Rodriguez on Denard

that his comment was not in response to yours?

You missed his point. For Hoke, Senior Day is about ALL the seniors, not just Denard. 

I suspect that Shoelace is just fine with it. I'm sure he knows the staff appreciates and cares for him. And frankly, that is all that matters.

He's a coach.  When you're a coach you don't want your guys to get too high or too low.  If he had a guy like John Navarre as his QB, who was constantly criticized, he'd be praising him all the time.  With Denard, who has gotten mostly favorable press, he tries to downplay it.   After Denard's final game, I guarantee Hoke will gush over him.

Also, it's a team game.  It's not all about one guy.  All of our senior class stuck it out through some difficult times.  They all should be celebrated.

For all his accolades, putting players in the NFL is not one of RR's strong suits. He is well respected in the college coaching ranks but I think the NFL probably tends to look upon players from his and similar systems with caution. Mattison will have more players going to the next level from his defenses alone than RR would have from an entire team. I was nice to hear(read)the positive things he has to say about Denard. The kid deserves every word of it.

Well, we have the always disagreeable Drew Sharp, the "investigative journalism" of Snyder, and the refreshingly straight reporting of Angelique.

Let's face it, unless you're into stretching violations, there hasn't been much to investigate at UM. And Hoke isn't exactly a source of big stories. So...

I'm pretty happy with Angelique's more traditional sports reporting approach.

well i doubt rosenberg and snyder get xmas cards from rr, but angelique was always quite fair back in the day.  she really is the best print journalist currently covering michigan.

in terms of what they meant to their teams?  in terms of their personal character?  in terms of the way they've represented the university?  yeah, i can definitely see the comparison.

though kovacs might be a better one, cuz of undersized walk on blah blah while still being just as strong of a leader, student, and citizen.

look beyond the stats.

For people who follow hockey, that seems like a reasonable comparison. The disparity in name recognition between Denard and Hunwick (which due mostly to the fact that hockey doesn't have the same following as football or basketball) has nothing to do with how football and hockey fans view Denard and Hunwick, respectively. 

there's that annoying cliche again.  I hear that shit constantly in some form or another.

Can we switch it up?

Jesus.

And if you're saying Hunwick is nowhere near to his team what Denard is to his, your lack of an original vocabulary only adds to the argument that you are ignorant.  I would assume you didn't see Hunwick in the Frozen Four a couple years back, where he stood on his head to beat a NoDak team that had nearly dominated us in every way except goaltending.  He got us into the title game.

If you're "wow... really"ing for the opposite reason, I still think you are ignorant.  Both guys have an argument for being the franchise player so-to-speak.

I felt really sad when Hunwick played his last game.

I'll feel sad when Denard plays his last game.

They both have great stories.

There's the comparison.

If he's ok/healthy enough to play, do you hold him out for Ohio next week?  We should be Iowa either way, and one shot to that elbow the wrong way he'd surely miss the game a week later which should be a tougher one for us w/o the threat of his legs on the field? 

Not sure what I'd do as a coach, I suppose I'd ask Denard what he wants to do...