Was Lloyd all in for Michigan?

Just go to bed. Please.

A house divided will never stand.

I simply hate the division in our fans right now.  When they need us most this Saturday, half of the fans in that stadium are going to boo when Rich Rod's name is announced, probably 1/4 will stay on the fence and do nothing, and 1/8 won't cheer out of fear.  The last 1/8 will be too busy talking on their cell phones or discussing something that has nothing to do with football.

Lets quit trying to find someone to blame.  There are plenty of reasons for the why's and how Michigan is where it is.  Surprisingly, alot of it can be found right here in this blog.

Just cheer for Michigan like you always have.

PS If you're going to the game this Saturday just to spend 3 hours bitching about RR, please just stay home and give your ticket to someone who will really appreciate how amazing it is to be in that  stadium cheering on the maize and blue.  (I'm talking to you old dude who sits 2 rows in front me.  Yes, you, please shut up)

being on crack?

Has the whole world gone CRAZY?!?

1. Punctuation and paragraph breaks are your friends.  Even at 4 a.m., after a crushing loss to a seemingly inferior team.  Especially with hallowed words like, say, Schembechler.

2. Spell-checking (or proofreading) is, too.

3. At what point do we move away from the "Lloyd left the cupboard bare" meme?  If you argue that he left us with no offensive talent, I would counter that RR has done his best to rectify that.  And even succeeded, to a point.

Lloyd shares some of the blame.  And so does Rod.  You can support the coach, but I suspect apologists are going to start losing support in these parts over the next week.

And now that my eyes have stopped bleeding, I'll call it a night.

I think I'm no longer a fan of freedom of speech. The internet makes me scared for the human race.

derp

What the hell.

Designer drugs that play off our fears. I knew after state got smashed and notre dame became notre dame, I knew it would end bad for us. That's just how it works right now. Embrace the pain your foes have felt. It won't last long.

And never come back.

His 27 years of  coaching at Michigan were merely a clever ruse to bring us down.  1997 national championship was all part of his plan for having our defense suck in 2010.

Perceptions can shift fast with two wins and these next two games are very winnable.  We're talking a full third of the season still to play.   The coaching situation will be reviewed after the full body of work is in for this season. 

These guys are playing really hard and want to do well.   Love to see them make a bowl.

Brian will have plenty of fodder for TWIS right at his fingertips...

Lloyd was a good coach and his players loved him. But in order to fully understand and measure him as a coach you need to look at Michigan following the 2000 season, that is when the vast majority of the Moeller talent had it's last year. It's 2001 if you are counting the 1995 Gary Moeller class redshirts. Once you remove the Moeller talent, Lloyd doesn't look better. Michigan football from 2002 on is not what it should have been.

In answer to your question: Yes, Lloyd Brady was all in for Michigan. Not only did he travel to Happy Valley to get his usual front row seat but he looked terribly sad with how we were playing.  That was the Lloyd you were referring to, right?

In no way am I taking a shot at coach Rodriguez, but lets go back to when coach Carr announced he would be stepping down...

Had Michigan hired/promoted someone from within, and the offensive scheme remained the same, there is a VERY good chance that in 2008 (3-9) we would have been playing with Manningham, Arrington, Mallett, Boren.......  Now I'm not saying we'd be world beaters but 7-5 or 8-4 plus a bowl game would have been very attainable, likewise in 2009 I feel that with a Junior QB in Mallett we once again wouldn't have dominated anything but probably finished in the 8-4 range...

So were we missing some talent?  Yes. But was it enough to shoot us down to 8 wins over 2 years?  Not necessarily.  It was combined with the new offense installed with way way way too many new players.

I don't think coach Carr mailed anything in...  Maybe he realized himself that he just wasn't getting it done recruiting over his last  two seasons and knew he should be stepping down.

So what it comes down to, is getting through a few more 8-4 seasons before everything would have blown up in our face (probably right about this season). Or seeing where we are at right now.  Our offense is very very good, with a quarterback who has only started 8 games.  Our defense will get better, whether its scheme or players, it will get better and our offense is improving.

No need to blame Carr, no need to blame Rodriguez.  Lets get a couple more wins and win a bowl game and keep improving on this for next season!