MGoVideo: Chalk Talk Rudock vs. Wisconsin

You could interpret it as them thinking he is the best candidate to start.

The analysis is fine, but neither offer the insight of a former QB, and it is not better than the UFR that the guys did on this same game. 

But it is real football stuff on the board, about an above-average football player joining our team in the fall...which by default makes it one of the better posts in weeks.

HARBAUGH

He was told he wouldn't start this coming year. If you look at Brian's UFR's, you get the sense that the OC was not calling the best games for Rudock. They telegraphed pass or run way too much in their playcalling.

Also, the OL was terrible in providing protection for Rudock. The big question, of course, is whether or not the OL at Michigan will have really gelled by this Fall. I am truly hoping Glasgow has his act together, that Kalis comes into his own, and that Cole, Magnuson, and Braden are solid. More than that, I hope that we have at least one, maybe two, of the remaining linemen really take a huge jump forward. I'd love to see Tuley-Tillman, Fox, or Kugler really pop and challenge the starters. To my way of thinking, it is critical to add several more OL recruits to the next class.

Back to Rudock, it is hard for me to think he won't start this year. Of course I'd love to see a miracle and for Morris to shock everyone, getting the starting nod and doing a great job. But at the very least, Michigan now has some options. Previously, it was Morris or "oh no!!" Now, at least it is a fight between two potential starters.

BTW, I loved this chalk talk. I could watch stuff like this all day long. Favorite colors, TV shows, etc., not so much. Thanks much for posting!

Ferentz released a depth chart in January listing C.J. Beathard was the #1 QB intimating that there would be no competition for the spot after Beathard's father insinuated his son was considering a transfer.

I'm watching the spring game here and there, and what I am starting to understand is that Morris really does have a great arm.  I never really paid attention to that even though others kept reiterating it, because I was so down on his decision-making that it didn't seem like it mattered.  I think he's accurate enough and the softer touch thing is an acceptable flaw.  

He's changing schemes again and that won't help, but if he has any aspirations for starting at Michigan he's got to be buried in the playbook this offseason.  He's got to know his plays cold.  It's clear to me that he gets in trouble when he just doesn't know what he's doing.  Spring game example: drops back and fake pumps left, then immediately throws right.  The play is fake pump and then the guy on the right is the primary receiver.  Throw it to him if he's open.  But Morris is throwing the ball whether the guy's open or not.*  That'll be a pick 6 somewhere.  He just will never get on the field over Rudock if he doesn't improve significantly in that area.  He's got to know the plays cold to have a chance. 

Dead horse beaten. 

*EDIT: realizing the above sounds overly simplified.  I believe he's auto-throwing to that guy because he's just happy to have remembered the play, have the formation correct, everybody lined up, look over the defense with some idea what they're doing, and get the snap off in time.  He's go to do all those things, then know what his second and third reads are, and adjust depending on what the defense does.  All of this is very difficult.  It's nearly impossible to succeed when you don't have the playbook down cold. 

Beaten a little more. 

Yes.  He looks so much better than any other qb on our roster that it's not even funny.  Our receivers are going to be very happy to see this guy in camp.  He may not be all-world, but he looks pretty good compared to our recent quarterbacking.

I have never come across a better cross-sport clone to Nuke LaLoosh than Shane Morris. 

He will always have the potential to be great because of his arm, but I will never trust him (so long as there is an adequate-to-good alternative) due to his mental capabilities and maturity.

I am sure Shane will benefit worlds from being coached by JH, but I am also sure that he is inferior to Jake Rudock at this stage in the game. If he buys in and works very hard, Shane will have a great chance to start next year (although he will have to fight off the rest of the crowd, which will include a very underrated John O'Korn in 2016). I think Jim is both the best and worst thing to happen to Shane. On one hand he will finally get the best coaching available and possibly be able to round out his game. On the other hand Jim would carry 30 quarterbacks to fight for the one job, if he could, and if Shane's ability to read defenses and understand situations doesn't improve, Harbaugh isn't going to hand him the ball because of his arm - which he too often relies on to fit the ball into a window he shouldn't have thrown into in the first place.

TL;DR: Shane is Nuke LaLoosh, Rudock gon' start.

Rudock/the coaches were booed off the field at half time of this game. They ended up losing by two to the eventual divison champs. Rudock then played the whole game against Nebraska that they lost in overtime. Beathard played most of the bowl game in which they were blown out by Tennessee. I don't get it.