Does this performance against Ohio save Borges and Funk?
I know Borges has taken serious heat from all of us this year, but the O looked phenomenal today. I think we all agree that the team that played today beats every other team in the B1G. I thought the Oline was really good considering the competition and the skilled players produced the below numbers:
Devin-32/45-451 yds 4TD
Gallon- 9/175yds 1TD
Butt- 5/60yds 1TD
RBs-24/137yds 1TD I
thought Borges called a great game and we were one phantom Frank Clark unsportsmanlike penalty and one bad throw away from beating Ohio.
My question to the board is, does the potential of seeing more performances like this make you tolerate the idea of seeing Borges and Funk stay around one more year?
November 30th, 2013 at 4:41 PM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 4:39 PM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 4:39 PM ^
every week, maybe. Problem is he lays too many rotten eggs against very beatable teams. If Borges is as good an OC as he showed today, Michigan wouldn't be 7-5.
I still think Funk needs to go. And WEllman the S&C coach needs to go also. Michigan isn't strong enough.
The body of work over the last two seasons, more weight on this year, grossly outweighs one game against a rival. If this team is as good as they looked today, how does anyone explain Akron, Uconn, Nebraska, NW and Iowa??? In the ned, I'm tire of the Borges Funk debacle.
The team played well today, but Michigan still lost. Michigan is 7-5! That has to play a role.
November 30th, 2013 at 4:42 PM ^
Yeah, it sure is a sign of bad coaching then a bunch of red-shirt freshman and sophomores can't beat juniors and seniors huh?
November 30th, 2013 at 7:37 PM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 9:24 PM ^
We had about 4 solid chances to win that game. It was an amazingly unlucky game.
November 30th, 2013 at 4:39 PM ^
No, but only because they weren't in danger of losing their jobs in the first place.
November 30th, 2013 at 4:40 PM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 4:41 PM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 5:02 PM ^
This was one game where I can say that the refs stole it, those two calls were miserable and resulted in points for Ohio.
November 30th, 2013 at 6:53 PM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 7:57 PM ^
They did not. I was keeping track with extreme prejudice toward anything that gave OSU points. I do think we were jobbed a couple times, one of which directly resulted in an OSU touchdown. They may have scored that one anyhow though, and in the end we had the ball with the chance to seal the win. It was a tough game, but I'm reasonably ok with this loss, even if we did let em off the hook.
November 30th, 2013 at 5:21 PM ^
5 losses this year, possibly 6?
10 losses in 2 seasons, possibly 11?
losing 2 of 3 so far to osu, easily can assume another loss at the shoe in 2014
Coaching changes need to me made, notice I used the plural form
November 30th, 2013 at 7:05 PM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 8:03 PM ^
losing 2 of 3 so far to osu, easily can assume another loss at the shoe in 2014
A bunch of girls around here I swear. We were supposed to "easily lose" today, and in the end we controlled the end of the game and came up short. We should be improved next year, while they lose some very key pieces. So many chicken littles around here these days, and emos, damn emos.
Control what you can, and try to enjoy what you can't. Stop being so miserable all the damn time, it's an ugly look for the fanbase (this part is so much directed at you grovecity, but the board in total). Go Blue.
November 30th, 2013 at 4:41 PM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 4:42 PM ^
Normally, I would see this game as a commendable loss-- the players performed well and the game was quite fun.
However, the idea that this could be used as leverage to save Borges job fills me with hopelessness. It's unfortunate. I hope this was Borges swan song-- it would be a good one.
November 30th, 2013 at 4:42 PM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 4:43 PM ^
Funk is just done.
Mich already has someone in mind that they will go after...for OC. As for Funk, I say we replace him with a Mich legacy linemen or with a previous NFL linemen.
November 30th, 2013 at 4:48 PM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 5:53 PM ^
Any clues who Michigan has in mind for OC?
November 30th, 2013 at 5:59 PM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 8:05 PM ^
You can't just randomly drop something like that without a little more to substantiate it, otherwise it's just noise, and kind of a tease (in a bad way). Care to expound a bit?
November 30th, 2013 at 4:44 PM ^
Our offense works so much better when the other team doesn't know exactly what is coming on every play. For once I had no idea what play was coming next, And when OSU over-blitzed, we actually hit them with these amazing things called SCREEN PASSES.
I just want to know where the F*** this stuff was all year. Because I guarantee you the defenses that were embarassing our offense were not better than OSU.
November 30th, 2013 at 8:17 PM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 4:44 PM ^
I don't think Borges was ever gone. So I guess my answer is no.
And I don't have any opinion about the position coaches; I'd need to see practice to have one.
November 30th, 2013 at 4:44 PM ^
I still think Borges has to go. We could have been doing this all year long,
November 30th, 2013 at 4:44 PM ^
No.
However, it may improve the job Borges gets after Michigan.
November 30th, 2013 at 4:46 PM ^
It almost certainly does. This was the absolute worst case for Michigan -- a loss that is still a job saver for the blithering incompetents on the offensive side of the ball.
November 30th, 2013 at 4:46 PM ^
Al lacks leadership quality. We're much better off without him.
November 30th, 2013 at 4:48 PM ^
What? There is no way that is anything other than your personal opinion.
November 30th, 2013 at 5:10 PM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 4:49 PM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 4:50 PM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 4:51 PM ^
one good game for the last five? If we had won it I wouldn't have fucking given one shit. But the fact is Borges is incompetent and the fact that he can pull one out of his ass every once in a while doesn't change that.
November 30th, 2013 at 4:51 PM ^
I put the decision oh Hoke. He has earned the right to make this decision after rebuilding from the RichRod mess.
If he gets rid of either, understandable, probably necessary after an INEXCUSABLE performance on both of their parts this year.
However, if Hoke chooses to keep them, especially Borges, well... I trust Hoke, but if Al keeps stinking up the joint, then I will call for HOKE for having the poor judgement to keep them.
November 30th, 2013 at 6:11 PM ^
Do I think it could also continue to be a clusterfuck with little development and predictable play calling? Possibly.
It's Hokes call. I'll be indifferent either way. Next year goes all on Hoke and I think he's earned the right to do what he thinks gives him the best chance of a successful future.
November 30th, 2013 at 6:25 PM ^
This is my feeling exactly. I have seen Borges offenses work really well at Auburn. But either way MANBALL is what Brady Hoke wants. The spread is not coming back while he is the coach. I happen to believe that Borges is more imaginitive than most MANBALL OC's. But either way, it's Hoke's decision and he is the one who should be accountable.
November 30th, 2013 at 4:52 PM ^
Without knowing what exactly the thoughts of Hoke (and perhaps to some extent, David Brandon) are, it would be impossible to say. If I had to guess at anything, I would say that there was perhaps a realizable chance that Al Borges was not in serious danger regardless, but then he still does have to navigate the yearly sit-down with his superiors and we could be shocked still (some by his retention, others by his removal). I guess sometimes I find these threads an odd exercise because we're not the ones who have the power to make the call.
November 30th, 2013 at 4:52 PM ^
Pretty damn amazing how a screen pass can change our offense. Not sure why the hell we had to save a basic play for the last game of the season. Does that answer your fricking question.
November 30th, 2013 at 5:54 PM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 6:12 PM ^
And very few varieties. Really, all they ran was that throwback screen (which did work brilliantly today) and the one where Funchess comes across the field.
They barely ran bubble screens before today. They also had screens go to Gallon, Funchess, Toussaint, and Smith today.
That said, it felt like on many of the reverses, end arounds, etc. disaster was imminent but avoided by nice plays in space by Funchess, Gallon, etc.
December 1st, 2013 at 8:10 AM ^
Because for as bad as our line has performed this year it should have been about 10 times what the real number was.
December 1st, 2013 at 8:10 AM ^
Because for as bad as our line has performed this year it should have been about 10 times what the real number was.
November 30th, 2013 at 4:52 PM ^
It is the body of work that matters for his job security, and his body of work is poor. that is beyond question.
November 30th, 2013 at 9:54 PM ^
Trajectory does matter. We looked like there was actual improvement. First time all year.
November 30th, 2013 at 4:55 PM ^
Consistency is key, and Al Borges is the opposite of that. Everybody knew he had a game like this in him, the problem is everybody also knows he has about two handfuls of stinky farts as well.
November 30th, 2013 at 6:13 PM ^
Remember last year against South Carolina? This year against Notre Dame? Year 1 against OSU?
But for every one of those, he has games like the Penn State game, the Nebraska game, Iowa...