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12/4/09
Rich Rodriguez compares Michigan seasons to Hurricane Katrina
Rich Rodriguez compares Michigan's suckiness to the Saints after Hurricane Katrina. Umm... I'm pretty sure that's not even close.
If Rich Rodriguez was hoping to conjure up some sympathy for the plight of his Michigan Wolverines, then he probably didn't help his cause at all, when he compared his team to the Saints after Hurricane Katrina.

"It’s really kind of ironic that the New Orleans Saints overcame the hurricane a few years back. I used to live and coach in New Orleans for a couple years, and I know how devastated that city is and how they overcome and rebuild the stadium and rebuild the program.

“And we’ve had a few hurricanes of our own. We had a big hurricane in August, and it kind of hit us like a ton of bricks. But you had 120 young men and a bunch of people on the staff that said this is not going to tear our program apart.

“In fact, it will do just the opposite: Bring us together. This senior class and the underclassmen that are leaders took charge of this football team and said nothing is going to tear this team apart, and nothing did.

“We didn’t end the season the way we wanted, and we didn’t win as many games as everybody would have liked. But don’t tell me this team is a failure. It’s a disappointment because we thought we could have won more and should have won more. But these guys are champions. I am proud of everyone."

Terrible comparison, RichRod. Way to make yourself look like even more of a prick than everyone already thought you were.
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12/4/09
10
drn0iswatr wrote:
wow. time to lay off the bottle. 

This should be Rich-Rod's beverage of choice:


12/4/09
0
wow. time to lay off the bottle. 

12/4/09
3
Thats a great quote, you simply put that because you are, in fact a michigan hater. Its okay.
He said they were hit with a hypothetical hurricane, obviously you don't understand what he was trying to say so why bother and argue with an ignorant person.

12/4/09
1
What's the hurricane? App State? Defiant Lloyd Carr recruits? Or is it Rich himself...

12/4/09
3
PresEmart wrote:
Thats a great quote, you simply put that because you are, in fact a michigan hater. Its okay.
He said they were hit with a hypothetical hurricane, obviously you don't understand what he was trying to say so why bother and argue with an ignorant person.
All of Michigan's difficulties were self-inflicted. This metaphor was not a "great quote". It was an offensive and ignorant statement, making light of a tragic situation. It's not even close. RichRod is a jackass, plain and simple.

12/4/09
10
drn0iswatr wrote:
wow. time to lay off the bottle. 

This should be Rich-Rod's beverage of choice:


12/4/09
0
THAT REAL CRAZY THERE NO COMPARE BECAUSE PEOPLE LOST THIR LIFE AND FOOTBALL IS JUST A GAMES THAT SHOW HE NOT THAT BRIGHT THAT WHY MICHIGAN WENT DOWN HILL, MICHIGAN NEED A CHANGE OR THE COCAH NEED RETAKE HIS STATMENT

12/4/09
1
Rich, you might have been better off saying that the team's situation is more like the band Katrina and Waves than Hurricane Katrina. Just a suggestion. 

12/4/09
0
Pat wrote:
All of Michigan's difficulties were self-inflicted. This metaphor was not a "great quote". It was an offensive and ignorant statement, making light of a tragic situation. It's not even close. RichRod is a jackass, plain and simple.
Pat, there is nothing in coach Rodriguez's comments that say anything offensive. You are blowing this way out of proportion, just like you did when refering to the type of players he has recruited.
Nowhere in the article does coach Rodriguez compare tis team to the Kartina victims, or the people of New Orleans.

12/4/09
0
"And we’ve had a few hurricanes of our own. We had a big hurricane in August, and it kind of hit us like a ton of bricks."

I'm sorry, what? If that's not a blatant comparison, I don't know what is.

12/4/09
0

never heard of hurricans sweeping across the great lakes....


12/4/09
2
Jemstone wrote:

never heard of hurricans sweeping across the great lakes....

Apparently, they are hurricanes of ignorance.

12/5/09
1
Pat wrote:
All of Michigan's difficulties were self-inflicted. This metaphor was not a "great quote". It was an offensive and ignorant statement, making light of a tragic situation. It's not even close. RichRod is a jackass, plain and simple.
What good team does Pat not hate? I feel the same way, problem is teams from my area are always good and so are the teams from the Boston Area.

12/5/09
0
aos035 wrote:
What good team does Pat not hate? I feel the same way, problem is teams from my area are always good and so are the teams from the Boston Area.
Wait... Michigan's a good team?

12/5/09
2
Dear Rich,
Please never leave Michigan.

Signed,
Every Ohio State fan.

12/5/09
0
Seth wrote:
Dear Rich,
Please never leave Michigan.

Signed,
Every Ohio State fan.
Certainly not a fan of Rich-Rod or Michigan, but for some reason I keep thinking this will all "blow over" in a few years, and Michigan will be on top of the Big Ten.

Nothing to go on that, especially looking at articles like this, just one of those feelings.

12/5/09
0
This guy is a moron and I think it's past time for a drug test.
" But don’t tell me this team is a failure. It’s a disappointment because we thought we could have won more and should have won more. But these guys are champions. I am proud of everyone."
Well Rich the verdicts in and yes, this season, last season and the way things are going next season =TOTAL FAILURE.

12/5/09
0
Seth wrote:
Dear Rich,
Please never leave Michigan.

Signed,
Every Ohio State fan.
Penn State fans would like to co-sign on this letter.

12/5/09
0
Pat wrote:
All of Michigan's difficulties were self-inflicted. This metaphor was not a "great quote". It was an offensive and ignorant statement, making light of a tragic situation. It's not even close. RichRod is a jackass, plain and simple.
Agreed, he is a jackass. But Understand the meaning of the quote before you go off about this.

12/5/09
0
PresEmart wrote:
Agreed, he is a jackass. But Understand the meaning of the quote before you go off about this.
Alright. And understand the meaning of a natural disaster that destroyed an entire city and took thousands of lives before you act like it's no big deal to compare that to your college football team shooting itself in the foot.

 
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