Minnesota Snowflakes - The Coaching
October 24th, 2020 at 11:16 PM ^
Um... I like it?!?!
October 24th, 2020 at 11:43 PM ^
I'm taking cuts here to make a very important point.... That was a come from behind victory fellers, on the road against a ranked opponent, amirite
October 25th, 2020 at 8:04 AM ^
Nice point. Plus 1 for you. The haters will change their tune to “hasn’t beaten a top ten ranked opponent on the road...”. It’s great to be a Michigan Wolverine this Sunday morning, but I’ll miss having the real Ann Arbor New’s pull out center sheet on post-football Sundays. 4 pages of news stories devoted solely to the game, with pictures.
October 25th, 2020 at 8:12 AM ^
But....he has yet to beat a ranked team on the road who had their 1st team punter.....
October 25th, 2020 at 8:29 AM ^
On coaching and punters... it is a major coaching / roster construction fail by Fleck to have no one else capable of a reasonable punt. Forget that guy and all his hype.
October 25th, 2020 at 11:17 AM ^
That’s a good point. I’d be wondering why the hell they had no other kickers.
October 24th, 2020 at 11:16 PM ^
Liked the offensive game plan. Set Milton up for success.
October 24th, 2020 at 11:30 PM ^
Like the offensive line. Warinner is a great OL coach. Those guys open holes and Gattis can ease Milton in.
It will be interesting playing Wisconsin. When have we ever had a running game that compares to theirs? And they will have to account for an 11th man in the running game, the QB.
October 24th, 2020 at 11:57 PM ^
Warriner is the best position coach on this staff and it isn't even close. Year after year the guy builds cohesive units.
October 25th, 2020 at 8:40 AM ^
I don't know about "the best". He has a lot talent to play with. Zordich has done a pretty good job. I thought the DB's played well for 2 new starters.
October 25th, 2020 at 9:21 AM ^
Nearly every game, the gap widens between Warriners' results and the results achieved under Drevno and Fry. That's the big difference.
October 25th, 2020 at 12:41 PM ^
Please. Don't speak of Drevno and Greg Frey as a unit. The latter was here for one season. As well, he recruited Mayfield and Hayes.
October 24th, 2020 at 11:30 PM ^
This was my big takeaway. Really happy with the offensive gameplan. Simple, straightforward. It played to our strengths and didn't ask any one player to do too much. Hope we see that continue to grow throughout the season, and that this is just the beginning of good things.
Beat Sparty!
October 24th, 2020 at 11:17 PM ^
Minnesota gained first downs, scored points. Milton threw incompletions. We punted a few times.
Take off your maize colored glasses, people.
October 24th, 2020 at 11:17 PM ^
Props to the coaches for keeping the team focused with all the mayhem.
October 24th, 2020 at 11:18 PM ^
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October 24th, 2020 at 11:19 PM ^
We didn’t have 103 first downs. Disappointing.
October 24th, 2020 at 11:26 PM ^
You Demand Excellence.
October 24th, 2020 at 11:37 PM ^
Okay I give up. Sorry for the errant double reply on the wrong comment.
October 24th, 2020 at 11:50 PM ^
Minnesota is coming off an 11-2 season, returns their QB, and was playing at home.
October 24th, 2020 at 11:56 PM ^
I believe we punted...or tried to, only once.
October 25th, 2020 at 12:04 AM ^
Outside the blocked punt on the first drive I don’t remember a punt.
October 25th, 2020 at 7:15 AM ^
Exactly. I demand holding opponents to zero (0) first downs, no more than two (2) Michigan incompletions and limiting our punts to (1) per game.
October 25th, 2020 at 9:48 AM ^
Here’s my maize-colored summary: “We only punted once. It didn’t go very well so we didn’t punt anymore after that.”
October 25th, 2020 at 10:28 AM ^
Yeah, this^^^. The “that didn’t work so let’s score every time” no punt strategy. Was way more effective than Sparty’s let’s turn it over every tome we get it strategy.
October 25th, 2020 at 10:11 AM ^
Other than “punted a few times,” spot on.
October 24th, 2020 at 11:18 PM ^
So Harbaugh gets blue pants, but the team doesn't get maize pants? UNACCEPTABLE.
October 24th, 2020 at 11:18 PM ^
Gattis' offense looks really nice. He schemed a lot of really nice things like the All TD that he dropped
October 25th, 2020 at 8:31 AM ^
I disliked one call- trying to go outside with Charbonnet on the third possession on 3rd and 2 from the Minn 14. Need to watch again to see if it was outside zone or P&P, but I thought that was a bit too cute- even if you run 2 QB dives you should be able to get that. Any lateral run on short yardage can get blown to hell by LB’s throwing themselves haphazardly at the line. Other than that, I’m pretty sure the competitive portion of the game is going to be a huge RPS win.
October 24th, 2020 at 11:18 PM ^
Gattis.
The end.
October 25th, 2020 at 1:44 AM ^
Gattis + Warinner + Fast Dudes = Hail Yes
October 24th, 2020 at 11:18 PM ^
Harbaugh is a great coach. Full stop
October 24th, 2020 at 11:18 PM ^
Offense looked like Harbaugh and Gattis melded their philosophies. Especially happy that we didn't put the offense to bed when we got up 2 scores.
Also. Coaches Harbaugh have a decision to make about our FG kicker...
October 24th, 2020 at 11:21 PM ^
Plus multiple points including plus one for correct pluralization of Coach Harbaugh.
October 24th, 2020 at 11:40 PM ^
I was pleasantly surprised to see Mason as much as we did. He made some gaping holes.
October 25th, 2020 at 12:05 AM ^
Harbaugh mentioned Nordin was hurt in the presser
October 25th, 2020 at 7:15 AM ^
Nordin did not play because of injury. The announcers got it wrong saying that Moody won a competition.
October 25th, 2020 at 10:59 AM ^
The Coaches Harbaugh by Fyodor Dostoevsky?
October 24th, 2020 at 11:18 PM ^
Speed in space?
Yep.
Gattis called a great game. I had no idea what was coming. Obviously, neither did the Gophers!
Go Blue!!!
October 25th, 2020 at 4:33 PM ^
I loved the play calling as well as the play designs, really felt like it was perfect for Milton.
October 24th, 2020 at 11:18 PM ^
No crowd is relevant. And there were mistakes.
But this was Michigan’s best road performance since... the Carr era? That means something, even without crowd noise. Executing in unfamiliar environs is hard, and Michigan did it with ease.
Gattis hitting his stride. The OL hasn’t skipped a beat.
Hard not to be really optimistic here.
October 24th, 2020 at 11:23 PM ^
78-0 in Piscataway? I know I know LOL Rutger. But prior to Harbaugh Hoke had some scary road games at UConn and such.
October 24th, 2020 at 11:50 PM ^
And Hoke had a road loss to Rutger. (Head still hanging in shame)
October 25th, 2020 at 12:58 AM ^
But not as bad as a home loss to them, Amiright?
October 25th, 2020 at 3:12 PM ^
at least that rutgers team won 8 games
October 24th, 2020 at 11:47 PM ^
That's a good question. Was this the best road performance since the 2006 Notre Dame game?
October 24th, 2020 at 11:57 PM ^
Sounds about right. Just can’t count a run-up on a disastrous Rutgers team. Minnesota was ranked and has good players on the field. Michigan has been underwhelming on the road for a long, long time.
Not underwhelming today. It helps that there are no fans (especially after the punt block). But putting things together and executing, on the road, like this? It’s not a given, and Michigan looked great. Like elite teams are supposed to look.
October 25th, 2020 at 1:14 AM ^
Their fans aren't that raucous. They're Minnesota nice - they cheer politely with a smile, but then talk about how bad your ice fishing hole looks behind your back.
October 25th, 2020 at 2:38 AM ^
It wasn't the loudest stadium I've been in, but I was at the night game in '15 and the crowd involvement was significant. It would have been a factor tonight.