Where the hell is Carr?

It seems that all sense of accountability in Michigan circles died with Bo on that wretched day in November 2006. Since then, what's gone right? A loss to Ohio State with the title on the line, a loss to USC, a loss to Appalachian State, a loss to Oregon, another loss to Ohio State, a former Michigan player shooting his mouth off about how things operate on the academic side of things, sparking an extensive inquiry by an Ann Arbor newspaper, a complete mess of a coaching search that ends with the Michigan Man still in Louisiana and a group of people not ready to let that go, departure after departure being skewed by the media and other special interest groups as a renegade coach tearing down what Michigan stands for, a 3-9 season full of turmoil and pain, and now allegations of wrongdoing from a man desperate to get his name out there because his profession is a deadend and he's being backed by a newspaper desperate to keep its head above water with sensational headlines because it is quickly becoming obsolete and headed by extinction. You can accuse Rich Rodriguez of anything you want. None of the allegations from Rosenberg are going to stick. There will be no NCAA investigation at Michigan. There will be no sanctions, nothing. You can call him every name in the book, just know that you are also calling Tate Forcier's father Mike those names. You're also calling Michael Schofield's father Mike those names. You're calling Obi Ezeh's father those names. You can pass judgment on a man you have never met. Pass judgment on someone because of something agenda-driven people say. Pass judgment on someone because his methods don't match those of a man you hold up to an ideal no one could ever equal. I'm not making a political statement here (because I think both sides of the aisle can see the point I'm trying to make), but I find it horribly ironic and repulsive that in Ann Arbor, a haven for progressive, open-minded people, the one institution that stands tallest, Michigan Football, is poisoned with close-minded elitists who will not give this man a fair shake because he's not "one of them." There are always agendas. From all sides. And all people. One man could make this better. One man who I hope realizes that while this is a direct attack on Rodriguez, any damage done to him damages Michigan. If that is as sacred as it is made out to be, then it's time to speak out. Unless it turns out that this is not about "Michigan", and another agenda comes to light. I choose to reject that, because I view him as the rest of you do: a man of honor, of integrity. So I ask, with my hands outstretched, and I plead: when Michigan Football needs you, where are you, Coach Carr? As Bump Elliott once aided his successor, your great friend, will you rise and help your successor when he needs it?