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Mallet said today, reported by the Detroit Free Press, that he felt forced out of Michigan not by one person, but by RRod's system.

And his father was quoted as saying that he saw his son make huge strides in the last few months in terms of accuracy and reading defenses. Mallet's father attributed his son's growth to former Michigan QB coach, Loeffler. Loeffler is reportedly a front-runner for a coaching job at Tennessee.

Mallet's father was also quoted as saying, 'at Christmas my son came home and told me that he had really fallen in love with Michigan over the last couple months.'

So, let's all chip in and buy Senior Mallet a case of scotch...tell him to chill out, watch MASH re-runs and shut the hell up.

I am not personally criticizing him. I think he has proven to be a very good coach. But his teams have failed on the biggest stage the last two years. These losses have to have some impact on the way people perceive him. And I have seen it too many times where people turn on coaches. You know, the "what have you done for me lately" attitude. It happened to Carr, and it may be happening to Stoops. Treseel is not above this. He does not walk on water the way Bo did. Look what happened to Woody. No matter how great he was, he could not overcome that ONE embarrassing incident.

Did you guys watch this guy play at Michigan this year? He actually played a lot this year because Henne was hurt. He has a rocket arm, and actually is NOT immobile. Obviously he is no Vince Young, be he doesn't have lead feet. He was a freshman and made freshman mistakes, but he certainly made more than his share of idiotic plays. I am just comparing him to Henne as a freshman, who lead Michigan to a showdown with Texas and Vince Young. Henne was unbelievable as a freshman. Also, the word is that Mallet did not get along with teammates in the lockerroom ,which is a big reason why he is leaving. Maybe his ego is bigger than his ability??? Don't know.

When did I ever say I knew what Pryor was doing? I don't. I said Mallet was transfering and hopefully Pryor comes to Michigan. Read before you write!!!!

When Oklahoma lost the other day, I couldn't help but think about Lloyd Carr. Carr was the toast of the town after the '97 National Championship. And he continued to win big games and bowl games. Then, he started losing all his bowl games and losing to OSU. The last few years the cries for a coaching change became louder and louder. Winning the vast majority of your games doesn't count for much these days at the top progams. You have to beat your rival and win national championships. That's just the way it is these days. So, if Stoops continues this pattern, then he will be on the hot seat.

I guess we'll see how he does. I will be curious. Terry Foster always says that English was not allowed to do everything he wanted to do at Michigan. He says he was restricted. That doesn't make much sense to me. Seems like a cop-out. I don't know...

What are you laughing about, JackT?

I had a feeling this would get ugly. I would like to hear a legal expert chime in on this. Any lawyers out there on this board?

I can never remember how to spell his last name. And since I don't feel like taking crap and spelling/grammar lessons on a forum, "RR" or "Coach Rod" works just fine for me.

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Found it. Thanks. He said he is still taking his visit to Penn State though. If you are committed to Michigan, then why visit other schools. Weird.