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Rich Rodriguez or Jim Harbaugh? Choice is obvious for Michigan
By JAMIE SAMUELSEN
FREE PRESS SPECIAL WRITER
Jamie Samuelsen, the sports director for the morning show on WCSX-FM (94.7),
blogs for freep.com. His opinions do not necessarily reflect those of the
Detroit Free Press nor its writers. You can reach him at j******[email protected],
follow him on Twitter @jamiesamuelsen and read more of his opinions at
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If you were Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon, what would you do with
Rich Rodriguez?
Dave Brandon has been meticulous in his choice of words about the future of
Rich Rodriguez. He said that boiling it down to wins and losses was too
simplistic. He said he’ll look at the totality of the program, its
performance on and off the field. He’ll look at the players in place and
the players slated to come to Ann Arbor from high school. It’s as if he’s
the president of the United States and he’ll consider the entire state of
the Union before making a decision on the embattled coach.
But there’s one thing he hasn’t said. There’s one thing I’m sure he has
considered. There’s one thing he’d better consider. There’s one thing I’
m sure he has researched. There’s one thing he’d better research.
It’s a simple question:
Who would replace Rodriguez if he’s fired? Or, to put it another way, does
Jim Harbaugh want the job?
Unless the program is in total shambles, firing for the sake of firing is
silly. You have to know who is coming next. The fact that Indiana let Bill
Lynch go after he took the Hoosiers to a bowl game one year and beat Purdue
on the road Saturday is downright laughable. It’s Indiana football -- what
do they expect? Who do they think they can get? Miami (Fla.) letting Randy
Shannon go seems hasty as well, given where the program was when he took
over. Miami officials insist that the Hurricanes will return to the lofty
levels they once enjoyed. They neglected to mention that their facilities
might make that a wee bit challenging.
Michigan faces no such restrictions in facilities, tradition nor NCAA
hassles. (The recent infractions will serve as no deterrent to a potential
coach.) That’s not to say that U-M will have its pick of the litter. But
there are some strong candidates. And the strongest of the bunch is Harbaugh
. Central casting could not create a more perfect coach for Michigan than
Harbaugh. So while Brandon considers all factors that go into Rodriguez’s
future, he should consider the most important one: Does Harbaugh want this
job? If he does, there’s your answer. Rodriguez should go, and Harbaugh
should take over. If Michigan passes on Harbaugh this time, there won’t be
a next time. He’ll go somewhere else or, most likely, move to the NFL. But
with a lockout looming in the pros and Andrew Luck heading to the next level
, there has never been a more perfect time to strike. Michigan will be
passing on a potentially great coach for one who might (stress “might”)
have this team in position to improve next season. If that sounds familiar,
it’s because we heard the same thing last season and the season before.
Rodriguez proponents will point out that Michigan DID improve each of the
last two seasons. And while that’s true, they did not improve enough. And
the worst part is that the team regressed as each season went along.
Complain all you want about injuries and lack of experience. But remember
that in Lloyd Carr’s final season at Michigan, he lost his starting
quarterback (Chad Henne) and his starting running back (Mike Hart) for large
chunks of the year and still had Michigan contending for a Big Ten title
and playing in a New Year's Day bowl game. Injuries happen. Good teams
overcome those injuries. And even if Michigan had its full complement of
players this season, it’s hard to envision them making up for a 30-point
deficit to Ohio State, a 20-point deficit to Wisconsin and a 17-point
deficit to Michigan State. Healthy players would have made Michigan better,
but they would not have made them a Big Ten contender.
Rodriguez defenders also will say that with 19 of 22 starters returning,
including Denard Robinson, you can’t make a move before a potentially great
season. It’s a fair point, but not worth the risk of losing Harbaugh.
First, these returning players haven’t exactly shown themselves to be
stalwarts. Second, you can’t look at one season. You can’t make a coaching
decision based on one season nor one class of players. MSU made this
mistake when it handed Bobby Williams the head coaching job on the strength
of a win in the Citrus Bowl and the hope that Jeff Smoker wouldn’t renege
on his commitment. Rodriguez has a much better track record than Williams,
but unfortunately, most of that track record was formed in West Virginia,
not Ann Arbor.
Rodriguez is a good coach. You don’t win as much as he has if you’re in
over your head. And he has been up against it since he arrived here, but he
caused a lot of those problems. He left himself short on defense and short
on special teams. He can only blame Carr and the “perfect storm” so much
before it sounds like he’s making excuses for his own failings.
Under normal circumstances, I might give him one more year. But these
circumstances aren’t normal. First of all, it’s Michigan. Second, Harbaugh
is out there. So if Brandon determines that Harbaugh would take the job, I
’d make the move. If not, I’d go ahead with the whole evaluation process
and make a determination from there. When Rodriguez was hired, a lot of
people wondered whether he was the right coach for Michigan. Nobody wonders
that about Harbaugh. He’d be perfect. If he wants it, the job should be his
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