Rich Rodriguez fired, reports say

[Chardon]

Rich Rodriguez fired, reports say; Feelings were hurt.

Rich Rodriguez fired, reports say

Michigan has fired football coach Rich Rodriguez after his third season ended with a school-record 38-point loss in the Gator Bowl, Fox 2 TV and the Detroit Free Press are reporting.

The report comes after Rodriguez met with athletic director Dave Brandon earlier Tuesday. Members of the football team are scheduled to meet at 7 p.m. ET on Tuesday, according to a report from annarbor.com.


Michigan's Gator Bowl loss to Mississippi State knocked Rodriguez's overall record to 15-22 with college football's winningest program. He was 6-18 in Big Ten games, 0-6 against rivals Ohio State and Michigan State and 2-11 versus ranked teams in The Associated Press' Top 25 at the time of the game.

After the Gator Bowl, Rodriguez described his mood as "disappointed and frustrated, but not discouraged" after the Wolverines' loss left them 7-6. Michigan will owe him $2.5 million to buy out the final three years of his contract.

Stanford coach Jim Harbaugh, who played quarterback at Michigan, has been cited as a potential candidate to replace Rodriguez. But a source with direct knowledge of Harbaugh's thinking said Harbaugh is "highly unlikely" to accept the Michigan job if offered, the Detroit Free Press reported.

NCAA compliance issues and three losses to archrival Ohio State didn't help matters for Rodriguez, who left West Virginia to succeed Lloyd Carr.

Last year, the NCAA disciplined the program for practice and training violations, but didn't decide that Rodriguez had failed to promote an atmosphere of compliance with NCAA rules.

The problems came to light just before the 2009 season when the Detroit Free Press, quoting anonymous players, reported that the program was exceeding NCAA limits on practice and training time.

:chuckles:

 

[Hurl Bruce]

He needs this now more than ever:

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[Phills14]

That's terrible news for Ohio State fans. Rich Rodriguez was Tressel's best weapon vs Michigan.

 

[Surge]

FWIW, my brother goes to WVU and there are rumblings of him returning to West Virginia.

 

[Damage]

FWIW, my brother goes to WVU and there are rumblings of him returning to West Virginia.

Tell your brother he's wrong, as they recently signed Okla state's OC to replace the grandpa they have in there now

 

[Norm]

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bout' f*ing time

 

[TJ Detweiler]

 

[Chardon]

FWIW, my brother goes to WVU and there are rumblings of him returning to West Virginia.

FYI, My neighbor is the starting Center on WVU, and nothing has been said about this.

 

[KCOTT]

Well...I have no connections whatsoever to WVU.

 

[Randolphkeys]

I still believe Harbaugh is headed to the 49ers. There is no reason for him to uproot his family from Stanford to try and fix that Michigan mess.

Michigan was a destination for high school athletes who wanted a pro-style offense with dreams of being in the NFL someday. Getting away from that in favor of a gimmicky offense was a terrible idea. Allowing pro-style offensive talent recruited by Lloyd Carr rot on the bench was a terrible idea. Rich Rodriguez set Michigan back irreparably without the NCAA violations.

 

[Chardon]

HOOOLLLDDD UUPP. Michigan AD saying he hasnt made a decision yet.

 

[cdt]

Eh as nice as it was for Michigan to have their "John Cooper" in terms of futility in the OSU Mich game it's still going to be a few years before they can compete.

You'll have a new guy recruiting "his" players yet still have to try and compete with DickRod's recruiting classes, so it'll be a couple years before Michigan returns to respectability IMO.

The biggest homerun and the only coach I really would cringe to see go there is Harbaugh because that guy is a helluva coach. He took Stanford from nothing to a force, Luck helps but still the guy goes out and gets guys to buy into his system and they win games.

 

[AZ_]

Brady Hoke, San Diego State University.

 

[Chardon]

Well...I have no connections whatsoever to WVU.

Ill need to see your sources before i believe you!

 

[Phills14]

He's fired, again

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=5991296

Embattled Michigan football coach Rich Rodriguez has been fired, a source tells ESPN's Joe Schad.

Michigan released a statement Wednesday saying athletic director Dave Brandon will discuss the state of the program at 12:30 p.m. ET.

Rodriguez was 15-22 after three seasons running college football's winningest program.