Another thread got me reminiscing about the days when M*ch*g*n was Jim Tressel's personal whipping post, but was still coached by a worthy opponent in Lloyd "I don't take crap from sportscasters" Carr. Specifically, I was searching for a video of a halftime interview I'll never forget, which according to the one reference I could find out there in the interweb, was during the 2003 edition of "The Game."
And the one time that he didn't in front of a national audience was hilarious. In the 2003 game against OSU, Michigan ran out to a lead of something like 21-7 and got the ball at the very end of the first half on about their own 40. Carr ordered his guys to take a knee to kill the clock and get to halftime with a two-touchdown lead.
On live TV, Jack Arute grabs Carr for a quick halftime interview. The entire thing went like this:
ARUTE: With a two-touchdown lead, why not take a strike toward the end zone?
CARR: (caught totally off-guard, glares at Arute) Why in the hell would you ask me a stupid question like that?
ARUTE (unperturbed): With a two-touchdown lead, why not take a strike toward the end zone?
CARR: (glares at Arute some more, shakes his head, and walks off)
I'm not entirely certain it was the 2003 edition, because I could have sworn OSU was winning going into the half of whichever game I'm remembering, but the exchange above is exactly how I remember the conversation going... Arute sort of floundered off camera as Carr gave him the "you're a dumb@$$" look, and the guys in the booth kind of took it from there.
Anyone else remember this, and even better, know where we can find video evidence to enjoy?
I only remember Carr providing a pretty steady supply of gold pants to the Bucks during his tenure.
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Lloyd certainly had the best halftime interviews. I'm surprised no one has done a youtube compilation.
Those who stay will be CHAMPIONS!
~Bo Schembechler
That would be awesome! I nominate you to take charge of this important project...
I think this vid has pieces:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUu8Nnq5yb0
Good ol' Lloyd. He made it so easy to hate him. :) Glad Tressel ran him out.
Tressel certainly helped him find the exit, but it was ultimately App St and Oregon in 2007 that sealed the deal. Man, I bet the Michigan brass is so happy they were able to replace him with a quality coach like Richy.
Those who stay will be CHAMPIONS!
~Bo Schembechler
LOL....that right there is funny! I don't care who ya are.....LOL Richy.....LOL
Man, that Appalachian state game... I can't even imagine what that must've been like for you guys.
And the latest great one. :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPxPSzz0LBY
I had forgotten about this, but yeah I remember watching this exchange between Carr & Arute. It absolutely cracked me up. I love a good coach interview, and this was a gem. I loved that Arute re-asked the question after getting the "Why the hell...?" response from Carr . And the look Carr game Arute before walking away shaking his head, was priceless.
The video of Carr and his "dumb question" response is priceless, but that's still not the one I was thinking of, because that's not Jack Arute doing the interview in the clip posted above... I swear that it was one of the (many) games we won, and UM was down going into the locker room and Carr was ticked...
It's in the Uncle Lloyd clip that Razr posted a link to at 10:20. It's split, but if you watch it all the way through, it's word for word what you're remembering. It looked like it was the 2003 game at Michigan that he actually won.
Those who stay will be CHAMPIONS!
~Bo Schembechler
I saw the clip, and it's remarkably like the one I'm remembering - it's word for word the one I posted about, but now that I saw the clip, that transcript wasn't actually the game I remember watching, because Lloyd really laid into Arute (who was not the guy holding the mic in the clip)... Gosh, I hope that made some semblance of sense...
I never hated Lloyd Carr. I thought he was a formidable opponent and an all around good guy. Rich Rod wasn't fit to shine his shoes let alone fill them.
I respected certain things about LLLLLoyd, but he was also grumpy and whined incessantly to the officials. Sure, one could argue that he worked hard on behalf of his team and that maybe the whining paid dividends. For fans of opposing teams, though, the whining undermined the respect he otherwise earned for his admirable qualities.
The game in '05 against PSU, he argued for one second to be put back on the clock. They did and Henne scored. In a game of inches and seconds I hope UM whines too. The hell with what the opposing teams think
Fair enough. It might depend on the officials' personalities, though - some officials will react sympathetically to whining and complaining; others will react in the opposite direction.
Also, if a coach rarely gets into officials' faces, but reacts very strongly to one or a few plays in particular, maybe the officials think, "hey, I probably screwed that one up . . ." Whereas if the coach always complains, it's a cry wolf syndrome.
Anyway, as a Michigan hater, LLLLLoyd's constant whining annoyed me, but you're right that I was biased.
I'm pretty sure that was the year we lost to them (I love that aside from 2011, I can say in recent times that was THE year we lost to them). I vaguely remember we were actually somehow poised to possibly poke into the NC game again, but lost to scUM.
That made me hate Lllllllloyd a little bit more because I work with a guy who is as crotchety and arrogant as him.
Hahahaha this was the best thing about Carr.
Also, Jackaroo deserved that dismissive answer he was the worst with his stupid hats
Taquitos.
I remember it. They went to the studio and John Saunders ripped him.