RR's Yost Test Today
November 3rd, 2008 at 11:23 AM ^
November 3rd, 2008 at 11:24 AM ^
that if RR doesn't wax poetic and get mushy about the LBJ then he'll be diminished in your eyes?
That's fucking stupid.
November 3rd, 2008 at 11:24 AM ^
show how much he has embraced our program as his own.how much have you embraced his program as your own?
... b/c that's actually the way it actually is. in actuallity.
November 3rd, 2008 at 11:28 AM ^
BOOM.
Thank you sir.
November 3rd, 2008 at 11:25 AM ^
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November 3rd, 2008 at 11:47 AM ^
November 3rd, 2008 at 11:49 AM ^
I hope he talks about how to prevent turnovers against one of the nations leaders in TO margin. I hope he talks about the health of Threet and if Zirbel is back by the end of the season. I hope he talks about the current team. Fuck some old-ass water bucket that is relevant to a bunch of "yeah sure ya betcha" hillbillies who eat fish soaked in vinegar. RR is not LC. He is not poetic, he is a coach. So what if he does or doesn't know much about Yost, is Yost giving him schematic advise? Fuck boosters, if they want to send this program into a shitstorm by getting RR fired, the egg will be on their face. Minnesota may be better than us this year, but when is the last time they were relavent? 1943?
I am going to quote dex on this one:
"I hope RR walks into the press conference and pisses in the LBJ"
November 3rd, 2008 at 11:55 AM ^
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November 3rd, 2008 at 12:52 PM ^
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November 3rd, 2008 at 1:04 PM ^
Is that they just paid $4M to get RR out of his old contract and they'd really like to see some return on that investment. Like you, I could care less about the jug story, but the boosters (and not well-informed message board fans like you, and, I like to think, me) drive decision-making.
Until we on the intertubes make like Obama and devlop a monstrous war chest of out of small donations and effectively vote as a bloc with that money (a sort of counter Victors club...is that even possible?), other voices will have the ears of the UM administration.
Big money boosters might wear funny pants to games and to prefer the high floor/low ceiling teams of the Schembechler school, but they also write the checks and call the shots.
November 4th, 2008 at 11:17 AM ^
I heard RR failed miserably at the LBJ test. supposedly the seniors had to sit down the coaches and tell them the story, and they weren't even that interested in hearing about it. Lloyd used to sit the team around and explain them the story every year. I think this is just one example of a loss of tradition. We lose the history that separatees us from texas, fsu, etc.
November 4th, 2008 at 11:19 AM ^
November 4th, 2008 at 12:32 PM ^
November 4th, 2008 at 1:31 PM ^
Sure, i'd like to keep up all the great traditions we have even including this one which I think is mostly overrated. However, how was he supposed to know the story of LBJ? Now that the seniors told everyone the story, he will know about it in the future. He is learning about the traditions of Michigan and I haven't seen much evidence of any that he has learned about and intentionally disregarded.
Wouldn't you rather have him spend his time trying to teach players about the offense, than do his own research into all the traditions. He'll learn the traditions over this year. Sure it makes for bad stories during this transition year, but we'll see how it goes next year.
November 4th, 2008 at 2:15 PM ^
November 4th, 2008 at 6:56 PM ^
NNNNOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! Oh the horror!
November 4th, 2008 at 1:53 PM ^
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November 4th, 2008 at 6:26 PM ^
He only showed up and chastised his assistants for laughing at the "hook Fielding Yost hung his gear on."
RR says the bare minimum of what he has to say about "Michigan's great tradition," and that's it. No more, no less. He only says it because he has to. And does he fall short every time? Yep. Should it matter? No. But it does.