Rich Rodriguez–King of Insensitive Analogies

Published on: 4th December, 2009 @ 1:09 pm by JeffG

Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez said a few words the other night at the 89th Annual Detroit Football Bust in Livonia, and much of what he said was in reference to his team, something, something, adversity.

Oh, he then went on to compare his team to Hurricane Katrina, or something ignorant like that.

No seriously.

“It’s really kind of ironic that the New Orleans Saints overcame the hurricane a few years back,” Rodriguez said, referring to Hurricane Katrina, which damaged large sections of the Gulf Coast in 2005. “I used to live and coach in New Orleans for a couple years, and I know how devastated that city is and how they overcome and rebuild the stadium and rebuild the program.”

“And we’ve had a few hurricanes of our own. We had a big hurricane in August, and it kind of hit us like a ton of bricks. But you had 120 young men and a bunch of people on the staff that said this is not going to tear our program apart.”

Well done RichRod.  I’m not sure what’s more appalling…comparing the NCAA’s investigation into your program to one of the most devastating and catastrophic natural disasters in history, or your misuse of the word ‘ironic.’

At least he didn’t make reference to 9/11…yet. [Freep, Image]

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