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The University of Michigan, the winningest program in college football, will open their season this Saturday with Western Michigan at home. Over 104,000 fans will be there and most of them won’t have the faintest idea as to what kind of team, or what kind of season the Wolverines will have.
That’s because they aren’t real sure if they have the right coach.
At an emotional news conference Monday, Rich Rodriguez defended his program against allegations that Michigan consistently violated NCAA rules governing off-season workouts, in-season demands on players and mandatory summer activities.
The idea that Michigan players worked over the 20-hour limit mandated by the NCAA because of “voluntary” workouts isn’t the big deal. Every big time program has these voluntary sessions and every player knows they must be there if they want playing time.
The big deal is that some of Rich Rod’s players are so willing to rat him out so quickly into his tenure at Michigan.
It didn’t take long for Rich Rodriguez to discover that he wasn’t in Morgantown any more.
The signs point to Rodriguez heading down a path that ends badly for him and the program. It is the path of a coach who comes in to a tradition rich program and immediately stamps it with a “My Way or The Highway,” attitude. It is a path that Texas walked down with John Mackovic.
Obviously the Michigan program was mired in mediocrity, or they wouldn’t have dumped Lloyd Carr. However, the new era got off to a bad start when the AD, Bill Martin, was chastised for stumbling around and basically ignoring the leading choice of alums and fans for the job, Michigan grad Les Miles.
Rodriguez was hired (after a very public and messy divorce with his alma mater, West Virginia), and right away he found out that life in the Big 10 was a little different than life in the Big East.
Rich Rod brought 20 staffers from West Virgina with him and went about making changes to the tradition-rich program, many of which pissed off alums and former players alike. Some were minor, and some were disturbing to those who felt that the “Michigan Way” was being tampered with. For instance, Rodriguez:
* Altered how team captains were chosen. In the past Michigan elected captains for the entire season. Rodriguez changed it to game captains.
* Didn’t recognize the significance of the #1 jersey.That jersey at Michigan has gone only to receivers—and a freshman has never worn the jersey. Former UM star Braylon Edwards had endowed a scholarship for a distinguished receiver, who would also wear the #1 jersey. Rodriguez gave it to a freshman defensive back he recruited.
There were other, more troubling signs for UM supporters. Players left the program, 20 during the first year. That is going to happen in any transition, but there were rumblings that Rodriguez made it clear, especially to a lot of the upperclassmen, that they would not fit in with his program, and please don’t let the screen door hit you on your way out.
Then Justin Boren, the Wolverines’ lone returning holdover from the 2007 starting offensive line, announced in a statement to the press that he was transferring because Michigan “family values have eroded.”
To add insult to injury, Boren transferred to Ohio State, where he walked on. Boren is projected as the starting left guard for the Buckeyes this season.
Justin Feagin, a Rodriguez recruit, was kicked off the team during the first semester last year after he was arrested for selling drugs on campus. Feagin, whom Rodriguez had also tried to recruit to West Virginia, had been arrested twice while in high school, something Rodriguez denied knowing until he was signed.
Ignoring or changing traditions — running off players — and recruiting players of questionable character, all things that are seen as checkmarks against Rodriguez by some Michigan faithful.
Contrast this with the two most successful football coaches in UT history. Both Darrell Royal and Mack Brown stepped into this traditional power at low ebbs. Rather than blowing up the foundation, both embraced the traditions, and (IMO) both decided to try and survive the first year or two with what was on campus. Both also understood that building goodwill among the players, alums and former players from the beginning would help when tough times hit.
Darrell Royal took what was left from a 1-9 squad and fashioned a 6-4-1 record and a berth in the Sugar Bowl his first year on campus.
Several years ago I had an interesting conversation with an offensive lineman who was a holdover from the Ed Price regime and who played for Royal. He talked about how the veterans dreaded the 1957 spring practice, assuming that the new coach would use it to run off as many of the older players as possible.
He remarked that the first practice was tough, as hard as anything they had experienced, but it was far from brutal. He also noted that it was the most efficient practice he had ever been through.
Royal stressed special teams from the start, and everyone had a role. One of the only truly talented holdover was Walt Fondren a QB and a all-conference punter. This player remarked that towards the end of practice he had Fondren kick punt after punt while players ran down on punt coverage, and practiced returns.
Then Royal called everyone up. “This,” said the ex-player,”was when we thought ‘here it comes, up and downs,’ or something to run us off.”
Instead Royal gave some instructions and told everyone to head in. That’s when it hit the offensive lineman. “We had done our running during special teams…”
“…I realized,” he said, “that he (Royal) understood that he didn’t have a whole lot to work with, but he also knew that we all felt like dogs who had been chained and whipped for six months.”
“He didn’t think there was much to grinding us down,” he added. “we weren’t talented, but we were all he had.” By the end of spring he added that those who were still there were more focused and more than willing to do anything the staff asked of them.
Mack Brown understood the fence building he had to do at Texas with alumni, former players, and Texas high school coaches. He also understood his most important recruit was already on campus. Getting Ricky Williams to buy into the change and stay helped get a lot of others to buy into it early on as well.
Sometimes you need to acknowledge that what works at West Virginia or Kansas or Fresno State isn’t going to work at Michigan or Texas or USC.
On the website of the Columbus Dispatch, there is a BuckeyesExtra section. At the top left hand corner it says:
The Number of days since Michigan has defeated Ohio State in football.
On September 1st, 2009 that number is 2110.
Because of his actions and attitude since arriving in Ann Arbor, Rich Rodriguez has little or no margin for error in getting that number down to zero.
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Raoulduke,
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Mr. Bateman – First let me say I’m not trying to be an asshole or pick a fight. This is a great column and great fun to read.
Re this:
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CTJ,
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CloseToJumping said:
September 1st, 2009 at 10:54 am
That’s a great rundown. I enjoyed the read and you sum it as well as anyone could, being both a Michigan and UT fan.
I find the fact that this guy cried at a pre-season opener press conference to be simply disturbing as a college football fan. I have always liked Michigan as a school with many comparables to Texas, so seeing him embarrass, basically, that fanbase and school makes it even sadder. I could see us in a spot like that and feeling helpless.
I also found his references to integrity completely lackluster and unbelievable. This is a guy that left integrity at the door long ago. It’s evidenced in his departure from WV. Brown left UNC, as an example, and took several of his coaches and administrators. He also left behind some of his better coaches and recommended them for roles in the next regime. He left players alone and has yet to ever go back and raid the area for recruits. Watching DickRod do the exact opposite was an easy indicator for the kind of guy he is by comparison.
Michigan is not going to have it easy this year, even with the Big 10 being down. They are fortunate to basically play every D-1 team in their home state this year, as that should buoy the schedule. Still, tOSU rolls them, Notre Dame beats, and they’re toss ups in about 4 other games. Western Michigan isn’t even a push over for them at this juncture.
I am actively rooting against the guy and his regime. I hope he fails and that they continue to wonder in the wilderness for a while. I like them ok, but I would be happy to see them suck for a while too.
bateshorn said:
September 1st, 2009 at 11:16 am
As somebody who looked really hard at going to Michigan, I’ve always had an affection for them. This sort of crap really saddens me, because Michigan should always be good athletically. WIthout a good Michigan, college football is lessened, in every sense. Saturdays feel wrong when you see Michigan struggling against the Little Sisters of the Blind and is even more aggravating when they have character issues normally associated with OU.
In the long run, Rodriguez seems like an appalling bad choice. Tradition can be an amazing fungible thing. Ole Miss’s walk through the Grove, despite appearances, was invented in the 80’s. So it’s understandable that things can be shaken up. But Michigan is not some johnny come lately football power. 100 years of athletic and academic excellence bring traditions that simply can not be turned over easily, and many elite athletes in the Midwest, despite our ADHD rattled culture, want to go to Michigan for exactly those reasons, and are understandably appalled when they see that tradition broken.
probablymaybe said:
September 1st, 2009 at 11:19 am
First off, great blog. However, to be fair, even though Mack approached his early years at Texas in a much different way, it took him a while IMO to truly embrace the expectations of the fans and criticism that comes with it.
Perhaps the most informative DKR story I’ve ever read. I wasn’t alive during the DKR years and the parts I read about him are hard for me to put into perspective because I don’t understand the dynamics of the college football world during that era.
Anyways, what I’m trying to say is that coaches make mistakes too and sometimes have to go through a learning curve themselves and Improve there areas of weakness when they take over big time programs. I think Mack had a few, but suffice it to say I’m glad his weaknesses weren’t similiar to RR’s. You pretty much nailed where RR has messed up thus far. He’s dug himself a pretty deep hole. It’ll be interesting to see if he has learned anything or if he continues to bury himself.
nordberg said:
September 1st, 2009 at 11:36 am
“I could see us in a spot like that and feeling helpless.”
Yeah, me too. It was called 1986-1997.
Chooky said:
September 1st, 2009 at 1:27 pm
That’s an excellent read, srr.
His problems are rapidly mounting, evidently. Nexity Bank recently filed a federal suit against him for a defaulted loan. He was served at his campus office in Ann Arbor. He owes $3.9 million and interest is accruing at $1,000 a day.
Rich Rod’s financial adviser claims he was the victim of a Ponzi Scheme.
I saw this link to freep.com on shaggybevo:
http://www.freep.com/article/20090901/NEWS06/90901033/1008/Suit–Rodriguez-owes–3.9M-on-defaulted-loan&template=fullarticle
coolhorn said:
September 1st, 2009 at 1:48 pm
It’s one thing to say there’s a learning curve for a coach at a new school…that’s pretty much true with any coaching job.
However, there shouldn’t be much of a learning curve concerning NOT shooting yourself in the foot. Rodriguez, like Mackovic and some others, doesn’t seem to have that down too well.
Any coach lucky enough to take over at a tradition-rich program like Michigan should embrace the tradition, and the people that built it. You can do things your own way without insulting, turning off, your team’s biggest supporters. Every program has some sacred cows that it doesn’t hurt to leave in place. Imagine, for example, a UT coach wanting to hand out number 60 to an o-lineman.
Mack got it when he took over Texas. The first and smartest thing he did was to bring Coach Royal back into the fold. It can be argued that Mack’s done things his way for the last decade, but his actions the first couple of years bought him patience during the time zero-u was schooling UT.
Rich Rodriguez WON’T get that patience in Ann Arbor. The writing’s on the wall already, and his tenure up there is likely to be pretty short. Les Miles and Jim Harbaugh, a couple of Michigan guys, are at other places, but would probably be available to take over if Michigan gets serious about making a change.
If I were Rodriguez, I’d rent, rather than buy anything in Ann Arbor. Who knows…even though the divorce with West Virginia was messy, if the current coach doesn’t work out, Rodriguez might want to revisit his old haunts.
The good will a coach accrues by embracing
Seeing Red said:
September 1st, 2009 at 2:14 pm
This almost reads like a primer that could be titled: “We’ll Take What We Want: The Bill Callahan Guide to Restoring The Glory”
xxmale said:
September 1st, 2009 at 2:34 pm
Great insightful post. Barking Carnival is growing by leaps and bounds . Its changing the culture of sports with each passing article. Your ready for the new season and the new decade. BTW-I never hear much coming from Morgantown.
panchoclaus said:
September 1st, 2009 at 2:43 pm
Mack did a great job at embracing traditions, while subtly letting some of the obnoxious fans know that they were not being helpful.
“Come early, be loud, wear orange” was a masterful move. It basically gave fans something positive to focus on instead of pontificating about whether QB3 should be starting and running the wishbone or whether QB2 should be starting and running a West Coast offense… because we all knew QB1 was incapable of winning the big one. Those were my memories of sitting in the stands during the Mackovic years.
Bob in Houston said:
September 1st, 2009 at 2:44 pm
IIRC, Harbaugh took an academic shot at his alma mater a couple years back. Don’t know what the relationship would be like now.
lowery said:
September 1st, 2009 at 2:51 pm
Amen coolhorn.
hopefulhorn said:
September 1st, 2009 at 7:00 pm
Very nice post, srr, with spot on comparison of Rich Rod’s approach to Mack’s a decade ago in Austin.
TaylorTRoom said:
September 1st, 2009 at 7:54 pm
I really wanted to see it work out for Rodriguez there. I like Michigan, and thought his offense could tear up the Big 10. As a side note, I hoped that the success of a slightly less ethically constrained coach at a hithertofore clean program would serve notice to the Big 12 that they shouldn’t take Texas for granted.
I’ll finally admit that it’s not looking good for him. The Michigan job is still a great job, one of the best in football, but my advice to them would be to open up the checkbook for the next hire. They don’t need to screw around and hire the guy who campaigns the hardest for the job. They need to do like Bama three years ago and go get the guy they want.
srr50 said:
September 1st, 2009 at 8:37 pm
They don’t need to screw around and hire the guy who campaigns the hardest for the job. They need to do like Bama three years ago and go get the guy they want.
If they had done that the first time around, Les Miles would be their coach. I also believe that if Rich Rod fails, he takes the AD with him.
edsp said:
September 2nd, 2009 at 9:15 am
Very well done. My dad was a Michigan man, I’ve long followed the program and the tradition. I hate to see the internal stuff.
I would challenge one point you made: “program was mired in mediocrity . . .” In fact, Michigan reached 11-0 in the next-to-last year of Lloyd Carr’s tenure. Ranked No. 2. Lost an exciting, three-point shootout to No. 1 Ohio State (the team that beat Texas 24-7 at DKR); with a win, the Wolverines would have played Florida in the MNC. Carr’s career record was 122-40, winning or sharing of five Big Ten titles and earning a share of the 1997 national championship (with Nebraska).
phenom said:
September 2nd, 2009 at 9:30 am
If I were a betting man, I’d bet that even with all the controversy and problems, Michigan ends up being pretty good this year. Rich Rod has a history of coming into situations with a fairly good team in place, playing terribly for one season, and then turning it around. I looked it up even. I’d also bet that Rich Rod will be at Michigan as long as he wants to be there.
bateshorn said:
September 2nd, 2009 at 11:22 am
At a school like West Virginia, you do a quick handshake photo op with Don Nehlen, maybe make some mention of Major Harris, then throw out all the old stuff and do whatever you want.
At Michigan? There are rules. And they have to be followed. You could be the reincarnation of Amos Alonzo Stagg, Darrall Royal, Bobby Bowden, Joe Pa, and Knute Rockne rolled into one. You still have to follow the rules.
bateshorn said:
September 2nd, 2009 at 11:23 am
Darrell Royal. And now I will close my browser for the rest of the day. Jesus.