Rawls if he can hang onto it, I'd guesss
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| Date | Title | Body |
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| 1 year 25 weeks ago | Yes but... |
Yea but saying it at this time suggests to me that a thorough evaluation is yet to be done and there was no vote of confidence given. I'd suspect that, if he supported him and wanted to evaluate things per protocol before making it official then he'd either stay quiet or give a word of confidence. He may be trying to quiet the fan base down but I just find it peculiar. |
| 1 year 25 weeks ago | Plan B |
Unfortunately I think it means B - negotiations with future coach are ongoing. Don't forget Michigan was unwilling to wait a month to hire Les Miles after the nat'l title game 3 years ago. I think a head coach deserves at least 4 years (citation: Ty Willingham) but David Brandon's comments sure do make it look murky. |
| 1 year 25 weeks ago | Of course this comes out |
Of course right after I write that post this article comes up: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=5862202&campaign=rss&source=ESPNHeadlines I guess David Brandon has hinted that RRod is on the hot seat. |
| 1 year 25 weeks ago | Is RRod actually on a hot seat? |
Is RRod actually on a hot seat or do we just want to put him on one? Look I'm just as unhappy with our defense and turnovers as the next guy - but why do we make a story when there is no story. The real story is how does Michigan improve, what our chances are in a bowl game, and what improvements people make in the off-season/recruiting. The Rich Ridriguez hot seat has no basis outside of an angry fan base. People always called for Lloyd Carr's head the moment we lost our first road game. Yea we always ended in a New Year's Bowl but that didn't stop the fan base from hating on Carr almost like they do against RRod. Difference is RRod isn't a 'Michigan man' so he has less people supporting him in my opinion and we aren't winning. Does anyone besides me think Carr's retirement wasn't coincidental but moreso at a time when the cupboard was drying up? Mary Sue has said that three years isn't long enough for a coach to turn things around. David Brandon has never given any type of hint that RRod is even on the hot seat much less possibly fired. Where's the story from people who make decisions? Why do we make up a hot seat when there's no evidence of one? Let's look at the real scenario here. We're 7-5 and lost to three teams who finished 11-1, another who beat/almost beat those three (Iowa) and thanks to our defense lost to Penn State. Not the season I like but not one that suggests impending doom either. We've seen big improvements each season and, since we started from putrid & awful, we've got more climbing to do. Let's just look forward to our first bowl game in 3 years, extra practices for our young team, and towards a better defense and less mistake-prone offense. I don't think we're that far don't give up hope and don't leave our new Michigan Man out to dry when it looks like he finally has the foundation he needs. Final note I found RRod's beaten down demeanor after the OSU game somewhat encouraging. It showed me that he understands the rivalry - something I was not convinced of last year. |
| 1 year 49 weeks ago | Big East Ultimatum? |
This Big East ultimatum about ND is the first I've heard of it. Can someone please provide greater evidence of this rumor?
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| 2 years 16 weeks ago | Devil is in the Details |
Obviously a 65-team tournament has been nothing short of perfect. But believe it or not but I'm not totally against the 96 team format IF 2 things happen: 1) They eliminate the NIT (which I believe is the sparkplug for this idea to begin with) 2) They make the bottom 64 teams "play-in" to the real first round of the tournament. This scenario would create more cinderellas and reward the top 32 teams for being good with one less game. I don't think it would be a huge deal if they do this because it eliminates the most pointless tournament in the NIT and creates more cinderella possibilities in that any of 32 additional teams could get hot and pull off some upsets. |
| 2 years 27 weeks ago | hm... |
A 38% chance of winning is better than what I would have given us before reading this post. Thanks for getting my hopes up only to be crushed Saturday afternoon. |
| 2 years 27 weeks ago | We have to accept reality |
When did Michigan fans care about the Motor City Bowl? The additional practice time would be awesome yes but why are we judging RichRod on whether or not he goes 6-6? Perhaps it's that difficult for us to comprehend that our team simply isn't as talented as we're used to being. We need to give RR time to get the ship straight - and I don't think anyone would argue that the team on the field looks drastically better than it did last year - even if it still isn't good enough to win. I just care about how he performs in the rivalry games and if the team can compete with top tier competition. We have a win against Notre Dame which is mildly satisfying. Now we just need to hope for a 1969-level upset next weekend and get better next year (esp on Defense) so we can move one step further. Save the negativity for when we're actually expected to do well and field a team that's competitive on both sides of the ball. Hopefully that's next year. |
| 2 years 29 weeks ago | Questions on my mind |
So after today and really our performance for the past month or so I've had a few lingering questions: 1) What happened to our motivation? Freep crap aside, were we honestly that much more motivated to play Western than we are any Big Ten opponent? 2) Our O-line was thin, but was losing Molk THAT big a deal? 3) Is it just me or is Forcier trying to be the hero way too often? 4) If you are going to run it 4 times on the goal line - shouldn't Denard be put in for at least one of them? |
| 2 years 37 weeks ago | It's not the number of wins |
It's not really the number of wins, but actual predictions. He predicted we'd lose to Western simply because we lost the last 2 openers and Western has an experienced team. Then they predicted MSU would beat Penn St and get an at-large BCS birth. I guess it makes money to go out on a limb rather than be conservative in your predictions. No the numbers of wins aren't necessarily that far off, but the game by game predictions have some pretty obvious outliers. |
