Blame GREG not RR

team beat Georgia and Oklahoma in the BCS bowl.  Your argument that WVU did it in a weak Big East fails.

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Just win, baby.

13-19 so far.  I am not for bailing yet, but let's not kid ourselves that his pre-Michigan record is some guarantee of success here.

is not West Virginia and the Big Ten is not the Big East.  Rich's biggest fault is that he thought what worked at WVU would work at UM.  It hasn't, but he doesn't know any different so he can't change his approach. It's a catch-22 that will end badly.

Your timeline for the progress of young players is way off base.  Do you remember how David Harris played as a junior?  Prescott Burgess?  Our defense started 6 underclassmen and just about every backup is a freshman.  Oh, and they lost their best and really only top-shelf player.

As for comparisons, that "decimated offense" still had the leading rusher in Penn State history.  Who is comparable on our defense?  Moye is a junior who had over 700 yards receiving last year and is on pace for more this year.  They've had loads of injuries but their roster situation is nowhere near as bad as our defense's at present.

I don't think it is too much to ask of a coaching staff to recognize the problems that are evident in their scheme and to adjust accordingly.  This defense has not adjusted to defend a simple counter ever since UMass used it.  It is not unfair or nit picky to expect to see improvement when coming off of a bye week against a terrible offense.

I completely understand the problems presented by the youth and depth of the defense.  However, I believe it is fair to expect progress as the season goes on.  You can't honestly say you have seen the defense as a unit progress this season.

Also, PSU did not pick up all, or even a majority of the blitzes.  Also, if you believe that blitzing is the only way to get pressure, then we obviously have a philosophical difference in how we believe a defense can work.  I'm a firm believe in using your line to apply pressure.  With only 3 down lineman that becomes nearly impossible. 

The coaches I'm sure knew where the talent and depth was on this defense as far back as spring.  A 4-2-5 defense is relatively easy to install or adjust to from the 3-3-5 as Michigan runs it.  It allows them to play the zone they feel is necessary to protect the youth in the secondary, but also plays to the strength of the defense, which is obviously the line.

They weren't OK tonight.  Misdirection, once again, left them out of the play time and again. 

The defense made one positive play, the sack by Gordon that directly resulted from a blitz called by GERG.  After that they nearly gave back the twenty yard advantage it created and on the next possession they let PSU again march down the field for a FG.  If that is "swagger" then I think your sample size is a little off.  The DB's did not play "scared."  They played "crappy".  They did that because they aren't very good, either because they severely lack talent (Rogers and Floyd) or because they are true freshmen (Talbott, Christian, Avery).  Those are the only guys we got.  The fact that GERG hasn't turned them into even a barely competent unit just means he is a human being.