Jay

August 9th, 2009 at 7:04 PM ^

Actually, it was Rich Rod himself who went into the Monday afternoon meetings the week of the Purdue game and TOLD Shafer that they would be implementing the 3-3-5 "Stack" defense against Purdue. It was not Shafer's choice to do so. He was following the orders of the head coach.

save_me_forcier

August 9th, 2009 at 7:10 PM ^

I don't know where you got that information, I assumed Schafer was responsible for the defense given he was the Defensive Coordinator. But the bottom line is that if RR felt Schafer wasn't to blame for the defensive struggles then he wouldn't have fired him.

Magnus

August 9th, 2009 at 7:15 PM ^

You have a lot of learning to do. A defensive coordinator does not put in a brand new defense unless the head coach suggests/approves it. And considering the fact that Shafer had never run a 3-3-5 stack before that game, whose idea do you think it was - Shafer's or the guys who had just come from WVU where they ran the 3-3-5 stack?

MaizeNBlue

August 9th, 2009 at 7:12 PM ^

That has had a record of 30-9 in favor of the Wolverines since 1970, it becomes a little harder for Sparty fans to pretend the rivalry is as competitive as Michigan's rivalries with ND and OSU without being accused of "living in the past." Irony: isn't that what *we're* accused of?

BlockM

August 9th, 2009 at 8:36 PM ^

Redcedar87 somehow accumulated enough points to post a forum topic. We have gotten lazy, and must hone our senses in order to identify trolls much sooner. Remember 8/9/09, the day we let the Michigan nation down. Never again.

PSALM 23 Rod N…

August 9th, 2009 at 8:52 PM ^

Til, October 3, this is all silly Reindeer Games.....Talk is cheap....... I trust everything in the world will be righted on October 4, we will hear the usual from Lansing.. "WAIT UNTIL BASKETBALL SEASON....." However, Coach B and the boys will have something to say about that.... GO BLUE.......

The Other Brian

August 9th, 2009 at 9:18 PM ^

Hm, I just noticed that there are a couple pages discussing this over at the RCMB. And at SpartanMag, there is a thread (on their premium board) titled "UM Fan to the Spartan Nation: 'We will bury you' (Link)". That's reached multiple pages too. I'm going to go out on a limb and assume they aren't nominating me for a Pulitzer.

Tim Waymen

August 10th, 2009 at 9:24 PM ^

No, redcedar, you WISH he was fisked. JollyGreenGiant wrote a reaction if anything, not a counterargument refuting GS's statement. Besides, he largely agreed with a bunch of GS's points (mainly the ones about the Michigan fanbase--go figure). JGG didn't really say anything that really blew GS's argument out of the water. And it certainly wasn't a roast--do you even know what a roast is??

Tha Quiet Storm

August 10th, 2009 at 11:47 PM ^

that this "fisker" made no mention of what I thought was the real meat of the GS piece - the systematic dismantling of the "Rodriguezized" thread. For example, I'm still waiting for an explanation as to how Will Campbell has been "Rodriguezized" when he's ON THE TEAM!