This is once again speculation and not confirmed by any means. If it does end up being true, I don't think it's a good fit for either side involved.
For Michigan, they should be able to find someone with a bigger name. Rodriguez hasn't really done anything.
For Rodriguez, the type of system that he runs I don't really feel fits at Michgan and think he would be better off sticking at West Virginia where he seems to have a good things going there.
Plus I thought he just signed an extension at West Virginia for a very nice payday?
For Michigan, they should be able to find someone with a bigger name. Rodriguez hasn't really done anything.
For Rodriguez, the type of system that he runs I don't really feel fits at Michgan and think he would be better off sticking at West Virginia where he seems to have a good things going there.
Plus I thought he just signed an extension at West Virginia for a very nice payday?
I never once said that you once said they were. I was responding to World Number One.
They did look bad against Pitt, but they would have won had their kicker not fucked the whole game up. In any case, they haven't lost to their main rivals four years straight.
i can also guarantee you that they could play the next million years straight at wvu would never lose to stanford and a backup quarterback.
doesnt really matter.
michigan and southern cal will always be the big time in college football.
and west virginia will always be a step down.
michigan is probably in the top 3-4 in terms of most desirable jobs in the country.
west virginia probably falls in the top 25-30 somewhere.
In the first place, you hit the nail on the head when you referred to App State's "level of football". Top Division IAA teams rarely beat mediocre Division I teams. The last one I can remember is when Cal Davis, I think beat Stanford a couple of years ago.
In the second place, I don't know where you got your information about the Michigan-App State spread. As far as I know it was off the board, as most Division I vs Division IAA games are. And if it was on the board, I would have guessed the spread at the Big House would have been closer to 40 or 45.
But all that aside, the experts don't set the line based on what they anticipate the final score to be. They set the line based on how heavy they think the betting will be on each side. They try to set a line that will draw equal action on both sides. Just because the public is a bunch of morons, many of whom were willing to lay 28 on West Virginia at home against their main rivals, is not indicative at all of how good West Virginia is or how bad Pitt is.
I don't think Mchigan is one of the top 3-4 most desireabe jobs in the country. Look how long it's taking them currently and how many times they've had candidates respectfuly decline.
If it was a top 3-4 most desireable jobs in the country one would figure the process wouldn't be taking this long and coaches would be lined up banging on the A.D's front door.
If Michigan is so prestigious and they end up with Rodriguez as a head coach, that's a luagher.
If it was a top 3-4 most desireable jobs in the country one would figure the process wouldn't be taking this long and coaches would be lined up banging on the A.D's front door.
If Michigan is so prestigious and they end up with Rodriguez as a head coach, that's a luagher.
Michigan is having a tough go finding a new head coach anyway because they are cheap bastards that don't want to compensate going rates as they figure they will get by on their prestigious name, tradition and reputation alone.
Newsflash, sorry Michigan, this isn't the 1960's anymore and times have changed. Maybe you guys need a new athletic director to get some revamped energy and new blood in there to upgrade your athletics.
They haven't had to go through the whole process of sniffing out a new head coach in football since Bo Schem, so they aren't up to par with the in's and out's of the process from top to bottom and the main thing is that you can't offer a guy less or what he is making now to leave a good thing he already has going. You have to make a nice lucractive package that will sway somebody to leave their current situation, especially if they already have a good thing going.
Not, well, you're making 1.5 million now, we will offer you 1.25 million, because we are Michigan, nuff said. Yeah, it sure has worked out well for ya's.
Michigan sports blow anymore and not only are they shady and crooked, but unethical and no longer considered an elite program by anyone. They will probably have to end up settling for hiring one of the shit coordinators to head up the football team and they will suck for years to come going that route.
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Newsflash, sorry Michigan, this isn't the 1960's anymore and times have changed. Maybe you guys need a new athletic director to get some revamped energy and new blood in there to upgrade your athletics.
They haven't had to go through the whole process of sniffing out a new head coach in football since Bo Schem, so they aren't up to par with the in's and out's of the process from top to bottom and the main thing is that you can't offer a guy less or what he is making now to leave a good thing he already has going. You have to make a nice lucractive package that will sway somebody to leave their current situation, especially if they already have a good thing going.
Not, well, you're making 1.5 million now, we will offer you 1.25 million, because we are Michigan, nuff said. Yeah, it sure has worked out well for ya's.
Michigan sports blow anymore and not only are they shady and crooked, but unethical and no longer considered an elite program by anyone. They will probably have to end up settling for hiring one of the shit coordinators to head up the football team and they will suck for years to come going that route.
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The only sense I can make of this is that Michigan may feel the need to get away from the ultra conservative ways they have played for years and want more of a spread type offensive minded character in there as a head coach.
Even so, you figure they could come up with a cat better than Rich Rodriguez being as this is such a highly touted job amongst the press and public.
I don't see why the guy would want to leave his current situation, unless Michigan is now so desperate that they finally ponied up the dollars to make things look a little more attractive.
If that is the case, then again, you figure they can do better than Rodriguez. Going into the last week of the season with a chance to play for it all if victorious and then turning around and losing to a shit team in a bad way spells nothing but choke city and not being able to handle pressure situations.
Not the type of guy I would want to head up my team in a big game especially for a so called big time program. That just seems like more of the same in coming up small when the stakes are large.
Even so, you figure they could come up with a cat better than Rich Rodriguez being as this is such a highly touted job amongst the press and public.
I don't see why the guy would want to leave his current situation, unless Michigan is now so desperate that they finally ponied up the dollars to make things look a little more attractive.
If that is the case, then again, you figure they can do better than Rodriguez. Going into the last week of the season with a chance to play for it all if victorious and then turning around and losing to a shit team in a bad way spells nothing but choke city and not being able to handle pressure situations.
Not the type of guy I would want to head up my team in a big game especially for a so called big time program. That just seems like more of the same in coming up small when the stakes are large.
WV is not minor league. 2 BCS games in 3 years and plenty of decent history over the years.
Rodriguez makes plenty that isnt included in his salary. Michigan is a better job, but it might not be better financially. He has much more job security in Morgantown so unless it is a lot more money he shouldn't and probably wouldn't take it
Rodriguez makes plenty that isnt included in his salary. Michigan is a better job, but it might not be better financially. He has much more job security in Morgantown so unless it is a lot more money he shouldn't and probably wouldn't take it
let me put it to you this way :
their would never be speculation of a current michigan coach leaving to take the west virginia job...
why ? cause it would be a big step down....
as far as michigan losing to app st and wvu losing to pitt .
the wvu loss was the biggest choke job in college football history. home / huge fav with a chance to play for the title. ooops....
their would never be speculation of a current michigan coach leaving to take the west virginia job...
why ? cause it would be a big step down....
as far as michigan losing to app st and wvu losing to pitt .
the wvu loss was the biggest choke job in college football history. home / huge fav with a chance to play for the title. ooops....
Yeah rt, and they WERE supposed to pound rutgers last yr and what about pitt this yr? Oh, wait a min, pitt was laying -27 on wvu mighty mountainers rt? What happend in that so called easy game and natl. champ hopes? Oh wait, wvu was favored.....blahahahahaha....Get a clue ...or maybe it was louville they lost to last yr not rutgers, same result though,loss.
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As a ND fan I would love to see rodriguez at mich Mainly because he is 10 WORSE than carr ever will be at getting his team READY for meaningful games. Rodriguez has choke miserbly that last few yrs and just can't get it done. Carr at least has some big ten titles and a natl. champ. Somthing rodriguez will NEVER have. Bring that bitch to mich and watch the walls come crumbling down....If they were smart they would go after steve spurrier....
While I agree with you I would point out that Carr made plenty of money that wasn't in his contract either and as far as job security. Not many schools have better job security than Michigan. They have had what 3 coaches at Michigan in the last 40 years. I don't know of any other school with that much job security.
I will also agree that WV has had a good run lately and has a decent history but Michigan is the winningest program ever, has 11 national titles and has been to 33 straight bowl games, which is a record.
With all that said I don't think Rodriguiz is a good fit at Michigan. Personally I hate the offense he runs and don't want to see it at Michigan. While I think Michigan needs a more aggresive playcaller I don't think running a gimmicky offense is what they need.
