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Posted by Russ on 1/26/2008, 9:28 pm, in reply to "Re: RRs letter to EP"
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Agreed. If he's successful at UM he may try a jump to the NFL. Like Pat White he definitely needs that type of QB (Pryor for instance). Rod did good but having Pat as QB definitely elevated his "system" to its highest level. As one article pointed out...the coach is good but it's the QB that makes the system. Notable QB's that fit the mold...Major Harris, Michael "dog killer" Vick, and of course my favorite, Pat White. Anyway, as a Michigan fan co-worker of mine said..."He's got 2 years to beat Ohio State and only 1 year to turn the team around". Basically the first year is the "mulligan", year 2 is the make or break year.
On different note, if he thinks WVU fans, alumni etc have high expectations...just wait to see what the UM donors have to say.
--Previous Message--
: I think that RR was looking to leave
: before the Pitt game. I feel that he
: will only last 3 or 4 years at UM. His
: whole planis predicated on getting
: Terrell as the qb. If he doesn't then
: it is going to be tough for him. It
: will also be interesting to see if he
: signs the contract with UM as they also
: have a 4 M buyout in the first year.
: And if they will give him the same
: things that he wanted at WVU.
:
: --Previous Message--
: Good post! Interesting response by
: Rod.
: If the university upheld their end of
: the contract then Rod's got to pay in
: my opinion. I guess the courts will
: decide. I will say this, if the
: Michigan job wasn't available Rod would
: still be at WVU. Agree or disagree,
: the things he mentioned are small
: items. Personally, the way he left and
: the way he had the clandestine meeting
: with Michigan was pretty crappy. He
: wanted to go, especially after the Pitt
: loss, and he's looking for a way to get
: out of the 4 mil. I think he was just
: looking for an excuse to get out of
: Dodge after Pitt.
:
: --Previous Message--
: Mr. Ed Pastilong
:
: Athletic Director
:
: West Virginia University
:
: P.O. Box 0877
:
: Morgantown, WV 26502
:
: Mr. Pastilong:
:
: On my resignation letter dated December
: 18, 2007, I did not list some of the
: reasons for my resignation. It was not
: until I read that lawsuit against me by
: the West Virginia University Board of
: Governors did I realize that I needed
: to put in writing my reasons that I
: felt that West Virginia University has
: material and substantial breaches in
: our Agreement.
:
: On Page 6 of the lawsuit (Article 17)
: it mentions that the University and I
: mutually understood and agreed on all
: the terms, conditions and
: understandings either oral and or
: written. It also mentioned that any
: further modification or amendment was
: effective only if made in writing and
: signed by both parties. This is not
: true - several issues were promised and
: discussed and were oral agreements that
: I thought would be upheld. Verbal
: promises and statements made by Mike
: Garrison, Craig Walker and several
: Board of Governor members were a factor
: in my agreeing to sign the second
: amendment. They include:
:
: a) Mike Garrison stated that he did not
: believe in buyouts and that if I wanted
: to leave that "the buyout would be
: reduced to 2 million or eliminated
: altogether". He knew I did not
: want to sign it with the large buyout
: but assured me that as soon as he took
: office he would address it. I told him
: the four million buyout was unfair and
: Garrison agreed but said the Board of
: Governors would not change it at the
: time due to publicity concerns (the
: University leaked the term sheet
: information to the press in violation
: of the Agreement. I was also misled
: when I was told when I originally
: agreed to sign the term sheet in
: December that the boosters who paid my
: salary "insisted" that I have
: the four million dollar buyout clause.
: I have found out that this was not
: true.)
:
: b) I told Garrison that I knew everyone
: was under pressure to get me to sign
: the contract (I was getting calls by
: Board Members, the President and the
: Governor.) I told him I was not
: comfortable signing it with the buyout
: clause and other issues but Garrison
: said it would be a personal favor for
: him and several Board Members and said
: I needed to do it to help Garrison's
: start as the new President.
:
: c) I raised specific issues regarding
: football operations and was verbally
: promised by Garrison and Board Members
: that these would be taken care of as
: soon as Garrison took office in
: September. These included:
:
: 1. Student-Athlete textbooks
: 2. Control over funds given to the
: football program (specifically 1100
: club funds which were misappropriated
: several times.)
:
: 3. Assistant coaches salaries and the
: urgency to get this done by November.
:
: 4. A $5.00 fee paid by high school
: coaches for each home game (other
: schools do not charge high school
: coaches).
:
: 5. How we could utilize strength
: graduate assistant coaches for our
: development program like other
: institutions. Both Craig Walker and
: Mike Garrison said the
: "operational issues"
: described above were
: "philosophical and
: no-brainers."
:
: d. I was promised by several Board
: Members that my request for a football
: website that I wanted would happen once
: the new President took office. It was
: clearly stated I wanted this by
: November to help assistant salaries and
: that I wanted to be pro-active rather
: than reactive in December or January.
: They said if the money did not come
: from the website it would come from
: other sources.
:
: e. The second contract amendment
: includes language for starting the
: Puskar Center Locker Room. During the
: fall, you came to my office in the
: middle of the season and said that
: project was off because of a lack of
: funds. No alternative plan or
: resolution was presented - just the
: fact it would not be built as promised
: unless "all the checks were
: in." Later, Larry Ashebrook
: personally solicited pledges for the
: funds you said we needed on his own
: accord.
:
: f. As a means to create future revenue,
: I was promised that a request for
: proposal regarding our
: TV/Radio/Marketing would be out by
: October and it was yet to be submitted
: - to my knowledge.
:
: g. Prior to my resignation, I met with
: Craig Walker, Mike Garrison and you on
: these issues. I spoke of the verbal
: agreements made in August 2007 and the
: handshake that was intended to get me
: to sign the contract. Each of you
: stated that everything has been done
: already and gave me a
: "No-No-No-No" response (not a
: maybe or we'll discuss) to the issues.
: My last meeting with Mike Garrison on
: Saturday night, December 15th was even
: more direct and he reiterated that he
: had done "all he could" at
: this point. There was an obvious lack
: of communication and discontent between
: the Athletic Department and President's
: Office last year. I was promised this
: would all change and the
: "environment" would be
: "much better" according to
: President Garrison. Unfortunately, the
: working environment became much worse.
:
: It is very unfortunate that the
: University and Governor have escalated
: this situation through the media with
: the filing of a lawsuit rather than
: having better efforts at a resolution.
: This action by the West Virginia
: officials has caused threats to be made
: to my family and damage and destruction
: of some of my family's property. The
: University apparently wants more
: details as to its breaches and bad
: faith, so I felt I had to respond. Many
: of these situations were in the
: presence of others who can verify the
: truthfulness of these statements and
: events.
:
: Sincerely,
:
: Rich Rodriguez
:
: cc: Mike Garrison
:
: Craig Walker
:
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