MontuckyYooper

November 9th, 2013 at 8:53 PM ^

Maybe not individually; but when you say, "We didn't execute," you're basically throwing your players under the bus.  

Give the other team credit, say you need to do a better job coaching, BUT DON'T say the players didn't execute.  I'd be pissed if I was DG or JG or TL right now.  Coach em up; that's why you make 4 million dollars.

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ComputerEngineer

November 9th, 2013 at 7:16 PM ^

Against a team that had given up an average of 183 yards of rushing before this game.  Borges needs to go.  Not only is he killing us on the field, but he's hurting recruiting too.  

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Mortimer

November 9th, 2013 at 7:31 PM ^

That is not even mostly a play calling failure. That is something much bigger. There is literally no team I can think of that can do anything on offense when their run game is as crappy as ours. Not OSU, not Baylor, not Oregon - nobody. Seriously, even Lloyd's "bad" ground performances were enough to allow for some balance. And, they mostly had reasonable pass protection. For my money, I'd fire Funk and Jackson (I hate saying that) before Borges.

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Crash

November 9th, 2013 at 7:17 PM ^

I hope Brady Hoke realizes that Borges is going to cost all of them their jobs.  It's time to give Scott Loeffler a call.  I say that because not only is the offensive gameplan terrible, but our QB has terrible coaching also.  Loeffler takes the place of both.

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BlueInDallas

November 9th, 2013 at 7:18 PM ^

I am so on board with firing Borges.  He calls plays like he is coaching a pee wee team and he only has four plays they have learned so far.  No creativity.  No sense of awareness to down or distance.  No coaching of the QB.  We need a new OC and QB coach.

My question is who is available?  Any bright young assistants out there that we can lure away?  Scot Loeffler is OC at VTech.  Bring him back?  He could do double duty.

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jabberwock

November 9th, 2013 at 7:26 PM ^

we could get a definitive answer on who is responsible.

Does Borges actually have 100% autonomy?  Is Hoke hamstringing him a-la Rich Rod into these unflexible gameplans?

must. focus. angar.

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BlueTimesTwo

November 10th, 2013 at 1:04 AM ^

I am just hoping that we don't end up with negative total yards against Iowa.  Getting shut out is not outside of the realm of possibility with Borges at the helm.

I honestly don't think that the offense could play any worse if Gardner just got in the huddle and started drawing up pass patterns on his hand like in playground football.

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Ty Butterfield

November 9th, 2013 at 7:38 PM ^

When Michigan got the ball after the fumbled punt and could only gain three yards, that is when I lost total faith in the coaching staff.

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JamieH

November 9th, 2013 at 7:44 PM ^

I don't see how. Borges keeps his job.  The drive after the fumbled punt is what sealed the deal for me.  How can he just run the ball into the middle fo the line like that, knowing we can't run the football? 

I know our offensive line can't block, but good grief, there are ways to gameplan around a poorly performing o-line.  Part of that plan can't be to continually run power running plays up the middle for no gain and drop-back passes that take forever to develop and are massively succeptable to blitzes.  Yeah, we finally made a few adjustments at half-time.  Bully for Al.  WTF was he doing in the first half and then again in the 4th quarter?

Absolutely embarassing.  If Borges stays our O-Coordinator, we just have to accept that he will continue to repeatedly call stupid plays that would leave even an average high school coach shaking their head.

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realfootballfan

November 9th, 2013 at 7:48 PM ^

some were thinking "If only we had a competent defense to pair with the offense " when RR was here?

Bizarro World.

Fuck Borges and this shitty toilet fire we call an "offense".

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leftrare

November 9th, 2013 at 7:53 PM ^

I'm sitting here trying to figure out what next year looks like. With or without Borges, the OL is still going to suck and no reason to believe the tight ends, tailbacks or fullbacks will be able to block anyone either. This is less on the OC than on the people whose job it is to teach how to fucking block. Sure, inexperience is an issue this year. But, oh look! There go Lewan, Schofield and Toussaint. In come more new guys and does anyone think they'll be any better? Something is not right with Development. These players can't be this bad unless they just don't know what they're doing. I say this is on Hoke, but firing him is a terrible thought. He needs to fix the way players are taught.

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Oscar Goldman

November 10th, 2013 at 12:27 AM ^

I think he is a victim of circumstance.  The Space Coyotes of the world may be able to debunk this, but I think he is hurt by A) scheme - not a Power I type back, more of a spread type, and B) clearly running behind a terrible line.  He has had some great games for Michigan during his career, we shouldn't forget that.

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GoBlueNorth

November 9th, 2013 at 7:52 PM ^

Just heading home from that...... I have no idea what to call it!!!!! One good drive and it was the only one where they mixed things up a bit. After recovering the punt/fumble, Borges and Hoke were mailing it in for 3 points. We (3 of us are season ticket holders), were surrounded by a lot of other ticket holders who were threatening to sell their OSU tickets to Buckeye fans if they don't fire Borges (show Brandon our displeasure). I have only ever sold my tix a few times and never to a non Michigan fan......but I get it..... Don't know if I can do that but I sure am not looking forward to watching that train wreck under Borges.

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MichiganStudent

November 9th, 2013 at 8:00 PM ^

I hope Borges get indicted in some sort of financial scheme and thrown in jail. I say that because I don't see Hoke firing him.

I'm so pissed off that I just want him gone in any way possible.

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JamieH

November 9th, 2013 at 8:07 PM ^

After watching his offense run the ball repeatedly into the line for no gain/negative yards, do you think anyone would ever trust their money to Al Borges?  Good grief, he'd probably be trying to convince people that Enron was going to be recovering "any day now". 

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umichjenks

November 9th, 2013 at 8:01 PM ^

had 3 yrs with no support from school admin. Hoke is in yr 3 with full support from school. If he doesn't fire Funk, Borges, Fred Jackson then he can go. Basically he's Jim Schwartz of college acting like a cheerleader. Start backing your words of accountability and sit Touissant, Gardner. Put a headset on and quit giving us excuses about our team being young.

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BlueTimesTwo

November 10th, 2013 at 1:11 AM ^

The line is not doing Gardner any favors, but he seems completely shell-shocked at this point.  He is terrified of throwing a pick, so he holds the ball too long, and when he does throw his accuracy has been pretty suspect.

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