UA Introduces Rich Rodriguez as New Head Football Coach

Rich Rodriguez was introduced as Arizona's new head coach at a news conference at McKale Memorial Center on Nov. 22. Previously, Rodriguez was head coach at Michigan from 2008 to 2010 and at West Virginia from 2001 to 2007. He has served as a football analysis for CBS Sports over the last year.

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[flashback1341]

This Guy has been staying in a 700 dollar hotel room for 3 months. An the ua is probably paying for it.

[wolverine58]

Good luck cats you can HAVE him LOL

[ThoseWhoStayUofM]

@BenjaminIsMyName I never said the spread offense doesn't work in the Big 10. I said the 3-3-5 defense doesn't work in the Big 10. In 2010, the spread offense worked for Michigan just fine. We were one of the best offenses in the country statistically last year. The 3-3-5 defense, however, was one of the worst defenses in the country. It's because we were using it in the Big 10, where the teams with big athletic players run power.

[BenjaminIsMyName]

@ThoseWhoStayUofM Well, yes I get what you are saying. But Northwestern runs a spread, and it works for them. Only problem with Northwestern is they don't have a defense.

[ThoseWhoStayUofM]

@BenjaminIsMyName The 3-3-5 defense was designed for one purpose and one purpose only: to defeat the spread offense. That is what it does. It aligns athletic players in such a way that they are capable of stopping screen passes without leaving vertical seams in the middle of the field. It is therefore intuitively obvious why the 3-3-5 defense will work in the Pac 12 but fail in the Big 10. Do you understand now?

[BenjaminIsMyName]

@ThoseWhoStayUofM Brady Hoke runs a 3-3-5. Now you're going to tell me that doesn't work? What?!?!?

[statixman1]

Have fun with him. He doesn't emphasize defense, you will win in the pac 12 but he was doomed in a defense heavy big 10.

[GoongalaGoongala]

@ThoseWhoStayUofM Yep, works in the conference except for against USC. 

[GoongalaGoongala]

RichRod never emphasized the rivalry with Ohio State, the biggest in all of sports, but hes going to emphasize Arizona's tiny little regional rivalry with Arizona state?! Hmmn. Rich Rod either is learning from his mistakes or is simply giving everyone lip service.

[fluffynoses]

i'm a michigan fan but i only wish rich rod well at arizona. i'm a little bitter that he led michigan through some of the most embarrassing years in history...but it's time to move on and i hope rich rod does a good job at arizona

if arizona and rich rod want to win though...you gotta get rid of greg robinson asap b/c he's a moronic defensive coordinator