Rich Rod was the WRONG Choice!

Michigan, you have failed...miserably. You hired Rich Rodriguez who was NOT the right choice, and has proved it all season long. Let me start at the beginning if you would allow me.

It all started last year when Michigan was courting Les Miles, the Head Coach of LSU. I firmly believe that Michigan had Les Miles where they wanted him and that a contract was in place, ready to be signed after the LSU season. All they needed to do was be patient and wait, Carr would continue to recruit players to the Michigan name and Miles would bring a similar offense...Michigan football would have another seemless transition and be contending for the Big Ten crown again in 2008. But things didn't happen that way. Kirk Herbstreit opened his big mouth on the set of Gameday, saying that a deal was imminet and Michigan had stolen Miles away from LSU...problem was he made this annoucement on the morning of the SEC championship game...Miles was lets say less than pleased...

How did Herbstreit know this? He was an Ohio State Buckeye...he had an "inside" source...it was news he had to break that DAY. WHY? Did someone at Ohio State find out Michigan was close to a deal with a coach that could potentiality breath life back into the Big Blue and beat their Buckeyes? That would make sense to me. Now was it all his fault, no but Les Miles panicked to keep his team focused and made a statement, and Michigan than followed by trying to find a man...any man...to make it look like they had planned it from the start. So they go out and wrestle Rich Rod away from West Virginia and fight hard to make it look like he was their first choice, saying it's time to bring the Spread to Michigan, its a healthy change, he will be a Michigan Man in the end. All Crap.

First there was no need to bring the Spread to Michigan...its MICHIGAN not Florida or any other Southern school. The South has speed. The North has big ole Farm boys. The Spread is not the long term offense at Michigan in fact I think Michigan has caught the Spread at the tailend of its popularity. So what else is Rich Rod good for if his offense could slowly become outdated? Well apparently he is a healthy change...from beating Florida in a Bowl game (with the true Midwest style football) to our worst season ever and no bowl game...great change.

And what was this about him being a Michigan Man?? A Michigan Man wouldn't have allowed his team to lose 8 games, he would have told his team to look across the line and know that you are a Michigan man and you are going to impose yourself on them...your BETTER because you are a MICHIGAN MAN. A Michigan Man wouldn't have let his team slide into complete awfulness and on top of it all a Michigan Man wouldn't have told the fans to get a life.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3710474

So you know what? I'm done, thru with this man...he is no Michigan Man, he hasn't embraced any of the Michigan Traditions and now he bashes the Michigan Fans. NO SIR, NO. You came to MICHIGAN, this is not Tulane, this is NOT West Virginia...this is MICHIGAN. We have traditions, we have pride, we have legacy and you don't care. We have every right as Michigan fans to be mad, you have all the talent in the world at Michigan there is no excuse to lose to Toledo, there is no excuse to lose 8 games. So Michigan fans, continue to show your displeasure with Rich Rod no matter what he says, he is no Michigan Man, but you are.

This was everything good about Michigan Football, its the last time you will see this for quite some time.