The Coaches Know Better?
Reading the TomVH post on Devin Lucien (thanks Batman) my first reaction was: WTF!, followed by: the coaches must know what they are doing - right?? The Audacity of Hoke (sorry) has made it clear that BH wants players who bleed Maize and Blue, so here's a kid who loves Michigan and is a hotly pursued 4 star recruit (with a SDSU offer) being told: "play defense or take a hike". As stated before: WTF! We have no wide receivers and precious little else in this deteriorating class yet it's "my way or the highway" to a top kid... but the coaches must know better... right?
Logic says that the coaches eat, sleep and breathe football for their entire lives so they must have more football knowledge in their big toes than I do in my whole being..... Yet Obi plays whilst Demens sits... and sits... we have signed a grand total of two defensive tackles over the last three classes.... Sheridan starts over Threet... and on and on. Perhaps the detailed micro view of the coaches needs more light from a macro point of view that is less emersed in the process and can see a bigger picture. I am not volunteering for the job, and this wonderful board already produces a wealth of incredible insights (along with much hot air and snarking), so this is not a revolution against coaching expertise but more of a caution about automatically assuming that these guys know what they are doing. It would appear that they often struggle with seeing the forest through the trees....... like most of us. GO BLUE!
January 18th, 2011 at 12:53 PM ^
Hoke, IMO, has honestly made more stupid decisions in his short tenure than RR made all of this past year.
This is an absolutely absurd statement.
January 18th, 2011 at 12:55 PM ^
Jeez, some people completely lack any perspective whatsoever.
January 18th, 2011 at 10:58 AM ^
Perhaps Hoke has seen more film on Devin (other than his highlight film) and Hoke feels his hands are suspect? At a lesser institution (SDSU) you are willing to take a shot because of his overall athleticism, but at Michigan you want to use that athleticism in a position that gives be a better contribution to the team.
January 18th, 2011 at 2:42 PM ^
Apparently bringing someone to the football program because he "really wants to be here" or "he loves michigan football" ended with Hokes hiring. He is here for these reasons alone and apart from them would be considered woefully inadequate by any but the most partial of observers. You would think this kid was deserving of the same consideration. Next year might be a different story but turning away your first commitment doesn't seem like the thing to do.
Perhaps having more than one Devin on the same side of the ball would be too confusing for the elite staff he has assembled.