Paying players

Submitted by blizzardo on November 7th, 2020 at 11:06 PM

What happens when NIL laws go into effect? Do schools like osu, Clemson, bama lose their recruiting advantage? It this staff capable of putting together a competent game plan? Is it the xs and os or the jimmy and joes? 

Why are we so bad at football? This looked like a hoke/richrod era game

Hot take, flame away 

Blue_Goose

November 7th, 2020 at 11:18 PM ^

I totally agree that Don Brown has completely stopped teaching D linemen how to watch the football at the snap.  This has nothing to do with the players and everything to do with a lack of teaching/coaching. Don Brown is an imbecile and all the previous defenses were a mirage!

DHughes5218

November 7th, 2020 at 11:37 PM ^

Yes. As soon as everyone is indirectly paying players, all of the top recruits will stop wanting to play for winning programs that develop NFL talent and they will all come to Michigan. 

bluegary

November 7th, 2020 at 11:59 PM ^

If Harbaugh stays he has to get rid of the whole defensive staff. Hire Elite recruiters that can coach. I would also hire Mike Hart as running back coach. He would be an awesome recruiter. I know that will never happen. Jay Harbaugh is not a good running back coach. 

Blueisgood

November 8th, 2020 at 11:05 AM ^

Personally think Jaybaugh is doing fine in coaching and recruiting. The Rbs aren't going to do anything when the play calling calls for them to run into a human wall. Corum is a speedy little bastard, so lets send the little fella in and run him straight into the line instead of getting him outside or throwing him a screen pass. Whats an RPO again?

MichAtl85

November 8th, 2020 at 4:37 AM ^

Stop with the Jimmy and Joe’s. That argument may work against OSU. We lost to a horrible MSU squad. They could recruit and develop to beat MSU and at least be competitive with OSU. We can’t do either of those things. 
 

NIL isn’t going to have this team focused and playing intensely. 

charlie sheen

November 8th, 2020 at 9:34 AM ^

i’m sure there will be millions of dollars in endorsements out there for players who have to ride the bench for a couple years watching walk-ons who practice the right way get punked by other teams.

watch out, ohio state!

M-B Devil Dog

November 8th, 2020 at 1:13 PM ^

I think it's absurd we still cling to this idea that the only reason we can't compete with the likes of those three schools is $$$.  Do programs have a few $ going to players in need? absolutely but this idea that there are salaries or guys are openly paid to go to a school is just fucking idiotic. Why are these schools not under violation?  NO ORGANIZATION can keep a secret like that, it can't.  It's like the old adage goes...Three people can keep a secret if two of them are dead.  Kids run their mouths, they like to brag.  I mean Chase Young was suspended for multiple games for accepting help for a flight from a family friend, do we really think that They would let shit like that transpire to their greatest defensive player ever in his last season in a historic year? gtfoh.  We can't compete with them because we can't recruit like they do...why you ask? because winning breeds winning and kids want to go to places that they have the best shot to win and get to the next level, THAT is why these programs continue to become unstoppable.  We can't compete with them because the studs we do get aren't being developed the way they need to be. It is not because we have such rigorous academic standards that won't allow these players in.  I can tell you right now if justin fields wanted to come to UM he could have, hell his first offer was from Harvard.  If Garrett Wilson had wanted to come here he could have, Chris Olave, the Bosa brothers, I can go on.  Kids view are program like a throw back, we are stuck in a bygone era when 3 yards and a cloud of dust won games. Don Brown is too stubborn to change, Josh Gattis is NOT an offensive genius, it's like we are throwing shit up against a wall and seeing what sticks.  It is pretty clear at this point that the offensive play calling was coming from Locksley when he was at Alabama and not Gattis. 

bama north

November 8th, 2020 at 5:05 PM ^

This OP is a little all over the place lol..  

It’ll be interesting to see if they attempt to implement a salary cap of some sort that would stifle UMs potential financial advantage.