Directed Criticism

Rich Rodriguez has received a lot of criticism in his two years at Michigan. Almost none of it has been warranted. I can regurgitate the litany of ridiculous accusations and innuendos that have been unfairly tossed his way but I’ve documented them enough here that they should be pretty obvious by now. Rodriguez’s unspectacular 8-13 start at Michigan has been plagued by mitigating factors. Unfortunately, few are willing to acknowledge them. The guy deserved patience when he came to Michigan and got virtually none. He deserved support when he came to Michigan and got very little. The fact that he didn’t get those things has made his job of selling the future of his program to perspective recruits extremely difficult. Without those recruits, Rodriguez has little chance of succeeding. The roster he has right now is just not capable of winning consistently. There are a lot of reasons why we’re at this point. Some of it has to do with inexperience. A lot of it has to do with defensive re...