Northwestern Snowflakes: The Coaching
October 23rd, 2021 at 3:28 PM ^
Start JJ. Go for the playoffs and greatness.
Stop with the turtle shit.
October 23rd, 2021 at 3:40 PM ^
Agreed, Cade is a decent QB and I appreciate his effort and loyalty but he is limited, to say the least.
JJ is so much more athletic, dynamic and can scramble in the pocket while making accurate throws and has a waaaaay better arm, plain and simple.
October 23rd, 2021 at 7:38 PM ^
I agree with Brian Cook. Bring JJ in when in the red zone. His running threat is a plus. He sure can't be any worse @ passing into the end zone since we don't trust Cade to do it.
October 23rd, 2021 at 6:40 PM ^
I don't know why you are getting down-voted. The switch is going to happen at some point, but my fear is it's going to be too late...after we are down too big in a game to make a comeback, or after we already have lost a few games.
Cade has been a solid game manager and Michigan is undefeated, but Michigan is not winning games because of him. To be fair, they also have not lost a game because of him, which is probably the biggest reason Harbaugh isn't pulling the trigger. You can get away against lesser competition, but you can't continually miss opportunities to score against good opponents and expect to win.
Oklahoma, an undefeated team, switched to a freshman quarterback. He has made his share of mistakes, but without the switch, Oklahoma does not beat Texas. Saban made the switch from Hurts to Tua in the National Championship game. John Harbaugh made the switch from Flacco to Lamar, hell Jim Harbaugh made the switch from Alex Smith to Kaep. All of those players brought more potential to the offense than the predecessor, even though they all come with their own flaws.
October 23rd, 2021 at 10:52 PM ^
Mere game management is an effective strategy when you have superior talent. When you have equal or less than talent, you need to rely on other things.
But I also believe in the importance of easing a freshman into the position. Which I think this has been done this season. I trust Harbaugh to manage this situation wisely.
October 24th, 2021 at 12:13 AM ^
JJ should have gotten more time in the 2nd half today...
October 24th, 2021 at 8:33 AM ^
I agree with this comment completely, but I will add an observation. It has become obvious that the upside is more limited than I had hoped with this approach. JH needs to be playing JJ more and opening up the offense more when he is in the game. I don't see a team on the schedule we have no chance against using the current strategy until the last game of the year. We have zero chance to win that game with this lack of a passing game and/or QB run threat.
October 24th, 2021 at 8:41 AM ^
seven and oh, dumbfuck.
October 23rd, 2021 at 3:29 PM ^
If you're too scared to have Cade throw the ball past the LOS in the red zone, either bench him or just run the ball. Those stupid swing passes outside are not fooling anyone and keep getting blown up.
October 23rd, 2021 at 3:56 PM ^
They let him take shots downfield in the first half, but he was just having an off day. He's usually better than that, but as Klatt said, he wasn't taking advantage of the leverage the receivers had in their 1-1 coverage.
There were a couple of other deep throws to Sainristil where he seemed to slow up for the ball unnecessarily only to see the ball sail over his head to more or less where he would have been if he'd run through it.
October 23rd, 2021 at 4:29 PM ^
He was missing some in Nebraska too. I like Cade but if we run into a team that’s going to stop the rushing attack JJ might need to come in just to have a punchers chance.
October 23rd, 2021 at 9:52 PM ^
I don’t understand our use of Sainristil. We throw him jump balls and deep passes. He’s small and does not have great hands. Why don’t the deep balls go to Baldwin and CJ? Sainristil should be a slot with intermediate patterns at the most.
October 23rd, 2021 at 3:29 PM ^
How annoying was Joel Klatt? Any other team and he would have praised them against NW.
The problem for Michigan is and has always been OSU. No matter how well we do, it is OSU. It is Franky sad and annoys me. Nothing matters. Everything is relative to OSU.
October 23rd, 2021 at 3:32 PM ^
I mean, MSU will be a real challenge. Their weapons on offense are no joke.
October 23rd, 2021 at 3:32 PM ^
No. Klatt is correct. For Michigan getting past OSU is everything. That is what it is all about. Beat OSU. That should be the no. 1 goal each and every day of each and every year.
October 24th, 2021 at 7:26 AM ^
Disagree fundamentally. As a UM fan since the Bo times, it has *not* always been about osu but rather winning the big ten. Often, the latter required the former (but not always). The definition of success wasn't predicated on the outcome of that game (but we also won it more often than not).
October 23rd, 2021 at 3:34 PM ^
Everything he said was correct. Good teams have exploited us every year under Harbaugh and we have had no answer.
Hell even bad teams (MSU last year) exploited a major weakness (lack of coverage on deep balls) and we had no answer.
October 23rd, 2021 at 3:37 PM ^
The worst. And worst still, he plays to the worries all of MGoBlog's hand-wringers. I started watching in the 2nd quarter and in reading the comments here you'd think we were down big.
October 23rd, 2021 at 3:49 PM ^
We haven’t had just an OSU problem. Our best finish was 2018 when we finished second in East. Every other year was worse.
We’re a solid team with the same weakness as the previous 6 years.
October 23rd, 2021 at 4:45 PM ^
We shared the division title in 2018. We lost the tiebreaker, but both Michigan and OSU were 8-1.
October 23rd, 2021 at 3:49 PM ^
he plays to the worries all of MGoBlog's hand-wringers.
Hand-wringers?
Please tell us what Michigan's record is against ohio in the last TWENTY years.
October 23rd, 2021 at 3:58 PM ^
He’s probably talking about the type of dipshit, whiny posters who like to constantly bitch about everything and scream about RECKONINGS for weeks on end, rather than enjoying an undefeated, if flawed team.
October 23rd, 2021 at 6:03 PM ^
I was at the game. This team is fun to watch, and fun to see how excited they get.
my first game in a decade and my son’s first game ever. I love this team and am loving this season so far. We may lose next week. Maybe not. Who cares? Enjoy the damned ride. I don’t get the complainers. Every time a bad play happened people acted like we were a 3-9 RR team spiraling down. College football is supposed to be challenging, passionate, and fun.
not an opportunity to seek despair
October 23rd, 2021 at 6:24 PM ^
Amen, brother.
October 23rd, 2021 at 6:47 PM ^
It's one thing to get beaten by a superior team. But during Harbaugh's tenure, Michigan has continually lost to teams that are less talented. 56-22 is a good record, but Michigan has very few wins against great teams during his 7 years.
My frustration lies in not putting the players in the best possible situation to succeed, and it never changes year to year. Harbaugh is what he is at this point. Michigan has started the season strong several years until they fizzle out and lose to good competition. I'll continue to cheer for the team, but until they regularly show up against good opponents, it's hard to not be pessimistic.
October 23rd, 2021 at 9:15 PM ^
The problem is that Michigan has lost to teams that are less talented under Harbaugh? What are you smoking and may I have some? 5 of his losses are to OSU and every one of those teams was more talented. How many of the other 17 losses were to teams with less talent? Maybe 4 or 5 tops? Go fish.
October 25th, 2021 at 10:05 AM ^
Actually, Harbaugh teams don't do badly against inferior ranked teams. They don't do as well against superior ranked teams. Moeller/Lloyd (at least while I was there) was better at upsetting other teams but worse at getting upset.
October 23rd, 2021 at 10:13 PM ^
Well stated. I don't remember ever seeing so much complaining about a blowout win by an undefeated team.
October 23rd, 2021 at 6:47 PM ^
Rent free asshole.
October 23rd, 2021 at 8:32 PM ^
When’s THE RECKONING again, genius? IIRC, it’s been totally about to happen 4 or 5 times already, and since you’re obviously really smart and totally balanced and not even a little bit of a whiny, petty, miserable douchebag you just must know.
October 23rd, 2021 at 4:30 PM ^
Klatt is usually Pro Michigan maybe last season broke him I think he did call the state game which kinda broke most of our fans for a while.
October 23rd, 2021 at 4:38 PM ^
If you’re upset about that then you shouldn’t be a Michigan fan. OSU was, is, and always will be the measuring stick.
You are judged at Michigan by what you do against OSU. That’s the way it is and that’s the way it always should be.
October 23rd, 2021 at 4:48 PM ^
win championships
October 23rd, 2021 at 6:37 PM ^
There is too much emphasis on OSU. To the point where people will demand Harbaugh fired if OSU is his only loss this year... Last year, many of you wanted him gone. I remember you.
October 23rd, 2021 at 7:11 PM ^
Awful take
October 23rd, 2021 at 8:23 PM ^
I remember the 90's when OSU was "to focused" on beating Michigan
October 23rd, 2021 at 8:52 PM ^
Here! Results matter. He is our best chance to get back to being elite but not at the cost of losing to the worst MSU team in 15 years. He is Harbaughing himself and i love it but last year was hot trash and a non Michigan man wouldve been fired.
October 23rd, 2021 at 3:29 PM ^
I have a buddy who bought a corvette. Fucking loves that corvette, washes it every weekend. But he’s scared he’ll wreck it, so he only drives it to the store and back, and only on Sunday. Meanwhile, he spends 2 hours a day commuting in a goddamned 2013 Subaru Impreza.
October 23rd, 2021 at 3:37 PM ^
Great post. Plus 1 to you.
October 23rd, 2021 at 4:02 PM ^
That sounds like me, except I commute in a 2008 Versa.
October 23rd, 2021 at 6:20 PM ^
Those things get great mileage
October 23rd, 2021 at 6:45 PM ^
Not as good as you’d think for a car that small and ugly.
October 23rd, 2021 at 7:42 PM ^
So play Cade and get to work on time while enjoying life?
October 23rd, 2021 at 3:31 PM ^
Pass the mother fucker into the end zone at least one play when inside the five and I don’t mean the almost impossible out route over the shoulder throw either.
October 23rd, 2021 at 4:41 PM ^
Agree. The biggest reason for our redzone problems is poor play selection. We are so predictable down there it's no wonder the other team seems to know what we're going to do.
October 24th, 2021 at 1:20 AM ^
How about get out of the fucking shot gun while inside the 10? We are in the shot gun inside the 5! Stupid!
October 23rd, 2021 at 3:31 PM ^
Harbaugh is a miserable coach to have. He sucks all the fun from the games. The most uninspired 33-7 win I’ve watched.
Not sure how Cade throwing them ball for 121 prepares you for the remaining games, especially MSU next week.
7-0 is 7-0 I guess. Yay!
October 23rd, 2021 at 3:36 PM ^
We are also approaching the time of the year where we usually get outcoached.
October 23rd, 2021 at 3:44 PM ^
For gods sake man. It was a 33-7 vanilla Win with MSU next week and people on here find something to bitch about. It was supposed to be vanilla. MSU has a bye and was watching the common opponent. If UM loses next week and does it being conservative than bitch and moan. Until then enjoy 7-0.
October 23rd, 2021 at 3:54 PM ^
Problem with being a Michigan fan is every team we beat suddenly is an inferior team and/or we didn't beat them soundly enough. Washington was going to be the test for me, but they suck. Wisconsin was going to be the test, but they suck. An undefeated MSU team in week [9] should be a worthy test.