Malik Zaire to Florida is official per Bruce Feldman
Left handed, no less.
Well duh, he's younger...they'd have him for longer and he would've beat out a known quantity.
The majority of this board wanted Morris to beat out Rudock as well - many for similar reasons.
Well that and Zaire is at the Elite 11 right now and Florida's 247 analyst has said he looks pretty awful when jumping in for a few reps.
Imagine being 22 and the worst QB at a camp for 17 year olds...not a confidence booster.
I must not have been part of the "majority of this board;" I didn't want Morris to beat out Rudock. I was hoping Rudock would be a significant upgrade over what Harbaugh inherited. It turns out he was...
Did I say you were the majority of the board?
The point was we thought we knew what Rudock was...just like we think we know what Speight is. If we can get a younger option to beat out the older player...you get that younger player for longer. It's not rocket science behind the logic or thinking.
It may not be correct...but you can see why anyone would hope for such a thing.
But this is about you, so continue. Pardon the interruption.
line: Harbaugh could put together a better offense in a coma than Nussmeier could on Adderall.
He was NOT that bad. That team had way bigger issues.
What did Doug Nussmeier have to do with Brady Hoke, Dave Brandon and the Shane Morris debacle? The Devin Gardner injuries. The team turmoil?
He walked into a nightmare of a situation.
Presumably.
He was in a press box. Brady Hoke was on the field. I have a hard time believing a first year coordinator was going to tell Mr. Toughness himself what to do. If It was Harbaugh, instead of Hoke (It doesn't happen) - but no one is blaming Jedd Fisch.
Very hard for me to blame Nussmeier for much of what happened that year. It was a shitshow from day 1 and Hoke was dead man walking as soon as ND happened. The team had turned on him, the fans turned on the entire program, no one was showing up and the ones that did booed, Fire Brandon rumors were everywhere...that was the worst year I remember as a Michigan Football fan (until Brandon was gone and Harbaugh showed up), worse than Rich Rod's first year. Okay - maybe not worse than Rich Rod's last year...never really thought about it.
But I suppose Nussmeier could've carrier pigeoned down to the headsetless Hoke and told him to take Morris out of the game. That's his fault and he'll have to live with it for the rest of his life.
I hear you...I'm not up here acting like he got a raw deal.
I'm just saying, it's way to easy to rag on him and his performance and not take everything else into account.
The offense was terrible, but look what he had to work with. NFL talent? Winning culture? Above average or better head coach?
Make Doug Nussmeier OC on this Michigan team and I think he's a decent level OC. Make Brady Hoke the HC on this Michigan team and I think he's still in over his head.
Toss in the stuff that happened before Doug every set foot on campus, the Dave Brandon stuff, the previous years of Rich Rod? I'm sorry, but you put Drevno in that exact same situation and the outcome is not going to be that much different.
Do I think Nuss deserves blame? Sure. He was part of the team. But I think he gets waaay to much of it on this board and he's an easy target.
I was absolutely hammered by that point...you should've been too.
He was pretty bad. Borges-coached Gardner was significantly better. Nussmeier reportedly was constantly pushing to start Shane Morris over Gardner.
Nussmeier was fired from Alabama despite the team's success (even though Michigan tried to market it as a coup to get him). His offense at Michigan was horrific. His offenses at Florida have been awful.
I see no reason to believe he should be the OC at a school the caliber of Florida (or Michigan) other than that he is a long time McElwain associate.
We have a winner.
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Remember how bad the '13 offensive line was even with *three* future NFL players? (Maybe make it 2 1/2, as Glasgow was still young.)
Did anyone notice how mediocre last year's 5th-year seniors were? (Sorry to say this about nice people and Michigan Men ...) Subtract three years of experience and growth. You'll see part of why 2013 was so rough.
Really bad like Michigan's but that hasn't stopped Nussmeier leaning on the run game at either stop. Michigan had 3 NFL WRs and a returning senior QB who produced nearly 3500 yards of offense the previous year. They struggled to score against pretty much every non-Appalachian State team despite often getting great field position from the defense.
Nussmeier reportedly wanted to play Shane Morris over Devin Gardner despite the OL weakness.
Alabama's was pretty strong and his playcalling was not up to Saban's standard.
How can you run through that litany without mentioning the OL?
Agreed. Rudock situation...he could be good, but week 1 - he's still trying to build a chemistry.
I remember watching the Utah game, I think I watched Rudock more than anything else in that game not named Peppers. I could see he had it, but everything was off - especially the timing.
That Florida game was the anti-Utah game.
Let's hope we get ZaIIIIIre, and someone else has to deal with Zaire in the bowl game.
Put a All-B1G level RT on this team and we're rocking and rolling.
Now you've got like 8 guys battling for that 5th spot, plus the loser of the C battle.
that a guy who got very little run at the other UM would be All-Big Ten?
Seems like a reach, if so.
The article I read on him indicates that he is really good, but very injury-prone.
Already been said (twice), but I agree...talent is there, but he's injury prone.
yet you felt compelled to say it yet again. lol
Still think F. Franks takes over at QB at some point for them, maybe not week 1 but at some point in the season.
named Beans.
If we win...it hurt them. If we don't...he was the difference.
All weight gain is good...more strength. All weight loss is good...more speed.
Similar premise
If so, that is just about diametrically opposed to whatever that abortion Kelly runs is.