Rich Rodriguez (official thread of last laughs)

[Buckeye86]

Michigan players cry about how much their coach is making them work, Ohio State players talk about how much extra work it takes to be champions.

AP makes it seem like both teams are in the same situation. Awesome.

 

[MaxBuck]

...This is really nothing.

From the standpoint of NCAA violation (Michigan behaving pretty much just like everybody else), you are absolutely right. But the whole episode just underlines how much DickRod is loathed by many of his players.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

 

[ScriptOhio]

I think the real issue isn't about the extra hours in practice. I think Slicky Dicky is probably a good enough lawyer to blur the line between voluntary and practice. The issue, IMHO, is that a significant (~10) felt bad enough about their team with no recourse that they brought about these allegations. The team chemistry has to be pretty poor for that to happen.

Maybe we'll find out how good a lawyer he really is in a real court of law:

Rodriguez sued over condo project

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Michigan head football coach Rich Rodriguez has been sued in federal court by a bank claiming he failed to pay back millions on a loan for a struggling Virginia condominium project, according to court documents.
The suit -- filed Aug. 13 in U.S. District Court in Spartanburg, S.C., and served on Rodriguez at his Ann Arbor, Mich., office last week -- says the coach owes a bank $3.9 million for defaulting on a loan to build condos near Virginia Tech's Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Va.
Rodriguez told reporters the case won't hinder Michigan's preparations, while an adviser said the coach was the victim of fraud.
"This is something that's ongoing," Rodriguez said Tuesday in a Big Ten conference call. "It's not anything that will take our attention away from getting ready for the season."
Under the corporate name of The Legends of Blacksburg, LLC, Rodriguez and four partners borrowed more than $26 million for the project in September 2007, when Rodriguez was still coaching at West Virginia University. But as the luxury condo project struggled amid the economic downturn, that amount was amended down to about $3.63 million -- the cost of only the land itself, according to loan documents filed with the court.
When the loan matured in May, a law firm representing Banc Capital & Financial Services, Inc., the Spartanburg, S.C. bank servicing the loan, sent a demand letter to Rodriguez's investment group. In that letter, attorneys served notice that the reduced loan amount was in default for nonpayment, giving the group five days' notice to pay the loan in full or possibly face legal action.
Mike Wilcox, a Toledo, Ohio-based adviser to Rodriguez, issued a statement saying the coach had been the victim of fraud dating back to 2004, when he was coach at West Virginia.
"Coach Rodriguez is the victim of a fraudulent real estate Ponzi scheme that has unfortunately affected many Americans," Wilcox said. "Several other coaches and prominent individuals are involved in this transaction."

Entire article: Michigan Wolverines coach Rich Rodriguez addresses lawsuit filed against him on condo project - ESPN

 

[BB73]

Script, I could delete that and say it was already posted yesterday morning, but somebody else would just post the link in here.

That happened a couple of times yesterday, so we'll leave this one here.

 

[ScriptOhio]

Script, I could delete that and say it was already posted yesterday morning, but somebody else would just post the link in here.

That happened a couple of times yesterday, so we'll leave this one here.

I figured that it may have already been posted so I actually searched for "Virginia condominium" (a couple unique words in the 1st sentence) and only got one match to a Shaun Gayle thread. :(

 

[JimsSweaterVest]

AP

"No one in charge of a topflight major college football program anywhere else qualifies as "a Michigan man," either. The last one, Lloyd Carr, resigned at the end of the 2007 season..."

Forgive me if this is a silly question, but what about The Hat? Is he not a dirty, dirty Meatchicken man?

 

[Zander42]

"No one in charge of a topflight major college football program anywhere else qualifies as "a Michigan man," either. The last one, Lloyd Carr, resigned at the end of the 2007 season..."

Forgive me if this is a silly question, but what about The Hat? Is he not a dirty, dirty Meatchicken man?

Yeah, no kidding. That's the first thing I thought as well. Maybe they don't think LSU is "topflight"?!

More likely, just being lazy.

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

Les Miles certainly doesn't meet their definition of a Michigan Man. Someone who can "uphold a winning tradition while following both the letter and spirit of NCAA laws".

Of course, Charles Woodson can tell you that definition is a bunch of bull shit.

 

[cincibuck]

This just keeps getting better and better!

Now, he is being sued as part of a group that has apparently defaulted on $3+M dollar deal.

Is UM going to pay this tab, also? Is Bill Martin on his boat, yet?
University of Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez sued for defaulting on real-estate deal - AnnArbor.com

Oh, and yes, still an ass. (Sorry, NF)

Too bad Dick Wad doesn't know the guys who are putting the condos in next to 'Bama's stadium. They managed to cash in on Katrina money for financing.

http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20070814/NEWS/708140319?Title=Tax-breaks-used-for-condos

 

[korchiki]

From email: Michigan submitted their compliance paperwork and the NCAA is done with this scenario.

FWIW.

This is all I need to hear...end of story...

 

[Jimmy Carter]

Report: Michigan Wolverines coach Rich Rodriguez tied to banned booster - ESPN

 

[muffler dragon]

Seriously bro, Coaches find ways to 'pass by'

This isn't just a Michigan thing. I'd love to drag them here, but it would be a lie.

Personally, I'm glad that this investigation is over with and that it'll get swept under. The players that are frustrated with the way things are handled won't have an outlet for their aggravations. I see an even greater opportunity for implosion.

keep it up, Dick.

Uhhh... no comment. :tongue2:

From the standpoint of NCAA violation (Michigan behaving pretty much just like everybody else), you are absolutely right. But the whole episode just underlines how much DickRod is loathed by many of his players.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Agreed.

 

[rock454]

It's almost like ESPN enjoys seeing DickRod cry...

 

[BB73]

This is all I need to hear...end of story...

I'm not so sure. But it could be like a lot of things, nothing happens except a bunch of lawyers getting paid.

CBS

Michigan hires law firm to assist investigation into recent allegations

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan has hired outside counsel to assist its investigation into whether the football program violated NCAA rules.

School spokesman Bruce Madej said Tuesday that Michigan hired a law firm to help it discover and assess the facts following a Detroit Free Press report in which anonymous players said the amount of time spent on football during the season and in the offseason broke NCAA guidelines.
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Madej declined to say which law firm had been hired.

Cont'd ...

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

It's almost like ESPN enjoys seeing DickRod cry...

It certainly seems like somebody enjoys kicking him when he's down....