

He worked his butt off for Michigan...  and look what he got in return.

Best of luck to the author and to RichRod.

Go Blue!