Lol...this article is going to be great! I'm sure I'm going to get TONS of positive and "constructive" feedback from Wolverine Nation on the thoughts I'm about to express.
Look I'm a Buckeye, and I know what all you Wolverines are thinking..."A Buckeye doesn't know Michigan football and its problems!" Or how about the response of, "Shut up, Buckeye fan!"
But if you read my work you'll probably see that I'm about as unbiased as it gets...so please Michigan fan, hear me out on this one...
You need to storm the ivory towers of Ann Arbor Michigan, fan. You need to pull Athletic Director Bill Martin from that fancy office of his, carry him down to the 50-yard line of the Big House, and you need to hang his career at Michigan right there. Then we need you to do the same with Rich Rodriguez...their careers at the University of Michigan should die side by side, following the complete ass-whipping your football program is about to endure in Columbus this coming Saturday.
Please, Michigan fan, I'm begging you, I know you are drinking some delicious maize and blue kool-aid right now (much like a lot of delusional Buckeye fans that I have to deal with sometimes). I know that the kool-aid is filled with the flavor of change, turn-around, revival, hope, and promise. I know you are tired of obnoxious Buckeye fans (yours truly), sitting here year after year, crowing, mocking you, and telling jokes about the JOKE your program is.
Believe it or not...I'm tired of it too. So I'm begging you Michigan fan...WAKE UP AND REALIZE THAT 1) YOU CONTROL THE MICHIGAN PROGRAM and 2) HAVE THE COURAGE AS A FANBASE TO STEP UP TO THE UNIVERSITY AND ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND DEMAND A CHANGE! Because the hiring of Rich Rodriguez into this program was wrong. Save yourselves Michgan fan!
What more evidence do you need that this was a bad hire from the get go? How many more things can go wrong with your program until you ask yourselves why this decision was made? Rich Rodriguez had D-I-S-A-S-T-E-R written all over him from the beginning. Think I'm just a stupid Buckeye talking out of his rear? Need proof? Well here's more damning proof than you can swallow...
How successful at West Virginia was Rich Rodriguez really? The Big East (when it was still a legitimate BCS conference), was prior to the 2004 season when Miami, Virginia Tech, and Boston College were still a part of the conference.
Rich Rodriguez had been at West Virginia for three years while this was still a real conference. His record over that three-year stretch overall was 20-17 with an 0-2 record in bowl games. His best season during that stretch, was a "stellar" 9-4 campaign. His record following Miami, Virginia Tech, and Boston College's departure, 40-9. Doesn't this strike anybody as a magical coincidence?
How much of Rodriguez' contract extension at WVU and now at Michigan should have been given to Pat White? The spread zone option read...and it genius inventor Rich Rodriguez, prior to Pat White strolling into Morgantown was 28-21 with a glowing 0-3 in bowl games. Once Pat came in and took over immediately, 32-5 overall and 2-0 in bowl games.
Compound the God blessing that is Pat White along with the exodus of the power hitters in that conference, and how much of that success really should be dedicated to Rich Rodriguez?
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