Pretty good, methinks.  Not sure if it would even matter, if he were in track shorts and shoes, or full pads.

I've watched this guy since his days at GVSU.  I don't recall ever seeing him blow a gasket like this.  Maybe I've just missed it because: GVSU doesn't have TV cameras following every moment of the sidelines, I can't bring myself to care about Chippewa football to be able to watch more than a few minutes of any of their televised games, and Cincinnati is too close to Ohio for me to bear.  ...Like what I did there? :)

But, that said, does anyone remember Kelly behaving like that at any of his previous stops? If not, I would think this is either a sign of him bending to the pressure, feeling like he's losing control of his players, or a mix of both.

Can't stop watching the highlight reel from this game. It's just so good to see Michigan football again, especially since the game was shortened. Bring on Notre Dame!

Toussaint, barring serious injury, will gain a lot of yards this year.  His legs keep moving and he rolls down hill.

If you will forward on to the four minute mark on that highlight video above, pay attention to the movements of W.Mich LB #51.  At the snap he takes an initial step outside of the hash, turning back at he sees the handoff.  Stepping back towards the hole he steps in front of a charging Schofield, so we are already looking at a change in direction for this guy already. 

Unluckily for our study, however, he attempts to follow his momentum around Schofield at the same moment Toussaint makes a move for the same space.  He is then immediately deposited four yards downfield under the pile of his teammates that finally brought Toussaint down.

W Mich LB  #51 wasn't dragged, pushed, or trucked.  He was simply ignored.

5 true freshman saw action in the game

Matt Wile

Brennan Beyer

Frank Clark

Blake Countess

Gregg Brown

coach at Michigan.  Thank God he never got the chance.  He looks like Charlie W's son.

Denard's pass to Koger over the middle scared me.  I also think he could've hit Hemingway for a big one on that play too.

The gang-tackling and blitzing was great to watch.  It was very encouraging watching the lads start to kick some ass there in the second half.  We were also starting to completely crush Western when we were running the ball.  It was a good tune-up for Our Lady.

Yeah, Kelly needs to chill out -- he looks like a complete a-hole.  I hope that turns some recruits off.

Coach Hoke used the term "that was good football to me".... which is a minor expression to use, but it is one that Bo and Woody both used back in the day... "that was good football right there" when describing a play... so perhaps that influence of Hokes dad playing for Woody and his exposure to Bo rubs off in certain small ways.. 

Kelly has it in him to pull a Woody one day and slug an opposing player - you can just see it in that face.

whats the over/under on shades of red that kelly's face will turn when kovacs kills Rees like he did Carder yesterday?

coaches yell at players.  always have, always will.  this wasn't something that's never been seen before, do we really need to pretend that it was?

may have been more savvy then we realize.  We've avoided creating a whole 15 minutes worth of game film for our opponents, rested players, and avoided serious breakdowns or injuries.  After seeing Brian Kelly melt down in spectacular fashion on national TV after the Fighting Irish turned the ball over for the third time in the red zone, down 16-0 to USF in Week 1, my optimism about next week is a little brighter.

I picked ND to win this year, and I can't go back on that prediction.  I hope I'm wrong, and the good things we saw against Western carries over in a big way to Week 2.  One issue that stuck out to me was some errors in kickoff coverage.  If WMU special teams can keep getting the ball to the 40, that's a problem.

Now, how about we all enjoy a great win!

on the defense.  We need to see how they play against non-scrubs.  Since we won't see any non-scrubs for a while, I'll just settle for ND as a barometer.

But seriously, "great tackling" is pretty easy to do against a team like Western.  Let's see how they do against actual players like Floyd.  Kovacs may not make the sack on a mobile QB.  Better O-Lines won't leave a free rusher untouched like that very often.  Can we bring down good RBs like MSU has?  These are the match-ups that will tell you if we have improved...not a game against Western.

Its one thing to get really fired up and yell, and its another to insult and berate a player. Richrod was a yeller, maybe i wasnt actually paying attention, but i never saw him do that to players, he always calmed down as he was explaining and ended with an encouragement, whoever said something about the i will rain blows down on you look on kellys face was right on. I had a little league coach who was a screamer but he always ended an outburst with a teaching point, and never seriously demeaned anybody, i havent seen the whole clip and maybe kelly wasnt really doing all that, but the point still stands

Its one thing to get really fired up and yell, and its another to insult and berate a player. Richrod was a yeller, maybe i wasnt actually paying attention, but i never saw him do that to players, he always calmed down as he was explaining and ended with an encouragement, whoever said something about the i will rain blows down on you look on kellys face was right on. I had a little league coach who was a screamer but he always ended an outburst with a teaching point, and never seriously demeaned anybody, i havent seen the whole clip and maybe kelly wasnt really doing all that, but the point still stands

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someone ate my can of peanuts

YOU ate my frikiin can of peanuts!

Just noticed that the Grady pass at the end of the first may have been a mis-read by Denard.  He had the top reciever, Hemingway (?), arm-wavingly, wide open in the end zone.  Didn't matter since we scored, and Grady could have been the primary read.  But man, the dude was open for 6.

Yes, I am nit-picking.  

Also, plus 1 for the ref for a great block on the safety on Shaw's TD.

HOLD ON TO THE GO*DAMN BALL!

When Lewan was out for a while Schofield stayed at LG, Huyge moved to LT, and Mealer came in at RT.  While either way makes for a lot of shifting, seems like it would have been keeping more in their natural spots by keeping Huyge at RT, sliding Scho to LT and inserting Mealer at G.   I believe they kept a TE in tight with Mealer the whole time to protect him.

His sideline behavior while facing South Florida and letting Crist back onto the field against Michigan were unacceptable. The man doesn't appear to care about the kids he's coaching. I'm probably assuming way too much from limited information, but it just looks like a guy willing to do anything to cover his bum. What a sociopath, meign.

remind me of Rich Rod--Year 1... poor Steven Threet.

Is there a lip reader out there that can translate the Kelly video? 

 

I think he's saying, "You are f'ing hot man...you are f'ing hot!