Quote About Previous Coaching Staff From Jake Rudock Interview - 08/28/2015
As the season grows closer and closer my obsessive need for content has increased exponentially. I came across this interview from Jake Rudock and found it very interesting and very sad. It is just another example at the ineptitude of the previous coaching staff.
At the 0:55 second mark, he was asked about how he's been in 3 or 4 different offense's in 4 years and he interjects with this gem,
"That's Shane. He's learned like 5, or 6, or 10, or 20."
All of the interviewers laugh and I even let out a chuckle but as I thought about it further, my heart just started to ache.
My heart aches because 1) I think I may have either stable angina or psychogenic chest pain secondary to the panic attacks and hyperventilating from watching the past several years. Either one sucks. 2) I feel so terrible for these young men. They commit to a program and sacrifice so much day in and day out for the team, all while trying to earn a degree on top of it. I played college football in AZ so I know what it is like to go through that.
I know these players are now getting the teaching and coaching that they truly need and deserve. I feel terrible for those that never got the chance to be coached by actual competent coaches in the past 7 years and even more props to those that stayed through all of the garbage.
Here’s to a bright season and even brighter future of Michigan Football. Cheers!
Edited: to make the title less alarming
August 30th, 2015 at 12:10 AM ^
Getting out scored by a Jim Tressel offense, a JIM TRESSEL COACHED OFFENSE, 100-24 over 3 years, is an unmitigated disaster. He lost to Toledo, never beat MSU or OSU, and couldn't field even a mediocre defense. His offenses, even when they found their footing, beat up on MAC teams, and got easily shut down by any team with any kind of defensive pulse.
Maybe Michigan simply wasn't the right place for him, and sure, he didn't get any favors from the alums, but everyone would've shut up and bought in had he won football games. What happened on the field those three years is squarely on his shoulders.
He was a disaster here. An absolute disaster, and after the Groban incident, a PR nightmare. He was stubborn and didn't adapt his system to the players he had. He asked a defensive coordinator who knew nothing about the 3-3-5 to teach the 3-3-5. The man deserved to be fired, and while I'm glad to see him doing well elsewhere, I couldn't be happier that he's gone.
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August 30th, 2015 at 8:22 AM ^
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August 30th, 2015 at 10:40 AM ^
a disaster here and Hoke was an even bigger disaster!
August 30th, 2015 at 11:04 AM ^
August 30th, 2015 at 12:07 PM ^
RR inherited 8 players that would go on to play on Sundays in his first 2 years.
I'm assuming there's a system to run with that kind of talent but you go on and keep making excuses.
August 30th, 2015 at 12:17 PM ^
August 29th, 2015 at 11:43 PM ^
Jake Rudock is a well spoken young man
August 29th, 2015 at 11:57 PM ^
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August 30th, 2015 at 12:51 AM ^
Up until now, Shane Morris has gone through a whole crock of shit that most people will never experience over the course of their lives, all because of the incompetency of Michigan's football coaches and atheltic department personnel.
August 30th, 2015 at 8:31 AM ^
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August 30th, 2015 at 4:33 PM ^
Lol think a little bit. He was turned into a symbol for the downfall of the winningest program in college football history. His concussion was probably the least stressful part of his ordeal.
August 29th, 2015 at 11:58 PM ^
From this headline I was expecting something genuinely terrible, like a death in the family.
Shane got to swap Doug Nussmeier for Jim Harbaugh. I think he's okay with that.
August 30th, 2015 at 1:19 AM ^
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August 30th, 2015 at 8:38 AM ^
He's worse than Harbaugh
To reinforce your point ... Harbaugh and Drevno.
(I have a major man crush for Drevno. Ever since his introductory video interviews, the guy has struck me as someone I'd follow to hell and back. I've said before: he's Harbaugh's X-factor here. We're going to see good things out of this offense.)
August 30th, 2015 at 3:29 AM ^
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August 30th, 2015 at 8:33 AM ^
Yes, he is in a lower position. He's in that lower position because it's Michigan and Harbaugh. He could easily have found a DC position if he chose to do so.
August 30th, 2015 at 8:33 AM ^
Even Mattison got demoted
Another reading of this -- Mattison willingly stepped back to (a) provide Durkin the role, (b) provide continuity for the staff, and (c) assume a role that is his first love in coaching ... the DL.
At 65 years old it's possible -- even likely -- he no longer wants DC role, but very much wants to remain involved with the DL and coaching the young men who play there. I applaud him.
August 30th, 2015 at 8:44 AM ^
August 30th, 2015 at 11:00 AM ^
Technically you're right, but Mattison stayed with the staff because he has family in Ann Arbor. I don't think it would have been difficult for him to find a high level position somewhere else.
August 30th, 2015 at 12:14 PM ^
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August 30th, 2015 at 2:42 PM ^
Sample size here was too small to tell the whole story, but it was a very dismal chapter.
August 30th, 2015 at 12:02 AM ^
August 30th, 2015 at 12:07 AM ^
So there is context, here's the embed - it was a joke essentially, of course, one that most of us have probably thought to ourselves. Of course, it is true that the relative lack of stability really has only served to undermine the progress of, well, a lot of people.
August 30th, 2015 at 12:15 AM ^
Saying Rich Rodriguez is not a "competent" coach, especially of offensive players, is pure foolishness. And I can only imagine how terrible you feel for the 99+% of college football players who are not being coached by Harbaugh and company.
August 30th, 2015 at 12:16 AM ^
And I hope the coming season does nothing but good for your chest pain!
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August 30th, 2015 at 8:36 AM ^
4 days!
August 30th, 2015 at 9:29 AM ^
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August 30th, 2015 at 8:50 AM ^
UMforlife - leadership. Intangibles. They can't be measured, but everyone KNOWS they are there. It would not surprise me if we look back on 20 years of Jim Harbaugh as HC and see a legacy that takes Bo's foundation and builds on it. Big. Measure twice, cut once.
August 30th, 2015 at 11:19 AM ^
During the last 8 years or so my feelings about the M football program have gone from dejection to despair to depression. The conference "big two" are now Ohio State and Michigan State fergodssakes. And M hasn't beaten either of them in more years than we all care to remember.
During these last 8 years the desperate (RR) and feckless (Hoke) attempts to find a head coach have resulted in several fundamental changes in offense, defense, even special teams. A five-star recruit such as Shane Morris might well have had his career affected by all the scheme changes and questionable coaching. Hypothetical question: if Shane had ended up at East Lansing rather than AA, had truly redshirted his freshman year and had been brought along slowly and carefully in a stable, predictable coaching environment, would Connor Cook now be in a competition for his starting job? I'd like to think yes.
Anyway, kudos to Shane for sticking it out and let's hope if not this year, maybe next year is when we see realized all the potential so many believe he possesses. Good coaching should provide the impetus toward that goal.
So you're our last hope, Obi Jim. Let's all hope the Force is with you and the team. Go Blue.