The University of Michigan football program, at the hands of AD Bill Martin, is becoming a laughing stock in college football. All of us here in Ann Arbor have had our chains jerked around since November 19th, and I can't take it anymore. Sailboat Bill led us to believe Les Miles was coming here, but in reality listened to Lloyd and screwed up the pursuit. Then we had hopes that Greg Schiano was "the guy," yet rejected Billy's offer of $2 million. Wonder why...not that he had a brand new mansion of a house and a program that he himself built or anything. Our hopes spiked again when Billy and Mary Sue actually talked to Miles on the phone, but again they didn't just flat-out say "We want you to be the next coach."
I don't believe for an instant that WVU's Rich Rodriguez is a legit candidate. People think he could just magically turn Ryan Mallet into a Pat White and recruit speed players to place around him, but I think if Martin was serious about hiring him, he would have done so. $4 million is a ludicrous buyout, and MGoBlog has a rumor that he's for sure staying put.
This whole thing reminds me of High School. Les Miles is the cheerleader captain, and we were too shy to ask him out, and only spoke through a proxy, with the overprotective father watching over the whole thing (LSU AD Skip Bertman). So we got rejected, and went after the girl no one was foolish enough to ask out (Schiano), and got rejected again. And now it appears we've been rejected by the crazy girl (Rodriguez) because she just liked to lead us on and then rip our heart out. So what happens is Bill Martin is spending prom night alone in his basement 'cause no one taught him how to ask the dreamgirl out, and will get the pity date to homecoming (Ron English).
My prediction? If there's no hire by the National Championship game it's been Miles all along and the next day he's introduced as coach. He's a smart dude, I think he's handled this beautifully.
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