Indiana Snowflakes: Special Teams / Coaching
October 14th, 2023 at 3:26 PM ^
The Boa has constricted. Amazing real-time identification and gameplanning by Minter. Amazing execution by the team.
October 14th, 2023 at 3:36 PM ^
Reiterate what I said in the Game Thread:
Morris - yes
Thaw - no
October 14th, 2023 at 3:38 PM ^
Meh. Not much to do.
October 14th, 2023 at 3:44 PM ^
I like our return game. Yeah it can be fielded better but the returns are electric. I expect they are going to break something open this year. Hope it happens against OSU
Harbaugh is a gift for us. Moore's play calls are awesome. Hart has done a tremendous job. Hall runs hard with patience. We have great coaches.
October 14th, 2023 at 3:45 PM ^
Morris > Thaw at punt return.
October 14th, 2023 at 3:47 PM ^
Special teams played excellent. Morris is a rising star. Perfect in kick-off and punts. The coverage in those few punts was excellent. All of this on poor weather conditions where errors could have been made.
Coaching: A little flat footed during the 1st quarter then they woke up. Jesse Minter's guys adjusted and adapted for the last 45 minutes.
October 14th, 2023 at 3:51 PM ^
Sorry duplcate post.
October 14th, 2023 at 3:51 PM ^
Excellent and nice adjustments. Everybody ate. Coach Hart rocks. So do all the Michigan coaches. Whose got it better than us ?
October 14th, 2023 at 3:59 PM ^
Duplicate. Tech. issues. Sorry. Might as well say here. Think we have the best coaching staff in B10, and maybe the country.
October 14th, 2023 at 4:02 PM ^
Don’t recall any mistakes. Had some good returns and put most of the kicks into the end zone.
How can anyone find fault with the coaching. This is a very well coached team.
October 14th, 2023 at 4:04 PM ^
This is the best coaching staff in college football right now. Treasure them...
October 14th, 2023 at 4:23 PM ^
Best coaching staff in the country, top to bottom, no doubt. This staff has the team focused and sharp every week. After Indiana surprised Michigan with the initial score, the team regained control quickly, when other teams might struggle for a half or most of the game. This team is mentally strong.
Indiana seemed to surprise Minter in the first quarter, but once he downloads what's happening, it's done. On offense, I can understand the 42-22 run/pass split due to the weather (and the game situation) but I'm hopeful we will get back to balance against PSU/MD/OSU and beyond.
Special teams really helped us today. The excellent return by Morris -- who should be the full-time PR -- and the shanked punt by IU both made a difference as I recall.
All good going forward, and I'm hopeful we can keep this staff intact for next year.
October 14th, 2023 at 5:00 PM ^
This was the first game for IU's new OC so Klatt/Johnson said Minter was just going to start in their basic base defense and adjust as the game went on.
Indiana wasn't going to have a dramatic change on offense with the new OC but Minter had no film with this OC at IU.
October 14th, 2023 at 4:31 PM ^
I absolutely second Harbaugh saying “fuuuuuuck” when JJ did that spin move and got slammed down on his right shoulder. Please don’t spin in the middle of the field just go down and minimize hits.
October 14th, 2023 at 4:35 PM ^
These penalties are getting out of control. /s
1 BS unsportsmanlike
1 super excited young fella taking off a couple seconds early.
October 14th, 2023 at 9:13 PM ^
Arrived home from The Big House & post-game tailgate in the last half hour so just saw this comment. One thing we all were discussing over a beer and a burger: what exactly was that unsportsmanlike penalty flag all about? It was in our end but nobody noticed anything involving AJ Barber that warranted a penalty.
October 14th, 2023 at 11:07 PM ^
Barner pushed off a guy's arm (who he was tangled with) forcefully at the end of the play. Whether the IU player stumbled backward over a prone body accidentally or just plain flopped, he went down backwards and the flags flew. Probably looked much worse than it was from the right/wrong angle.
October 14th, 2023 at 11:43 PM ^
That dude from IU has a real future in the WWE.
October 15th, 2023 at 1:20 PM ^
Klatt and Johnson roundly mocked how weak that call was.
October 14th, 2023 at 4:54 PM ^
Best coaching staff and probably not close. Player development, in-game adjustments, team chemistry, roster depth, mistake-free, great in all phases. As the song goes,, These are the good old days.
October 14th, 2023 at 5:01 PM ^
Can we just… not run the QB when we’re up 5 scores?
October 14th, 2023 at 5:25 PM ^
I think JJ called it at the line after he counted the numbers. That's why Harbaugh was ... perplexed. Probably not meant to be used in that type of game.
October 14th, 2023 at 5:02 PM ^
my biggest complaint is running JJ in a blowout. Just no. If we're 3 scores up, turn off the QB run
October 14th, 2023 at 5:12 PM ^
I wasn't tempted to type 'fuck' once.
October 14th, 2023 at 5:31 PM ^
Mean Joe spamming is the real concern there now.
October 15th, 2023 at 8:58 AM ^
He's ok...in a demonic marsupial kind of way.
October 15th, 2023 at 1:21 PM ^
Not even a, "Fuck yeah!" ?
October 14th, 2023 at 7:05 PM ^
Can Ono please step in and provide a contract to keep Harbaugh here for the rest of his coaching career. Enough with this contract limbo. The guy has absolutely earned that.
October 14th, 2023 at 8:33 PM ^
Santa isn’t the person holding up the new contract.
October 15th, 2023 at 8:09 AM ^
Leave Ono alone - he was busy throwing T-shirts into the stands.
October 15th, 2023 at 9:53 AM ^
He was also doing the Blues Brothers dance. :)
October 14th, 2023 at 8:29 PM ^
I'll see your 1st quarter of bluffing us
And raise you 3 quarters of dominance
Going home with all the money you brought every time
October 14th, 2023 at 9:27 PM ^
Can’t believe we wasted 20 seconds before calling a timeout, this didn’t hurt us in this game but we need to do better in tight games with clock management
October 14th, 2023 at 9:42 PM ^
(a) If it hasn't improved by now, it's not going to improve
(b) in this case, that was intentional. They left themselves enough time for the two plays, or three if one of them is a pass to the end zone.
October 14th, 2023 at 9:47 PM ^
I liked the timeout called when Edwards refused to come off the field. Can’t have the inmates running the asylum.
October 15th, 2023 at 6:47 AM ^
As talented as he is, looking forward to Mullings and Hall at RB next year. Edwards should move on, no-matter draft position (or grad transfer even).
October 15th, 2023 at 7:39 AM ^
Uh, I will happily take another year of Donovan Edwards should he decide to return.
October 15th, 2023 at 10:15 AM ^
Agreed. People behave as if they only started watching him play this year and missed, say, the 2022 OSU game. He's a great talent that will get his game going.