Bob Huggins finally showed he had something in common with Rich Rodriguez Thursday — he fell flat on his face. Of course, Rodriguez has a healthy lead in that category, 474-1 by my calculation. Rodriguez scored again this week when he indirectly insulted former Michigan receiver Braylon Edwards by issuing the No. 1 jersey to a freshman defensive back. That’s a no-no.
Huggins, as we now know, is fine and for all the whacks to the head absorbed by Rodriguez, there remains a possibility he’ll be fine no matter if he wins or loses his lawsuit with WVU.
If Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez loses his $4 million court fight with his former employer, West Virginia University, his accountant has a firm idea of who should pay the money: Michigan.
The school should, “as an inducement to netting (Rodriguez) as a coach, make him whole on the transaction,” including any taxes involved, his CPA, David A. Hammack, of Maumee, Ohio, said in a memo.
“This would mean not only fronting the $4 million payment to WVU, but also grossing it up for Rich, since the $4 million would be part of his first-year compensation,” Hammack wrote to Rodriguez’s financial adviser, Mike Wilcox, on Dec. 13.
U-M doesn’t deny that could happen and perhaps this better explains Rodriguez’s passion to wage what seems like a losing battle. He’s playing with Big House money.
Onto the Feedback. As always, comments appear as posted. The one-liner that normally goes here was to be delivered by Chuck Storm, but he couldn’t make it.
jmbwvu said:
So an obvious supporter of RR overheard the “conversation†that took place at Garrison’s place. I wonder if a die hard WVU fan heard the same conversation if the words would come out the same? Good luck using that in court.
Of all the zany items obtained from Ed Pastiling’s deposition, this is atop the list. Rodriguez’s loyal video coordinator, Dusty Rutledge, he of “They fired Dusty!” fame from the Larry Aschebrook affidavit, is the key witness to Team Rodriguez’s assertion WVU made and broke verbal promises. Trouble is, if WVU did indeed fire Dusty — and in essence, WVU did — isn’t then he a clearly disgruntled former employee with an agenda testifying for … wait for it … a clearly disgruntled former employee with an agenda? Â
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