D-Rob Final Drive

Submitted by bignige1000 on

I know Denard led them down the field for the last td drive, but how do you not put Tate in there?? The guy who has engineered 3 4th quarter comebacks on the bench?! I know hindsight is 20/20 but regardless, how do you not play him when it counts??

wolvorback

October 10th, 2009 at 11:46 PM ^

They're freshman qb's, surrounded by mostly freshman and sophomores. It was a tough game to watch them "grow". Hopefully, Tate will redeem himself next week, and we'll continue improving.

In reply to by fatbastard

Mark

October 11th, 2009 at 9:57 AM ^

I thought Herbstreit mentioned that the WR quit moving on the play.

Edit: So I watched the highlight of the play and Hemingway definitely pulled up on his route.

oldno.7

October 10th, 2009 at 11:54 PM ^

I liked the change of pace he provided on the previous drive, but Tate's skill set gives Michigan the best chance to win under the circumstances--little time, no timeouts, obvious passing situation. I don't like that decision. With the four turnovers prior to the final drive I'm not sure we "deserved" to win that one. Man does Minor run hard.

bronxblue

October 10th, 2009 at 11:50 PM ^

If it is true that Tate was hurt, then I'm fine with Denard being in. If Tate was reasonably healthy, then put in Tate and take a chance. Yes, Forcier was not playing well, but Robinson basically ran the ball the entire last drive and the Iowa defense gave it to them because it ran the clock down. You need to pass in that situation, and Robinson was simply not ready.

mrjblock24

October 10th, 2009 at 11:51 PM ^

If you have followed Michigan the first five games, you know what the right call should have been. The whole team lost this game, it wasn't one play at the end, but that was certainly a time for Tate Forcier to be in the game. There was no way Denard gave us the best chance to win, and all of you know it. I would throw Tate Forcier out there no matter how well he was playing. When you have a young QB like that, one great way to F up his confidence is to bench him during the time he's at his best. The loss was not Rich Rod's fault, but he didn't make the right choices to get us the best chance to win. Period.

LSA Superstar

October 10th, 2009 at 11:52 PM ^

Denard was 3/4 for 30 yards and an INT.

Tate was 8/19 for 94 yards and an INT.

Hm.

Listen, guys - Tate isn't Jesus. I know this is going to hit some of you pretty hard, because I realized it mid-way through the Indiana game and it hit me pretty hard too. But that's the fact. He's a freshman. He makes bad decisions. He mismanages games. He throws stupid picks.

Rodriguez faced a pretty big problem going into our second to last drive. You have two QBs. One has played like trash but has a great track record for the season so far. One hasn't played. You need points, so you go with the latter. When he finally cracks the game open, where do you go from there? It's easy in hindsight, but it's not as easy as you all make it out to be.

bronxblue

October 11th, 2009 at 12:18 AM ^

Nobody said Tate was a savior, but "halfway through the Indiana game" he led the team on two 4th-quarter drives to take the lead, then nearly won the next week in a driving rain against MSU while being down in the 4th quarter. Sure he's a freshman, but one who is a heck of a lot better than he has any right to be. And for as bad as he looked this game, he still led this team to 21 points (and probably more if Minor hadn't fumbled). So while I agree with RR's decision to give it to Robinson on the 2nd to last drive, I do have an issue with him being the man on the last drive save for an injury.

wolvorback

October 11th, 2009 at 12:01 AM ^

Denard was 3/4 for 30 yards and an INT.

Tate was 8/19 for 94 yards and an INT.

Hm.

What the frick are you talking about?

lucky charms has 110 calories in a serving

special k has 120 calories in a serving

hm.

see how that doesn't work, I gave numbers but didn't tell you anything else pertaining to them.

bronxblue

October 11th, 2009 at 12:14 AM ^

Not sure the point here. If you are making a point against OP, then I see it. If you are actually arguing that Robinson should have been out there at the end of the game because both guys ended up with an INT, then we have an argument.

Edit: Just saw farther down. I agree.

Beavis

October 11th, 2009 at 3:48 AM ^

Look, I've read through all of these comments and I haven't been able to stop thinking about "why Denard over Tate on the last drive?" and I still don't have an answer.

Clearly it is one of three reasons:

1) RR thought Denard gave us the better chance to win

2) RR was teaching Tate a "lesson" and giving Denard a chance to take over the starting QB role

3) RR knew Tate was too hurt to give us a legit chance (like when in "video games" your player who is a 90 gets hurt, and becomes a 70, but is now below your backup QB who is a 75)

I don't really care what it was, because the past is the past, but for my sanity I would like to know the true reason. Hopefully the next presser reveals this info.

Captain Obvious

October 13th, 2009 at 9:45 AM ^

Maybe this loss can help us slough off some of our new bandwagon fairweather fans we seem to have picked up. This is not a blog for OMG RR INEXCUSABLE comments. We'll all be better off if you leave and go root for the flavor of the month teams.

thekiddet3

October 13th, 2009 at 11:10 AM ^

Hi Everyone,

New to the blog, I've been watching M football since the Bo years. Let's not rag RR, he did what he thought was the right thing to do given the game situation. RR is building a team that will be very competitive and very exciting!

What would everyone be saying if Denard didn't throw the pass and ran for gobs of yards or even a TD, he had the opportunity? M will be great in the near future, let's not make it any harder on the Coaches or Players by bitching about something we have no control over.

GO BLUE!!!