DEATH

I never do this.

I am always one to take the time to let something digest so that my perspective isn't jaded.

Not this time.  I have too much frustration that needs to come out, and there are two therapy's for it.  1) Heavy drinking 2) A dose of the truth.  So let's get right down to what happened in this embarrassment.

Safety Play
I hate to sound like a broken record, but the safety play is what holding this defense back.  With two competent safeties, Michigan would have a ...dare I say this...good defense!  Mike Williams has consistently been about as bad as you can be, and his play tonight was worse than anything Stevie Brown ever put up while he was playing back there.  Hey Mike, YOU'VE GOT THE QUARTERBACK!  A coach can only put his players in the best situation to succeed, and Greg Robinson consistently put Mike Williams in a position to make a tackle on Juice Williams, only for Williams to play undisciplined football and totally screw the rest of his defensive peers.  The Jordan Kovacs Experiment just shows you how bad defensive recruiting has been the past three years.  Cissoko? Gone. Artis Chambers? Gone. Quick, name another safety that Michigan signed in the 2007 or 2008 recruiting classes.  You can't!  This is what put us in this hole that we are in right now.  So the question is do you play the freshman?  Michigan has Vlad Emilien playing special teams, so if he doesn't at least get a look next week I will have my first real beef with Rich Rodriguez.  Thomas Gordon should not have the redshirt taken off at this point for three games, because chances are he will not be any better than Kovacs or Williams at this point.  You cannot mortgage the future of the program for three games.  JT Turner failing to initially qualify this summer is damning this team in so many ways.  With Turner having a full fall camp, he would at least be ready to contribute allowing Troy Woolfolk to keep playing safety, and Jordan Kovacs to play the "in the box" safety, where he at least can make a difference and PLAY DISCIPLINED (unlike Williams).

OFFENSIVE PROBLEMS
I am done giving anyone a pass on the offense.  It is time for people to be held accountable, and that includes the quarterback.  This team makes too many mistakes offensively to be good consistently.  Tate looks like a little schoolgirl whenever there is a rush in his face.  He needs to learn that he cannot run around the pass rush, rather he has to step up in the pocket.  Teams have scouted him and know that he is going to try and escape through the outside.  Would we even be having this problem if Roy Roundtree didn't look like me in the open field?  I can't totally fault Roundtree, he made a great play for an offense that didn't have anyone else doing anything.  What really pissed me off was the goal line stand.  WHERE IS THE FIRE?! Carlos Brown looked like he had two broken legs in that series of plays.  It really hurts this offense that Brandon Minor is not healthy.  On Minor, he must have really been dinged up because he was only in there on pass protection situations.  So without Minor, Molk, and Martavious Odoms, it could be said that Michigan was without their three best offensive players.  Those three bring an attitude to this offense that isn't there when they are not playing.  Still, being stopped 4 times in a row is on the PLAYERS.

WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
This is what I want - no, NEED - to see from Rich Rodriguez.  Total accountability.  I want to see a pissed off coach that will not accept the effort he got from his team.  Every job needs to be up for competition in practice next week.  The only people that should be safe are Brandon Graham, Donovan Warren, Mike Martin, Ryan Van Bergen, and Stevie Brown.  Outside of them, I see nobody that has a fire for playing the game of football.  I want to see Mike Williams, Tate Forcier, the entire OL, and the coaching staff held accountable for what they are doing on Saturday.  The reality is that Michigan has a very winnable game at home against Purdue next week.  I want to see a f'ing attitude from these players that hasn't been seen since Western Michigan.  It starts with the head coach.  Heads need to roll in practice next week, or else Rich Rodriguez will lose any semblance of respect that he had with the players and with the fans that still support him.  For the people that want his head: Rich Rod didn't get caught from behind, Rich Rod didn't get stuffed 4 times in a row, Rich Rod wasn't too slow to take a proper angle on a running back, and Rich Rod wasn't out there to fire up the troops when they needed to be.  That is on THE PLAYERS!  Somebody step up and get in somebody's face!  This is Michigan.  Any pansies that are left on this team should have gone away with Lloyd Carr.

This coming week is the most important week in the Rich Rodriguez era.  The ball is in his court to respond with passion.  Your move, coach.

And for god sakes NRTMFTS
Coach Deuce