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One thing about Rich Rodriguez. In spite of what a lot of Michigan fans think, Rich Rodriguez is no idiot. He took that job at Arizona because as opposed to Michigan, the bar is LOW out there, instead of "high". He can take 2-3 years to assemble a decent team without any major pressure on him to "win now". The biggest question for him is what will he do with his defense? Will he insist on hiring another DC that is unfamiliar with the 3-3-5 and demand that he run it, or will he go with a DC that will be allowed to run whatever he's best at? That remains to be seen.
If he can go out there and just get Arizona to 7-5 or 8-4, and pull an upset or two along the way, he'll have a job for a long time.[/QUOTE]
To me, it wasn't simply defense where DickRod dropped the ball (no pun intended).
Special teams, an emphasis on ball security, limiting penalties, and "toughness" were severely lacking from all three of his teams at M.
In addition, the team quit in the 2nd half of COUNTLESS games spanning all three seasons.
I don't buy the argument that simply bringing Casteel along would've solved all issues here.
Outside of bringing in DR (a special talent, indeed), DickRod provided NO positives/contributions in three of the most dismal years of our lives as M fans.
If he can go out there and just get Arizona to 7-5 or 8-4, and pull an upset or two along the way, he'll have a job for a long time.[/QUOTE]
To me, it wasn't simply defense where DickRod dropped the ball (no pun intended).
Special teams, an emphasis on ball security, limiting penalties, and "toughness" were severely lacking from all three of his teams at M.
In addition, the team quit in the 2nd half of COUNTLESS games spanning all three seasons.
I don't buy the argument that simply bringing Casteel along would've solved all issues here.
Outside of bringing in DR (a special talent, indeed), DickRod provided NO positives/contributions in three of the most dismal years of our lives as M fans.
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