the guy wins... period. and everyone on this board would love to trade records with them... and this is while we all talk about how horrible they are as a team... that is a CREDIT to the coaches and players of Michigan, not some curse, deal with it.
Think of it this way, the guy was one last second backyard brawl upset away from playing tOSU in the National Title game at West Virginia.... WEST VIRGINIA!!!! and I have no doubt they would have stomped tOSU just as anyone in the top five would have that year...
I think the ND base bashes him b/c of the team he coaches... plain and simple.
What record are you willing to trade with him? Brian Kelly’s? Final season records? This year’s game is a perfect example of what happens in sports: I have looked at the game over and over, and if Crist is healthy, we win. Also, I believe strongly one of these teams will be on quite an upswing by the end of this season, leading into next season and I don’t see it as the maize and blue.
Why? (By the way, as a Notre Dame fan I am sticking to the facts, not UM bashing here.) Because over his illustrious, 66% career, he has robbed from the defense to feed the offense. That may work in the Big East, but not in the Big Ten, Eleven, or Twelve. You need defense to end up on top at the end. And you need it to win big games on the road.
He needs all of his high-powered talent to feed the offense, leaving his already beleaguered defense to suck wind. That is one reason why his teams fade the way they do. And when you talk about his record, he as only had three FBS years above nine wins. (When you look at the ’03-05 run, two ties for first were with eight wins.)
This last week was a perfect example; this is his year, and this past week in his Big Ten opener, without Denard Robinson, Michigan loses to Indiana, INDIANA! Just think a team picked to finish ninth or tenth, who perennially finishes ninth or tenth, almost beats Michigan with Denard Robinson. He had to run for his life! Wait until Michigan gets into the teeth of it’s Big Ten schedule. MSU may be enough this weekend.
Dan Mozes, Steve Slaton and Patrick White are more why Rich Rod had the success at WVU as Denard Robinson is at Michigan. Subtract out those four players and you have mediocre 66 percent programs. The real reason everyone likes to jump all over Rich Rod is that he has a habit of bending the rules and being caught. From his condo deal to his lingering problems at WVU, to his practice problems, to whatever; Rich Rod does his best to come off like a sleaze.
That I why I do not like the man.
