Do you want to know what makes me more upset then a terrible 4th and 1 call?

You know I have been pimping the book 3 and Out by John Bacon.  He was asked a number of questions from the readers of Mgoblog and is responding to them in a series of posts on the top Michigan Blog. 

Here is an excerpt from one of those posts which makes my blood boil: 

The Rodriguez reign was fatally damaged by two main causes: the harm done by detractors inside and outside the program, and his own missed opportunities – from PR problems to those seven lost match points in 2009 and 2010, any one of which would probably have been enough to deliver him to a new era when he could focus more on football than survival. In particularly, I believe the 2009 game against Illinois, which blew up when Michigan failed to score on a first and goal from the one-yard line, marked the Continental Divide of the Rodriguez Era.

So, it’s not true that Rodriguez had no chance. He had seven. It is true, however, that his chances were greatly diminished by detractors inside and outside the program.

Assigning blame essentially boils down to weighing the factors above. But on one crucial point – really, the most important of all – there is absolutely no shade of gray whatsoever. Rodriguez, his staff, and his players (after the 2008 team graduated) worked extraordinarily hard to win every game.

Some powerful insiders, however, were working just as hard to see them fail. That is not a matter of degree. It’s a clear-cut, black-and-white difference – something I have never seen in all my years researching Michigan’s long and admirable history. But the people who suffered the most were the least to blame: the players.

Let me understand this;  you use your power, influence and money to help destroy the program that you love?  You actively work to hurt that program because you don't agree on the hire of the head coach?

Let me be 100% clear:   You love and support this program un-conditionally a 110%  or you can get the Hell OUT!   I am not saying you have to agree with everything that happens in the program, I sure haven't.   Everyone has the right to their own opinion, what I'm talking about is different. 

I don't care if you were a coach for Michigan, attended Michigan, played for Michigan or lived in Ann Arbor your entire life.  If you proactively try to hurt the program for any reason, you need to get the Hell Out and should never be welcomed back to Schembechler Hall ever!  

Congratulations Insiders!  Your plan worked, RR is gone and so is his staff.   It only cost us, 3 seasons and the hard work of 100 young men where their only reward was a butt whipping in Jacksonville.   As John points out above, the people that were really hurt in this process were the players.

I am happy where the program is headed but I don't think we needed to ruin lives to get here, I really don't.  If Bo was alive he would never have let this happen, never!