'Michigan method' concluded on O-line, continuing at backup QB

My only guess is that they think Hinton has an extremely high ceiling that he can get to before the games matter. Other than that, I'm lost. And Henderson has to regret transferring here, unless he agreed to some type of multi-year left tackle transformation to try to become a day 1 pick or something. I don't know. 

Ole lead foot should be a back-up.  Center should be open too.  I'd prefer to see Henderson and Trente and Crippen or Raheem out there.

But be careful - even when done correctly, the Michigan Method can still result in pregnancy! 

Yeah this is kind of baffling.  I would get it if the o-line was dominating but they very much are not.  Henderson was actually the one I was most excited to see.

I mean, I understand if Barnhart has solidified a spot. I think Trente was better, but Barnhart has started many games and been in the program for years.

I just do not understand how Myles has won this spot. Is this a repeat of the Nolan Ulizio times? Maybe this is similar to early Runyan in 2018, and we see a Hinton leap into conference play, but I am curious who will be starting in October. 

I fall in the camp that whatever back to back Joe Moore winning coach Sherrone Moore decides to do is fine with me.

That being said, I was excited about Henderson and that he turned the Senior Bowl down to come to Ann Arbor. Surprised he isn't playing.

The way things seem to work is that the coaching staff evaluates players and then is careful to shape the public release of such information.  Certain players can be underperforming, or have slight injuries, but the coaching staff will not just come out and say these things.  I'm sure they have their reasons.  Of course, they are wrong sometimes, but right more often than we know because they access to much more information.

I'm also confused. Jones and Henderson never got a shot in the games. Must mean they didn't practice as well? 

Hinton looking iffy is especially weird because Jones looked better last year than Hinton this year, to my eye

But, i'm no coach and don't get to see the practices or know the schemes

It seems odd, but the coaches have, in my mind, earned the benefit of the doubt. 

Starting a player when you have a legitimately better option sitting on the bench seems like the complete antithesis of everything Harbaugh and his "meritocracy" stands for. I can only guess three things:

1) Probably the most likely option, they recognize Hinton has an extremely high ceiling but Jones is the better option for this year, so they want to get Hinton as many live reps as possible so they can get as much tape as possible to determine what needs to be worked on before Hinton can step into a true starting role for 2024. 

2) The coaches see something we don't, believe that Hinton is ahead of where we all think he is and will be the better option by the end of the season, so they're betting on Hinton and themselves for unlocking that potential this year as opposed to this offseason / next year. 

3) The one that would concern me the most. Harbaugh is so infatuated with Hinton's potential that he is, to a fault, giving Hinton every possible chance to win the job. Again, its hard to envision a scenario where Harbaugh intentionally does not play the best player and for no good reason. But it wouldn't be the first time a coach has done this, and one could argue that Harbaugh held onto playing O'Korn for way too long before finally deciding he'd seen enough and would play Peters. So there is a precedent for Harbaugh doing this. 

As for Henderson, I don't know. I'm not as in tune on that side of things. Maybe he's having a really hard time grasping Michigan's blocking schemes / techniques as opposed to ASU's. I have no idea, that is 100% speculation on my part. He's not injured because he's getting into the game, but it can't be because of potential. He could've gone to the league before transferring anyway. 

Gotta trust Sherrone. But damn, if I trusted my eyes, I would say I have not seen an even middling B1G RT starting for us the past 2 weeks 

The only guess is that Jones/Henderson are leaky in pass protection but I will make that trade with JJ's mobility if it means we get more in the run game. Hinton will get killed as the season goes on if he plays like he has.

I'm not sure how Henderson isn't starting. Perhaps he's just not grasping the playbook and protections? For Hinton, my only guess is that the staff thinks his upside is so high with him that they're going to let him play though his mistakes

They've seen these guys in practice for quite some time now. They know what they have.

This is surprising news, but I think the headline is a bit misleading. 

The O-line starting 5 may be confirmed (for now), but no coach quotes actually say that Barnhart and Hinton played better in these 2 games than Henderson and Jones did. 

I think we all took this "Michigan Method" plan to mean that players get a chance to start and show what they've got in games. That really hasn't happened. It's pretty clear decisions are being made largely on the basis of practice time. That's fine, of course, but not what we all thought was being advertised to us. 

Idk man. "Trust Moore", I mean yeah he's earned the benefit of the doubt, but uh, I have to question this one. Hopefully he proves my questioning to be dumb when all is said and done. Run game is likely only to be average this year - which I can't help but think will cost the team at some point this season - thankfully the passing game has been lethal so far.