Interview with Coach Rod
The Toledo Blade just published the transcript of an interview with Coach Rod. Nothing groundbreaking here, but there are a couple little nuggets for the information-hungry among us:
http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100309/SPORTS17…
Isn't it a violation for RipRod to know how Tate is doing in the weight room? I thought he wasn't allowed to know how people did in workouts during the off season.
Get the Freep on this!
Don't let the toilet paper in Detroit that shall not be named see this! They will be putting it in headlines saying "Forcier practicing too much in weight room!"
What's that you were saying, now?
That is almost as frightening as the Tom Hammond photo that gets posted here from time to time. Almost...
Several weeks ago RR mentioned that Tate was already up to 195 lbs. I saw Donovan Warren measured 5' 11" and 194 lbs. at the NFL combine and he looked ripped. Can't wait to see Tate at that weight or even 200 lbs. It will be a huge change from last year.
But I think it's okay for Barwis to let him know how kids are progressing.
It's during the summer no-no period that can (and has) get him in trouble.
Great things he will do.
needs to learn how to size his pictures.
That's Derek "Hobbie" Klivian, a hero of the Rebel Alliance!
Because the ladies are quite enamored by obscure Star Wars knowledge.
For the pointer.
That's what She Said.
It's good to see Coach Rod establishing positive rapport in the Toledo area. We can't allow Ohio State to pull anymore Top 100 recruits from a traditional Michigan hotbed.
rumor has it that they will actually begin putting weights on the bar for him this summer.
...frequently uses poor grammar, he seems to be a decent enough and football savvy guy who deserves a solid chance at Michigan. Part of RR's problem is that over the last few decades, incredibly high standards of excellence were set at Michigan, and it's difficult to instantly live up to the high expectations (especially during a transitional period when coaching philosophies and preferred player profiles have been undergoing fairly dramatic change).
I was originally dubious as to whether Michigan made the proper choice with RR. I think my assessment was frankly unfair. I'm really pulling for him to be successful and to enjoy a long tenure at Michigan. To that end, if he notches a solid eight win season, the critics will reluctantly be forced to fade away.
He knows how imperative it is to toe the line now, too. I'm confident that the extraneous "dust" will settle come this Fall.
If we're not careful, the media and fan crucifixion he's endured could end up backfiring on us if he restores us to prominence and then elects to leave for greener, less critical pastures. I'm not sure I'd blame him for leaving in that instance.
I just want to clarify this. So, you're saying that *when* he returns us to glory, and the critics stop and fawn over him, he might bolt for greener pastures that aren't as critical of him, even though he silenced his critics at his previous stop?
What I'm trying to suggest, not too clearly I'm afraid, is that conventional wisdom suggests there is a correlation between wins and a reduction in criticism. However, if success on the field doesn't quell the critics, he might be tempted to shop around. That's all.
Ok. So, you're stipulating that he retains many critics even with success and won't want to deal with that. That's all I was wondering, thanks for clarifying. I could see that. Would be unfortunate.
I +1'd your avatar. Awesome.
It's my favorite one on here.
I really don't get what these high standards we set on the football field, and should aspire to be again. Am I the only one that remembers that we lost 3 or 4 games a year pretty consistently? For all the " We are Michigan" talk that everybody spews regardless of blog, I would hope that since " We are Michigan" we would have higher hopes then to aspire to get back to those standards. I am all for figuring out a way to bypass those standards myself.
... UNACCEPTABLE!!!!!
I was a little bit pissed when I read what Rich Rod thought of Jim Tressel. I realize that Bo absolutely loved Woody but I don't think you would have read about it in a newspaper while the two were coaching. I would like our coach to add as much fuel as he can to the rivalry, it is a rivalry for Christ's sake.
We must hate hated rival! (even if he is a decent, respectful person)
Eh, I don't think so. The rivalry can be played out on the field - we don't need to create controversies to enhance the rivalry. In other words, we aren't MSU.
Save the vitriol for people that have earned it - certain OSU fans, Dantonio, and Danny Hope or whatever that Purdue guy's name is.
...Mark "Cry Baby" Dantonio than Tressel. However, if I had to choose, I'd much prefer to see us beat OSU than MSU.
Go figure.
That's because OSU is the kid that's a few years older than you and basically owns everyone, while MSU is the little ten year old girl living next door that never shuts the hell up
"I respect coach_______________ and the hard work that he has put in at __________________. He does things the right way."
The problem is that for some coaches that's not true. In Tressel's case, it is.
It's hard to find faults in Tressel, besides the fact that he owns Poodles...
or does richrod seem to be somewhat of a funny guy when he's invited to speak?
Hi, it's your memory of the not-too distant past calling. Yeah, good, and you? Sorry we haven't talked in so long. OK, I was calling just to see whether you remember how you felt about Coach Carr in, say, early September of 1998? You know, right after the Championship, which we celebrated by embarrassing ourselves against ND and Syracuse? How about 2005, when a miracle prevented us from losing to ND, MSU, OSU and our bowl opponent in the same year? You don't recall that either? How about after the Oregon game in 2006? No recollection at all, huh? The end of '06? No luck still. Weird. No, no, nothing's wrong, I just wondered where all of these "it sure was perfect with Lloyd" memories were coming from.
According to me, words like 'dinosaur', 'old', 'slow', 'retire', and 'fire' were getting used a lot. Yeah, good to talk to you, too. We really should hang out more often.
I agree with your sentiment, but I find it hilarious that you referenced a bad loss to Oregon in 06 when I'm pretty sure we were undefeated heading into the OSU game in 06 so I don't think we were upset at Oregon. Using memory problems as the basis for your post and then not remembering correctly is awesome.
It's like posting this. Your spelling is tereble.
Your point stands though. I'll give you a +1 for that. The only point I remember most fans being kinda all happy at the same time was for about 5 minutes after the WSU Rose Bowl. The same guys longing for the old days probably blasted Carr for being conservative and MO for not winning more and Bo for running the ball too much. Some people just like to bitch.
Yeah, I was off by a year on that one. As the subject heading says, amnesia . . .
By the way, your the won who's speling is tereble.
Ouch...
See your point...
Ouch...
How fun is that.
Playing bridge, swapping stories of our all-time favorite sweater vests, (cashmere or acrylic?). Good times. Good times.
The tanlines
I went to this dinner. RR was pretty funny during his speech, but like the first post said nothing groundbreaking. It was good to see him come to the Toledo area.