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<blockquote data-quote="MikeRafone" data-source="post: 129390020" data-attributes="member: 1482681">The only basis for WVU to have planned to fire Rich prior to the game would be that he was in violation of his then new contract by having his agent enter negotiations with Michigan and was preparing to leave.Successful coaches don't get fired for simply being a horse's ***. If that was the case, Woody Hayes and Bob Knight would have had very short careers. You've got to do something in violation of your contract or university policy to put your head in the noose.If negotiations with Michigan were on, Rich paddled himself up the proverbial creek. He has no one else to blame.And no, Rich didn't throw the game. He choked.&nbsp; If he'd got to the NC, he could have twisted both Michigan and WVU's balls in negotiations. Instead he dropped the paddle and had to be airlifted out of the creek and away from Morgantown that night. It's likely the pressure of that double game was too much for him.Rich isn't the brightest guy in the world, or the mentally toughest. What other type of man in his 40's calls his Mom in to back up him up when he gets caught in a pack of lies heading out the door? Just Rich Rodiguez, the Eric Cartman of college football.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MikeRafone, post: 129390020, member: 1482681"] The only basis for WVU to have planned to fire Rich prior to the game would be that he was in violation of his then new contract by having his agent enter negotiations with Michigan and was preparing to leave. Successful coaches don't get fired for simply being a horse's ***. If that was the case, Woody Hayes and Bob Knight would have had very short careers. You've got to do something in violation of your contract or university policy to put your head in the noose. If negotiations with Michigan were on, Rich paddled himself up the proverbial creek. He has no one else to blame. And no, Rich didn't throw the game. He choked. If he'd got to the NC, he could have twisted both Michigan and WVU's balls in negotiations. Instead he dropped the paddle and had to be airlifted out of the creek and away from Morgantown that night. It's likely the pressure of that double game was too much for him. Rich isn't the brightest guy in the world, or the mentally toughest. What other type of man in his 40's calls his Mom in to back up him up when he gets caught in a pack of lies heading out the door? Just Rich Rodiguez, the Eric Cartman of college football. [/QUOTE]

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