ARRINGTON GONE?
The verdict is still out on the possible dismissal of Adrian Arrington, the number two wide receiver at Michigan. The Wiz has him as good as gone; however, the Politburo at Michigan has only bothered to eliminate him from the spring roster, something not necessarily indicating a complete boot from the team.
Lloyd Carr won’t clarify this, however, since Lloyd Carr’s service menu when facing the media consists of:
1. Grumble.
2. Fuck you.
3. Fuck you, dickbreath.
4. Your clothes–give them to me now.
Meaning Lloyd Carr carries the exact same set of menu options many of our friends did sitting in bars just after college. He’s not going to vary from the script, and sure as hell won’t tell you what’s happening with his team. In fact, he won’t even let you watch them, lest you pick up on one of the shocking new wrinkles in their run game. (”A toss play? Oh, behave!“)
Lloyd Carr: an unstoppable, inhuman, story-killing machine.
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AUgrad says:
Here’s another ballot for March Madness –
http://nameoftheyear.blogspot.com/
#1 seeds include such pearls like Yourhighness Morgan, Manila Dong, Mario Hilario and the best of all – Intelligent Infinite Botts
March 16th, 2007 at 9:36 am
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maskedavenger says:
As one of your resident Fortologists, allow me to translate.
Arrington is suspended. Carr’s public claim that he is off the team is a threat to keep him motivated. Having violated team rules (read: likely having failed a drug test) Arrington must demonstrate his willingness to be a team player again, which means he will be running stairs every day from here until fall practice. Were he to become contrite enough, he will play this fall. But in the interim, he will have to run and lift on his own. I don’t know if he would be allowed to participate in the “informal” 7 on 7 drills that occur during the summer.
This punishment follows a similar pattern that others who have messed up have received, e.g. Brian Griese.
The disparate news release treatment between Caron Butler (a promising TE) and Arrington, both of whom started games last year and both of whom are alleged to have violated the same team rules, is difficult to explain. In sum, it would surprise (though not shock) me if Arrington did not return for the Fall.
March 16th, 2007 at 9:50 am
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Mike P. says:
Lloyd is just getting a little more cuddly every day. He’s like my friend’s granddad. If you question any decision he makes, no matter how small, he tells you how he had to kill 16 German soldiers with a bayonet in the European theater.
You would think after as many years at the helm of a goliath football program, he would have a little thicker skin.
March 16th, 2007 at 10:25 am
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Dave says:
You should see him when he dons the shades and picks up a shotgun.
March 16th, 2007 at 10:34 am
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Brewster Crew says:
Mike P. of #3,
He’d have a thicker skin. But since Mason got fired, he’s now only the 2nd worst coach in the Big Ten after [Name Redacted].
March 16th, 2007 at 10:48 am
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Mike P. says:
It must really chap his ass that the whipper-snapper Fitgerald (Northwestern) is better. I guess in Grandpa Lloyd’s case it’s not what you know but who you blow. I wonder if the bitter taste still in his mouth is Bo.
God knows, we’ve gone through that down here with the coach Bryant. For a while, if you buffed the Bear’s car you were qualified to coach the Tide.
March 16th, 2007 at 10:57 am
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Brewster Crew says:
That’s how Glen Mason got the Minnesota job in 1997. The idiots in the AD’s office had a discussion about who was a great coach. Woody Hayes’ name came up, but after hiring a headhunter to find him (and an extensive, costly search) they found out he was in fact dead. But somebody read in a newspaper somewhere that Glen Mason had played for Woody Hayes once. That was enough for the morons, and thus began a 10 year misadventure.
I still don’t understand how Lloyd has .5 of a Championship despite having ALL THAT FREAKING TALENT and all the resources he has available at scUM. It boggles the mind.
March 16th, 2007 at 11:12 am
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Jeremy says:
You forgot the icy glare, like a grandfather, waiting for you to realize that kids can’t talk to old men like that anymore, boy, barely masking his burning desire to take you out of the conference room and box your ears.
That said,
#5:
NCAA D1-A Football over the last 10 years (as of 12/06 because I’m lazy):
1.Ohio St. 97-27 .7823
2.Michigan 96-27 .7805
3.Texas 96-29 .7680
4.Miami FL 93-29 .7623
5.Va Tech 95-30 .7600
6.Fla St. 95-31 .7540
7.Tenn 93-31 .7500
8.Oklahoma 94-32 .7460
9.Florida 92-32 .7419
10.USC 90-34 .7258
So Lloyd Carr has the most wins and best winning percentage for any coach who’s been at the same school the last 10 years.
March 16th, 2007 at 11:22 am
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mark says:
Brewster Crew:
Here are some reasons:
1. The BCS
2. Urban Meyer
3. Soft zone coverage
4. Troy Goddamn Smith
lol@”scUM.” You should try spelling “Lloyd” with more than one L too — lol!!
March 16th, 2007 at 11:25 am
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Geaux Irish says:
Ten bucks Arrington sits out 1 game of the 2007 season….
…which would be the opener against the HOT! HOT! HOT! lower tiered team from App. State.
March 16th, 2007 at 11:39 am
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PJ from NU in SF says:
I saw something to this effect in yesterday’s Detroit Freep. The paper quotes Carr as saying that Arrington, Butler and Eugene Germany are “possible, but not probable” for fall. Since Arrington’s name was off the list of starters, I would imagine that he is back in the doghouse. The courts may have dropped the domestic violence charges from last year, but I’m sure that Arrington was told to keep his nose clean, or else.
Welcome to Else.
On a side note, Mike P., what are you smoking? Fitz may well turn out to be a good coach, but I’ll put him in the same class as Lloyd if and only if he still has the job in 2017, and he has at least 1 undisputed Big Ten championship. Until then, he’s another Francis Peay.
March 16th, 2007 at 12:02 pm
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Mike P. says:
Just playing off the joke by Brewcrew.
March 16th, 2007 at 12:09 pm
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Brian @ MGoBlog says:
Let’s restrict the use of the term “joke” to something that could be found funny.
March 16th, 2007 at 12:35 pm
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Brewster Crew says:
What, ripping on Lloyd Carr for what appears to be a commitment to lax discipline and an inability to win a (whole) national title despite the fact that he doesn’t have to actually recruit people to Michigan (the name does that itself) isn’t funny?
I always thought it was. Maybe I’m looking at things all wrong. Maybe Richard Pryor wasn’t funny, too. Up is down, black is white, and Hillary Clinton is a viable candidate for president…
Nope, ripping on the ineptitude that is Lloyd Carr is still funny.
March 16th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
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maskedavenger says:
Brewster Crew: I don’t think Brian was pointing at your jealousy-laden tirade as the joke, I believe he was referring to Mike P.’s response.
March 16th, 2007 at 2:49 pm
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JLo says:
In Re: MaskedAvenger’s first post, was the difference between Arrington and Butler’s treatment that you’re referring to that Arrington was left of the list of returning starters while Butler was on the list? If that’s the case, I don’t believe Arrington was considered a starter last year, it was Breaston and Manningham at WR. So, that wouldn’t necessarily be a sign that he’s off the team or anything.
March 16th, 2007 at 3:32 pm
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Gill Hamper says:
So Florida allows Marcus Thomas to play for smoking pot and allows Jarvis Moss for smoking pot but Michigan will kick a guy off the team after his first offense.
Lets this be a lesson for Urbie. Standards matter. I am a UF graduate but think Urban is as dirty as they come and hope he does not run the Bowden model. Please change Urbie. When by coaching not bending rules.
March 16th, 2007 at 4:44 pm
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matt says:
give me lloyd any day of the week over the media dorks that pass for geniuses these days.
and to brewster – scoreboard, fuckface.
March 16th, 2007 at 5:38 pm
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El Caballo de Sangre says:
Jeez – the UM guys are a little tetchy these days, aren’t they? Fuckface? Really?
Oh, and hey, Brian, glad to see you took enough time away from pimping Xavier to drop into this thread, but that nerdy middle-school semi-burn was the best you could come up with? You shouldn’t have bothered.
March 17th, 2007 at 9:55 pm
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Brewster Crew says:
Jealousy? Probably. Why wouldn’t I be jealous when there were two programs on relatively (Yes, Michigan has almost always been better) equal footing until about 1960, when one decided to keep it’s committment to athletics (football in particular) and the other decided to go cheap. But I’m jealous of the program, not the coach. I have a distaste for every coach who wastes immense ammounts of talent, such as Carr, Cooper, Coker, Fulmer, [Name Redacted], and to a lesser extent, Mason (Say what you will, but Maroney, Barber III, Two AA O-linemen, and an AA-TE who specializes in helping people see through their earhole should be enough to get you to a New Years Day bowl game instead of Nashville and El Paso.).
March 19th, 2007 at 9:02 am