<p>Umm Mallett wasn’t driven out by RR. Rich Rod offered him to stay. Rich Rod told him what kind of offense he plays and offered him to stay, but RR knew that Mallett doesn’t fit in well. Mallett is a pocket quarterback. RR’s offense uses a running quarterback (hence why Robinson is really good at RR’s offense). Mallet chose to leave because he didn’t want to change. Both RR and Mallett recognized this. Had Mallett stayed, we would probably not be any better. Sure he can throw, but with RR offense, he wouldn’t perform as well as Robinson does. This would essentially make Robinson starter, and Mallett back up. Which would lead him to transfer (oops, that’s what he did, but just without becoming a backup).
ESPN has a little Myth Busting on this too:
[Myth</a> busting on Arkansas Razorback QB Ryan Mallett - ESPN](<a href=“LIVE Transfer Talk: Chelsea, Al Hilal eye swoop for Mbappe - ESPN”>Myth busting on Arkansas Razorback QB Ryan Mallett - ESPN)
I would also like to note that when RR took the job, our Michigan defense unfortunately was already deteriorating in the last years of Carr’s coaching career. It’s just that RR didn’t really improve the problem. You have to realize that every player that RR received when he became coach were trained to run Carr’s style of football. They all had to transition from pro to spread, something not every can do overnight. So that posed a challenge, Mallett leaving and having a weak starting quarterback really hurt. But look what Roundtree, Hemingway, Hopkins, Martin does. Our defense is young and that’s the problem. No other top teams uses the number of true freshmen as we do.</p>