Al Borges Tuesday Press Conference-Ohio State
http://www.mgoblue.com/allaccess/?media=422512 Here's Al Borges's awaited Tuesday press conference. Seemed to take more of the blame for the recent offensive struggles this week, than he ever as.
November 26th, 2013 at 8:19 PM ^
At 8:20, "If I listened to everything a fan said, I'd slit my wrists." WTH?
November 26th, 2013 at 8:20 PM ^
WELL.....Have you READ the message boards around here lately?
November 26th, 2013 at 8:22 PM ^
Forever alone....
November 26th, 2013 at 9:07 PM ^
In that case, I wish he listened to everything fans say.
November 27th, 2013 at 12:54 AM ^
new level of hate. Your mom would be proud.
November 27th, 2013 at 8:51 AM ^
At least she's not an alcoholic
November 27th, 2013 at 9:56 AM ^
He's the guy making light of suicide in a press conference. But yeah, I'm the bad guy. If Al wants to make classy comments about killing himself, then I'll make classy comments about wanting him to follow through with it.
November 27th, 2013 at 10:19 AM ^
Thanks mods.
November 27th, 2013 at 3:22 PM ^
You should go see Anthony Jeselnik at the comedy club. I think you'd like his act.
November 26th, 2013 at 9:28 PM ^
That's funny, cause if I was the o-coordinator of this team, I'd slit my wrists.
November 26th, 2013 at 10:00 PM ^
Because his playcalling has made many of us want to slit our wrists.
We've gone from dead last to second to dead last in negative plays in ALL OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL.
How does that stat not say "relieved of duties" to EVERYone?
We get on GERG, and rightfully so...he was what, 113 out of 118? Something like that. It was bad whatever it was.
He wasn't doing the job, period, Borges is just as bad.
November 26th, 2013 at 10:08 PM ^
Wow, you made it so clear, and I never thought of this before, but Borges is the offensive analog to GERG.
November 26th, 2013 at 10:33 PM ^
BORGERG?
November 27th, 2013 at 8:03 AM ^
Yes, BORGERG it is then.
November 27th, 2013 at 8:51 AM ^
Nice.
November 27th, 2013 at 3:44 PM ^
How about GERGES?
November 26th, 2013 at 9:33 PM ^
Hah that's awesome. Al's a cool guy, regardless of his performance this year.
November 26th, 2013 at 10:45 PM ^
is "Al a cool guy"?
November 26th, 2013 at 11:26 PM ^
You are officially in full-on trolling contrarian mode now.
November 27th, 2013 at 12:05 AM ^
No kidding. In the thread (now removed) where the OP asked if people were renewing their season tickets he bitched because I answered no. Apparently because I had already stated that I wasnt in other threads I'm not allowed to respond in that thread.
November 27th, 2013 at 9:19 AM ^
Yes, well, you've mentioned it in nearly half of your posts the past several weeks.
November 27th, 2013 at 11:03 AM ^
I love how you trolled your own thread lol
November 27th, 2013 at 12:14 PM ^
I love how you created a thread after the Indiana game talking about how awesome the offense was lol
November 26th, 2013 at 8:27 PM ^
He looked like a broken man. I feel bad for him/
November 26th, 2013 at 8:31 PM ^
A broken man leading a broken offense. My concern is his confidence and psyche are as damaged and fragile as his QB's.
November 27th, 2013 at 8:03 AM ^
come Saturday...
November 26th, 2013 at 8:39 PM ^
I'm definitely not reading /watching it now. Too much of damn bleeding heart.
November 26th, 2013 at 9:35 PM ^
He literally looked like he was told cancer he though was in remission, had just returned.
November 27th, 2013 at 9:49 AM ^
Honestly Wendy...This is a side to you I haven't seen before. I have to say I like it. Not in a creepy, you're one o f the only mgofemale bloggers kind of way. I just always thought of you as a pretty serious person but your sense of humour is more prevalent in your more recent contributions.
November 27th, 2013 at 9:18 AM ^
He is not broken, no matter how much you want to believe it. I saw a professional dealing with the day to day and long term problems of rebuilding a team in the midst of an echo chamber.
Despite the fact that he knows his credibility is under fire and that no matter what he says a vocal chunk of this "fan" base will rip his comments apart, he treats questions with respect and attempts to give honest answers. Amazingly he has managed to retain his sense of humor.
You'd be hard pressed to find a better example of a coach demonstrating grace under fire.
November 27th, 2013 at 10:11 AM ^
Like it or not, he just keeps doing his job.
November 26th, 2013 at 8:29 PM ^
Sigh... I'd rather he were a jerk or more stubborn so it would be easier to get rid of him :/
November 26th, 2013 at 8:38 PM ^
The guy makes 700k a year, he doesn't need your sympathy.
November 26th, 2013 at 8:42 PM ^
Oh Phil. The tears of the rich are just as salty as those of our less fortunate subalterns.
November 26th, 2013 at 8:45 PM ^
I had to look up what that word meant.
November 26th, 2013 at 10:03 PM ^
But I keep coming back for the jokes. There's almost always one good little stream like this in each thread...
November 26th, 2013 at 10:48 PM ^
That's crazy
November 26th, 2013 at 9:02 PM ^
[First line removed because I was being a hypocritical dick.]
Many of us (including me) would like a new offensive coordinator. That isn't a license to be a complete dick to a guy who's probably working his ass off and probably as upset and embarrassed about this as anyone. And no, the fact that he makes a lot of money doesn't excuse being a dick, either.
In my opinion, complaining about the offense is fine, calling for a firing is fine, expressing frustration about play-calling and talent development is fine, etc. A lot of the Borges stuff has crossed the line into really mean-spirited and personal. I get that it's the internet and places like this are a shit-show for humanity. Still, at the end of the day, Al Borges is probably a really good guy who is doing his best for Michigan and feeling really bad about what's happening. A little restraint from some people here might be nice.
November 26th, 2013 at 9:16 PM ^
I completely agree and my anger probably pushes me up to that borderline. I just want the guy gone and someone new to step in. That being said, my biggest fear is Hoke hires someone even worse.
November 27th, 2013 at 8:08 AM ^
are probably slim, statistically speaking. The next OC would have to TRY to have worse offensive stats than this team put up. With all do respect, of course.
November 27th, 2013 at 8:56 AM ^
It is likely that Hoke is directing much of what Borges does. Left on his own, Borges may have a different game plan.
If Hoke does replace Borges, then here's hoping he learned the same lesson RR appears to have learned at AZ . . . hire a good coordinator and then get the hell out of the way.
November 27th, 2013 at 8:58 AM ^
A head coach who doesn't wear a headset is directing much if what his OC does? I'm not sure about your detective skills there dog.
November 27th, 2013 at 9:07 AM ^
I think Hoke has given the MANBALL directive to Al. If you watch his offense at Auburn it looks different but at the same time it sputtered after 2 years.
November 27th, 2013 at 1:34 PM ^
no one really talks about that angle and it does make sense. Brady is the MANBALL guy while Coach Borgess was more the West Coast offense. It also explains why a guy with so much OC experience can be struggling so much with the offense. Stay tuned...
November 27th, 2013 at 3:31 PM ^
Ok, I've got to now agree. This is an interesting angle. Someone needs to ask Al about how much influence Hoke has on the schemes he runs.
November 27th, 2013 at 9:16 AM ^
I have to agree. I have been thinking this week that Borges is a lot like Millen. Is it really fair to hate the guy for not being good at his job? It isn't like he's trying to fail. It is his employer you should really direct your anger at.
November 26th, 2013 at 9:23 PM ^
I've read in awhile. Agreed.
November 26th, 2013 at 9:23 PM ^
Well said, turd.
That's been one of my main gripes. Some posters feel like they are suffering more than the players and coaches who are busting their hump everyday. These guys want to win more than any of us want them to win and put in the countless hours preparing for games, coaching, recruiting and so on. Be upset at the results but personal attacks are unnecessary.
November 26th, 2013 at 10:52 PM ^
I bust my hump every day doing something far less awesome than coaching football for far less money than 700K.
If all I managed was complete incompetence, I would be catching hell from several bosses and wondering what day I would be losing the insurance for my wife and baby boy.
Being nasty about the guy isn't called for, but I certainly ain't feeling bad about a bunch of internet posters calling him a stupid fat ass.