Lynn Henning Says Denard Should Run Less
Apparently Michigan will have Denard run the ball Saturday, "but at what cost to Robinson." Apparently he will get hit harder and harder as the season progresses not only when he runs the ball but also - get this - when he throws the ball! We better limit his touches asap. Lynn went out and found some "expert" testimony to this effect. Count me as "very concerned". From his post game comments RR seemed like he agreed - I mean it's about time he started looking out for the well being of his players instead of locking them on the practice field and weight lifting facility for 12 hours every Sunday.
September 8th, 2010 at 4:37 PM ^
"and the fact that once RR knew they couldn't stop the QB power he kept going back to it."
DING DING DING.
When they can't stop it, keep running it!
Defenses will adjust to take away Denard. Then RR/CMcG will call something else. Then they'll adjust, and Denard will run again. It's the way the system works. These writers are damn fools, you don't have to be a coach to understand the game-by-game chess strategy that gets played.
September 8th, 2010 at 4:26 PM ^
What's makes me laugh is that this idiot doesn't understand the read option. Denard's number of carries depend on what the DEs do. They crash down....the QB runs. If Uconn wanted to limit Denards carries they should have told their DEs to stop crashing into the middle. What's hard on a defense is that when the DEs don't crash down, Denard hands off up the middle. Hence Smith's touchdown run. Why do I expect reporters to know what they are talking about?
September 8th, 2010 at 4:37 PM ^
Agreed. Edsall said that they made adjustments at half-time because of the way Robinson ran all over them in the first half. I keep falling into the sam trap - expecting reporters to actually care enough to try to understand the game...
September 8th, 2010 at 4:31 PM ^
One game and the Michigan haters are all coming up with new memes: 'Rodriguez endangers kids with too much playing time....'
UCONN had no clue, Denard said screw it, and kept running it up their ass. Next game, when they stack the box, he can just get it out to our receivers who will blaze past their 1-1 coverage.
All the haters should just keep talking as it provides more fuel to what can be a special team.
September 8th, 2010 at 4:35 PM ^
September 8th, 2010 at 4:35 PM ^
you can't catch!!!!!!!!
September 8th, 2010 at 4:54 PM ^
I'm satisfied. Print it.
September 8th, 2010 at 5:07 PM ^
I'm so tired of this, it makes me want to get a vasectomy so my future children are never born, and never have to witness the mind-numbing banality of this over-used, idiotic meme.
/rant over
September 8th, 2010 at 4:59 PM ^
Lynn Henning... you suck.
September 8th, 2010 at 5:13 PM ^
Henning is a Sparty fan so his objectivity on the subject of UM football is suspect. He's better left to covering the Tigers.
That being said, I've known him to refer to Cabrera as the Tigers' number 3 hitter, even though Cabbie has hit 4th in every 2010 appearance. So on second thought, maybe he should hang 'em up.
September 8th, 2010 at 5:46 PM ^
gotten a hold of those stupid pills RR talks about--and taken the whole bottle.
September 8th, 2010 at 8:01 PM ^
From what I gathered from Rich's press conference he eluded to the fact that he would have liked to have gone deep on the passing but the swirling wind would not allow it. Weather permitting I think you are going to see a few longer pass attempts/completions against ND this weekend. Should loosen up their defense if they want to play up to stop Denard's running game. So more passing, less running. Just longer runs and longer passes.
Bottom line is IF Denard is hitting his passes and the line is blocking well their defense wont be able to stop our offense. We have had great defenses in the past that have had problems with a mobile QB in the spread attack. ND isn't any different. Feels good to be on the other end of that one for a change.
September 8th, 2010 at 8:38 PM ^
29 rushes per game will get him killed imo.