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Rich Rodriguez (official thread of last laughs)

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Here's my two cents. The coaching situation in the Big 10 has been pretty bad, and may as a result be why the conference is "down" as a whole.

As of this season, you either had a dinosaur (PSU, UM, Purdue), a newbie (NU, Minnesota, IU), an overrated douche (UW, Iowa), an up-and-comer (Illinois, MSU) or, well.. a bad-ass mofo (The Tressel). So, two, maybe three, good coaches out of eleven. Not all that great.

With Dick Rod at scUM, the rivalry is almost certainly on the upswing, if only for the media implications of bringing in a fresh "big name" coach with a fancy new offense. We'll see how quickly Rodriguez will implement his offense and how he handles The Game. If he embraces the rivalry and can quickly mold the players he has to fit their new roles (not to mention field a competent defense), then we'll have a serious fight. If he ends up trying to hammer a square peg into a round hole, then he will be scUM's John L. Smith, simple as that.
 
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My guess is RR does well at UM. Recruiting is 90% of the game and as far as recruiting goes RR has a ton more to offer at UM than he did at WVA. Even losing almost every year to tOSU and looking lost in the bowl games UM has had highly rated recruiting class over the last 5 year.

It will take a year or so for him to have things running to his liking. I still think he goes at least 8-4 his first year. After that he won't win them all but who does?
 
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I was really looking forward to seeing OHio State and WVU in the N/C game.
Mainly because 4 days before WVU and Pitt played. Tim Brando of FOX Sport News was quoted as saying that West Virginia would run Ohio State right out of the SuperDome. But Pitt put and end to all of that. Is the spread offense that hard to defend against? I know that Jim Tressle and his staff had a difficult time against Illinois. I guess the main man in the spread is the QB or is it in the receivers he has?
 
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rocketman;1030700; said:
With Dick Rod at scUM, the rivalry is almost certainly on the upswing, if only for the media implications of bringing in a fresh "big name" coach with a fancy new offense. We'll see how quickly Rodriguez will implement his offense and how he handles The Game. If he embraces the rivalry and can quickly mold the players he has to fit their new roles (not to mention field a competent defense), then we'll have a serious fight. If he ends up trying to hammer a square peg into a round hole, then he will be scUM's John L. Smith, simple as that.
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Actually in my mind the comparisons to John Cooper keep coming back....

we'll see, certainly he'll win a lot more than he loses at scUM, but he might not quite get "The Game" in a similar fashion to how Cooper didn't either.
 
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kippy1040;1030709; said:
I was really looking forward to seeing OHio State and WVU in the N/C game.
Mainly because 4 days before WVU and Pitt played. Tim Brando of FOX Sport News was quoted as saying that West Virginia would run Ohio State right out of the SuperDome. But Pitt put and end to all of that. Is the spread offense that hard to defend against? I know that Jim Tressle and his staff had a difficult time against Illinois. I guess the main man in the spread is the QB or is it in the receivers he has?
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:huh:

Tim Brando is on CBS television and on Sporting News Radio, which is essentially CBS as well....
 
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In his presser this morning, R-Rod said that he'd bring some coaches from WV, re-hire (calls it "re-hire, not retain") some TSUN coaches, and interview some guys from outside.

Later on, though, he mentioned two WV assistants by name: Calvin Magee and Tony Gibson. Magee will obviously be the OC, so I'd say DeBord can put his house in AA up for sale. Gibson's the DB coach/recruiting coordinator at WV.

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stowfan;1030704; said:
My guess is RR does well at UM. Recruiting is 90% of the game and as far as recruiting goes RR has a ton more to offer at UM than he did at WVA. Even losing almost every year to tOSU and looking lost in the bowl games UM has had highly rated recruiting class over the last 5 year.

It will take a year or so for him to have things running to his liking. I still think he goes at least 8-4 his first year. After that he won't win them all but who does?
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I disagree. RR has not been a really top notch recruiter. He has got his 'system' guys to fit his offense, but has never had a player drafted while at WVU. NOT ONE, that will not fly in the Big Ten. You have to have "next level' players AT LEAST on defense if not both sides of the ball.
 
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The Rod also mentioned at the press conference that he will likely be using the 3-3-5 stack defense at Michigan in 2008.Dude, seriously? I don't see how the 3-3-5 can work against the likes of Wisconsin, Penn State and tOSU. Beanie Wells and P.J. Hill should be very happy about this.
 
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BB73;1030715; said:
In his presser this morning, R-Rod said that he'd bring some coaches from WV, re-hire (calls it "re-hire, not retain") some TSUN coaches, and interview some guys from outside.

Later on, though, he mentioned two WV assistants by name: Calvin Magee and Tony Gibson.
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Yeah, they both made the trip for the presser. I'm pretty stoked about the staff turnover, just wondering like pretty much everyone else whether or not English stays or goes.

Mmm, DeBord's departure... the prospect makes me drool. I'll have to ponder whether that calls for a fine bottle of champagne or Macallan 18.
 
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WolverineTX;1030725; said:
Yeah, they both made the trip for the presser. I'm pretty stoked about the staff turnover, just wondering like pretty much everyone else whether or not English stays or goes.

Mmm, DeBord's departure... the prospect makes me drool. I'll have to ponder whether that calls for a fine bottle of champagne or Macallan 18.
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Do you think English would be a benefit when trying to run a 3-3-5?
 
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He also siad that he'd like to retire in AA, but that he wouldn't be around as long as some folks would. He had said earlier his 9-year old son (Rhett) would be the #1 QB recruit in the class of 2017, and has already committed to TSUN.

Then he said that without a redshirt year for his son, he'd be coaching there about 14 years (implying that he'd retire when the kid was done at TSUN).
 
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