Gerg's Stuffed Animal
The story of Gerg's stuffed animal he accosted Kenny Demens with is up on annarbor.com:
Edit: Probably should have mentioned it's a lot of "no comment" from the players.
November 22nd, 2010 at 3:21 PM ^
The plot thickens...
November 22nd, 2010 at 4:20 PM ^
GERG was just giving it back. No big deal.
November 22nd, 2010 at 3:22 PM ^
Is why I don't read anything else but MGoBlog.
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<br>As dumb as some people are here. Wow that comment.
November 22nd, 2010 at 3:40 PM ^
Never mind.
November 22nd, 2010 at 3:27 PM ^
Gerg will bust out his blankie on the sidelines in C-bus?
Dude is a sandwich short of a picnic.
November 22nd, 2010 at 3:27 PM ^
That article sheds all the light you will need on the subject.
November 22nd, 2010 at 3:31 PM ^
Maybe this will motivate the defense for next week:
More so than a stuffed animal
November 22nd, 2010 at 3:38 PM ^
Can he play defensive end?
November 22nd, 2010 at 4:30 PM ^
his Rivals profile says he has good hips, and good speed. Move over, James Rogers.
November 22nd, 2010 at 9:47 PM ^
November 22nd, 2010 at 3:31 PM ^
as much as the rest of us.
November 22nd, 2010 at 3:34 PM ^
First the Syaracue Little Engine that could and now this!
Does he think he's coaching a Pee-Wee team with these antics?
November 22nd, 2010 at 4:40 PM ^
It's so weird actually hearing him speak.
November 23rd, 2010 at 12:01 AM ^
I agree. He was on the coach's radio show last week and was cracking jokes with Brandstatter and seemed strangely affable. This clip, however, is just strange.
November 22nd, 2010 at 3:33 PM ^
Wow, I thought everyone was passed the "Denard needs to be a WR" stage but reading those comments, apparently not.
November 22nd, 2010 at 3:42 PM ^
I have to sit next to a guy who spends the entire week after every loss telling me how we'd have won starting Tate.
I once told him "I don't think Tate really has the build to play safety" and got a blank look in return.
November 22nd, 2010 at 4:34 PM ^
If (when) GERG gets fired the official notice should simply be this photo on University of Michigan Athletic Department letterhead.
November 22nd, 2010 at 8:03 PM ^
The Internet today.
November 22nd, 2010 at 3:36 PM ^
Everyone's caught beaver fever. What about Lloyd Brady?
Where was he during the game?
November 22nd, 2010 at 4:04 PM ^
Could - gasp - the beaver be made of Lloyd Brady's hair?
November 22nd, 2010 at 4:12 PM ^
At least three times. He was there.
November 22nd, 2010 at 4:35 PM ^
Actually saw young Lloyd in person at the soccer game yesterday. If was after the game, and he had that blissful smile on his face that I remember from earlier in the season. It was good to see it again.
November 22nd, 2010 at 3:55 PM ^
No more tricks in the bag Gerg??? How about breaking out Lots-o' when the players miss a tackle. He smells like strawberries and he loves to give hugs.
November 22nd, 2010 at 3:58 PM ^
The damned stuffed animals that are at fault for this defense. In Columbus, I expect to see GERG on the sidelines rubbing the OSU players with some sort of stuffed animal.
Then maybe their defense will be as good as ours.
November 22nd, 2010 at 3:59 PM ^
Man, I think I'd want a stuffed animal too if I were GR after how the year has gone for the defense.
November 22nd, 2010 at 4:04 PM ^
GERG rubbing Demens with that stuffed animal is probably the weirdest thing I've ever seen in the context of a football game.
And that's really all there is to say about it.
November 22nd, 2010 at 4:06 PM ^
I know these guys are still "kids" and all, but WTF is up with a stuffed animal that GERG holds during games (at times)?
Is he trying to get fired and blame a loss of sanity to collect on some big, insurance scam? Or is he simply trying ANYTHING he can to reach these kids? I have no clue.
November 22nd, 2010 at 4:07 PM ^
At this point Gerg is probably trying any method possible to get the defense to not suck. Even if he has to use stuffed animals..............
November 22nd, 2010 at 4:08 PM ^
I've seen plenty of bizarre things in college football in my lifetime, but this ranks right up there with the all-time leaders in pure, unadulterated "WTF?"
I hope for Robinson's sake that there's a reasonable, understandable explanation for what he did. If there isn't, jeebus.
November 22nd, 2010 at 4:10 PM ^
who's beginning to think it might be something a bit 'deeper' and less superficial than a stupid stuffed animal. i don't want to be the guy who jumps to conclusions but it might be a bit more personal of a motivator that the team wants to keep to itself. i have no "inside info" but the school's track record with charities and the like, as well as the players' non-responses, seems more than GERG being a damned fool. it's 37x more easy for a player to note GERG as being "interesting with his motivators" or something of the like but that it's being kept in-house... i dunno.
may be me grasping for straws. oh well.
November 22nd, 2010 at 4:16 PM ^
That's an interesting take on it and you raise some quite valid points to consider.
It's just something you see though, and at first go, "WTF?" (as a poster above said) and wonder how the hell it could possibly make sense or have any sort of intelligibility or coherence to it, because it's such a bizarre thing to see a coach do.
November 22nd, 2010 at 4:38 PM ^
I hear ya, and maybe there's some legit motivational element to it. But the bottom line is that while our defensive coordinator is playing with stuffed animals on the sideline, our defense is getting ritually disembowelled. That makes Michigan Football look ridiculous. What would Bo say?
November 22nd, 2010 at 4:40 PM ^
I really, really, really hope that your sort of explanation is close to the truth. By all accounts he's a great guy, and I'm sure he's doing the best that he can in a job that I think he's not well suited for at this stage in his career. If it turned out that it had to do with charities or something similar, I would honestly be relieved.
November 22nd, 2010 at 4:16 PM ^
I kind of feel bad for GERG. He was obviously trying to do . . . well . . . do whatever it is he was doing with that thing as quickly as possible so that nobody outside of the team noticed. He looked deeply sad and ashamed as he turned away from the stuffed-bear rub. It's fine to wish GERG along his way after next week's game, but let's not humiliate him too much as a person.
November 22nd, 2010 at 4:25 PM ^
My daddy always told me if it makes you sad and ashamed, you probably shouldn't do it. I would think that lesson could apply here.
November 23rd, 2010 at 12:57 AM ^
Your mom also told you that you'd go blind and that never stopped you
November 22nd, 2010 at 4:41 PM ^
Well we wouldn't want to hurt his feelings. There's no hurt feelings in football.
November 22nd, 2010 at 4:21 PM ^
hospital.
November 22nd, 2010 at 4:54 PM ^
He knows he will be the latest scarificial lamb as Rodriguez stands before the people shouting, "It's NOT my fault! Kill GERG! KILL GERG!"
Consequently, he's mocking us and making Michigan look bad on national TV.
Next thing you know, commentators on Michigan games will be wondering why the hell Rich Rod can't recruit a kicker in three years.
Oh, wait
November 22nd, 2010 at 7:21 PM ^
improbable.
If only because if this gets much media play, it will make it that much harder for him to find a new landing spot after his M days are over.
November 22nd, 2010 at 5:01 PM ^
it's sounding like it's something that GERG and the defense are in on together. Whatever it is, it needs to work better.
November 22nd, 2010 at 5:10 PM ^
Could it be a motivator in the lines of GERG rubbing it in their faces, deliberately to be annoying, and thus pissing off the defensive players more, in hopes that they turn on some RAGE on the field?
November 22nd, 2010 at 5:12 PM ^
Apparently, it's a "reward" for players who get a takeaway.
November 22nd, 2010 at 5:22 PM ^
If I were a player, I'd rather get another extra-effort helmet sticker for a takeaway than a rub in the face with a plush toy. But that's just me. Maybe they like the soft feel of synthetic fur on their cheeks.
November 22nd, 2010 at 5:14 PM ^
a parting gift from the underclassmen?
November 22nd, 2010 at 5:14 PM ^
If Gerg had the defense come out wearing skirts it might be part of some inside-the-room motivation, but it would still look ridiculous and embarrassing to anybody not in the room. When we are holding our opponents to about 13 points per game I wil not care about appearances, but under the current circumstances, I agree with everybody else's assessment of WTF.
November 22nd, 2010 at 5:27 PM ^
Agreed.
I have been at work all day - has ESPN gotten ahold of this and beaten it to death yet?