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Carr drives away from Ann Arbor
Posted by Fired Fred on November 19, 2007 4:26 PM
I saw this coming at the beginning of September after the Wolverines took the biggest loss ever in the history of college football. Losing at home to Appalachian State didn't end the Michigan season even though no one knew it at the time.
Getting waxed by Oregon didn't end their season either, and no one knew nearly every other team in college football would lose bizarre games all season long.
Then Lloyd Carr's team lost to Ohio State again. 1-6 in the last seven years against the chief rival doesn't make wealthy, capricious alumni willing to part with millions of dollars in donations to the good old boy endowment fund.
The guy did have a national championship under his belt. Not everyone believed he should have been pushed into retirement...
One doesn't get the sense that Michigan fans are sad to see Lloyd Carr ride off into the coaching sunset. They might appreciate the man, but the coach in Lloyd Carr is receiving incredibly short shrift from the Wolverine fan base and the larger community of college football commentators and analysts.Coach was making about $347,000 a year, so unless he spent it all on Magic the Gathering booster packs he should be ok.
There was another college football coach getting fired today, Guy Morriss at Baylor, but no one cares about Baylor football.