Coach Hoke on OLINE and Mason Cole
Coach Hoke was on "The Sports Brothers" on 107.3 WBBL-FM this morning and had some interesting comments that I thought the board would like to hear.
On the offensive line (3:44 mark):
Nothing earth shattering here but Hoke said they circled Sunday (8/17) as a day to have "some continuity" on the offensive line. They have gone through fall camp with the "first group" but "every once and a while" have been putting guys in the mix a little bit to see how they perform with first group. Hoke mentioned a first group like they have a group in mind but who knows. He then mentions Ben Braden as their "right tackle right now", which is what that MLive article referenced.
On incoming freshman (9:15 mark):
Again, nothing really new here but again, Hoke mentions Mason Cole and really praises his high school coach for getting him ready with technique, etc. He highlights that Cole was an early enrollee and calls him "unique" and "a little different". We very well could see Mason Cole as the starting LT but is it because he truly is a special talent?
Hoke also mentions Canteen and Peppers.
August 14th, 2014 at 4:43 PM ^
....Oh...now I see that my worst fears were not realized.
All I know is that I looked at the thread title and panicked---saw something in the title about Hoke being on the OLINE and was afraid that not only did he still have some eligibility left, but worse yet, our OLINE was such a tire fire that he had sewn up one of the starting positions himself.
August 14th, 2014 at 5:01 PM ^
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I'm not sure the performance last year by a number of the people you mention endowed the coaches with a lot of trust in their ability to perform in games.
August 14th, 2014 at 5:21 PM ^
August 14th, 2014 at 6:37 PM ^
@Dan
Who the heck on this line is feeling entitled and fat and happy that they need motivating? They should feel embarassed - the whole country doubts every one of them. Every thread we hear "it's a motivational tool" as if Hoke is a mastermind puppet master who has a bevy of players who cannot motivate themselves. It is never about actual performance and/or coaches trying different players.
If these theories of so many players needing "motivating" are so true, Hoke needs to start recruiting self motivated players. I don't think it's true in the least.
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August 14th, 2014 at 6:39 PM ^
This is what some of us are speculating at this point. Perversely it would be a long term positive as it would mean Kalis is not being discussed by coaches or showing up in videos due to injury rather than lack of performance.
August 14th, 2014 at 5:29 PM ^
Nick BaumgardnerIf season started today, Mason Cole (true frosh) would be Michigan's LT, Erik Magnuson would be the LG
August 14th, 2014 at 6:10 PM ^
I really didn't like Mags at guard last year. I don't think he has the body for it, but he did give us plenty of effort. Mags is built for the tackle position. If you want to see a real guard body look at Kalis. Hopefully Kalis does not have a serious injury and will put it together this season. I haven't given up on him yet.
August 15th, 2014 at 9:13 AM ^
August 14th, 2014 at 6:24 PM ^
Let's just get the best five out there. I don't care what they were rated coming out of high school or if they are a freshman or senior. It looks like some guys are stepping up.