i said that, or at least referenced it in saying he was one of the last to come around to that...

....that he doesn't have access to? like with the AD/Prez?

other than that, nothing then?

that's just the first time i've seen anyone say brian didn't necessarily have his finger on the pulse (or at least as much as the other sites he's fighting with for scooping UM football)..

My take is that I just don't know anymore. I'm very disappointed in how things have gone, obviously. And I'm a huge Rich Rod supporter as everyone here knows. I still believe in his abilities as much as I ever have. I don't think he should be fired. But, I'm coming to the point where I could accept it happening. Most of it comes from not wanting to become one of the people who I think have made RR's job nearly impossible. Sometimes a marriage doesn't work despite having a great person in the relationship. And I believe there are some people on the other side of this marriage that will work as hard as they possibly can to make sure this marriage doesn't work out. In that sense, Michigan football has almost become not fun anymore. I never thought I'd say that, but it's what it has come to. I can handle the losing... but everything else combined with it has made it a lot more difficult.

My biggest fear in firing Rich Rodriguez is that I think it might seriously limit the program's progress in the future. That's not because of the next transition, that may or may not be difficult. But, if Rich Rod is fired... Michigan should be looking at Gus Malzahn or someone like that. But, my fear is that will never happen again. Rich Rod was their one big risk. From now on, it'll be guys that lead us to 9 wins forever.

With that said, I do not want Rich Rod fired. And I'll never hold any sort of grudge against him. I'm starting to believe his biggest mistake was taking the job in the first place, though.

I think what he's saying is some of the people from Scout/Rivals may be more connected, but MGB is a better analyzer of the program.

wife has seen me sitting here, has asked wtf i'm so involved with, and has herself never been to the big house.

i just asked her what we were doing saturday, and she said, 'what, michigan game??!?'

anyone going saturday, and willing to meet me and wifey for a bit before the game?

i'll probably order tickets tonight or tomorrow. love to meet one (or some) of yall. i'm probably a bit more ___________ in person.

seriously.

After I went to the BGSU game this year and listening to how many times I heard "Lloyd would have done it differently" I told myself no more games unless they are free.

DAMN YOU FREE TICKETS

will be there. shoot me a PM or something.

very good post.

Second paragraph is spot on.

I'll be in town to catch some preseason basketball action if you're going to be in AA friday night.

word.

probably would just be driving in saturday morning, but i'll be looking for whoever. wife'll be all wide-eyed (and probably taking 100's of pictures) if that kinda thing takes you back.

bleh i'm in chicago for the weekend.

wiper make ur wife a 2p2 account

sick beat

been to Lucky's yet? if not, gogogogogogo

lol no, i live about a mile from there though

wtf, go right now and get the Fredo! best fries I've ever had

****ING HELL NOW JT FLOYD'S ANKLE IS DONZOED

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

no, u.

when it rains, it pours.

JT Floyd done for the year w/ an ankle injury.

We're so ****ing due for an opposing QB to throw like 4 terrible INTs straight at us. Pass D has no prayer otherwise.

Troy Woolfok's tweet started this rumor... he's also said:

Here's what will make me absolutely sick if we fire him: I truly believe that they are soooo close. He hasn't lost the team ainec. Watch all of the presser videos week-in and week-out. This week's Molk video is the best I've seen all year. Nobody is pointing fingers. Everybody is working hard. Since fall camp, not a single player on the team has been late for a single session of practice, lifting, film, or study hall. 100+ kids on time every time for every football-related activity for three months? After all of the attrition that this program has gone through over the past few years, do we really want to subject ourselves to even more? Shove a coach out the door that the players are 100% behind and see what happens here. Chemistry counts a ton in football and this team has it in spades.

If we fire him now, I'm always going to wonder what could have been in 2011. There is so much potential. We're returning 22 of 24 starters. With RichRod, this team is competing for a Big Ten championship at minimum. Without him, who knows. I am a firm believer that barring a complete disaster with no light at the end of the tunnel, that a coach should always get at least four years. Are we really going to fire this guy now when his first full recruiting class has just finished their redshirt freshman/sophomore season? We'd be Notre Daming ourselves.

oh jesus christ.

that said, i'm on stubhub now. whatever tickets will do i guess...$100/2 seems a little high for a program that sucks soooo bad haha, but whatever..

maybe i'll get there early and ask to try out for safety. i'm a big guy, but i can run and i'll at least read the TE right.

you, sir, are one i'd like to meet saturday.

truth, all around.

if you would have said this 24 hours earlier I could have had 2 freebies at the 50 for ya.

dem da brakes..

heater, if we brought in harbaugh and most of the players stay, do you really think he won't run a bunch of spread stuff? drob will still be our QB next year under a new coach as long as he doesn't transfer in all likelyhood.