Monday Morning - Still no Coach.....

Well, I don't know what else can be said...If you have been following along, you know this:

1. Martin is a Boob....Double D
2. Did I mention that Martin is a Boob?
3. Les Miles will not be the Michigan Head Coach next year - or will he?
4. Ferentz is out
5. Schiano is out
6. Others that are reportedly out (Before they were ever in): Cameron, Payton....
7. New Names in: Marvin Lewis, Jerry Lewis, Louis and Clark, Huey, Duey and Louey, You, Me, and whoever else that HASN'T taken his name out of consideration (But UM will still talk to them anyway)
8. Mary Sue Coleman is (finally) getting involved, if she wasn't already...
9. Lloyd Carr has been mysteriously silent throughout all of this...
10. If you have been reading this blog, you know as much as everyone else....At the end of the day, that's not much. Discuss....Like all the talking heads on every radio show have been doing....

The latest in an ever frustrating string of events has the Boob and the Boob's boss calling Les Miles last Friday asking for "advice" on who HE thinks the next head coach at Michigan should be. Now, bear with me for a minute while I ramble: Michigan is supposed to be a top notch program with links and people all over the football community. I would think, THINK, that once the "word" was out that Michigan needed a coach and that if there was anyone who met the qualifications and was interested, don't you THINK that maybe Michigan would know about it? Why pursue Ferentz if he expressed non-interest once? I mean, do we need to sell Ferentz on the Job? He knows the job...He's at Iowa and he is a man of character...He's there to stay. Why pursue Schiano, when he's made it clear that he wants to coach PSU or stay at Rutgers and let the world know that you were going to pay the RUTGERS head coach $2.2M for 5 years....That just made the price tag on whoever you get that much higher. No offense, Schiano's a good coach and all, but he is still a Big East Head Coach at Rutgers. And the coaching fraternity is small...they might even have support groups that talk to each other and give each other advice about who wants what job where...Maybe...Do you think that goes on???

But more on this Miles Development...What play are Mary Sue and Bill making? Did the two get together and the cooler head among them,let's say that's Coleman, because the Boob has botched everything except the spelling of Michigan's name up to this point, decide to open a dialog with Miles to convince him that this is the place he needs to be? Michigan (Coleman) may have finally realized that just because you're Michigan doesn't mean that the world comes running...So maybe they figure that by talking and exploring the "suggestions" of names from Les and after they run those down, and after Les wins a National Title at LSU - he will, of that I am pretty sure, that maybe Les starts to realize his University truly does need him...And they make their play and make him an offer that he reponds to just like Bear Bryant, "Boys, Momma's calling." As the MMQ, all I am saying is don't count Miles out yet...ESPECIALLY IF MICHIGAN HASN'T FORMALLY TALKED TO ANYONE ELSE BEFORE CHRISTMAS. The heat will be off after that...Bowl Games, distractions...No one will care. But the week leading up to the Championship Game will be exactly like the week we had leading up to the SEC title...and if LSU wins, expect a slightly different result...Maybe...

BUT THIS ALL COULD HAVE HAPPENED 2 MONTHS AGO!!! That's what's really pissing most of the loyal Michigan faithful off...They have watched this thing unfold and realize it could have been handled so much better. Explore the possibilities - quietly - and then go back to Les and say, "Hey, you're School needs you." DO NOT LET LLOYD announce his retirement until the week of the bowl game or right after the bowl, and have Miles ready to go a day or two after his National Title, if his team was playing in the game...Makes sense now, doesn't it? It would have made sense to me awhile ago, also, when I would have had the conversation with Miles....

But nooooooooo....We parade the University of Michigan around like arrogant idiots and make offers that others use to get better offers from their own University or we completely screw up the one situation that falls in our lap - Miles. And the parading of the University is what really makes us look bad. I mean, at least with Arkansas, you can look at it and say, "Well, who in their right mind would take that job? The guy just beats the number 1 team in the land and they can the head coach? What kind of atmosphere is that?" But with Michigan, it's supposed to be a job for life....How can you possibly go wrong...And we couldn't lure a guy away from Rutgers???? Martin, you are a Boob...I thought the Halo was bad, but you are raising the bar, to exceedingly dizzy heights with your incompetence.

Lloyd Carr's silence is worth commenting on as well....Is he silent because he isn't getting what he wants or is his silence a form of protest that his guy isn't getting the consideration he should? Sources (mgoblog - others) have stated that if it can't be English or Deboard, than Carr is pulling for Brady Hoke. No offense, but other than being a head coach and assisting under Carr, what's he done? Check the record...It's nothing to write home about. Which brings me to my final point in this week's late submission:

Is Lloyd Carr really doing what's best for Michigan or is Lloyd doing what's best for Lloyd Carr, his buddies, and everyone else? I know we have all said great things about Carr the last couple of weeks. I will continue to say those things and remember what a great guy he was. But, like I said earlier, the buck no longer stops with Lloyd, it stops with Martin and Coleman. I would hate to think that Lloyd would put his buddies before the University, but I get the feeling that maybe he is a bigger part of the problem than previously thought...And if that's the case, than powers that are in control need to address that ASAP...

OSU didn't hire Tressel until January when they canned Super Cooper...So, I am still not worried - but I am getting there quick. I hate the way it's developed up to this point. The process and the plan suck, and that is all on Sailboat Bill and his one man band of ineptness...