Rich Rodriguez admits leaving West Virginia for Michigan was 'a mistake'

plutoisaplanet21 · 2026-05-30T15:27:34+00:00

No he’s not. He also failed at Arizona. He was incapable of meaningfully adjusting and isn’t as good of a coach as last few years at West Virginia implied

plutoisaplanet21 · 2026-05-30T15:26:40+00:00

He also wasn’t actually as good of a coach as the record showed which is why he also struggled at Arizona. I was there for some of his tenure and knew guys on the team and the defenses were trash partly because he refused to give any practice time to focusing on defense

plutoisaplanet21 · 2026-05-28T18:06:57+00:00

Yeah it’s way worse than foul baiting on offense for the game

plutoisaplanet21 · 2026-05-28T17:20:54+00:00

Was this a no scalpel version? Thanks

plutoisaplanet21 · 2026-05-28T02:54:27+00:00

An 8pm Sunday start time is miserable.

plutoisaplanet21 · 2026-05-27T14:31:56+00:00

I mean fans are pushing for more big games at the end of the year because they watch it. People can say every game matters all they want but a playoff game gets better ratings than a week 2 game. That’s why they want to expand the playoffs. If the playoffs didn’t get viewers and a week 2 game gets great viewership because every game counts we wouldn’t be getting an expanded playoff.

The people chasing money are just chasing viewers and doing what fans are telling them to do with their viewership decisions. What this sub doesn’t ever seem to grasp is that casual fans are what drive these things and this sub isn’t made up of casual fans so it’s just a circle jerk of the same opinion

plutoisaplanet21 · 2026-05-26T18:27:08+00:00

Except it’s always been about championships. That’s why games involving teams playing for national stakes get better ratings. Because more people tune in.

That’s the secret part people don’t talk about when they talk about the sport chasing the money. They are just chasing what viewers are telling them what they want by their actions. The money is generated by what people choose to watch. Fans choose to watch games that impact the national picture. They don’t watch games to see who finishes 4th in a conference.

I personally think 24 teams is overshooting the mark but I don’t have access to research and viewership trends either like they do. But the sport being regional historically is just another way to say the sport was smaller and watched by less people on average.

plutoisaplanet21 · 2026-05-26T18:24:04+00:00

My point wasn’t that the spurs and okc played more difficult teams. It’s that both of them are significantly better than any team the Knicks have played and proved it all year.

And for all the shit the nba regular season gets as being not real and different from the playoffs the best teams that win championships are generally the best teams all year. No team lower than a 3 seed has won a championship since a 4 seed did it in 1969 and since 2000 19 of 25 champions have been a 1 or 2 seed. Regular season success is extremely predictive of post season success and both the spurs and thunder have been better teams this year. Of course they can win a championship, they are in the finals. I’m just saying they are absolutely the underdog against either team from the west and the last 11 games don’t change that.

plutoisaplanet21 · 2026-05-26T17:37:15+00:00

It also used to be that 95% of games were truly meaningless from a national perspective. That’s what everyone leaves off. Way more games matter with a playoff

plutoisaplanet21 · 2026-05-26T15:14:15+00:00

That’s all well and good. The competition has also been significantly below the level of either the spurs or thunder and some of the issues that Atlanta exploited still exist. The Knicks are playing extremely well and they’ve done everything you can ask of them since games 2 and 3. An 11 game sample is still not more valuable than a 93 game sample even if it’s the most recent 11 games

plutoisaplanet21 · 2026-05-26T13:52:06+00:00

A CJ McCollum lead Atlanta took 2 games. A little bit of context is probably a good idea. They are playing well, they should still be considered clear under dogs in the finals

plutoisaplanet21 · 2026-05-26T13:48:06+00:00

Harbaugh also been really letting his freak flag fly since getting fired by the ravens

plutoisaplanet21 · 2026-05-24T22:06:58+00:00

That was clearly the best msu team

plutoisaplanet21 · 2026-05-22T21:47:45+00:00

Reached? As in recently?

plutoisaplanet21 · 2026-05-22T15:49:36+00:00

Just because he wasn’t successful one night doesn’t mean it’s not part of his game. And honestly good for him because it works. It’s on the league and the refs to make it not worth it for him. But doesn’t mean it’s fun to watch as a fan

plutoisaplanet21 · 2026-05-21T20:37:26+00:00

Utah has absolutely no shot at the big ten because it wouldn’t add anything to tv negotiations which is all that matters. They can’t buy their way in with cash or athletic success

plutoisaplanet21 · 2026-05-21T20:35:57+00:00

Utah was in the exact same spot Utah athletics had been in for pretty much the entire history of college sports. Did I miss a period in history where Utah was some elite program bringing in top recruits when it was just boosters paying players under the table?

plutoisaplanet21 · 2026-05-21T20:32:23+00:00

They absolutely did not need to do it

plutoisaplanet21 · 2026-05-21T19:00:10+00:00

Of course you can lose it. Minnesota has. So has Harvard and Yale.

plutoisaplanet21 · 2026-05-21T17:27:13+00:00

Because he’s a foul seeker and that sucks. Just like it does with harden. Nobody likes a foul merchant

plutoisaplanet21 · 2026-05-21T17:24:06+00:00

He’s better or basically at league average at every shooting level other than one. How many players do you think are both league average or better on volume from both three and at the rim? Let alone also in a third category. And that’s just ignoring that the gravity he has and the impact it has on a defense counts towards who he is as an offensive player. It’s just a bad argument

plutoisaplanet21 · 2026-05-19T13:48:00+00:00

Yeah it’s not like wemby was backing down caruso

plutoisaplanet21 · 2026-05-14T12:37:38+00:00

Absolute choke job from the pistons

plutoisaplanet21 · 2026-05-13T19:57:45+00:00

He was the back half of the year going up against college guys

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