Monday Presser 9-22-14: Doug Nussmeier
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Coach, can you talk about the tempo of the offense? Is it where you want it to be at this point?
“Obviously we’d like it to play a little faster. Right now our focus is playing right. Execution. We’ll worry about tempo later, and I think like we’ve said before we want to control the tempo of the game on offense, whether that’s to slow the game down or speed the game up.”
Doug, Brady said he’ll have a decision tomorrow on the starting quarterback. What’s going into that decision?
“Well, I think there’s a lot that goes into the decision of who plays quarterback and both guys have done an outstanding job of preparing and practicing and competing. It’s what we’ve talked about all along at every position on our team; we want to have competition and we want to compete and challenge every day.”
Whichever one is in there, I assume the turnover message has to be reinforced.
“Definitely. I mean, you start from base premise of what we talked about fro day one that we continue to talk about every day and until we get it right we’re going to continue to struggle. It’s the turnover margin. You can’t win football games when you lose it. It’s the one telling statistic in all of football over time. You lose the turnover margin week in and week out and you’re going to struggle to have a good football team.”
Doug, I guess at this point not knowing who the quarterback’s going to be what positives do you see? What could you do differently if Shane Morris were your starter?
“Well, I don’t know that you say you start all over and change your offense. No. You do the things that play to Shane’s strengths and Shane’s obviously a talented guy. Got a lot of arm strength. He is a young player like a lot of our players and learning, and Devin does- they both are similar in a lot of their style. Both you can see can make plays with their feet. Both have really good arms, and we feel really good about either one of those guys.”
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Doug, at Notre Dame Brady had said that Devin needed to ride it out and play the whole game because that was really important. Obviously the last two games you guys have taken him out later in the game. What’s the difference in the dynamic there in that decision?
“Well, I think that in the last game it was important for Devin to take a step back at that point in time after the interception and get a view from the sideline of what was going on. So we talked about, ‘Hey, take a step back.’ Sometimes it’s better when you can step back for a minute and you can see from the sideline view what’s going on and how the game’s developing, and for a quarterback sometimes when things aren’t going well and you’re being challenged for every yard like we were the other night things seem to speed up and a lot of times the picture’s not real clear. The reason to give Devin a chance to sit back and look at it and try to clear the picture for him.”
Doug, with Devin what is it that you focus on in terms of improving him like you would any other football player, but what with him specifically do you focus on and is there a problem in slowing the game down for him?
“Well, that’s my job and I’ve got to do a better job trying to slow the game down for him, and part of that is repetitions of the things that we’re doing and we’ve worked extremely hard at that. For Devin it’s tying his feet and his eyes to being in the right place at the right time and then making the right decisions.”
Doug, because maybe Morris and Gardner seem to have some different skills and I know some similar, could you look at…call it a platoon system or specialty plays for each one and not just have one set starter?
“Well, we’ve always had, since the start of the season, a plan for both guys to play. You always do. I think you’ve got to have a plan when you’ve got- when you look at a game in football you know there’s a chance your starting quarterback could get knocked out of the game, and you better have a plan for your backup and what he does well, what can he execute. Each guy- any quarterback at any level of football has plays that they like better than others so we’ve always had a plan. ‘Here are the plays. Devin, what do you like.’ And we always meet on that before the game, the night before the game. We talk through plays and [I ask], ‘What plays do you feel really good about, Devin?’ and ‘Shane, what plays do you feel really good about?’ so I have an idea going into the game where their mind is at.
Would you just want one starter or could you-
“Yeah, you want one starter.”
It looked like in the first half I think you guys looked Funchess’ way eight or nine times and I think only once after that. Did they take him away from you or what was the difference there?
“Well, it’s important that you look at the big picture of things and we tried to get it to Funch a little bit more and we had some things that happened to us, the sacks and those type of things and obviously we’re always looking for ways for Devin to touch the ball. He had the four touches in the first half, I think it was, for eighty-some yards and obviously we would have liked to get him more touches and that’s a focus of our offense each and every week. And yeah, we’d like to get him more touches. We had some that were called out and we just couldn’t get him the ball.”
I don’t know if this is a coincidence or not, but it seemed like every time you got across midfield there was normally a play that sent you backwards and kind of slowed things down. What do you attribute that to and how do you fix that?
“You know, it’s interesting. We talked about it and it’s been a recurring thing. Consistency in performance for our offense. You can take plays, a specific protection for example, that we run in the first half and we execute to get a big play, and we come back to the same protection versus the same pressure essentially and we get sacked because, and I talked about it last week, communication and being decisive versus their pressures and those types of things. Consistency in performance is where we’ve got to improve and coaches, players, we’re all in this together. It’s all of us together getting it corrected.”
Since it’s been a re-occuring thing do you just try to be consistent with the same message over and over and get into them or do you have to change the way you approach it with those guys?
“Well, one of the things that we’ve talked about that we need to make improvement in is making sure our scout team- and it’s one of those things that doesn’t get talked about a lot, but when you have a young team like we have offensively the pictures that they see Monday through Friday preparing them for Saturday, if those pictures aren’t exactly right and they’re a little bit off, it can skew young teams. Veteran teams, they’re usually able to overcome it because they’ve seen those blitzes or they’ve seen those looks over and over, and with a young team like we have offensively we’ve got to make sure those pictures are right. We’ve got to give them the pictures and then we’ve got to execute better.”
Coach, of course we’re playing for the Little Brown Jug on Saturday and you’re relatively new in town-
“I got my history lesson yesterday.”
Did you? That’s what I was going to ask you. Who gave you that?
“Coach Hoke did.”
Okay. Well I’m not going to quiz you.
“Don’t quiz me. I don’t know all the facts but I believe we got the jug there to make sure the water was good. I can’t remember the year, but a lot of history in this game. Feel fortunate to be a part of it.”
Doug, obviously the pass protection has been spotty at times, I guess. Do you feel like Gardner has felt that pressure or maybe sometimes feels the pressure before it’s there because he has been hit a lot?
“I don’t know that you can say that. I don’t know if that’d be correct or incorrect. You have to look at this way: any time the quarterback’s effected by the pass rush we’re concerned about it, and every quarterback has a different threshold. Devin’s an extremely tough individual and I don’t think that I would say that that’s the case.”
You come from a really successful place. What’s missing here?
“Consistency in performance.”
So those players can do it?
“Well, you see us do it in stretches. You see us move the football and you see us create explosive plays and the things we talk about; establishing the line of scrimmage, running the football, creating explosive plays. We do it at times and then at times we struggle and, once again, new group. Hasn’t played a lot together. If you look at career starts that we’ve got together right now there’s not a lot of them, and so it’s going to be important that we just continue to play through this [and] we stay together. The kids have done a phenomenal job. I can’t say enough about how hard those kids competed the other night. You know, go sit in that locker room after that rain delay, to be behind and have 7:51 or whatever it was to go in the game. They came out and those kids fought with everything they had. I’m very, very proud of what they did.”
Coach, what did you tell the offense during the rain delay? You just mentioned it, but…
“The biggest thing was our execution, and it’s about us. Each and every week when you look at our schedule, and we’ve said this week in and week out, it’s going to be how we prepare and how we execute. We don’t really- you look at who you’re playing, the players that they have, where might there be advantages for us, where may there be disadvantages but the biggest thing is about how we play [and] how we execute. Just because you win a game doesn’t mean you played good. Just because you lose a game doesn’t mean you played poorly. It can be skewed and usually the truth lies somewhere in the middle. You’re not usually playing as bad as it looks, and you’re not usually playing as good as people think at times.”
With Funchess, between missing a full game and missing drives here and there, limping a lot, things like that, where is he in terms of being at 100%?
“Feels great.
Is there concern over his durability and maybe some of the positions he’s being put in across the middle of the field?
“I think there’s- you look at Funch and his competitive nature and the things he’s done. You know, he’s a tough, tough guy.”
This isn’t quarterback specific so it could be offensive line [or] running back. When you make personnel changes what goes into that in terms of not only what you think the person you’re inserting can do but the effect on the person you’re replacing, that sort of thing?
“Well, I think that’s the environment we’re creating and that’s the compete and challenging every day. We want to have competition at every position and just because you’re not the starter or you don’t start that specific game doesn’t mean that you’re not going to start the next game, [or] whether or not you’re going to get an opportunity the following game. It doesn’t work like that. Getting the best players we can here at Michigan, having them compete each and every day because that raises your level of play. Players play better, and coach Hoke’s talked about that from day one and that’s what we want and we feel like we’re getting better at that.”
Doug, you’ve had the chance to coach at a lot of different places that were in a lot of different situations when you got there. Have there been obstacles [or] challenges that have been different here than anywhere else that you can think of?
“Each situation you’re in as a player or a coach is unique, and that’s why each and every day- the great thing about athletics is you’re judged on what you do today, not what you did yesterday and ultimately each and every day when you go out on that field you’ve got to go play so every place that you go you’ve got unique circumstances. Positives, negatives, may not be exactly the way you want things, [things] may be better than you expected maybe, so our biggest goal is focusing on improving each and every day.”
After the Notre Dame game you said the offense was in its infancy stages. Where have you seen growth since?
“Well, there’s been a lot of growth, and I think you can look at the production of certain individuals and certain players in certain situations. Now, can you say consistently as a group we’ve come a long way? I wouldn’t say that. I thought that the other night we took a little bit of a step back so it’s important that, once again, we refocus, get into the game plan, work on our techniques, work on our fundamentals, and we go out and play better.”
September 23rd, 2014 at 8:54 PM ^
Except he doesn't work in a vacuum and the last guy had 2 NFL quality players on the line and achieved NEGATIVE yardage on the ground. And yet, we've seen actual improvement on the OL since Nuss got here - and after losing our two best linemen - no more negative yardage games on the ground.
The problems we have now took 3-4 years to make and no one will undo them in 3-4 months. Just not possible. We are gonna struggle next year too regardless of who is coach.
So, we should get rid of those MOST responsible for this tragedy and keep those that have promise. I would be happy keeping everyone but Hoke, Jackson and Funk. They seem to be the biggest problem areas we have.
September 23rd, 2014 at 4:38 PM ^
September 23rd, 2014 at 7:57 PM ^
"...we ran out a coach who had improved each year but not fast enough for us. He has, of course, become the head coach at another program, improved that team each year..."
Can we say the same for Hoke?
September 23rd, 2014 at 8:56 PM ^
No, SmithersJoe, I don't believe we can...
September 23rd, 2014 at 2:25 PM ^
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September 23rd, 2014 at 3:16 PM ^
Dead on @BloomingtonBlue. I just saw an article by Forde (I know, I know...) that poses the question 'Is Michigan the biggest bust this season?' I don't think I'd call us a 'bust,' but the 'headscratcher of the season,' YES. We have talent in every facet of this game. Our O-Coordinator has been successful, our D-Coordinator has been successful, our coach can recruit like none other, we have the facilities, we have the financing, we have everything to be successful. I can see us not being undefeated or even playing for a playoff spot or a B1G Championship, but what we've seen so far is just so headscratchingly bad, the only thing I can think of is something insane like Ashton Kutcher is going to pop out of the tunnel after our last game "You've been Punk'd!!!!"
This is exactly why I wonder if it is in fact Hoke. Or even worse, Brandon controlling different parts of the product from behind the curtain. Either way, we need to right this ship with or without Hoke and Brandon Very Soon. My OSU friends are starting to FEEL BAD FOR US! That hurts worse
September 23rd, 2014 at 2:27 PM ^
I have no idea what part of this offense's dysfunction to pin on Hoke and what to pin on Nussmeier. But all evidence is that he's an effective coach and co-ordinator, and he seems like a good dude.
It would really suck to be forced out of Bama, come here to a tire fire, and be facing another firing within 9 months. I wish he would've gotten a chance here under better circumstances. Then again, maybe it's all his fault. I have no idea at this point.
September 23rd, 2014 at 2:29 PM ^
I hear ya, man. The situation sucks for this guy. I would love to see what he could have done if he would have came in with Hoke in 2011.
September 23rd, 2014 at 3:15 PM ^
My thought is that it's all from the coaching of Borges and Hoke that lead to this offense. Hoke won a bowl with Rich-Rod's coached players. Can't put the heat on Nuss yet. Takes a little while to change a culture of bad behavior. Just ask Caldwell and he's got professionals not kids!
September 23rd, 2014 at 3:30 PM ^
its a huge red flag when he says one of gardners main problems is syncing his eyes and feet - really really bad to have your OC point out that as the 1 main fundamental / technique flaw as 5th year senior QB. pretty fundamental to always try to keep your feet synced with eyes / progressions so QBs can maintain solid foundation from which to accurately deliver balls on time. theres countless reasons why both the O and gardner have struggled, both recently and over time - but with gardner the #1 reason is he has not improved at all as QB, let alone improved as the desired pro-style pocket presence these coaches cream for. unfortunately at this point we all know its never going to happen
September 23rd, 2014 at 2:32 PM ^
Since I have no mgopoints however the hell you get them I'll defer to ex M quarterback... Keep Rich and we're top 10 by now. He beat Utah last two years, and 1/2 dozen other top 20 teams. Brandon gave you what you wanted... pro style smash mouth utterly predictable football. Hope you're enjoying it. I hate the Michigan fanbase for destroying the program. I can only assume their stupidity is from fact few of them actually went to michigan. You didn't support the team. You can't be "leaders" when you cling to archaic methods. Hoke won 11 games with RichRod's seniors. http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2014/9/23/6833885/michael-tayl…
September 23rd, 2014 at 2:38 PM ^
I'll go ahead and neg you twice.
As someone who didn't go to Michigan but has been a fan since the 80s (when I was in elementary school), I can only laugh at the notion that I had a hand in "destroying the program."
Also, your link is to an article that has already been discussed at length.
September 23rd, 2014 at 2:49 PM ^
Just so you know, D'Antonio runs "archaic" methods... he came from OSU, just like Bo did.
September 23rd, 2014 at 3:18 PM ^
As for "archaic methods," Bo started it all: he clung to outdated beliefs -- even way back when -- that a strong ground game was all an offense needed and that the forward pass was just a fad -- much to the detriment of his record against the stronger teams. "3 yards and a cloud of dust worked against the Small 8, but came up short much of the time against OSU and bowl opponents.
So let's not forget that resisting change or progress is part of the Michigan DNA, even in our self-delusional hey-day.
This school doesn't need a Michigan Man as coach. It needs an anti-Michigan Man to drag the program into the modern era where the truly elite teams reside. RR could've done that had he gotten the internal support he deserved -- he did it before Michigan, and he's doing it after Michigan, so once again, the problem lies in the culture here at Michigan.
Time to unstick our heads out of the sand. Hoke should go. Brandon should go. This insanity has to stop.
September 23rd, 2014 at 3:32 PM ^
is an article that lists the bitches from a former QB known for his griping and ax-to-grind with U-M (for some unknown reason), then no one here is going to pay attention to you. There are a huge number of fans like me who supported RR while he was here. He just didn't win, period. So, don't say "I" didn't support Michigan when you have no idea what the f**k you're talking about.
September 23rd, 2014 at 5:05 PM ^
"I can only assume their stupidity is from fact few of them actually went to michigan." What the fuck does this mean? Are you implying that people only understand football if they went to UM? Are you saying that not going to UM makes a person stupid? Maybe I don't understand it because I never attended class at Michigan, but it seems like a fucking stupid thing to write.
September 23rd, 2014 at 2:32 PM ^
Since I have no mgopoints however the hell you get them I'll defer to ex M quarterback... Keep Rich and we're top 10 by now. He beat Utah last two years, and 1/2 dozen other top 20 teams. Brandon gave you what you wanted... pro style smash mouth utterly predictable football. Hope you're enjoying it. I hate the Michigan fanbase for destroying the program. I can only assume their stupidity is from fact few of them actually went to michigan. You didn't support the team. You can't be "leaders" when you cling to archaic methods. Hoke won 11 games with RichRod's seniors. http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2014/9/23/6833885/michael-tayl…
September 23rd, 2014 at 4:09 PM ^
September 23rd, 2014 at 5:08 PM ^
Yay. I get to downvote you twice. Because I'm stupid, little things like this give me pleasure.
September 23rd, 2014 at 5:38 PM ^
...said by the guy who cannot possibly figure out the complexities of mgopoints.
Hint: you get points by contibuting things to the blog that others find beneficial. you lose points by doing the opposite. If you look at that little number under "joined" you will get a brief glimpse into your current performance in this area.
September 23rd, 2014 at 2:39 PM ^
did he really start every answer with "well,..."?
September 23rd, 2014 at 5:44 PM ^
Well, I know what you're saying, and I agree with it. I mean, when I'm speaking, I like to mix it up with a "Ya know", "I mean", and an "Umm" every once in a while, to go with my "well". Ya know, just to mix it up a little; bring some variety to my speech.
September 23rd, 2014 at 2:43 PM ^
The offense is dead last (#125) in turnover margin. There is literally no team worse at this point than Michigan. The most important thing they need to figure out is to cut down or elimante unnecassary turnovers. A QB change may or may not be the answer but it would be at least worth finding out if this was part of the issue or not. This offense isn't good enough to give other teams extra possesions and points and win from behind.
September 23rd, 2014 at 2:43 PM ^
It's quite possible that Doug Nussmeier set his career back 5 years by coming here.
September 23rd, 2014 at 2:55 PM ^
I hope thats not the case but i have a feeling your right. I think he is a good coach thats trying to run a system without a QB to run it.
September 23rd, 2014 at 9:02 PM ^
Same could be said for a lot of coaches that have passed through this dysfunctional place since LC retired.
September 23rd, 2014 at 2:43 PM ^
It's not hard to comprehend how bad this steam can be at times.
Consistency in play is correct.
Inconsistency in coaching staffs has a knock on effect. We're seeing it now.
Gardner has been thrown around from QB to WR to QB. Only now, as a 5th Yr Senior, for the first time in his entire life, does he have a QB coach in Nussmeier - someone who actually played the position in both college and the NFL.
Rod Smith, Calvin Magee and Al Borges did not advance the QB skills (reads,decisions, technique) very much. He's probably better than he was as a RS Fr. But very bad habits were never coached out of him thoroughly, so it's more a struggle than it would otherwise be for both player and coach.
The sad thing is that Nussmeier came on the Michigan scene too freaking late.
Michigan is not finishing 9-3 this year, so the idea of Nussmeier being an unfortunate casualty in a future coaching change makes this whole situation suck that much more.
In the middle of this storm of ineptitude and youth, Mattison and Nussmeir actually know what the fuck they're doing.
September 23rd, 2014 at 3:15 PM ^
you have just articulated why Hoke is likely to keep his job even this ends up a 6-6 season. If the team is improving and the offense is showing visible progress and seems to have formed a foundation for 2015, they aren't going to dump Nussmeier after one season. Since that would mean Hoke correctly identified, recruited and hired the guy to fix the problem Hoke stays as well.
Now if "the greatest coach in the history of modern college football" comes looking for a job Brandon just might make the change even though that certainly costs them Mattison and probably other members of the current staff, but barring that unlikely eventuality Hoke doesn't need 7-10 wins to stay.
I mentioned before, that the Nussmeier hire ensures that, barring a losing season, Hoke gets 2015 to demonstrate that he and this staff can right the ship. This is a good thing because as you point out "Nussmeier and Mattison actually know what the fuck they're doing".
September 23rd, 2014 at 2:44 PM ^
Why won't anyone ask him why they're huddling down 2 scores with 10 minutes left?
September 23rd, 2014 at 2:53 PM ^
In the words of Pat Fitzgerald NO SHIT. I was hoping for at least one reporter to have a pair between their legs and ask him "Coach - there is only one team in all of division I football playing at a slower pace right now than Michigan. Is the tempo you are playing at a function of design or simply players learing a new system? And if the answer is design - "is that your design or was than mandated from the HC?"
Jesus I wish somebody would acknowledge the 900 pound pink elephant in the fucking room.
September 23rd, 2014 at 3:01 PM ^
for the part where he DID answer that, you're absolutely right. I believe, and I could be wrong, but he mentioned that the O Line isn't ready for all that uptempo yet. They're trying to teach the line to block properly, to pick up blocks properly, to execute properly. He said that they simply want to make sure they get that done, which eats up time pre-snap. I was relieved to have actually received an answer, and it makes sense. You can hurry all you want, and if the line doesn't know who to block, what's the point? Don't get me wrong, down two scores late, we absolutely would have liked to see more tempo. But at least it's a rational answer.
September 23rd, 2014 at 3:20 PM ^
I understand not running uptempo in the first, second and third quarters. However, when it's the 4th quarter and you're down 16 points needing at least scores and quite possibly 3 if one of the 2 pt conversions fail, why aren't you having the offense move at a faster pace???????
September 23rd, 2014 at 3:30 PM ^
offense has to be on 'schedule' ie third and short and really can't come from behind yet
offense has a ways to go
we don't have a ludicrous speed yet
September 23rd, 2014 at 3:27 PM ^
I'm really not qualified to get into the X's and O's here, but I believe the hurry up refers to no-huddle. If this is the case, the line should be able to line up and make their checks without wasting 20 seconds in a huddle. If anything, this would give the line even more time to see the defense.
September 23rd, 2014 at 3:44 PM ^
No huddle also means everyone gets their plays from the sideline, or they have to memorize a scripted series of plays. Both require practice time to implement. Shane tried to go no huddle and it was just as slow because it took everyone so much time to get on the same page.
September 23rd, 2014 at 3:35 PM ^
September 23rd, 2014 at 4:20 PM ^
The OL are getting blocking assignments at all. They are not. They learn which play(s) they will run, and then discern from that what their standard blocking assignment will likely be, but the final executed blocks greatly depend on the defensive alignment they will face, signaled stunts, coverages, etc. which happen at the line. If anything, getting to the line quicker on temp/no huddle would probably HELP an OL, not confuse them.
I agree that the OL is not ready.
But surely there are equally or even less experienced OL's in college football than Michigan right now who are running a more complex offense at a much faster tempo either with huddle or no huddle. Such offense may suck for a while, until they grow accustomed to the pace.
I'm not even against huddling 100%, as long as huddling:
a.) is done fast. Subs are sprinting in. Playcall is done fast. Allowing 15+ sec to line up before snap. Not this 5 to 10 secs to go bullshit that Michigan has now. How can that possibly help an OL to make their comms?
b.) serves a purpose.
This is why huddling is outdated. You can send in the next play with either baseball hand signals or hysterical Punnet Square graphic boards like Oregon does.
Unless you've been asked to re-film Waterboy or The Longest Yard and you are mandated to include a ground-to-sky shot of all the football player heads huddled in the scene, huddling should be tossed on the college football scrap pile of bad ideas, right next to leather helmets, single bar facemasks and kicking tees.
September 24th, 2014 at 8:51 AM ^
Right. Except they make mistakes anyway, so when you're down multiple scores, why not try and kill two birds with one stone? No one's going to fault you for trying and who knows, maybe they'll take to it and it works. Or maybe you'll still be down multiple scores. There's really no downside.
Oh right. The "execution might suffer" in a game where you have 0/3 offensive points.
September 23rd, 2014 at 3:52 PM ^
I miss Heiko. Heiko had some balls.
September 23rd, 2014 at 2:56 PM ^
I wish we would just go to the no huddle when we are struggling to get anything going no matter what point in the game that is.
September 23rd, 2014 at 3:28 PM ^
The first damn question was about tempo. Do you people even bother reading the thing before you start bitching?
September 23rd, 2014 at 3:44 PM ^
We ain't playing skool here !
Go Blue!
September 23rd, 2014 at 2:46 PM ^
first of all you are looking at nussmeier like you look at blue chip recruits. if they are that good and that highly regarded then they should make a great immediate impact. dont you think that is part of the problem? nobody gets to grow into the position anymore. dont tell me there are not people out there wondering about peppers right now.
i dont get it i thought he was the best every, a cant miss, everybody wanted him. first he gets banged up, and then it seems like he hardly is on the field. and he certainly hasnt made a major impact. oh ya he is a true freshman and it turns out he isnt superman.
i know everybody elses top recruits pan out except ours, and nobody else ever makes mistakes in hiring. right?
September 23rd, 2014 at 2:49 PM ^
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September 23rd, 2014 at 2:51 PM ^
Teams have to be licking their chops. Blitz early and blitz often is the recipe to shut our offense down. Play mistake free football against our defense and expect to win games 13-3, or 17-6.
September 23rd, 2014 at 4:15 PM ^
..why are we the only team on earth that cannot successfully run plays to counter such an over-aggressive defensive scheme? We seem to be the only team where "blitz them to oblivion" is consistently successful for the other team
September 23rd, 2014 at 5:12 PM ^
you mean like utah's HB screen against mattison's blitz that gained about 70 yds?
September 23rd, 2014 at 2:53 PM ^
put a little bit of a scare into MSU. I'm absolutely convinced that we can do better at HC, and blame Brandon and the atmosphere of entitlement as much as I do anything else. But there really has been measurable progress to go with the abject failure, and this team is due to have some of the breaks go its way. Would love to have Devin be in there and run to crap all over Minny.
REALLY wonder why Nussmeier wasn't asked why he isn't running him more, having him make more short passes. That is a key question, and relates to Hoke's demands. . .
September 23rd, 2014 at 2:59 PM ^
If they would go to more spread formations or atleast let Devin roll it out more we would be scoring points.
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