Timone
04-25-2011, 11:15 AM
Rich Rodriguez regrets leaving West Virginia for Michigan, the former Wolverines coach said during an interview with CBSSports.com Friday.
Rodriguez came to Michigan in 2008 after posting a 60-26 record, including two BCS bowl appearances, in seven seasons at West Virginia. At Michigan, he went 15-22, including 6-18 in the Big Ten, before being fired after the 2010 season.
Rodriguez currently is serving as guest analyst on "Inside College Football: Draft Special" on the CBS Sports Network.
"I think it's easy to go back now and say, 'Gee, made a mistake.' And you can say that now because of hindsight," Rodriguez said in the interview. "But at the time, some of the things I was looking to do and the opportunity that was there, you kind of make the move.
"The frustrating part for us was that we thought we battled through the tougher times to get it to this point where we had a lot of the team coming back and we thought we were getting ready to take off. But you know hindsight is always easier to look back and say, 'It was a mistake.' Because we did have a good thing going at West Virginia, and we really enjoyed it. As you look back at it, wasn't the best move. Easy to say now."
From The Detroit News: http://detnews.com/article/20110422/SPORTS0201/104220432/Report--Rich-Rodriguez-says-going-to-Michigan-‘a-mistake’#ixzz1KY3JkyRB
Rodriguez came to Michigan in 2008 after posting a 60-26 record, including two BCS bowl appearances, in seven seasons at West Virginia. At Michigan, he went 15-22, including 6-18 in the Big Ten, before being fired after the 2010 season.
Rodriguez currently is serving as guest analyst on "Inside College Football: Draft Special" on the CBS Sports Network.
"I think it's easy to go back now and say, 'Gee, made a mistake.' And you can say that now because of hindsight," Rodriguez said in the interview. "But at the time, some of the things I was looking to do and the opportunity that was there, you kind of make the move.
"The frustrating part for us was that we thought we battled through the tougher times to get it to this point where we had a lot of the team coming back and we thought we were getting ready to take off. But you know hindsight is always easier to look back and say, 'It was a mistake.' Because we did have a good thing going at West Virginia, and we really enjoyed it. As you look back at it, wasn't the best move. Easy to say now."
From The Detroit News: http://detnews.com/article/20110422/SPORTS0201/104220432/Report--Rich-Rodriguez-says-going-to-Michigan-‘a-mistake’#ixzz1KY3JkyRB