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Rodriguez or Obama?
Jan
3
2011
I figured this is an opportune time to discuss Rich Rod. Or at least some things about him. Or at least just mention Rich Rodriguez because everyone else is doing that today.
For some reason, I got the idea to compare and contrast Rodriguez’ stint as the Michigan football coach with Obama’s stint as the President of the United States.
Quiz
For each item below, please mark whether it applies to Rodriguez (R) or Obama (O):
- Appealed to the younger crowd
- Was very polarizing – most people were either very for or very against him
- Took over a program that was in decent, but not great, shape
- Was brought in to shake things up a bit – change from the traditional ways of doing things
- Neglected the duties of his prior job in order to transition to his new job
- Brought in his own people as assistants
- He had great plans and had great potential, but reality didn’t cooperate
- In fact, the program got worse under his watch
- Read fine from a teleprompter but said some controversial things in unscripted moments
- Tried to make some shady deals and brought fraud to a previously clean program
- The other power in the organization was replaced during his term and caused him to reconsider his ways
- Believed you don’t need much of a defense
- Didn’t care much for the kicking game either
Can you think of any other quiz questions about Rich Rodriguez or Barack Obama?
To what then shall I compare the men of this generation, and what are they like?
Luke 7:31
This little article thingy was written by Some Guy sometime around 12:11 am and has been carefully placed in the Sports category.
January 5th, 2011 at 9:08 am
This was awesome! The only thing is, I would be very happy to see one of these guys get kicked to the curb and am on the fence about the other. Here’s a hint: I don’t think it was so horrible that a certain guy played a Josh Groban song at a recent get-together.
January 5th, 2011 at 12:09 pm
If the Groban thing were the only thing, it wouldn’t be so bad. And the bowl game debacle shouldn’t be the only thing, either. But he had his chance and I think there are other coaches who could do better. Go look at the stats for the B1G TEN conference. Michigan was near or in last place in over half the categories (i.e. 9th, 10th, or 11th place in 15 of 30 total categories).