[NU Sports] Big Ten today ...

[Michael Vance]

And how many times do you see that in the college game? A lot!  Players 
are much more emotionally invested in their coach in college.  Remember, 
they chose that school (from among those offering a scholarship) in 
large part because of promises from the coach that they could one day 
play.  When there is such a radical change in the system, the players 
feel like proverbial square pegs.  Of course some of the team has given 
up.  They know that they won't excel in that system, but it's too late 
for many to transfer. The writers are just trying to sell papers and 
cater to the casual fan.  The fans that really matter, the ones who are 
booster club members and know college football, don't like the 
situation, but they understand it and are willing to wait a year, maybe 
two.  It could end up like ND and Willingham, where they cut him loose 
after three years, but no one is seriously calling for him to get fired 
after one season.

Sportsbiz wrote:
> I don't know about the fanbase, but the writers are giving RichRod no 
> slack at all.  The Detroit papers have been after his scalp for the 
> last couple of weeks after giving him a pass for the first few weeks.  
> It's more than just the defense, they believe that the team is sloppy 
> and has given up on ol Rodriguez.  Don't know how true that is, I've 
> only seen them play once on TV and that was early in the year - but it 
> wouldn't surprise me.
>
> Mark
>
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> On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 8:03 PM, Michael Vance <michael.vance at att.net 
> <mailto:michael.vance at att.net>> wrote:
>
>     A guy who sits near me is an NU alum who is also a Michigan fan by
>     marriage.  He was very firm (granted this was near the beginning
>     of the season, but Michigan had already lost two in the Big House)
>     that the Michigan faithful realize that Rodriguez doesn't have the
>     personnel to run the offense that he was hired to implement.  He
>     probably has two years on that front.  Where they are disappointed
>     is the inconsistency from the defense.  They returned enough star
>     power that they should be doing much better than they are.  I
>     think they're suffering from some of the things that NUs defenses
>     used to suffer from: having to spend too much time on the field
>     too frequently because the offense can't move the ball
>     consistently and coughs it up too much.
>
>     -Michael
>
>     Hakirsch at aol.com <mailto:Hakirsch at aol.com> wrote:
>
>         In a message dated 11/1/2008 1:11:59 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
>         sjtruog at yahoo.com <mailto:sjtruog at yahoo.com> writes:
>
>          
>
>             PURDUE wins one for ole' Joe with a wild shootout against
>             Michigan. Is that seat feeling a bit warm already RichRod?
>                
>
>
>         If he were coaching ND , he would be out at the end of the
>         season--see Bob Davies /Ty Willingham--Another losing season
>         in Michigan and he will be out---You have got to figure that
>         their only salvation to the season will be a win over OSU--and
>         therefore they might be looking past us when we play them  (I
>         can only  hope !)
>
>         Harry
>
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