Thoughts on your ideas of a "Michigan Man"
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1. That he engaged in the practice of subsidizing athletes. 2. He failed to organize his coaching staf. [yes, one f.] 3. He was incompetent. 4. The board objected to his private associates. 5. He tolerated summer football practice.#4 refers to Henry Ford's hit-man and "head of security," Henry Bennet, who was suspected to be instrumental in more than one Detroit-area unsolved death. #5 -- Conference rules prohibited practice before September. Kipke also brought 4 successive conference championships and two successive MNCs to Ann Arbor, 1930-33 (link), and then two of the worst seasons ever, 1934 and 1936. (Since we've been through this "worst season" semantics not too long ago, I think it only fair to point out at least one (perhaps understandably) winless season in 1881. The entire football season was five days long.) This puts things in perspective for me. UM's historic rep for stainlessness is at least partly based on illusion. And this makes me wonder what Gerald Ford was thinking while all this was going on (at least the illegal practice).
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A Michigan Man is loyal to Michigan. That's really all it takes.And this, of course, is the context in which Bo meant his "Michigan Man" label to be taken. This is part of what makes all this factionalism around Rich Rodriguez so frustrating. Those who claim to love and support Michigan actively seeking to run Rich Rodriguez out of town in favor of a true "Michigan Man". Hypocracy in the extreme. And all because we've suffered a couple of tough years. I'd have thought the Michigan faithful would've showed more grit in the face of adversity. Ironically, if Michigan had not gone on to win the National Championship in 1989, the whole "Michigan Man" meme would probably never have gained it's potency.
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