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Upset in the Books, Focus Now Shifts to a Coach?s Future
The Detroit Free Press
Lloyd Carr is 113-37 in 13 seasons at Michigan, but has lost to rival Ohio State the last three years.
Appalachian State?s surreal victory over No. 5 Michigan on Saturday will resonate as one of the great upsets in college football history.
Instead of paying $400,000 for what was supposed to be an easy victory, Michigan now finds itself as the focus of two of the bigger story lines of this college football season: Will this be Coach Lloyd Carr?s final year at Michigan? And if so, will Les Miles leave Louisiana State to help revive his alma mater?
Even before the stunning and demoralizing loss, Carr?s stepping down after this season was a possibility.
An agent for many coaches said yesterday that there was a strong feeling in coaching circles that Carr would not be back.
A public records request by The Ann Arbor News in January unearthed a slight but significant change in the wording of Carr?s contract. The wording for how Carr could obtain $300,000 in deferred compensation on July 1, 2008, changed from his working as the ?head football coach? at Michigan to his working at Michigan ?in any capacity.? (It is written elsewhere in Carr?s contract that he will become an associate athletic director when he retires as the coach.)
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Win out? You can't be serious...
No, not at all Saw, I was just exploring the thought. In reality unless they improve in leaps and bounds I don't see them winnin more than, oh , 5 games. And since they didn't look like they even improved at all between games I have my doubts as to whether or not they will improve or just implode.
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Yes me too. but look at JoePa and what he did. He's what 80 now? wondering if Lloyd would have any less drive.
I saw Lloyd in an interview just this am and he had fire and drive in his voice.
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No, not at all Saw, I was just exploring the thought. In reality unless they improve in leaps and bounds I don't see them winnin more than, oh ,
5 games. And since they didn't look like they even improved at all betwenn games I have my doubts as to whether or not they will improve or just implode.
Well, that sounds more reasonable and realistic. This scUM team has real problems. Not just problems with focus and attitude and preparation. That defense just isn't ever going to be very good, and I have to think that the fingers are starting to get pointed in that locker room at this point. They are at the "point of no return" for this season, if they haven't already passed that point...
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Well, that sounds more reasonable and realistic. This scUM team has real problems. Not just problems with focus and attitude and preparation. That defense just isn't ever going to be very good, and I have to think that the fingers are starting to get pointed in that locker room at this point. They are at the "point of no return" for this season, if they haven't already passed that point...
You got all this right. For example, I think there was more to Matthews blow up then what you saw on the field. JMO that was just the tip of the iceberg.
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You got all this right. For example, I think there was more to Matthews blow up then what you saw on the field. JMO that was just the tip of the iceberg.
Luckily for scUM, they just happen to be playing a team this week that's even more horrible then they are...Can a win here change a season around? Not IMO. They will still have that same horrible defense the week after...
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