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Never thought I'd live to see the day that . . .

detroitfan2detroitfan2 Posts: 3,335 ✭✭✭✭
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. . . the football coach at RUTGERS would tell Michigan that he wasn't interested in their open coaching position:

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I just keep thinking of that scene in "Major League" when they call Lou Brown at the tire store and excitedly say "Hey Lou, how would you like to come and manage the Indians?", to which he replies "can I call you back, I got a guy on the other line about a set of whitewalls."

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  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,111 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I for one think it was the best decision he could make... He will always be a legend at Rutgers and living his own dreams instead of being a bum at Michigan and living the legency of others.

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  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,111 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think there are several turns that are still to come at Michigan that may surprise everyone... I have nothing to base that on other than the College Football season that we experienced

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  • gocatsgo538gocatsgo538 Posts: 616
    Never thought I'd live to see the day that . . .

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    On a more serious note, I would personally never want to be a coach at a school such as Michigan. There is way too much stress put on you to win and when you get upset by a lower school, the whole country has to go bazerk for at least the rest of the season...

    IDK, just not my cup of tea... image
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  • IrishMikeIrishMike Posts: 7,737 ✭✭✭
    Not only did Schiano rebuff Michigan, he also said no to Miami. According to folks at several sports networks both Miles and Schiano were not offered the kind of money they thought they should of been. Call it the Saban affect.
  • MichiganMichigan Posts: 4,942 ✭
    The pressure to win is huge at a school like Michigan, if I was a successful coach somewhere else I would have to think long and hard
    as to whether the money is worth all of the stress you are going to go through. Arkansas (not exactly known as a powerhouse program)
    is also having problems finding a coach (3 have turned them down so far), Arkansas has a reputation of extremely demanding fans that
    are not happy even with a 10 win season.
  • detroitfan2detroitfan2 Posts: 3,335 ✭✭✭✭
    I agree with what all of you are saying about the unrealistic pressures at the traditional powerhouses. That's why I could never understand why Gary Barnett left Northwestern several years back after turning that program around.

    Personally speaking, I think it would be infinitely better to lead a school like Rutgers to a National Championship (or at least to national prominence) than to do so at a school like Michigan or Arkansas.
  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,111 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Gary Barnett illustrates my point perfectly. Had he stayed at Northwestern, he would be a living legend in College Football and still coaching. Why leave to go to a place where you will always be compared to someone else and the alumni will always be after you for something...

    He is a good coach... I wonder if Michigan would consider him? I am sure it is not likely, but they could do significantly worse

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  • MichiganMichigan Posts: 4,942 ✭
    At Michigan the sports offices are located in a building called "Schembeckler Hall", just the symbolism of that name has got to put a football coach under a certain amount of pressure going to work every day.

    The Wolverines will get a coach eventually, it is just taking longer than they expected.
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