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Michigan defensive coordinator Shafer resigns

Michigan defensive coordinator Shafer resigns - College Football - Rivals.com

Michigan defensive coordinator Shafer resigns

ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN (TICKER) ?Michigan defensive coordinator Scott Shafer resigned Tuesday.
The announcement of Shafer?s departure was made by coach Rich Rodriguez, who endured a disastrous 3-9 campaign in his first season in Ann Arbor as the Wolverines failed to qualify for a bowl for the first time since 1974.
?Scott and I agreed that moving in a different direction was in the best interest of the program,? Rodriguez said. ?I appreciate Scott?s hard work on behalf of Michigan football the past year. He is a good football coach, a good person and true professional.?
Rodriguez will continue to evaluate his staff before naming Shafer?s replacement.
Under Shafer, the Wolverines ranked 68th in the Football Bowl Subdivision in total defense, allowing 366.9 yards per game. The Wolverines did surrender at least 40 points three times, including getting shredded in a 42-7 season-ending loss to hated rival Ohio State.

Many of the Wolverines? problems this past season centered around a Rodriguez?s horrific spread offense, which ranked 109th in total offense.
 
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To further the sentiments expressed by Mili and Ochre, one factor in Cooper's firing was the perception that he was not an "Ohio guy", but a carpetbagger who turned the program into a football factory, and turned his back on the school's traditions. Conversely, UM fired a genuine "Michigan guy", and replaced him with a carpetbagger, in the hopes that he would provide a quick and flashy fix to the perception that the program had become outdated. The result: loss of traditions, and the worst season in school history. Carr had a better rivalry record, better bowl record, and more conference championships than Cooper, not to mention he was only ten years removed from a NC. I don't think the Carr firing was necessarily a bad move, he wasn't going to take the program back to the top. But, the replacement search was severely botched, and now UM's stuck with a coach who is in over his head both at the university, and in the conference.
 
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While I agree with you General, I think it's also fair to say that Michigan did need a break from the "old guard" as it were. As much as a lot of Buckeye fans don't like to admit it, John Cooper turned this program around in some respects. Don't misunderstand, of course, it's not that Earle had the program in disarray or teetering on destruction... But, that said, the talent level was far below the major programs of the day. Now, Earle could take a average player and make him play "better" than he was. Coop, it seemed, could get the talented player, but didn't necessarily make him better.

I think Tressel is a good combo of both, as he's kept Cooper's ability at bringing in top flight talent (and again, I don't want to be understood as saying Earle brought in a bunch of stiffs, he had players too.. just not as many, in my opinion) while making them better.

Back to Michigan... I think it was about time for Michigan to take a new direction. I don't believe RR is the guy, and I think in the long run "going gimmick" is a mistake, but it was right to move away from "more of the same."
 
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I agree with that assessment, BKB. Cooper was an outstanding recruiter, but I've heard he wasn't really a hands on coach, which I think was a factor in all of the near miss seasons. UM's problems could have been solved by hiring a more imaginative OC, but not a spread-option guy. Look at PSU's situation, JoePa is little more than a figurehead at this point. He doesn't go on recruiting trips, and just takes naps in the press booth anymore, but his assistants have returned the team back to a high level, and it still has the appearance that the legend is behind it. Perhaps it was Carr's time to go, but they should have hired a guy not too far from the mold, rather than a razzle-dazzle spread-option charlatan. Especially considering the elitist nature of the UM fanbase, it was a boneheaded hire. As long as DickRod is HC, there will not be an NFL QB coming out of Ann Arbor.
 
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generaladm;1357125; said:
I agree with that assessment, BKB. Cooper was an outstanding recruiter, but I've heard he wasn't really a hands on coach, which I think was a factor in all of the near miss seasons. UM's problems could have been solved by hiring a more imaginative OC, but not a spread-option guy. Look at PSU's situation, JoePa is little more than a figurehead at this point. He doesn't go on recruiting trips, and just takes naps in the press booth anymore, but his assistants have returned the team back to a high level, and it still has the appearance that the legend is behind it. Perhaps it was Carr's time to go, but they should have hired a guy not too far from the mold, rather than a razzle-dazzle spread-option charlatan. Especially considering the elitist nature of the UM fanbase, it was a boneheaded hire. As long as DickRod is HC, there will not be an NFL QB coming out of Ann Arbor.
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Yup.. I think we're on the same page here..
 
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Well the 2010 recruiting campaign has started off with a bang for the Buckeyes. I wonder how losing SS affects the defensive recruits he got to commit to Michigan? Hmmmmmmmmmm I don't know about the timing of this firing...cough...cough...I mean resignation. Maybe they will get a big name in hopes of securing some good recruits late in the process. The list of prospects is getting thinner by the day. The talent gap widens daily.
 
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MililaniBuckeye;1357027; said:
What does Cooper have to do with your claim that Michigan was "sliding into mediocrity" before DickRod? Nothing. But, to appease you, let me remind you that Cooper's final two years were 6-6 and 8-4. Carr's were 11-2 and 9-4...and you had a bowl win to boot. Of the two coaches, I'd say that Cooper was sliding into mediocrity more than Carr was, especially when Cooper's previous four teams were 11-2, 11-1, 10-3, and 11-1. And we stuck with Cooper (unfortunately) not only after all those losses to Michigan but also all those losses in bowl games (3-8 under Cooper). Cooper deserved to be [censored]-canned...not sure you can say the same about Carr.
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In addition, as mentioned above, Cooper had lost control of the team from a disciplinary standpoint. we had players getting 0.0 GPA, out getting drunk before bowl games etc. as a matter of fact i remember it being stated that in 2001 if we had played in a bcs game (which would have been into winter quarter) there would have been like 10 players academically ineligible for bowl game
 
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Buckeye86;1357149; said:
was Carr fired, did he retired, or was he "strongly encouraged" to retire? my memory escapes me but I was under the impression that he retired with some encouragement to do so from above
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I believe the story was he wanted to coach through '07 for that senior class then retire. I'm sure there was little resistance, hell, even some encouragement after the 2007 debacle.
 
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Shafer resigns!!! - Hail Victors Michigan Sports Forums

RR must have someone good lined up already for them to come to agreement before the recruiting is done.

"Scott and I agreed that moving in a different direction was in the best interest of the program," - RR

Looking at Shafer's history I don't think he has been at any one school for more than a couple of years. I was not a fan of his hiring but after reading an article today I thought maybe he just didn't have enough time to impliment his system. It shouts out to me that RR already has something lined up and should announce real quick so that he can pursue recruiting with certainty.
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I didn't think the defense was the problem, but hey, I guess the goal is to score more points than the other team, and when you can't score many points, it's best to change the defense. Good call scUM, good call!
 
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Trevi;1357056; said:
Michigan defensive coordinator Shafer resigns - College Football - Rivals.com

Michigan defensive coordinator Shafer resigns

ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN (TICKER) ?Michigan defensive coordinator Scott Shafer resigned Tuesday.
The announcement of Shafer?s departure was made by coach Rich Rodriguez, who endured a disastrous 3-9 campaign in his first season in Ann Arbor as the Wolverines failed to qualify for a bowl for the first time since 1974.
?Scott and I agreed that moving in a different direction was in the best interest of the program,? Rodriguez said. ?I appreciate Scott?s hard work on behalf of Michigan football the past year. He is a good football coach, a good person and true professional.?
Rodriguez will continue to evaluate his staff before naming Shafer?s replacement.
Under Shafer, the Wolverines ranked 68th in the Football Bowl Subdivision in total defense, allowing 366.9 yards per game. The Wolverines did surrender at least 40 points three times, including getting shredded in a 42-7 season-ending loss to hated rival Ohio State.

Many of the Wolverines? problems this past season centered around a Rodriguez?s horrific spread offense, which ranked 109th in total offense.
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He wanted to recruit players for defense, I told him that playing defense was how I punished players who couldn't perform in my godlike offense. So, there was some differences. I hope he fails wherever he goes.
 
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