Even though it is yet to be confirmed it seems true that Lloyd Carr is planning on announcing his retirement after the Ohio State loss this weekend. As we already know after being four year starters Chad Henne and Mike Hart are leaving Michigan for the NFL The teams they have been apart of have had talent and were expected to do great things. However they are another loss to OSU and bowl loss away for being 0h-fours and one of the most underachieving teams ever.
Lets’s take a look at their time together.
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9/4/2004 - Henne, Hart, Carr Era Begins By Thumping Miami Ohio
9/11/2004 - Close Loss @ Notre Dame 28-20
9/25/2004 - Smoked #24 Iowa
10/9/2004 - Skated by #13 Minnesota
10/23/2004 - Sneaked by #12 Purdon’t
11/20/2004 - Blowout @ OSU 37-21
1/1/2005 - Last Second Rose Bowl Loss to Texas
9/10/2005 - #20 ND Shocks UM 17-10
9/17/2005 - Buried Directional Michigan
9/24/2005 - Loss @ Wisconsin
10/1/2005 - Won @ #11 MSU
10/15/2005 - Beat #8 PSU
10/29/2005 - Hammered #21 Northwestern
11/19/2005 - Lost to OSU
12/28/2005 - Lost to Nebraska
9/2/2006 - (2006) Beat Vandy
9/9/2006 - Dominated Directional Michigan
9/16/2006 - Thumped ND 47-21
10/7/2006 - Crushed MSU
10/14/2006 - Beat PSU
11/17/2006 - Bo Schembechler Passes
11/18/2006 - #2 UM loses 42-39 @ #1 OSU
12/3/2006 - No BCS NC Rematch Against OSU
1/1/2007 - Embarrassed by USC in the Rose Bowl 32-18
9/1/2007 - Lost to 1aa Appalachian State
9/8/2007 - Embarrassed by Oregon 39-7
9/15/2007 - Smashed ND 38-0
9/22/2007 - Close Win versus #10 PSU
10/1/2007 - Beat-up on lowly Big Ten
10/10/2007 - Rested Henne and Hart in Loss @ Wisconsin
11/17/2007 - Ohio State ?
However, a win against OSU on Saturday will wipe away the last 4 years of mediocrity and let all three guys go out on top (at least until they lose their bowl game).
5 responses so far ↓
1 Simon // Nov 14, 2007 at 9:06 am
Losing to Nebraska in the piss poor bowl or losing to App St. was their worst moment. Getting thumped by USC was mostly their secondaries fault. There is certainly a downward move from the Rose Bowl to App St. at the very least.
2 Steven // Nov 14, 2007 at 6:05 pm
Or maybe they were just colossally overrated to begin with and achieved precisely what their talent and coaching ability should have allowed for?
3 cgb // Nov 14, 2007 at 7:06 pm
I dont think that is the case though. Hart and Long are legit first rounders and Henne will probably go there as well. Leon Hall, Braylon Edwards and Marlin Jackson all were first rounders too. Carr recruits like an animal and gets top talent. They just never win the big game and always lose one game that you just have to shake your head at.
4 allonthefield // Nov 14, 2007 at 9:59 pm
I think losing to OSU last November had to be one of the most disappointing losses for Michigan. Somehow, it seems like things would be different if they had won that game. Better recruits, probably some more momentum coming into this season, and I’m guessing Lloyd Carr wouldn’t be on the verge of quitting.
5 Simon // Nov 15, 2007 at 10:42 am
1998: Tom Brady, Steve Huthinson, Jerame Tuman, Tai Streets, David Terrell, Jon Jansen, Sam Sword, Dhani Jones, Ian Gold
Loss to Notre Dame, Syracuse & Ohio St.
Sure it’s disappointing losing to Ohio St. and bowl games every year with talent, but it’s not like this is the first time it’s ever happened in the Carr era and they have been to 2 Rose Bowls in 4 years with the potential of a third rather than the zero trips to the Rose Bowl from 98-2002. So the Henne Hart Long years haven’t exactly been failures, the expectations, including mine, have obviously been too high.
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