This year was going to be better than the suck that was last season, but anybody who looked at our defensive depth and freshmen quarterbacks and thought that we’d easily make a bowl game is either an incredible optimist or a unrepentant homer. Has Rodriguez made some errors as Michigan’s head coach? Absolutely, but none justify Michigan taking the ridiculous step of firing him after only two years.

I thought he was an unfair scapegoat for last year. Look at games that were won/lost and figure out if Schafer was to blame.

Utah? No, in fact the defense in the second half got them back in the game.
Toledo? Despite letting them hold the ball forever, they only gave the rockets 13 points.
Notre Dame? Yakety sax.
Illinois? Yes, we can give that one to him.
MSU? Maybe, but this probably had more to do with talent/experience than schemes.
OSU? See above.
Purdue? At this point in the season RR was trying to get him to run a 3-3-5, which he had never used before.
PSU? Can you blame a loss to the Big Ten champs on Schafer here?
Northwestern? I can’t remember, but for sake of the argument, we’ll place the blame on Schafer.

The wins? Incredible job against Wisconsin, enough against Miami (NTM) and good against Minnesota.

Just my opinion, but I really think there needs to be a re-examination of whether Gerg was the right choice.

If you look at the numbers, from 2005 to 2009, Michigan has lost more defensive players to attrition than Alabama, a team with a head coach who was actively trying to get rid of as many players as possible to make room for higher-rated players. At the same time, our defensive classes have been significantly smaller than most of our biggest rivals. It would be damn tough to build a quality defense given these debilitating factors, our defense is in the same position this year as the offense was last year. We need a huge upgrade in talent and will get it starting this year, but it will take time for these new players to mature and adjust to the college game. Some defensive coaches may lose their jobs, Jay Hopson’s probably on the hot seat and deservedly so given our linebackers level of play this season and last.

the “FIRE RICH ROD” chants will be goin. We have plenty of talent to beat teams like Illinois, MSU, and Purdue. Don’t say we don’t have talent on defense. We have plenty of 4-5 star recruits from years past that could start on most teams in the country. If the coordinators are the problem, Rich Rod should take over. If he can’t because he wouldn’t know when to blitz on D, or when to pass on O, then he sucks. If a very talented offense can’t outscore a non-existant Purdue offense, then it has to be the coaches. Rich Rod got his qb. He’s a freshmen so he’s gonna make some mistakes. We have possibly the best group of running backs in the country. When Forcier is sucking, they should be able to run the freaken ball. The offense should be unstoppable with all that talent, and an “Offensive Wizard” in R.R. The only wizardry he’s been able to do is make a unstoppable offense suck against Illinois.