DickRod new HC at Arizona, according to FootballScoop.com

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Just to lend a little more legitimacy than "footballscoop.com", a legitimate reporter (Bruce Feldman of CBS) tweets the following:

"Expect Rich Rodriguez to be named the next Arizona head coach in the next 48 hours according to sources."
 

Good for him. Never been in love with the guy, but I thought he got the bum's rush in Michigan.
 

He was the definition of cultural misfit when hired at Michigan. He didn't have a chance from Day 1, and I would imagine at Arizona he can do what he did at West Virginia. Recruit the smaller, speedy guys who other schools turn their backs on and fit them in a system that gives them the best chance to succeed.
 

olythegoalie31 said:
He was the definition of cultural misfit when hired at Michigan. He didn't have a chance from Day 1, and I would imagine at Arizona he can do what he did at West Virginia. Recruit the smaller, speedy guys who other schools turn their backs on and fit them in a system that gives them the best chance to succeed.
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I agree with this. I've become a big believer in branding when it comes to college sports. I really feel like if a school has an established "brand" -- such as Nebraska's running game, Michigan's more power game, etc., you have to find someone who will stick with that. It can be changed, but it's hard, and even a good coach will run into problems early when you make a dramatic change and don't see immediate results. (Granted, some guys are just bad coaches.)

Rich Rod wasn't a good coach at West Virginia and a bad one at Michigan. Just wasn't a good fit.
 


I am guessing he will succeed at Arizona. The whole Michigan thing was like trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. Each year they improved, but he needed to redefine every position in order for it to work.
 

MNfootballfan said:
I am guessing he will succeed at Arizona. The whole Michigan thing was like trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. Each year they improved, but he needed to redefine every position in order for it to work.
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To take that further, it's like being hired specifically because you are an expert at square pegs, then when you get the job all the fans blame you for using it and not having it fit the hole that you realize is round but are trying to reshape into a square. Unless he would have destroyed tOSU every year or won a Rose Bowl in year 2 or 3, it was a matter of time before he was fired. Obviously the whole practice violations didn't help his cause, but they were just fuel on the already out of control fire.
 





I still laugh Everytime minnesotans get upset with someone that says they want to be great. We are the only place in the country who would rather hear we are lousy than hear we are going to try to be great.
 

I didn't have a problem with Brewster's enthusiasm, if he had been successful, it would have been remembered as at most a lovable quirk. But after the Brewster era, there just wasn't any more stomach for that kind of enthusiasm, people just wanted a straight up assessment. It's sort of like having a mechanic who gives you a lowball estimate, and it seems great, until the cost winds up being a lot more than they wanted. When they get burned, they want someone who tells them straight up what the costs will be.
 

Rosemountian said:
I still laugh Everytime minnesotans get upset with someone that says they want to be great. We are the only place in the country who would rather hear we are lousy than hear we are going to try to be great.
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Exactly. Having spent time living in various parts if the country has made me realize how passive Minnesotans are. It really is laughable.
 

I liked Brewster's enthusiasm or at least his ability to say, quoting from Major League, "Let's win the whole effing thing." However, Brewster clearly had no idea how to actually go about doing that though, which is where he ran into trouble. There's nothing wrong with having a bit of cocky swagger, as long as you can back it up. (Like Bielema now. I don't care for the guy's personality, but you have to admit that Wisconsin has a damn solid program right now.)

It might be hard for people to remember, but during Brewster's second season, when the team was 7-1 and beat an Illinois team coming off of a Rose Bowl in Champaign, it looked like he might know what the hell he was doing. That feeling went away quickly though. (And later we realized that Illinois wasn't that good in 2008.)

I think RichRod will do well at Arizona. The conference isn't that strong there and if they can take advantage of USC's probation, they could do well there. Man, UCLA will very likely go to the conference championship this year and that's a team that lost to Arizona by more than 30 points.
 



Rosemountian said:
I still laugh Everytime minnesotans get upset with someone that says they want to be great. We are the only place in the country who would rather hear we are lousy than hear we are going to try to be great.
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Completely agree.
 

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