Tater

November 28th, 2014 at 8:14 PM ^

Great to see that the neanderthal fringe of the Michgan fanbase is still irrational.  If a lot of, uh, "dominos" fall the right way, RR could end up in the playoff.  The neanderthals probably don't have a lot to worry about, though.

When teams are remotely equal, it's tough enough to win the rematch.  When one team "upsets" the other, it's almost impossible to win the rematch.  It would be a monumental upset if Arizona beat Oregon twice in one season.  Then again, Oregon is running an offense that RR invented, so one never knows.

Jason80

November 29th, 2014 at 3:05 AM ^

While that element may have complicated Rich's job Rich made his own choices alonh the way. Rich took over a program that had played in 3 of the prior 5 Rose Bowl d and decided he needed to blow it all up and build a program not realizing he had a fan base that had patience for a renovation. We expected to see new carpet and paint on walls while he was pouring concrete still.

Were we foolishly impatient? Perhaps but he didn't start as quickly as the underachieving coach he succeeded (MNC in year 3) and he his start couldn't even match the lamented closing years of Coach Carr, again 3 BCS bowl games in 5 years.

Rich did succeed in helping to establish mediocrity as the norm at Michigan so bringing in Brady was acceptable the last time we took a ride on the coaching carousel. Brady Hoke never should have been a serious candidate for this program but it seems it may have all been a dog and pony show before his hiring.

Woodson2

November 29th, 2014 at 6:35 AM ^

You should have talked more about impatience in your post. Michigan screwed up royally. Like they fired a top 5 coach type of screw up.

Rich was establishing a program in his style. He didn't have the players to run his system yet. He would have won at least 10 games in year 4 since he actually would have a few juniors on defense and offense. His teams were extremely young. He was forced to field very young teams because there was such little talent to begin with. Name some impact players that Michigan began with when RR was hired. I'll name many more talented players that RR started with at Arizona.

The cool thing is that, like Purplestuff and I said wayyyyy back when he was fired, RR will continue to win at other places and show how great of a coach he is. There will be excuses by people who claim it was a bad fit at Michigan but in reality they know little about football. Rodriguez is simply a stud coach that will win if given time and the ability to recruit. If RR can win at a perrenial losing school like Arizona without even completing his rebuild, he damn sure would be winning big time in this crappy B1G conference.

Jason80

November 29th, 2014 at 8:32 AM ^

Then I will only speak for myself and say I was impatient with Rich. I was pissed that many were willing to run Coach Carr out of town because he didn't win another MNC or even another Rose Bowl. I was very impatient in getting to that top 5 level we believed Rich could bring so I pulled the plug on my support too quickly in hindsight. And now we have a mediocre B1G coach who is still demanding patience.

Like the saying goes never pray for patience because you can ount on receiving it.

section17

November 28th, 2014 at 8:41 PM ^

You must be high on Drugs. Michigan showed it's true colors when they ran a great Coach out of town. You are getting exactly what you deserve. A loser coach, and a season that sucked !!!

SalvatoreQuattro

November 28th, 2014 at 7:12 PM ^

and the fact that he was only at SDSU for two years one could say that he won. He did go 12-2 at BSU--something that they haven't replicated since he left. 

Look, I think Hoke has to be fired. I'm not defending the guy. But winning elsewhere is no guarantee of winning at another place.

Arizona is not Michigan. It doesn't have the same level of expectations. Coaching at both schools is a different experience.Arizona is more like WV than UM. 

 

Boy, you Rodophiles are an intolerant bunch.Post something that contradicts your worldview and you spaz out.