RR/AZ beat arch-rival: on to title game

As "vincicated" as I feel about my thoughts of  Richrod being the coach we really needed, one who was stifled in ann arbor, and my doubs about Hoke from the beginning.... 

.....This is the shitiest "vindication" I've ever felt. 

What's the reaction going to be if they get into the playoffs?

BTW, can the RR haters who say "he just wasn't a good fit here" please shut up from now until the end of fucking time?

Hoke never had a great track record if you actually look at it... He had a f'n CAKEWALK with recruiting people in an OHIO MAC SCHOOL, because he was Lloyd's little "special" coach.  How hard was it for him to recruit a grea MAC class when he could just show his resume and mention he was a coach at Michigan when Michigan was a dominant program? 

The longer he coached, the more exposed he was, even before coming to Ann Arbor, it was obvious his prior success was just riding the coat tails of how easy he had it when he got his first HC position. He was ALREADY in over his head before getting hired in Michigan.

Hoke was like a spoiled child who was special ed and had everythign handed to him.  RR is almost on Harbaugh's level when it comes to intellect, and I really think it's going to show even more as the years go on. 

I'm happy for Rich Rod, he seems like a generally good guy and great offensive mind who made one fatal mistake: not bringing Jeff Casteel along for the ride.

FEI ranks in D:

2007: #8

2008: #44

2009: #60

2010: #109

2012: #68

2013: #19

2014: #33

Outside of the 2012 Arizona defense, every single one of Rich Rod's D (and I'd wager his WVU defenses before 2007 were in the Top 40 as well) beat his best Michigan unit. Nobody made him run the 3-3-5 with guys who didn't know the scheme. 

One word: Casteel

BTW:  What makes Hoke "likable?"  Because he looks like the guy who bags your groceries? Because he always has a child-like smile on his face?  Because you feel empathy for his ineptitude? I really don't get it. 

We aren't from here but I quickly learned that if you're not from here...you're an idiot.  They may as well put a wall up around the school district because if you're an outsider they don't want your opinion or to change things.

The school district hadn't been to the football playoffs in over a decade when they hired a new coach.  He turned the program around and took them to the playoffs in 3 years.  Several of his players were on all area teams and were getting offers to play college ball.

He's a teacher about 45 minutes away and was commuting down after school.  Several jobs in the district opened up and even though he was qualified he didn't get the job.  They did go to former students or famiy.

After making the playoffs he was fired and replaced by a former coach who also has lived here his whole life.  They haven't won more than 3 games in a season since.  The team he went to has made the playoffs every year since except for his first.

My son says "Thank goodness they got rid of that coach.  They might have won if they kept him" with sarcasm.

*my son opted to go to private school after his freshman year.

The reason why it is worth while to debate if R^2 should have been fired or not or whether he got a bum deal is there is a very real chance that we do not get Harbaugh and our remaining choices will be outsiders who will have no former ties to the program.  It is possible that many of the individuals who ran R^2 out of town are still in positions of power.  The could be former players, former coaches, current doners to the University or the Athletic Department, members of the Athletic Department, or even members of the University proper.  R^2 may have learned mistakes.  But it sounds like there is a very real possbility we have not.  

RR always let our arch-arival open a can of whoop-ass on us.

Good for him, to bad he was the worst coach in the history of Michigan football.  He might still have a job here instead of having to go somewhere else to redeem his failures.

At Ball State, Hoke had 2 winning seasons out of 6. Ball State has since replicated that success by going 10-3 just in 2013. Perhaps we should hire that coach! In fact they even went 9-4 in 2012, this year they are pathetic at 5-7, oh wait that'll be Brady's record as well. Like most MAC schools once a coach has been there a couple of years and they have their players and system in place they find success. It wasn't until his 5th year at Ball State that Hoke had success there, could the same be true here?

Don't care to know, it's time to move on.

Including all Brady's coaching stops, he's had 6 losing seasons including 2014 and 6 winning seasons (although 2013 hardly felt like winning).  Like I said, he's an average coach. Instead of winning championships every other year or few years he might win one once every 5-6 years and forget about a NC.

All that said, congrats to RR. While in the end it was time for him to go it just felt like he never got a real fair shake here at least after the Toledo loss. Glad to see he's having some success where the fan base, alumni and team are behind him.

Had he been a little less stubborn (shades of Hoke!) and less inclined to shoot himself in the foot RR could very well have succeeded here. The primary problem was the D-coordinator as others have stated. No matter, once Brandon was brought in his days were numbered and his goose was cooked.

So when's Harbaugh coming?