Detnews story about Peters and the QBs
Angelique recap'd the Inside Michigan Football show from last night. Peters said he was knocked unconscious for "30-40 seconds" against UW. That's not something we really didn't know, but it was never stated. Also talked about the QB situation - from Brandon:
“I don’t really care,” Peters said. “It’s going to happen at the NFL level, the college level, you’re going to bring guys in. That’s just how things happen. You can’t really get into your emotions so much. You have to worry about what you can do and stay in the position you want to be in. So you just gotta work and can’t let anything affect you.”
She also quoted Harbaugh on the QB's:
Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh, speaking to reporters Wednesday night, described what he thinks the approach should be for all three quarterbacks, including McCaffrey. “Like anybody in the program, he has the license and the ability to be a starter,” Harbaugh said of Patterson. “As I told all three of the quarterbacks at the same time, the only thing that’s guaranteed here is an opportunity.
Here is the story link. It's nothing we haven't figured out for ourselves, but its nice to hear it from the direct source.
December 21st, 2017 at 8:42 AM ^
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December 21st, 2017 at 1:49 PM ^
Coaching has been at least an A-, probably an A, since Harbaugh arrived.
The culture change has been marked and excellent from day one. Even a team full of hoakey guys (pun intended) were transformed into men for the first season. The experience issue was exacerbated by the injury dynamics, which often ebb and flow.
Necessary adjustments are being made.
I was encouraged that, seeing a weakness (pun intended), Harbaugh was willing to let go even the strength and conditioning guy that had been with him through three administrations including one in the NFL. That indicates that there is a meritocracy among coaching/coaches as well. Since I am sure that he is a better judge of the coaching than we are, I'm going to decline to pass judgment on some of the easy targets that we have beat up pretty good the last couple months.
I'm also encouraged that we are recruiting great men.
Not just the biggest and fastest adultescents on the market. Men. Character, drive, dignity... these are traits that close the experience gap quickly. That will be something that we need as more and more of these men are NFL ready after a couple years. It's already very encouraging that so many of them have graduated after 2.5-3 years.
Loved this quote from his recent statement about this year's class:
"They're coming here to get a degree, and their parents expect that they will get a very good degree. They're not going to college to major in eligibility."
The hand-wringing and nay-saying are ridiculous to me.
December 21st, 2017 at 2:48 PM ^
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December 21st, 2017 at 3:26 PM ^
and other fun events. Aside from that, this narrative is both tired out and obvious. The coaches are working on it and it will be fixed.
December 21st, 2017 at 6:01 PM ^
Deali Deali.....I agree
December 21st, 2017 at 8:51 AM ^
If Patterson is eligible (which the staff and everyone else seems pretty certain he will be) I'd say that going into the offseason I'd put the odds at 60% Shea starts in South Bend and 40% Peters starts.
December 21st, 2017 at 12:47 PM ^
O'K(orn)
December 21st, 2017 at 2:01 PM ^
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December 21st, 2017 at 9:07 AM ^
that I guarantee you that someone will start at quarterback, and that someone most definitely will be a Wolverine next year, and he will be a person. Cannot guarantee he will be a 'he'. That would be a step too far.
/no_politics
December 21st, 2017 at 9:50 AM ^
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December 21st, 2017 at 9:39 AM ^
Well, maybe on fan blogs.
May the best man win. And if I was a betting man..which I’m not...I’d put my money on peters. But if our Oline can’t figure out how to pick up a DLine twist...we’ll probably need all three guys to be able to start..
December 21st, 2017 at 10:00 AM ^
the numbers add up, but was never good at math. Do agree that McCaffrey will be a factor in who starts though.
December 21st, 2017 at 10:34 AM ^
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December 21st, 2017 at 4:39 PM ^
They add up. Just not to 100.
December 21st, 2017 at 9:11 AM ^
Nice handle. My friend's named their son Laser Wolf.
December 21st, 2017 at 9:23 AM ^
Also, lasers.
December 21st, 2017 at 2:18 PM ^
I'm a fan of Fiddler, lasers, and wolves!
December 21st, 2017 at 10:23 AM ^
I figured coming up with these 60/40 50/50 50/25/24.69/0.71 numbers are about as scientifically accurate as a coin flip. It came up tails.
December 21st, 2017 at 11:12 AM ^
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are made up anyway.
December 21st, 2017 at 1:33 PM ^
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December 21st, 2017 at 1:52 PM ^
60% of the time it works everytime
December 21st, 2017 at 8:50 AM ^
December 21st, 2017 at 9:34 AM ^
Adian Hutchinson wrote a letter about why he chose Michigan. This quote just made me cackle and think about what the joker down under probably offered him. (It's a pretty good read for the det news).
OSU rolled out the red carpet but something just didn’t feel right.
December 21st, 2017 at 10:48 AM ^
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This article is better than the Harbaugh hit piece in the other Detroit newspaper today. The other paper called out Harbaugh due to all the transfer outs and his "inability to develop a quarterback." Harbaugh and team will get the job done in 2018, starting at the Outback.
December 21st, 2017 at 10:09 AM ^
Dude was doing lifestyle articles a few years ago until the FREEP decided to save money and switch him to sports. His articles typically sounds like a fan that doesn't know sports.
December 21st, 2017 at 10:39 AM ^
I've noticed that they always count Malzone's path against Harbaugh even though he was a Hoke recruit.
December 21st, 2017 at 9:00 AM ^
I hope JH can bring in the same mentatiy and and compitition to his assistant coaches too. Not all position coaches perform well enough, especially on the offensive side. Until he can do that, I won't completely admire him. If he does it to player, should do it to coaches too.
December 21st, 2017 at 9:09 AM ^
checks out.
December 21st, 2017 at 9:32 AM ^
don't be a hole.
December 21st, 2017 at 9:35 AM ^
Name some names. I count 5 guys on that side of the ball. Jim Harbaugh, Drevno, Hamilton, Frey, Jay Harbaugh.
Jim has not been perfect, but has put together a 3 year stretch on par with anything we have done in the 21st century.
Drevno had a bad year. Offense looked bad this year. He is probably 1/5 the reason (with Harbaugh, Pep, injuries, Hoke OL/WR recruiting filling out the rest). He has done good stuff here too. Got the most out of Braden/Kalis/Mags while they were here. Was part of the reason our 2016 scored the most points in the past 110 years for Michigan. Doing a fine job developing Bredeson, Onwenu, and Ruiz.
Pep is an incomplete at this time. 1st year as passing game coordinator and he gets dealt the third string QB, while working in a bunch of freshman and sophomore WRs.
Frey did not look great this year either. Outside Zone running game never took off. Tackles were a mess. But you had a center playing tackle in Mason Cole, and two other guys who were tackle shaped. IMO he will pay dividends in year 3 like he did at Michigan the first time around developing Lewan/Schofield/Omameh etc.
Jay Harbaugh has impressed me. First two years as TE coach, and we've used the heck out of them. Butt deserved a Mackey Award, and he earned it more than the coaching, but look how AJ Williams turned it around year 1, Wheatley Jr and Asiasi thrived year two. Bunting looked like the next Butt while he was coaching. He takes over the RB duties in year three and when healthy, Isaac looked the best he ever had, Higdon blew many fans away rising to the top, and Evans was able to overcome a slow start. Definitive improvement from his positions year after year.
And after all, how is anyone given anyone given a fair opportunity if you move on from them at the first sign of struggle?
December 21st, 2017 at 9:57 AM ^
If you're looking at just wins and losses, yes. If you're looking at records against rivals and big ten titles, no.
December 21st, 2017 at 10:28 AM ^
Oh look - a fan of hot takes!
Cherry picking records against rivals is nothing more than a focused look at "just wins and losses". If you deny the hot take view, and try to tell us why yours is not a hot take, please explain how the losses occur. A generational fluke and shit weather with a backup QB against MSU; double OT on the road and no QB against OSU.
Harbaugh's record could just as easily be 5-1 if only a couple of things break Michigan's way. But you go ahead and keep listening to media talking heads spew the hot takes...
December 21st, 2017 at 2:12 PM ^
with the coulda, shoulda, woulda's.
December 21st, 2017 at 10:42 AM ^
What if you're looking at records against FCS teams (while playing a home opener as the #5 team in the rankings)?
What if you're looking at records against Pac 12 teams early in the season? (That Oregon score, in case you've forgotten, was 39-7 and it could have been worse.)
See how easy it is to pick cherries?
December 21st, 2017 at 12:43 PM ^
Carr's best three year stretch in 2000s (Carr's 8th/9th/10th seasons) was 10-3, 10-3, 9-3 with 1 shared and 1 flat out conference championship back when the B1G was Big 2 Little 9. The B1G is better now and you can no longer share conference championships. But yeah. Harbaugh isn't even close to that...
December 21st, 2017 at 2:08 PM ^
Big Ten champions in 21st century:
2000: Purdue, Michigan, Northwestern
2001: Illinois
2002: OSU, Iowa
2003: Michigan
2004: Michigan, Iowa
2005: OSU, Penn St
December 21st, 2017 at 11:41 AM ^
of the offense. I don't believe for a minute that Jim gives up his control to anyone.
His position group had 2 of 3 new starters and was a relative bright spot. The change back from zone to power is the most likely aspect of the offensive strategy that should be attributed to him.
Poor QB play was the biggest issue holding the offense back. How much of that can we hold Drevno responsible for?
December 21st, 2017 at 12:34 PM ^
Pep and Drevno split play calling duties and Jim gets final say. They are on record of stating that is how it works. And it fits your narrative! Jim doesn't let plays onto the field that he wouldn't call, but the overall orchestra is done in the booth by the playcallers. Also I said Jim Harbaugh, Pep, injuries and the roster all contributed. I think Drevno gets an unfair amount of the blame for that bit. But I will hold it against him that his OL isn't better. He has been here 3 years and hasn't landed the recruits to solidify the tackle spot. Two better tackles and Cole playing center would be a good OL.
December 21st, 2017 at 1:06 PM ^
I can throw out names.
Let me be specific, our biggest disappointment iin terms of position development, in priority as following:
1) QB
We all know what happen. However, I don't give Pep a pass even it's his first year. His passing play call and design is not that inspiring (at least compared to Jeb Fisch). I'v heard JH compliment Fisch a few times in the post game press last season, never heard anything like that toward Pep this season. A good example, where is the 5 year slant route when you are 3rd and 5? MSU can do that in the 5th, 6th game in the season, and they achieve it with a true freshmen Wr, throw and catch perfectly.
2) Pass portection
Who to blame? OL coach, RB coach. I will give Frey a pass since he join only one year. However, I won't give Jay Harbaugh a pass since many fans including me didn't think he's qualified for the position, in fact, any position other than a recruiting coordinator. The pass protection is a disaster from RB, you can blame the players as much as you want. But if you don't see the progress throughout the year, it's on coaching.Not to mention that coming into the season, the coaches knows once Smith is gone, this will be the issue. Nor would i give Drevno a pass either, it's been three years for him.
3) WR development
Other than People-Jones has improved through out the season in performance, likely due to experience, I don't see many other improvement in other WRs, Yes, you can say we have injury in Black an Eubank, but when other players should step up, they did not. The 2nd year WRs, crawford, Mcdooms are not improved too much, in fact, they are regressing. This is on pep. I didn't think Fisch did anything significant either, since he had two sensior productive WRs on the roster. If the 10th coach is a WR coach, the problem may be solved.
Who should not be here? I would say Drevno, at least not as OC, I seldem see a very good OC from a OL coaches, I don't think Drevno is an exception. He may be a good HC or OL coach, not an good OC, to be honest. The other one is Jay Harbaugh, we need a better top 15 level RB coach, that helps recruit too. If you tell me any other top 15 or top 25 team would hire Jay Harbaugh as RB coach, I will shut up. He can be a recruit coordinator if he has to stay. I think for his own career it's better for him to establish himself somewhere not under Harbaughs' team.