... to say that the Rich Rodriguez era in Michigan has been a disappointment.

Before he even coached his first game, nearly all of Michigan's offensive starters who were eligible to return in 2008 either left early for the NFL Draft (Mario Manningham, Adrian Arrington) or transferred (Justin Boren to the hated school down south, and Ryan Mallet to Arkansas).

It's unknown if these players had planned on doing this regardless of who the new coach was going to be once Lloyd Carr announced his retirement, but it wouldn't surprise many if Rodriguez didn't help their cause.

Rodriguez maintained that he was bringing his spread offense to Michigan despite the fact that he did not have the players in place to execute a successful ver...

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