How to stop Denard? Put him under center, says RR

Submitted by wolverine1987 on

Interesting RR comment:

 

“When he’s in the shotgun surveying the field, whether he’s running or throwing it, he’s one of the best weapons in college football,” Rodriguez said. “And when I saw that game, they’re still doing a lot of that because that’s what he does well and sure, you’re worried about him getting hurt a little bit but I think you also get hurt when you have your back to the defense, standing in the pocket waiting and trying to find somebody open."

His earlier quote in the article was as in my headline. Cue the RR bashing/defending.

http://www.freep.com/article/20110908/SPORTS06/110907065/Rich-Rodriguez…

chitownblue2

September 8th, 2011 at 2:04 PM ^

Rich Rodriguez ran an offense that put Denard in the shotgun 99% of the time.

Anyone shocked or upset that he may believe this is the best way to employ Denard Robinson needs to have their fucking heads examined.

micheal honcho

September 8th, 2011 at 3:49 PM ^

No shit, if he thought it was the best way to employ Sheridan/Threet he certianly wasnt going to use Denard any other way.

Hell, I dont think he would use Tom Brady any other way, he'd just scream at him to hurry the hell up on 3rd and 9 because we cant give them the ball back fast enough. Its all about the TEMPO man the TEMPO I say.

I recall watching him yelling hurry up to the fieldgoal unit. Of course you wouldnt want to take your time and maybe actually make the damn kick, just kick the f-ing thing cuz the clock's running and I want to get my offense back on the field!

BigBlue02

September 8th, 2011 at 8:16 PM ^

This is ridiculous.  How on earth can you argue that our starting QB having worse numbers will have a positive effect on our team? I think you are a little confused as to what you are arguing.  Denard did everything humanly possible to help us win games last year.  Denard had very little to do with any of the games you mentioned above (although his two int's in the redzone did hurt us against MSU).  Denard did not have anything to do with our defense being shitty last year.

LSAClassOf2000

September 8th, 2011 at 4:44 PM ^

Not only is it better to have Denard in the shotgun, in my estimation, but he can really be more lethal overall when he isn't running the ball 700 times a game. He will be even better than he is now if they create a situation on offense where he can finish games, and Denard being even better than he is now would be beyond the current level of "f*cking awesome". 

ohio

September 8th, 2011 at 7:32 PM ^

The flip play to Shaw in the 2nd play shows how deadly Denard can be under center. That's a play Michigan hasn't had enough speed in its backfield in a long long time. You can only run that once a game, but once you put that in the mind of the end man, Denard/Borges can play all kinds of games with that. Just imagine Denard running that naked around the end, and not up against the end zone.