AdverseVillain77

August 17th, 2010 at 9:03 AM ^

Now I feel bad for posting that I hoped Lewan beat him out.  Although I still hope that, Dorrestein seems to have far more personality than most football players, you gotta love that "white Jerry Rice" comment...

MGoShoe

August 17th, 2010 at 9:05 AM ^

...Perry to Genuinely Sarcastic's Run Charts for some of his desired OL ratings. 

Sure seems to me that Michigan is going out of its way to avoid showing anyone with a wingless helmet in these more recent Countdowns to Kickoff.

It probably would have better to have shown Perry actually finding someone to block on the play they were running when he was talking about the importance of run blocking in Michigan's offense.

MGoShoe

August 17th, 2010 at 11:20 AM ^

...video editor screwed up by allowing that momentary glimpse of White.

That's only half-sarcastic.  I do believe they are trying to prevent photos or video of the blue helmets to get out into the public domain because they don't want their existence to be a public shaming of the players wearing them.

Blue Helmet ≠ Scarlet A

ironman4579

August 17th, 2010 at 11:30 AM ^

I was actually thinking the same thing about the editor, and not in a sarcastic way at all.  I have no doubt they are at the very least trying to keep specific players from being recognized/pointed out.  That 23 was just right there unfortunately.

OHbornUMfan

August 17th, 2010 at 9:34 AM ^

I get the point of the net drills, but after watching each group duck to clear the bar at the end, I wonder whether this drill builds some bad habits as well.  Being low is vital, but being low and in bad position doesn't really help out.  If your eyeballs are pointed straight at the ground, as they are when you duck under something, you are in bad position.

Thoughts, coaches?

Magnus

August 17th, 2010 at 9:43 AM ^

By the time they reach the bar at the end, the teaching/learning part of the drill is over.  The bar's only there to hold the net in place, not to represent a defender or anything.  The players know that.  They've been doing that drill every year Rodriguez has been at Michigan (and perhaps before), and Frey has produced some pretty good offensive lines, including the one we'll see on September 4th.  I'm not concerned about his methods.

BlockM

August 17th, 2010 at 9:13 AM ^

If I had to guess the personality of a guy named Perry, that would be it. Seems like an awesome guy, hopefully he dominates on the line this year!

michiganfanforlife

August 17th, 2010 at 9:42 AM ^

that Tate would still not have "earned" his wings for the year yet.  Didn't he take a beating starting every game for us last year? Doesn't that mean something? He must have really showed up out of shape and thought the job was his by default, or maybe he started with that attitude in the spring and it's carrying over?  This whole situation is a little strange, and I wonder if it is really helping or hurting the team in general. It does seem like more and more of the guys interviewed are mentioning everyone buying in to what the coaches are selling. We will find out in 18 days... Go Blue!!!

BlockM

August 17th, 2010 at 9:50 AM ^

Well, he only lost them last week, so who knows. IF he's got an attitude issue, I could care less what he did last year. I want a quarterback that deserves to play because he's doing everything he can to be the best he can be. I think he'll respond fine, and hopefully all of this hullabaloo gets him to kick it into high gear for the next couple of weeks.

mrlmichael

August 17th, 2010 at 9:53 AM ^

Another video about packing in the food. This time he made me hungry for some of the places im missing here in Europe. Our offensive line is going to be awesome this year though.

KBLOW

August 17th, 2010 at 11:48 AM ^

That was fun, but didn't really whet my appetite for info.  It is cool to get to see a little bit of what these guys are like though.