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  • Rich Rodriquez at the Top of the List

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    LonnyDemaree
    Published on 11-16-2012 08:10 PM
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    By: LONNY DEMAREE



    The University of Kentucky is seeking to hire a head football coach who can 1) put an exciting team on the field; 2) one that can put points on the board; 3) put people back in the seats where there has been a 27% decrease since 2009; 4) have fruitful recruiting ties; 5) inject overall excitement that can make inroads to potential big money boosters. My sources say that Rich Rodriquez has risen to the top of Mitch Barnhart's list.

    Rodriquez is widely considered one of the great offensive minds in football, arguably topped by none. He set many offensive records at WV and his present team of Arizona is presently averaging 38-points a game. His offense has had success everywhere he's been.

    No matter the great success Rodriquez had at West Virginia, there are a hand full of football programs that every coach would like to coach and the University of Michigan was one of them. He at one time turned down the University of Alabama. Upon arriving at Michigan he ran into factions that doomed him before he got started. These faction were developed after the passing of Bo Schembechler, who was always the glue that held the Michigan family together. They were against him because they resisted changing the culture and philosophy of Michigan football. He was not a Michigan product. These factors doomed him before he got started.

    He runs a 3-5 stack defense that was run by defensive coordinator Jeff Casteel at WV and for family reasons decided to stay in WV with Bill Stewart.

    Rodriquez immediately drew the disdain of powerful figures in Ann Arbor - both inside and the university and from the press covering the team. Faction existed and then it went terribly wrong in Michigan from the outset by many forces out of his control. Now Arizona has a premier coach for 2 mill.
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    1. Terry Blue's Avatar
      Terry Blue - 11-15-2012, 06:05 PM
      WOW, that would be a bombshell pick!
    1. anderwt's Avatar
      anderwt - 11-15-2012, 06:08 PM
      Leave zona after one year????
    1. dan_bgblue's Avatar
      dan_bgblue - 11-15-2012, 06:13 PM
      4 million vs 2 million?
    1. Terry Blue's Avatar
      Terry Blue - 11-15-2012, 06:14 PM
      Just gonna say we could double his salary, bring him the heck in! Has he had any NCAA infractions?
    1. dtalbersjr's Avatar
      dtalbersjr - 11-15-2012, 06:34 PM
      Is Mitch trying to get himself fired? Is he just having fun pissing off the fan base? Is he bitter because the fans stepped up and forced him to fire his "dear friend" Joker?

      Rich Rod was 15-22 AT MICHIGAN. One of the 5 greatest programs in history, and he was a complete and utter failure. And then there was the minor matter of five major violations on his watch.

      If Mitch is using people to float names like MacIntyre and Rodriguez, I don't even want to think about how bad the actual hire is gonna be.

      He's Petrino except he has much less success and NCAA baggage.
    1. LonnyDemaree's Avatar
      LonnyDemaree - 11-15-2012, 06:39 PM
      A hand slap for violating the hours/week practice rule. This is a shaving kit as opposed to baggage.
    1. MickintheHam's Avatar
      MickintheHam - 11-15-2012, 06:40 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by dtalbersjr View Post
      Is Mitch trying to get himself fired? Is he just having fun pissing off the fan base? Is he bitter because the fans stepped up and forced him to fire his "dear friend" Joker?

      Rich Rod was 16-22 AT MICHIGAN. One of the 5 greatest programs in history, and he was a complete and utter failure. And then there was the minor matter of five major violations on his watch.

      If Mitch is using people to float names like MacIntyre and Rodriguez, I don't even want to think about how bad the actual hire is gonna be.
      Look who is posting these names and it is pretty easy to see who is in the tank with Mitch. 90% of the names floated are absolutely ridiculous.
    1. BigBlueBrock's Avatar
      BigBlueBrock - 11-15-2012, 06:41 PM
    1. dtalbersjr's Avatar
      dtalbersjr - 11-15-2012, 06:42 PM
      That's what Indiana fans said about Kelvin Sampson.

      Just a horrible, horrible idea if true. If Mitch really is considering him, we can only hope he uses us for a raise.
    1. Catonahottinroof's Avatar
      Catonahottinroof - 11-15-2012, 06:48 PM
      Michigan admitted to 4 major infractions Lonnie....

      http://www.freep.com/article/2010052...lines-7-people
    1. ShoesSwayedBlue's Avatar
      ShoesSwayedBlue - 11-15-2012, 06:51 PM
      Good grief. Rich Rod is basicaly Petrino without the track record at a real BCS program. Screw that. If he could leave WVU, where he had lived for 24 of the 26 years since he turned 18, just a few months after signing an extension and not even coach them in their bowl game, just how quickly would he bolt UK? After a year like Arizona if this happens?
    1. Catonahottinroof's Avatar
      Catonahottinroof - 11-15-2012, 06:52 PM
      WVU and Michigan both have had the NCAAzis on campus due to him being coach at those universities. Good luck selling that....
    1. Terry Blue's Avatar
      Terry Blue - 11-15-2012, 07:23 PM
      Ha, maybe Lonny is just showing how ridiculous UK football fans really are. They won't be happy unless we get:Lombardi, Bryant, Rockne all wrapped into one at a program that hasn't had sustained success in 60 years
    1. dtalbersjr's Avatar
      dtalbersjr - 11-15-2012, 07:23 PM
      So just to clarify, Mitch won't even consider a coach who is available right now, has never had a hint of NCAA trouble, has a career record of 75-26 including 34-17 at an SEC school, and was 12-4 against the SEC the last two years, because he has baggage.

      He will, however, consider a coach who went 15-22 at a historically great program in an easier conference, bailed on his own alma mater and destroyed files when he left, and committed 5 major NCAA violations at his last job, and would be leaving his current job in a major conference after one year.

      There is no defense whatsoever for that. None.
    1. Catonahottinroof's Avatar
      Catonahottinroof - 11-15-2012, 07:33 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by dtalbersjr View Post
      So just to clarify, Mitch won't even consider a coach who is available right now, has never had a hint of NCAA trouble, has a career record of 75-26 including 34-17 at an SEC school, and was 12-4 against the SEC the last two years, because he has baggage.

      He will, however, consider a coach who went 15-22 at a historically great program in an easier conference, bailed on his own alma mater and destroyed files when he left, and committed 5 major NCAA violations at his last job, and would be leaving his current job in a major conference after one year.

      There is no defense whatsoever for that. None.
      Exactly
    1. BigBlueBrock's Avatar
      BigBlueBrock - 11-15-2012, 07:34 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by Terry Blue View Post
      Ha, maybe Lonny is just showing how ridiculous UK football fans really are. They won't be happy unless we get:Lombardi, Bryant, Rockne all wrapped into one at a program that hasn't had sustained success in 60 years
      *A straw man is a type of argument and is an informal fallacy based on misrepresentation of an opponent's position.[3] To "attack a straw man" is to create the illusion of having refuted a proposition by replacing it with a superficially similar yet unequivalent proposition (the "straw man"), and to refute it, without ever having actually refuted the original position.
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      millsforthree - 11-15-2012, 08:25 PM
      Hes just trying to play the role of dick gabriel. Only TB would get excited for RamRod and then chastise those who realize this isnt what we need. Frankly I've not heard what uk needs. Still hoping for a defensive minded coach to know uk is getting serious about FB. A good OC is much easier to hire...Cats need defense to win in the SEC
    1. MTcatfan's Avatar
      MTcatfan - 11-15-2012, 08:33 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by dtalbersjr View Post
      Is Mitch trying to get himself fired? Is he just having fun pissing off the fan base? Is he bitter because the fans stepped up and forced him to fire his "dear friend" Joker?

      Rich Rod was 15-22 AT MICHIGAN. One of the 5 greatest programs in history, and he was a complete and utter failure. And then there was the minor matter of five major violations on his watch.

      If Mitch is using people to float names like MacIntyre and Rodriguez, I don't even want to think about how bad the actual hire is gonna be.

      He's Petrino except he has much less success and NCAA baggage.
      A question...Do you like Sonny Dykes as a possible replacement?


      As far as RichRod goes not sure what to think...
    1. dtalbersjr's Avatar
      dtalbersjr - 11-15-2012, 08:48 PM
      I do like Dykes as a possible replacement, assuming he's willing to commit to hiring a good defensive coordinator.
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