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Glad Coach Rod has high expections, but we all know there are going to be rough patches.

Whats he expect? Its a new offense with players not set up to run it. Maybe RR has been reading the FN boards too much?

Then again this is by the DFP so who knows if its even true????????

No problem coach, you can just bail on the team after the season!

He's just plain ol' unhappy...you rarely hear him happy puff muffin. He's been wrapped around the axil lately...a little distracted.

Hard to run the spread options with Carr's lugs. They were recruited to line up and throwdeep or run the 22 dive.

RR should adapt his system in the short term and adjust it to the players he has on the roster now. He is being arrogant thinking he can come in and run his offense the same way he did at WVU and be successful this year.

The one thing that made Urban so successful at Florida his 2nd year was that he realized after the first year that he would have to go some with the pro style and some with the spread. RR may have to do the same until he gets his kind of players. Who knows maybe it will pay off like UM did which was tough to get ready for 2 different offenses in 1 week.

Not quite the same without Patrick White and Steve Slaton huh?

Well, what did he expect? Coming to a program that ran a pro type of offense for years did he expect, instant success? He best concentrate on being strictly a teacher this year in preperation for next season. If he for any reason he thought this would be "easy" then he thought wrong. If RR can mix up the formations he uses (pro and spread) then he may ease this transition. My thought is this; quit the complaining and do your job! You took this job now do it! If you don't and you founder the second year and beyond then i wouldn't give a plug nickle for your a** in Ann Arbor!

I have to give Urban Meyer credit for being smart enough to realize that you can't be inflexible and have to win with the guys you have and know what they can and can't do in a short amount of time.

Tigerbait, that is RR's problem. He has no ability to adapt his system. Notice all of WVU's losses over the last 2 years have been with Pat White injured during the game or out completely. He can only execute his system with the players he has, he doesn't adapt well. You would think that he would run the ball primarily this your and slowly incorporate the spread option more and more as the season progresses but I don't see that happening.

RR has an ego that is bigger than the great lakes. He will do it his way and burn alot this year, recruit...if your a Michigan fan you hope he does it well and incorporate some of his type of players into the system next year. You are looking at a 3 year plan here. That is how long it will take for his players and his system to get fully implemented. Ofcourse, if he hadn't lost Pryor to Ohio State, that would have helped him.

I believe and have said that on her before the RR is a great offensive architect, but a terrible coach. I point no further that to the fact that when WVU lost to PITT last year, the backup QB had more carries the Noel Devine AND Steve Slaton. He is terrible at game planning and adapting throughout the game. Pat White & Steve Slaton gave RR his success. Look at his record before Pat White was the starter...not some impressive huh? Anyway, I think UM can have great success with RR, ONLY if he can recruit the right guys for his system. If he tries to run the spread that is used at WVU this I doubt he will have much success. When Newsome arrives I expect UM to be dangerous. Anyone hear if the human rubberband will be playing RB, Skat back or WR this year?

I have read a lot of articles about a lot of teams quoting the coach after practice #3. They are all almost identical to this one. "It was a decent practice, but we need to step up and do better." They are fishing for a story here.

Will what does that SOB want he ran off a good QB.

I look for michigan to lose 6 or 7 games this year!

That will be fun to watch :)

Rodbeaner's problem is that the players he needs to run his offense will be banged to heck by the middle of October in the Big 10. Lots of Big 10 teams might have trouble w/ a good WVU or WAC team in a bowl game, but the water-bugs can't plow thru a Big 10 Conf schedule..too many players in the training room by mid-season.

I think RR is an idiot. Hiring him was a mistake and now we have to deal to with it, The AD in Mich got all concerned that Mich lost to two spread offenses in the regular season, but that is the defense's problem and obviously they fixed it b/c they beat mr heisman, tebow , didn't they? But I guess we have to live with the choice. I have been a wolverines for my enitre life and they are not made to run his offense right now. The type of team they have now is designed to pound it on the ground in order to open things up down field. He doesn't have the Qb to run the spread offense right now. If he were smart he would slowly incorporate his spread offense. Michigan still should have a great defense and it would be a shame it to go to waste. But I am not ignorant or naive, this will be one of Michigan's worst seasons and i can forsee things being down for a few years and if RR can't recruit the right be people he will be gone after year three and then we will be screwed royally b/c we will have his recruits and a different coach. Crossing my fingers though.

Here's my prediction: UM's offense will resemble a Chinese fire drill the first few games. RR will then pull back the O and they will do a bit better. By the OSU game, UM's O will be closer to carr's then WVa's.

dang, what is your peoples problem? just keep on hating, last laugh will be with michigan,