It's Time To Wake Up Big Blue!!!

Forget the whole rigaramo with the lawsuit between after Rodriguez and the WVU highers up after Rodriguez got that huge extension and the epic disaster that turned into after Rodriguez lied about interest in the Michigan job that he was brokering for all along, then bolted without trying to pay that pesky buyout he agreed to in his "CONTRACT". We all know the story, I won't rehash the details because its been covered a gazillion hours through ESPN (The Worldwide Leader in Sports!).

But more importantly, I ask the question about the kids of HIS PROGRAM, and the position he left them in and the manner with which he did so.

Remember Pat White? That quarterback that Rich Rodriguez basically owes his West Virginia buyout and his current Michigan contract to? Pat White who has risen to superstar status under Coach Rodriguez and his "genius"? What did he have to say about the departure of the coach who recruited him, and built a relationship of success with?

White, who you would expect to be somewhat remorseful of Rodriguez exit, seemed pleased that Rodriguez left, and happy that Bill Stewart was running the show. White indicated that players there were tired of the verbal abuse of Rodriguez and the staff laid on a regular basis. That's your first *RED FLAG* moment right there Michigan fan where you should have been questioning the hire.

Or, how about the manner with which Rodriguez bolted for Michigan to begin with? Telling potential recruits about his departure to try and get recruiting in Michigan on the pavement, DURING THE SEASON—before he had told a West Virginia team—KIDS that Rodriguez built HIS PROGRAM and got him that new contract with, that he was going to be leaving! Strike two people...

Okay, so now Rodriguez comes to Michigan...Hail to the Victors trumpets from the towers, banners of "Go Blue" reign from the skies, and all of Buckeye Nation shakes in its boots with the thought of our six out of seven streak to Michigan going down the drain.

So how does Rodriguez use this shred of positive momentum? Immediately runs what little of the depleted talent that was still on the roster from the Carr regime (Mallet, Manningham, Arrington, Boren, etc...) out of Ann Arbor, didn't respect the alumni or the rich, proud, and long standing traditions that a school of Michigan's prestige, and has looked the depleted roster of square pegs, (the ones he couldn't run off because those kids just want to play college football), and decided that he was going to jam them through the round holes of his "genius" offense! Besides, he is Rich Rodriguez, the genius that turns cowpies into roses.

Or that is what he, Bill Martin, and the rest of the Michigan Board of Trustees has gotten you, Michigan fan, to buy?

Well Michigan fan, three wins, two against absolutely average and OVERRATED Wisconsin and Minnesota football teams, and a dominating 16-6 win over the powerhouse that is Miami of Ohio, and a record setting level of ineptitude in the 129 years of Michigan football later with eight defeats (soon to be nine after this Saturday), and you have officially witnessed the genius of Rich Rodriguez, Michigan fan!

Bottom line, Rich Rodriguez was not Bill Martin's first choice. Les Miles was. Les Miles was a "Michigan Man" that you guys always like to bark about up there in Ann Arbor about. Miles was in the process of beating the crap out of your archrival that was the main reason you got rid of a good man in Lloyd Carr to begin with.

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