And it is so

Lloyd Carr, now officially retired will drag the Michigan team to some forgettable bowl game in some forgettable city where he will inevitably coach the same way he always has and in turn lose his last bowl game.

Oh and, Michigan will make their opponent look like all-Americans in the process, i.e. Nebraska. Before Michigan played the Cornholers in the bowl game they were just another big name team that went into the crapper. Then all of the sudden they beat Big Bad Michigan and are shot into the national spotlight and every crank sports writer started yelling "The Blackshirts are Back"! While back on the this planet Nebraska was really another suck a** team that bad Michigan coaching let beat.

So all the "LLLLloyd" and "Fire Lloyd" people are surely popping little party favors now that he is retired but then when all the Keystone Light is gone and all the party poppers are spent, they are left with, Now What? Well lets see, a fairly incompetent AD that will most likely not get the ideal replacement coach and probably keep Debord the Hut (which would be tragic).

So we fans still have another "game" to endure before candidate names are leaked out to the press so in respect to Bo I will not wimper but shout a GO BLUE! regardless.

Thank God they didn't make it back to the Rose Bowl, i would have had to drag my sorry rear to Pasadena and endure another pathetic showing.

Times are changing, lets hope they are for the better.

Lloyd Carr to Retire Monday

AP Article: Michigan coach Carr to step down after 13 seasons with Wolverines

Motivation, Rumor, Conjecture?

Article:
Carr has a shot to go out on top, if this is it for him at Michigan
By LARRY LAGE, AP Sports Writer

Todd / Maize and Blue Blog

13 years as head coach of the Wolverines. At times I have wanted nothing more then for Lloyd Carr to retire, get fired or just wake the heck up.

I do feel at this point the buzz around this possibly being Lloyd's last season as head coach is just that, buzz. I do not see him leaving the job. The only scenario I can see him leaving this season is if the Wolverines tank, and have a 7-6 season.

I do think it is a good motivational tool for the kids on the team, if they indeed think that Lloyd may be leaving this could give them that extra push to try to give him a championship send off.

On the chat boards most of the talk about Lloyd is unfounded and just plain rumor, just like 80% of the sports related Internet chatter.

As far as sports writers it is pure conjecture. The writers really have nothing to lose in the situation if he leaves they made a good call if he stays there is always a reason or an excuse as to why he stayed. How many years have the writers thrown around the JoPA retirement stories?

At this point, if he stays or goes I really don't care. All I ask for is a strong season with a win over Ohio State and a Bowl game win. The Michigan mystique is still strong but has suffered some tarnishing over the past few years with road failings, way too many losses to the varmint in the red sweater vest, as well as 4 straight bowl losses. Lloyd needs to bring out the polish, or hand the reigns off to a new head coach.

GO BLUE!