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Rich Rodriguez (official thread of last laughs)

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BUCKYLE;1196592; said:
:lol: What if the "system" sucks balls? Then what?
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Then you recruit players who suck to perfectly fit that system. Duh.

Just look how Charlie's Notre Dame machine is rolling now that he got Tys players out of there and is running his system with his recruits. 3-9 baby! :banger:
 
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So, what about Ohio State, the Big Ten favorite which has 23 commitments, many of them four-star athletes? "Numbers mean absolutely nothing," Lemming said.
"Only the ignorant recruiting fans think that's a big deal. A lot of the great players won't even make their commitments until December and January.The race in recruiting almost always goes to the tortoise, not the hare. People who know recruiting, know what's going on. Michigan, for instance, is having a good year and they could have a great year. People need to be patient."
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So having a team consisting solely of quarterbacks and slot receivers is better than having a team loaded with highly sought after talent at all the positions?

Remind me again why Tom Lemming is paid to open his mouth rather than close it...
 
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Blade
Article published Wednesday, July 2, 2008
WVU, Michigan coach remain at odds
Rodriguez's wife's deposition not taken

By JOE VARDON
BLADE SPORTS WRITER

The wife of University of Michigan football coach Rich Rodriguez was supposed to give her deposition yesterday in the $4 million lawsuit against him, but it never happened. Rita Rodriguez was to be deposed in Toledo by attorneys representing West Virginia University - her husband's former employer who is suing him over a buyout clause in his contract - but her testimony was postponed and no new date has been finalized. "There's no rush," said Marvin Robon, a Maumee attorney who is representing Rodriguez in the matter.
Robon said discovery in this case doesn't have to be completed until September. According to an attorney representing West Virginia, Rita Rodriguez's deposition was postponed yesterday because a lawyer representing her husband in Morgantown, W.Va., could not be present for the proceedings. Robon said her deposition may be rescheduled for July 16 in Morgantown, but attorneys for West Virginia have not yet agreed to that date. Actually, attorneys on both sides haven't agreed on much of anything since West Virginia filed suit against Rodriguez in December, about two weeks after he left to become the Wolverines' new coach.
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RR's shrewd negotiating skills are apparent in his quote that I highlighted, and Farmer's appropriate response.

si.com

WVU board member sought $4M clause in Rodriguez contract

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) -- A lawyer on the West Virginia University Board of Governors said in a deposition that he suggested the $4 million damages clause in Rich Rodriguez's contract, a renewal agreement the football coach signed just four months before resigning for a job at Michigan.

Steve Farmer said the figure he proposed in December 2006, after Rodriguez turned down an offer from Alabama, was double the amount of the previous contract, but a number he felt would protect WVU if Rodriguez left early.
Under questioning for the lawsuit WVU has filed to recover that money, Farmer said he worried about "demonstrable damages" such as lost marketing opportunities, television revenues and ticket sales.

At his suggestion, the $4 million dropped over time. If Rodriguez had left during the second year of his new contract, he would have owed only $2 million.

"That was my sense of fairness," he said in the deposition, given in June and released late Monday. "I mean, I just thought it was fair and he thought it was fair."

Farmer conceded Rodriguez initially balked.

"He first told me, 'I don't want a $4 million buyout and you don't need it, Steve, because you have my word, I'm staying here for life.' I said, 'Well, then if I have your word and you're going to stay here then you don't need to be concerned about it."'

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College football offseason winners and losers
Loser: Michigan
Am I the only one who sees this? Every day that passes with new coach Rich Rodriguez's pending legal problems is another day lost in public perception.
A quick memo to Michigan: Stop being holier than thou, suck it up and pay the $4 million to West Virginia to get Rod -- and his family -- out of this mess. This, everyone, is the reality of changing coaches in this day and age.
Michigan is fortunate that this is the offseason; there's no football to complicate the issue. If things get ugly early this fall -- which they certainly could with a team in transition -- watch how quickly the lawsuit settles. A bad season and legal problems would be disastrous for recruiting.
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RR said:
'I don't want a $4 million buyout and you don't need it, Steve, because you have my word, I'm staying here for life.'
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Wow...


Maybe gb15 was wiser than we thought when he said he only believes things if they come out of RR's mouth. I mean, who among us can honestly say that his word is worth $4M like RR can?
 
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'I don't want a $4 million buyout and you don't need it, Steve, because you have my word, I'm staying here for life.'
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If UM had paid up front we would never get to read stuff like this. Keep dragging it out guys. I can't enough. Is there anything out there like a site that publishes ongoing divorce litigation?
 
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