Comments on Maize and Blue Nation: Michigan Football Blog: 2009 Big Ten Coaches Hot Seat - Part 1

Um...ok. After that bs Michigan comment... I'm th...

2009-05-10T21:11:00.000-04:00

Um...ok. After that bs Michigan comment...

I'm thinking Lynch could be a dead man walking, if any coach in the Big Ten is that (which probably none are). You're talking about a team that is, once again, looking to be at the very bottom of the Big Ten. They've lost Lewis, far and away their best player. It's like the team's only goal has been to make a bowl game. Did that, and now let's go back to the schitter and stay there. They need someone who can motivate better than that, and he's coming off as someone who is just not going to get the job done there.

Culturally we Americans are spoiled rotten with in...

2009-05-04T15:38:00.000-04:00

Culturally we Americans are spoiled rotten with instant gratification (pull up to drive through window, ask for a 10-2 season, receive and pay at the next window), and the "grass must be greener" point of view about everything else under the sun.

Michigan football program success by 2010 is not impossible, but it is unrealistic in my view.

Rodriguez will need 3 or 4 years AT LEAST to get rull recruiting classes of players that fit his system and the same amount of time a Walk-On program off the ground at Michigan before meaningful results can be tallied.

But I agree about pitchfork sales and mob mentality, because the expectations are very high at Michigan and the sports press does a lousy job in general covering salient issues of college football.

Michigan will be lucky to win 6 games in 2009 and this is mainly due to the inexperience and lack of depth on defense. The offense should improve this year, but then again, how could it not improve?
Just convert more than 27% of the time on third down and don't fumble so damn much. Pretty simple, really.

I would add the away games at Iowa and at Illinois as other very challenging games for Michigan this year.

That all said, it would be a mistake for any team to take Michigan lightly this year. Unlike 2008, I predict this UM team to upset more than just a few teams before and during the November 21st matchup with OSU.

Disagreed on Lynch. With the "expectations" and pe...

2009-05-04T14:52:00.000-04:00

Disagreed on Lynch. With the "expectations" and personnel he has available to him, I wouldn't put him any further above needing a good year. I can't call it safe, but anything close to competing will be a massive improvement, especially after losing his only star.