Paging again on the Mallett myth
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i attended the last fantasy camp run by carr and he told the entire group that mallett wanted to transfer before his freshman year-he was homesick and didn't feel as though he fit in. the coaching change may have been the final nudge but i don't belive rr could have done anything to change the outcome.and here, in which "saveferris" links an espn article that says the following:
Myth: New Wolverines coach Rich Rodriguez ran Mallett out of Michigan. Fact: Mallett left Michigan on his own because he didn't want to operate in a run-based offense. Mallett played in 11 games as a freshman at Michigan in 2007, completing 43.3 percent of his passes for 892 yards with seven touchdowns and five interceptions. He started three games for the injured Chad Henne, including games against Notre Dame and Penn State. When Wolverines coach Lloyd Carr retired after the 2007 season, Michigan hired Rodriguez from West Virginia to replace him. Mallett knew Rodriguez's spread offense wasn't a good fit for him. Mallett decided to leave Ann Arbor after his first face-to-face meeting with Rodriguez. "As far as what Coach Rodriguez wants his quarterbacks to do, we both agreed it wasn't for me," Mallett said. "I decided to take a pass and let him get his own guy in there to be successful."Unfortunately, the two don't come out exactly the same, and the latter portrayal is not that terribly far from the sense of the quotation that precipated the post (see link above) in the first place:
Rodriguez wants to run the spread and the spread only and if that meant watching a guy such as Ryan Mallett, possibly the No. 1 pick in the 2011 NFL draft transfer to Arkansas, then so be it.Perhaps this is CYA revisionism on RM's part? I recall Brian was on this topic frequently during the transition, and when RM transferred, there were a glut of comments sharing unflattering first-hand portrayals of him (RM). At the time they seemed unnecessary, but with the RR-vs-RM myth/meme as it is, the truth might still be somewhere in there. I can't help you with details other than to direct your attention to the "Search this Site" window/button at the upper right next to the "Mgoblog" banner.
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