Detnews Foster calls richrod "Embarrassing"
Fost completely attacked RichRod for his banquet speech. Didnt find it to be one bit fair. Clearly the man has a hatred for RichRod and the article clearly states it.
http://detnews.com/article/20101203/OPINION03/12030414/Rich-Rod%E2%80%9…
December 3rd, 2010 at 1:00 PM ^
There was a banquet last night? I had no idea.
December 3rd, 2010 at 3:41 PM ^
if he want's to see embarrassment.
December 3rd, 2010 at 4:24 PM ^
plays slappy to Valente in the afternoon five days a week on the radio. He should keep his mouth shut.
December 3rd, 2010 at 1:00 PM ^
hey at least he only had four one-sentence paragraphs this week
December 3rd, 2010 at 9:59 PM ^
I have to admit the last thing i want the head coach of my team to do is cry while holding hands and a - how do i decribe it -church song/girls song/depressing song is playing while the team looks on. would decribe it as a little embarrassing.
December 3rd, 2010 at 10:03 PM ^
oh yes. embarassing.
December 3rd, 2010 at 10:08 PM ^
Change your user name to section 8
December 3rd, 2010 at 1:00 PM ^
Foster called someone embarrassing? Hmm
December 3rd, 2010 at 1:30 PM ^
You know it's bad when falsetor calls something embarrassing. What else did you expect from Vagenti's brainwashed lackey. Mike was probably standing behind him telling him which keys to press on the keyboard.
December 3rd, 2010 at 10:22 PM ^
Juice, we miss you over at SI.
December 3rd, 2010 at 1:01 PM ^
Wow what a coincidence, I find Foster's writing and radio show an embarassment. Him and RR actually may have something in common!
December 3rd, 2010 at 1:01 PM ^
He just wrote that so he can run to Valenti and say "Did you see what I wrote today, Mike!!" Since Terry stopped writing for himself or having his own opinion quite some time ago and started doing things just to make his little buddy giggle.
December 3rd, 2010 at 2:46 PM ^
The only people who didn't think RR was embarrassing are the Michigan slappies on this blog. All the national and local media said it was a joke. People at the banquet said it was a joke. The members of the '85 team said it was a joke. Take off the Maize and Blue glasses. I wasn't there either, but by all accounts, he WAS embarrassing.
December 3rd, 2010 at 3:37 PM ^
His song choice makes the previous ten minutes of eloquent, humble, heartfelt speaking disappear.
December 3rd, 2010 at 9:06 PM ^
Yeah, funny that people STILL have a persecution complex when EVERYONE can see what a train wreck this is. Jim Rome (TV and Radio), College Football Live, PTI, Around the Horn, Rittenberg, Rosenberg AND Josh Groban all think it was an abortion of a banquet.
But no, they're all just out to get Michigan.
December 3rd, 2010 at 1:01 PM ^
Jesus H. What the heck did Rich Rodriguez do to him? Tell that ass hat Foster to mind his own effing business.
December 3rd, 2010 at 3:40 PM ^
Fosters a Sparty. I doubt Coach Rodriguez had to do much of anything to piss Foster off.
December 3rd, 2010 at 1:02 PM ^
Sweet! lets give him some page views.
December 3rd, 2010 at 1:02 PM ^
This is the type of stuff that shouldn't be posted here.
December 3rd, 2010 at 1:02 PM ^
A FUCK.
December 3rd, 2010 at 1:03 PM ^
We need to take care of Foster Rumble in the Bronx style: baseball bat, glass bottles, the whole nine yards.
December 3rd, 2010 at 1:04 PM ^
Embarrassing, Foster should STFU. Awkward, yes, and another reason for the MSM to pile on RR and UM football
December 3rd, 2010 at 1:29 PM ^
Honestly, I don't know why it was opened to the media. Does anyone know? It seems to me like it would be better as a private function.
December 3rd, 2010 at 1:05 PM ^
Have these people never been to sports banquet nights before?
RR's speech was completely appropriate for it, and consistent with the tone at these things. I would have thought that the team ate it up (even if some of the supporters thought it juvenile (which of course is a ridiculous thing to be when you deal with 17-22 year old athletes all year)).
December 3rd, 2010 at 1:07 PM ^
Foster wasn't there. He bases his article on what other people told him happened at the banquet.
December 3rd, 2010 at 1:09 PM ^
Good ol' american journalism at its finest.
Should be another fun day on the Detroit sports-talk airwaves. Where's my iPod!
December 3rd, 2010 at 1:39 PM ^
post.
sorry.
December 3rd, 2010 at 1:55 PM ^
There is a kind of high-school journalism quality to this. But not really. A high-school journalism teacher would flunk a student for writing about an event which the student could have attended, but didn't.
I had to read the Foster column twice to make sure that he wasn't just bootstrapping quotes from others, indicating that he was merely reporting comments from others who thought the program "embarassing." But no. Foster weighed in. HE adopted the judgement that it was an "embarassment."
It is, of course, a "column," not reporting. But my goodness; how bad does it get for a local columnist? Writing about stuff that he could have attended, and seen first hand, but didn't?
December 3rd, 2010 at 3:44 PM ^
I completely agree. His article reminds me of a crappy paper I put together at lunch in high school because I didn't take the time the night before to do it right. Except mine were self-absorbed character hit pieces.
I just feel stupid for clicking on it.
December 3rd, 2010 at 9:15 PM ^
December 3rd, 2010 at 1:16 PM ^
Yeah, banquets like this are all about inspiration and valuing being part of the team. Anyone who pays attention should know that Rich Rod is the definition of "all in," possibly bordering on kind of a sap. That's what I like about him. It's certainly no excuse to tear him down and call his speech an "informercial."
December 3rd, 2010 at 1:05 PM ^
MGoBlog's jonny_GoBlue calls Foster "embarrassing".
I think this has just about the same amount of impact.
December 3rd, 2010 at 1:05 PM ^
the pot calling the kettle embarassing
December 3rd, 2010 at 1:05 PM ^
Please, god, don't click on that link. Just helping his cause. He is like Drew Sharp with worse writing skills.
December 3rd, 2010 at 1:08 PM ^
Try this link http://detnews.com/article/20101203/OPINION03/12030414&template=printart
There are no adds on that page, just the text.
December 3rd, 2010 at 1:05 PM ^
The fact that Foster said it, or the the fact that you're surprised. All of the writers around here are typecasted like movie characters. They pick their niche and fill it. Very little room for them to break out of that mold. Get over it.
December 3rd, 2010 at 1:25 PM ^
em·bar·rass (m-brs)
December 3rd, 2010 at 1:31 PM ^
Foster reminds me of a fat Buddha with glasses. He's embarassing.
December 3rd, 2010 at 2:13 PM ^
I can't tell which one of Terry's chins is the right one. Talk about embarrassing.
December 3rd, 2010 at 1:05 PM ^
He [Terry Foster] also co-wrote The Great Detroit Sports Debate with fellow Detroit writer Drew Sharp.Moving right along then.
December 3rd, 2010 at 1:06 PM ^
Did Foster listen to the speech? Was he even there? All he says in the article is that we talked to a couple of people who were there. So really what right does me make to pass such judgement? He is dragging the Detnews down to Freep level.
December 3rd, 2010 at 1:12 PM ^
I might need to wash them down with one of these though...
December 3rd, 2010 at 1:08 PM ^
Inasmuch as I sympathize with how RR must be feeling, another weep-fest, coupled with a Josh Groban song, were not what the team needed. Once again, RR made it all about himself, not the team. It was emotional pandering. It's his job to deflect attention off himself and onto the team. Coaches shouldn't publicly weep about their jobs at football banquets. It's childish and manipulative. Sure, I could see getting choked up once -- it's nice to some signs of humanity out of a guy. But Rich does this whenever things get tough. End of first season. Sanctions. Now this. He trotted out mood-music so everyone else feels it. It worked. Now I just feel sorry for the guy.
December 3rd, 2010 at 1:18 PM ^
They've all been through a lot together. I think it's forgivable.
December 3rd, 2010 at 1:55 PM ^
I agree it's forgivable. Once. But he's been doing this from the start. He is a multiple-weeper. Pressure is part of the job. There's a lot of it. But there's no more pressure at M as there is at any other marquee-name school, believe me.
When RR faces criticism, he starts crying and blaming and asking everyone to listen to Josh Grobin songs.
Question: If you were a CEO or AD, would you want the guy under you constantly crying in public? Once? Could happen to anyone. Three times? Childish. You wouldn't even let a 13-year-old do this much public crying and whining. Michigan is one of the top universities in the world. RR is acting like it's a prayer-tent in Kentucky. It's an embarrassment.
December 3rd, 2010 at 3:39 PM ^
I agree with you. I'm not in the fire RR camp, but I am in the same spot as a lot of people. I don't care what happens to him. This only makes me lean more toward getting rid of him. It is embarrassing. More embarrassing than getting trounced by 20 or 30 points by your rivals.
December 3rd, 2010 at 11:19 PM ^
I would refute your argument that this is MORE embarrising than our recent losses to rivals. By counting the number of texts I got after losses to MSU and OSU and counting the number of texts I got making fun of our coaches crying/Grobin show, I would say that the embarrasment is statistically equal as of now. Tomorrow may tip the scales, but I may turn my phone off to avoid further punishment.
December 3rd, 2010 at 3:11 PM ^
Really couldn't disagree more. Not that this is why he did it, but do you really want Foster to go back and write about the defensive kids or the FG kicker or something. Rich's job is to do whatever it is that the team need to feel better about themselves. They appeared to have been doing that last night. And putting plenty of spotlight on the kids (it is an award ceremony too).
Foster's job is apparently to write like a hack, suck off Valenti and eat.. he apparently also was doing that last night.
December 3rd, 2010 at 8:23 PM ^
This is the most accurate view I've ever read here about Rodriguez. I call it the victim card, it first came to my attention with the way he blamed WVU's broken promises for his decision to leave. The second time was his explanation for why he shouldn't be responsible for the WVU buyout. (From his deposition.) I've come to understand why he uses it though, it's effective. I've read thousands of posts blaming anyone and anything not named Rodriguez for every shame he's brought the university.