On Saturday the Michigan Wolverines will have one more opportunity to save their season, and for Lloyd Carr to maybe save his job. Lloyd has done a fantastic job this season, it takes a heck of a coach to have a team win eight straight games after losing their first two. Let us not forget it also takes a heck of a bad coach to have the #5 team lose to a 1-AA program. If you coach at Michigan you are expected to do three things in this order:
1. Beat Ohio State
2.Win a BCS Bowl game
3.Beat a 1-AA opponent for Pete's sake
Carr has not done those things, and if he does not beat the Buckeyes and in turn play in the Rose Bowl it may be the end of the road for Carr in Ann Arbor. After the Wolverines 0-2 start Wolverine Nation was calling for coach Carr's head, but he has done a fantastic job to turn this season around, but the bottom line is he has not done the three things mentioned above. Yes, the Wolverines do have three loses this season, but a win over Ohio State would make up for all of them. A win would give them the outright Big Ten championship and a trip to Pasadena again, but Carr hasn't won there recently either. This season has been a huge disappointment on so many different levels, and if there is any consolation it would be 2 straight wins over Ohio State and the Rose Bowl. If Carr wants to keep his job, and keep his fans, players and boosters happy he must win on Saturday. This Michigan-Ohio State game is the biggest one in years not only because it is for the Big 10 championship once again but also because it is for Lloyd Carr's job. A "Four loss Lloyd" could cause the death of his coaching career at the most prestigious program in the country. So for Lloyd Carr this game Saturday is win or go home.
1. Beat Ohio State
2.Win a BCS Bowl game
3.Beat a 1-AA opponent for Pete's sake
Carr has not done those things, and if he does not beat the Buckeyes and in turn play in the Rose Bowl it may be the end of the road for Carr in Ann Arbor. After the Wolverines 0-2 start Wolverine Nation was calling for coach Carr's head, but he has done a fantastic job to turn this season around, but the bottom line is he has not done the three things mentioned above. Yes, the Wolverines do have three loses this season, but a win over Ohio State would make up for all of them. A win would give them the outright Big Ten championship and a trip to Pasadena again, but Carr hasn't won there recently either. This season has been a huge disappointment on so many different levels, and if there is any consolation it would be 2 straight wins over Ohio State and the Rose Bowl. If Carr wants to keep his job, and keep his fans, players and boosters happy he must win on Saturday. This Michigan-Ohio State game is the biggest one in years not only because it is for the Big 10 championship once again but also because it is for Lloyd Carr's job. A "Four loss Lloyd" could cause the death of his coaching career at the most prestigious program in the country. So for Lloyd Carr this game Saturday is win or go home.
2 comments:
i have just heard reports that win or lose Saturday Carr will retire after this season.
Im with you Jonny, its been a long hard run for Carr, and the fact of the matter is he hasn't gotten it done the last few years.
Go BLUE
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