Argh

There's a segment of the Michigan football fanbase that liked Rich Rodriguez and thought he was submarined by elements within the program. Some think Lloyd Carr should have been more vocal in his support for Rodriguez and others think he was Captain Nemo of the proverbial submarine.

HOF '11 doesn't do himself any favors with this:

Lloyd Carr on ESPN 970: Michigan will compete in Big Ten with consistent defense, bigger players

He's right about the defense part. He MIGHT even be right about the needing bigger players part. Probably not, but it's possible. What's interesting is that I did some research (research=thinking) about the guys Michigan ran out there last year and how they came to be Wolverines in the first place.

While many argue about whether the Michigan offense was actually any good last year, there's no question that the defense was horrifically bad. SInce the team won 7 games, the offense must have done something right. Anyway, here were your 2010 opening day starters vs. UConn on D:

DE: Ryan Van Bergen (Carr)
NT: Mike Martin (Carr)
DE: Greg Banks (Carr)
WLB: Jonas Mouton (Carr)
MLB: Obi Ezeh (Carr)
SLB: Craig Roh (RR)
Spur: Carvin Johnson (RR)
CB: J.T. Floyd (Carr)
CB: James Rogers (Carr)
FS: Cam Gordon (RR)
SS: Jordan Kovacs (walk-on, RR)

7 of 11 of the too small, not consistent, guys were recruited by Lloyd Carr. Hmmm. As I said, Lloyd might be right but then again perhaps he should take some of the blame?