U of Michigan Coach Rich Rodriguez was fired 15 minutes ago and I have already heard the phrase "Michigan Man" 23 times. My favorite thing about the phrase "Michigan Man" is that it is so mythical in nature that any person associated with the name is expected to throw logic, reason, money, time, and space out of the window to return to the mothership. The thought that Jim Harbaugh or Les Miles would abandon their current situations which are both financially and professionally rewarding for a job that offers to be neither for some time is laughable.
My thanks to athletic director Dave Brandon for delaying the inevitable and waiting until after the bowl game to fire Rich Rod in a futile attempt to get one of these "Michigan Men". This will give the actual Michigan coach-to-be and "Michigan Man" Brady Hoke, currently head coach at San Diego State, 2 whole weeks instead of 8 to piece together a recruiting class. Regardless, the Rich Rod experiment illustrates the truth in the credo that you win with defense and any overhaul at Michigan is going to require a significant upgrade of the defense to be successful.
As a sidenote, if you are not a Michigan supporter, and given my Nebraska and Ohio State pedigree I would number amongst that group, it is entertaining to watch the video from the College Gameday crew on ESPN.com. The usually insufferable Mark May stares directly in the camera and effectivel tells Michigan fans that they can't be big talking cheap bastards if they want things to get better.
MTK
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