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Rich Rodriguez (official thread of last laughs)

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Oh8ch;1582286; said:
Just for the record, the closest I can find to an "official" thread for Lloyd Carr was 42 pages long.
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Charlie Weis = 129 pages.
Jim Tressel = 149 pages.
Rich Rodriguez = 321 pages.

If Rich Rod gets canned, I don't know if the BP server has enough processing power to shred all the pages of this thread.
 
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You guys should have heard Mike Valenti today basically ripping every football team in the state Lions/MSU/Michigan and even CMU. 2 of the funniest lines I have heard in awhile...

"Rich Rod better stop recruiting 5'10 140 pound kids, this isn't gymnastics camp."

"Who needs a hailmary if you play Michigan just run the read-option."
 
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Fiutak said:
Another year of spread offense at a time when defenses seem to be making headway in stopping it could keep Michigan behind the schematic curve.
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This happens. If you look back at the origins of the T-formation, it was absolutely unstoppable. Chicago used it in their 73-0 NFL Championship Game win over the Redskins. By and large, it's been mostly abandoned in the intervening decades, along with it's variant, the Wishbone. In another thread, I mentioned the run and shoot, responsible for Andre Ware's Heisman. Again, something unstoppable at the time which is no longer widely used. New schemes come along and have some success, then are modified and incorporated as principles in a broad-based conventional attack. Does anyone use pure West Coast Offense anymore? Not really, but West Coast principles are a part of nearly all passing attacks. Spread is becoming the same way. Eventually, you need a diverse offense with as many methods of attacking the defense as possible. When you limit yourself to one scheme, eventually someone figures out how to stop it. Once that book is written, you're done. The book on the Rich Rod spread may not be at the publisher yet, but the final draft is just about ready.
 
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BrutusBobcat;1582383; said:
This happens. If you look back at the origins of the T-formation, it was absolutely unstoppable. Chicago used it in their 73-0 NFL Championship Game win over the Redskins. By and large, it's been mostly abandoned in the intervening decades, along with it's variant, the Wishbone. In another thread, I mentioned the run and shoot, responsible for Andre Ware's Heisman. Again, something unstoppable at the time which is no longer widely used. New schemes come along and have some success, then are modified and incorporated as principles in a broad-based conventional attack. Does anyone use pure West Coast Offense anymore? Not really, but West Coast principles are a part of nearly all passing attacks. Spread is becoming the same way. Eventually, you need a diverse offense with as many methods of attacking the defense as possible. When you limit yourself to one scheme, eventually someone figures out how to stop it. Once that book is written, you're done. The book on the Rich Rod spread may not be at the publisher yet, but the final draft is just about ready.
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Well, there's that.

Also, weren't a lot of people crowing about how one of the decided advantages of running the spread offense was that it was a talent neutralizer? Well, obviously false.

Some other things that scUM fans said when red armband came to Ann Arbor...

He would clean up in recruiting. Star recruits would lay down at his feet to come and play in his unstoppable offense in Ann Arbor. False.

He would adapt his schemes to the personnel he has. False.

He isn't going to bring his 3-3-5 defensive preference to Ann Arbor. False.

Mike Barwis is going to revolutionize S&C. He will have his team faster, stronger and frothing at the mouth. False.

He's not a crybaby! False. He was sniffling in that post conference because of all the practice crap.

Okay, so year one was a lil rough. That's okay, red armband always turns things around in year two. False.

He will have us challenging for a Big 10 title in year two. False.

There's nothing shady about him. He'll bring no shame upon our mighty program. False. Less than two years after he blew into town, you're now under NCAA investigation for the first time in program history.
 
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You guys should have heard Mike Valenti today basically ripping every football team in the state Lions/MSU/Michigan and even CMU. 2 of the funniest lines I have heard in awhile...
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Is there a transcript or link to that anywhere? Don't listen to it at work, but there were some classic lines in that thing.
 
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jwinslow;1582198; said:
They offered Ferentz who declined.
They offered Schiano who almost took the job, but woke up and changed his mind.
Miles was never offered, despite many in AA wanting him.
Then they realized how easy it was to steal WVU's bball coach, so they tried to repeat that process.
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Has anyone looked carefully at Beilein's record? Uniform mediocrity, which is what scUM can expect in hoop for as long as the guy is there.

I love Bill Martin.
 
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After denying that Jonas Mouton punched a Notre Dame player - and inadvertently giving rise to the Big Ten's policy of handing down suspensions - Rodriguez goes the denial route again:

I met with Mark this morning. He was upset that a lot of folks were telling him that it was a cheap shot or what have you, and then he explained to me, Coach, I had an open hand, he was leaning up against me, their players were even telling him to get off me, and he just kind of shoved him away real quick.

Mark is a great young man. I'm sure when the guy was leaning on him or something, he just wanted him to get off him at the time. That shouldn't be an issue there.
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ASAP Sports - Football - 2009 - PRESS CONFERENCES - UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDIA CONFERENCE - November 2
 
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