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Originally Posted by osugrad21
Not sure Im following the soft thoughts...he has run some damn good offenses at Tulane, Clemson, and now WVU. Not sure I would classify them as soft...
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I think this softness issue falls from the way his teams seem to implode when faced with a tough defensive team (USF) or when they should be blowing out an opponent in a rivalry game (Pitt).
That said -
toughness is the metier he is said to bring to practices, which should translate to the field - and he did have Pat White running at speed despite a clear case of injury or ill-health in more than two games this year.
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By all accounts, Rodriguez brings a no-nonsense approach to the Michigan program. Carr announced his retirement Nov. 19, two days after his team?s fourth straight loss to rival Ohio State. Michigan plays Florida in the Capital One Bowl Jan. 1 and needs a win in that game to avoid a fifth consecutive bowl defeat.
?He is more intense than any other football coach I have seen,? said Chris Richardson, a reporter for the Blue and Gold News, which covers WVU athletics. ?You may not see that on the sideline during games, but his practices are some of the hardest things I have witnessed. He is a throwback in that regard.
?A lot of the players who have played for him in the past and those who have played for him at West Virginia, they say the one thing they realize is that the practices were harder than the games. The tempo is so fast and so much expected of you.
?If you?re not going to work hard, you?re not going to play for Rich Rodriguez. He brings that in-your-face mentality.?
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For example.
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Originally Posted by osugrad21
This move surprises me because he was finally getting some recruiting momentum going in WVU.
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Interesting thing on that recruiting is that the tone of Jenkins reaction makes it sound like he is not happy with this change. Case of the state's highest paid employee taking liberties that Josh cannot afford?
As for the general recruiting uptick, much of the recruiting improvement he brought to WVU was from the Sunshine and East Coast (PA, NJ, MD) states.
Now he has a shinier bauble to entice recruits with.
As long as he restrains his urges to bring in a player no matter what, this could be a deadly combination.