Rich Rodriguez (official thread)

[DaddyBigBucks]

Originally Posted by Jaxbuck

how funny is this?

right between and

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Dispatch

College football notebook: Rodriguez hires former assistants

Saturday, January 5, 2008 2:54 AM

Two of Rich Rodriguez's assistants at West Virginia, including offensive coordinator Calvin Magee, will join the former Mountaineers coach at Michigan.
Defensive backs coach Tony Gibson also will join Rodriguez's staff in Ann Arbor, Michigan spokesman Bruce Madej said last night.
Madej said he could not comment on an ESPN.com report that three other assistants -- offensive line coach Greg Frey, quarterbacks coach Rod Smith and safeties coach Bruce Tall -- also are headed to Michigan.

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[OSUTrisha]

this guy it a gonna be a major problem at michigan .. lol couldnt happen to a better program

[MaizeandBlue]

the hicks down in WV are just soo classy.

U-M coach Rich Rodriguez's family suffering threats, insults in W. Va.

GRANT TOWN, W.Va. ? Relatives of Rich Rodriguez have been harassed and threatened in the three weeks since his resignation as West Virginia University football coach, his mother says.
Arleen Rodriguez says her teenage grandson received a death threat and found other harassing notes taped to his locker at East Fairmont High School, while her 12-year-old granddaughter had to be escorted to classes.

Mountaineer fans furious over Rodriguez?s Dec. 16 decision to accept the head coaching job at Michigan also vandalized his home near Morgantown, hanging signs on a fence and tossing a mailbox in the yard.

?He put seven years into WVU and now everybody thinks he?s garbage,? his mother said. ?Think like a parent. That?s all I can say. Think about it. Think about what you?re doing.?

The backlash has been even more venomous on the Facebook social networking site, where dozens of groups with profanity-laced names have formed, devoted to wishing ill for Rodriguez and his family.

?What it feels like to me, it?s like your kid getting beat up at school all the time and you can?t stop it,? his mother said Monday.

A similar but short-lived fury boiled up last month against Mountaineer kicker Pat McAfee, who received angry text messages and had his car vandalized after missing two field goals in West Virginia?s 13-9 loss to Pitt. The loss knocked WVU out of national championship contention, but the team went on without Rodriguez to claim victory over Oklahoma at the Fiesta Bowl.

Feeding the fury against Rodriguez is that after seven seasons in Morgantown, he is raiding the Mountaineers? program, taking assistant coaches and perhaps recruits with him. On Sunday, he announced he?d hired the six-member strength and conditioning staff to work at Michigan.

But Arleen Rodriguez said her son had not been planning to leave Morgantown, was renovating his home and struggled with the decision.

Several wealthy football boosters claim there was behind-the-scenes tension between Rodriguez and the WVU administration, but the coach has yet to publicly discuss the matter.

?I don?t think he felt wanted at WVU anymore,? his mother said.

?I found out that things are a whole lot different than what people think,? she said. ?It wasn?t easy for them to leave.?

[OCBucksFan]

College football is serious business in West Virginia.

[akgoel77]

Michigan expects to lose WRs Manningham, Arrington and QB Mallett - NCAA Football - Yahoo! Sports

RR says Maningham, Arrington, ad Mallett all leaving...

[MaizeandBlue]

I TOLD YOU GUYS MM WAS GONE AND YOU DIDNT BELIEVE ME

U-M's Rodriguez confirms Manningham, Arrington, Mallett no longer are on team

ANN ARBOR -- Newly hired Michigan football coach Rich Rodriguez confirmed Tuesday night that receivers Mario Manningham and Adrian Arrington and quarterback Ryan Mallett are no longer with the team.
Rodriguez confirmed the news in an impromptu briefing with the media at halftime of the men's basketball game against Indiana. Rodriguez also said his staff is nearly complete, but he needs to add a defensive coordinator and give some assistants specific roles with the team by this weekend.
In regard to Manningham and Arrington, Rodriguez said both players didn't attend a team meeting Monday, so he expects both to test the NFL waters. Mallett also didn't attend the meeting.
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Rodriguez said Arrington text-messaged him Tuesday about his plans to pursue the professional draft. Rodriguez said he hasn't spoken to Manningham since the Wolverines' Capital One Bowl victory over Florida.
"Obviously, with Mario and Adrian, they made a decision they thought would help them professionally and decided to come out early," Rodriguez said. "We wish them well and that's all I have to say about that."
As for Mallett, Rodriguez declined to give many details. But when pressed on the freshman's status, he replied: "I don't care. He's not playing for Michigan. I'm concerned with who's playing for Michigan."
Michigan announced Tuesday the hiring of eight of Rodriguez's assistant coaches, with only one, Fred Jackson, being a carryover from Lloyd Carr's staff.
Rodriguez has yet to hire a defensive coordinator, the ninth and last vacancy on the staff, but has two defensive assistants for positions that are yet to be determined.
Rodriguez said his two defensive assistants could be in the running for the coordinator job or he could go outside the program to find someone else.