U of M thread (in the Lions Forum) :)

[Cody_Russell]

lol, thats good.

[DanO]

"Of course, once he is fired, ESPN will claim they were right all along."
----------------------and if they're wrong it's all forgotten and there's no negative consequences. It's kinda like being a male dealing with the FOC. They can be as biased and prejudiced as they want and TOTALLY IGNORE LAW because there's no negative consequences for them.

GO LIONS "11" !

[nhwbrooklyn]

Who are the candidates beyond Harbaugh, Hoke, and Miles?

Cam Cameron?

What about Gary Pinkel?

Bobby Petrino?

[Timmy]

Its Harbaugh or Hoke ...
The sports reporter from Detroit FOX 2 said that Les Miles' buy out is too much.

Bullshit (not directed at you Cody). I can guaranfuckingtee that if Brandon let the alumni know that Miles will come if we can come up with the cash, there would be a logjam of private jets at Willow Run trying to be first in line with a check.

This is weird. I don't know how else to put it. If RR was going to be fired then he would have by now... except its nearly impossible the fans will accept RR back... there isn't a logical conclusion right now. I have no idea whats going to happen. Not the slightest clue. Brandon needs to pull something out of his ass here.

This is being handled like a Barnum & Bailey 3-ring circus. Brandon gets an F- for his performance. If Michigan goes into next year with RR or some nobody the cash is going to dry up like the Great Salt Lake.

[SeattleLionsFan]

Thats what I'm saying.

It makes zero sense what is happening right now.

Is the idea to purposely delay until they have his successor ready to go? Thats all I can figure and even that doesn't make much sense.

Or perhaps Brandon wasn't kidding when he said he was going to wait until after the bowl game to assess RichRods performance?

I hope not because that would be exceedingly dumb.

[chemiclord]

Well, ESPN did change their headline. They changed "No Longer Michigan's Man." to "No Longer Michigan's Man?"

Well played, ESPN. Well played, indeed.

[Timmy]

ESPN is full of tards and has beens. Then again this just in, water is wet.

[nhwbrooklyn]

Or perhaps Brandon wasn't kidding when he said he was going to wait until after the bowl game to assess RichRods performance?

I hope not because that would be exceedingly dumb.

But it is after the bowl game and they met today for a long time. And he isn't fired. Thats the part I don't get. What did they talk about? Whats there still to assess? This limbo it has created can't be sustained.. its going to be a circus. I have no idea how this is going to play out.

[jaadam4]

Wtf is going on here?

[chemiclord]

I'm not sure anyone knows, jad.

[gjdodger]

Wtf is going on here?

Not much; wtf is going on with you?

[gjdodger]

There seems to be some speculation that Brandon is doing the Businessman thing. If UM wanted to, they could open a can of worms; they could say the NCAA violations were a breach of contract, and seek to deny Rodriguez the buyout. According to a couple of sources on ESPN, Brandon may have been trying to persuade Rich to resign, a confrontation that will continue tomorrow. It's not my money, and I'm not about to say he's crazy for trying to recoup it.

[nhwbrooklyn]

There seems to be some speculation that Brandon is doing the Businessman thing. If UM wanted to, they could open a can of worms; they could say the NCAA violations were a breach of contract, and seek to deny Rodriguez the buyout. According to a couple of sources on ESPN, Brandon may have been trying to persuade Rich to resign, a confrontation that will continue tomorrow. It's not my money, and I'm not about to say he's crazy for trying to recoup it.

Who's to say RR doesn't have the can of worms... that guys departing from WVU was messy as all hell.

Your likely right though.. there is some serious negotiations going on. Nothing else could explain the fact he isn't fired yet.

[Timmy]

If Brandon is farting and fucking around over what is in essence chump change then he can be swept out with the baby and the bath water.

[CGVT]

That chump change may be the money they need for a Les Miles **shudder** buy out...