points for mattison and nessmeier in the upcoming season?

"Come to the MGoBoard, they said. There will be posts, they said..."

I would like to assign both coaches a baseline rating of 3*pi.

after drinking thread post smashed bang thread!

Outstanding coordinators are great, but they are only perceived that way if the hmfic is the right fit. The main man, and I don' care what era you are coaching in is the "end all and be all." He makes the decisions. If he wants a smash mouth rushing attack, his OC will do so by virtue of the way the head man tells him, shows him, hell walks him through it if that's what it takes. And the same is true of the DC. Don't worry about the names that occupy these positions. Worry instead about the man that is in charge of having them carrying out their duties.           ^Admittedly I am old school; however, I saw a bunch of players that would be categorized as no more than three stars by virture of today's star ratings week after week perform as a 5 star unit because one Mr. Schembechler insisted on nothing less.  By virtue of their understanding of that which is required, many were actually drafted into the NFL because acting as a unit, the majority performed as a unit of All-Americans. I recal Tex Schramm, the former GM of the Cowboys stating, "Hell, these Michigan kids must get the best coaching in the world. Their collegiate stats suggest a future NFL great but based on individual testing, they just don't measure up."  That, my friends is what we must be concerned about.  It's one Brady Hoke that must bring it all together. If you think for a moment that Bama will skip a beat withouth their OC, you are sorely mistaken.  Just as Bo's coordinators were offered and acce[ted jobs at other schools, the Michigan beat kept tempo.  We've all witnessed what happened at USC, with equally talented players that Carrol was running through, at ND with even greater talent that Davies and Ty enjoyed and in Columbus where probation was a one year hiccup.        ^I'm concerned given some of the debacles, i.e., barely pulling out games that we should have dominated and losses such as those to PSU whether or not we have the right man in charge; These were unacceptable results and that is scary. Lining up road kill is a way of sending a message to future opponents, "We are coming, we will destroy and ain't a fucking thing you can do abot it." This has not been the message that next week's opponent receives when we outlast instead of lambasting inferior foes. The message they receive is, "Michigan is human and they can be taken, hence the PSU and NU losses in addition to the cliffhangers that should have been decided by half-time.  My friends, it's not the OC or DC that will determine our future, and they're both proven. It's that guy with the title of HC who will determine our future. His recruiting has landed him players at a talent level that Bo rarely realized. The major and significant difference, of course, was that whomever Bo brought in was, as was proven year after year was simply going to impose his will on the man standing across from him until he broke because a "Michigan Man," as Bo labeled them would never break.  It's as simple as that. No matter what the DC or OC preaches the players are going to listen and respond to the demands of the head man. The coordinators know what they're doing but unless Brady can communicate to the players the necessity of them performing at a level greater than they have ever been accustomed to, he is doomed to failure.  Debate all you wish, but the ability to motivate players to perform at a level they're uncaccustomed to is what has separated all the great coaches.  And fuck the axiom, "It ain't the Xs and Os, it's the Jimmy's and the Joes." That is a fine sound byte but I think we can all agree it's much better for a 3* lber to fulfill his assignment rather than a 5* rely on his "God-given ability" to completely misread a play.

hand and shrimp

and the only prescription is more cowbell...baby.

yeah!

I love crazy!

But this was classic.  Thanks all for the laugh.  great thread. 

Too bad this can't be "bumped" up and just be the Saturday drinking thread.  I'm sure some people missed this gem.