Michigan Football is better off without Carr. Not that Carr was a bad coach, but he was at the end of his term and needed to go. He wasn't adjusting to the changing field around him and it was starting to show. I wanted Les Miles at the time, but am glad we didn't get him as I have very large doubts as to his ability to do even as good as Rodrigues is right now.
The first year isn't Rodrigues fault. It's the AD's and the university for how it handled the coaching search. You could have put Saban in there and he wouldn't have won anything more than Rodrigues did.
Year two was an improvement over year one, though that's like saying the Lions are doing better this year. It's relative. The team was young and the players were either ingrained in a the previous system or just so green they couldn't perform. It was bound to fail and it did.
Year three is when I expected to see change. I have seen change. This is honestly one of the most explosive offenses I've ever seen. It's not just Shoelace. It's the line, the WR's the RB's. They all just perform at a different level. Considering most are very young this is very promising for our future. The defense sucks. I'm not sure if it's the RRod's problem yet or the DC. Rrod's not know for having the worlds strong D, so I think it's a little of both. The losses we've had have been disapointing to say the least. I didn't expect to win the whole season, but I didn't expect our losses to be so miserable. But even in the losses, our Offense has been a bright point. Even when they screw up, they still make a game of it. If our Defense wasn't a bunch of paper cutouts for the other teams receivers to run around this season would only have 2 losses. This is why I think he needs another year. Year one doesn't count, year two was doomed to fail the day Carr announced leaving, and this year has been an improvement with some lackluster performances. If next year we don't see something definitive, then can him. Do it early enough, quick enough, and decisive enough that we don't have another cluster fuck.
That being said. I'm quite alright with 3 years into the program going to a no name bowl. As MSU is quite familiar with them you're able to relate that it's the opportunity to go up. It took you guys long enough to get a decent team, so I'm not expecting us to take 30 years to do it, but we will be back to where we were and better off too. I forsee more opportunities for a NC with RRod than with Carr. And if 13 years into it he's losing to teams like App State, I'll gladly call for his head too.