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Rich Rodriguez (official thread of last laughs)

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shetuck said:
Hey folks we are all upset and hurting but please stop fighting amongst each other. Don't rip someone for venting and giving their opinion. Others have good siteful things to say and if they don't leave them alone don't rip them. Its low class and you're only hurting another fellow buckeye fan it makes no sense. Remember we do have freedom of speech. Last time I checked its a constitutional right and by ripping people you are trying to suppress it. Let them talk and vent. They are entitled to it. If you don't like want they say just skip the post. They aren't forcing you to reading.
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:lol: where did that come from?
 
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DFP

Rich Rodriguez's first payment to WVU is in; one of WVU's lawyers was Ohio State grad

FREE PRESS STAFF AND NEWS SERVICES ? July 31, 2008

CHARLESTON, W. Va. - West Virginia University has received the first $2.5 million of its $4 million settlement with departed head football coach Rich Rodriguez.




WVU?s lead attorney in the matter, Tom Flaherty, said the University of Michigan wired the money late Thursday afternoon. The money was due by the end of July.

After months of legal wrangling, Rodriguez agreed on July 8 to pay WVU the entire $4 million liquidated damages provision in his contract. He broke that clause when he resigned in December to coach at Michigan.

The University of Michigan paid Thursday?s installment, but Rodriguez is scheduled to pay the remaining $1.5 million in three annual installments beginning in January 2010.

The Free Press has learned that of the three-person team from the law firm that handled the case for West Virginia, two, including Flaherty, were West Virginia alums. The third, Jaclyn Bryk, is an Ohio State law grad.

?The fact that I was an OSU alumni, a secondary matter to be sure, made this case even more appealing for me,? Bryk said in a released statement.
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Jaclyn Bryk Profile....She needs to move to Columbus now...her business will skyrocket.
 
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WSJ: Questions for Rich Rodriguez

That Wall Street Journal is finally starting to pay off... :biggrin:

LONG TOSS
Questions for Rich Rodriguez

An interview with the University of Michigan's new head football coach.

By JOHN D. STOLL
August 6, 2008 6:28 p.m.

Taking the reins of the University of Michigan's football team should be a college coach's fairytale come true. For Rich Rodriguez, the venture has been somewhat less enchanted.

Mr. Rodriguez accepted Michigan's head coaching job last December, shortly after Lloyd Carr retired. He inherits a program embarrassed in 2007 by a historic loss to Appalachian State. Mr. Carr's team in recent years had also taken a beating from Ohio State -- Michigan's chief rival.

Michigan's first choice for Mr. Carr's replacement, Rutgers coach Greg Schiano, turned the university down, and Michigan's dead-end interest in LSU's Les Miles created a fiasco. The school finally hired Mr. Rodriguez, who arrived with a brand of controversy unfamiliar to the storied football program.

As head coach at West Virginia University, Mr. Rodriguez helped the team reach national prominence. But his abrupt departure led to harsh criticism among West Virginia faithful and triggered a deal that forced Michigan and its new coach to pony up $4 million for a buyout clause that had been in Mr. Rodriguez's recently inked contract. Mr. Rodriguez will pay $1.5 million in coming years; the school has covered the remaining balance.

"I find it sad that the University of Michigan is paying a man millions of dollars a year to humiliate some of its students," Michael Rosenberg, a Detroit Free Press columnist, said after Mr. Rodriguez and Michigan agreed to pay the $4 million. "Rodriguez is an excellent coach. I'm not sold he is the right coach for Michigan."

One of Michigan's key players, offensive lineman Justin Boren, agreed with Mr. Rosenberg's assessment. Mr. Boren left the school this offseason to play for none other than Ohio State, pointing to an "erosion of family values" as his reason for departure.

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shetuck;1224611; said:
WSJ: Questions for Rich Rodriguez
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WSJ: Since Justin left Michigan to go to Ohio State, are his statements the sort of thing that will motivate your team later in November when you play in Columbus?

Mr. Rodriguez: No, I don't think it will make a difference. There is a lot for our team to be concerned about between now and then.
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[NFBuck] What an ass...[/NFBuck]

WSJ: How do you keep the players focused on Utah, and not let their minds wander to Notre Dame, Michigan State, or Ohio State, especially given what happened last year against Appalachian State?

Mr. Rodriguez: We just need to realize we're not good enough to go out there and mess around against anybody...
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[NFBuck] Still an ass... [/NFBuck]
 
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If nothing else, a little different take on Dick Rod.

Rodriguez's story is more than just West Virginia - NCAA Football - Yahoo! Sports

Rodriguez is widely considered one of the godfathers of the spread that has become the rage in college football. He created his version of three- and four-receiver sets at tiny Glenville State in 1990.
Rodriguez?s successful scheme, which led to Michigan hiring him away from West Virginia, was born a year after he taught driver?s education. At the time he was searching for an innovation after losing his first coaching job at Salem when the program folded two weeks before his wedding.
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Shaun King, a former NFL quarterback, says that?s what makes Rodriguez brilliant.
King played for Rodriguez a decade ago when he was the offensive coordinator at Tulane and has watched his style evolve with Woody Dantzler at Clemson and Pat White in West Virginia.
?I?ve played for some of the greatest offensive minds in the game such as Mike Martz, Dennis Green, Tom Moore and Jon Gruden and Coach Rod adapts his system to his personnel as well as anyone,? said King, who now works as an ESPN analyst.
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and the best part . . .

?At first, I didn?t like Coach Rod because he has a very volatile personality on the field and he uses abrasive language,? King said. ?He does it because he wants to put so much pressure on you to be perfect in practice that you?ll be prepared for games.

?It?s amazing, though, how he?s completely different off the field. He really cares about his players and he?s a family guy, who loves his wife and children.?

While some coaches talk about the importance of family, Rodriguez does more than that. He meets with his coaches late enough in the morning so that they can take kids to school or spend a some quality time with them.
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