Is Robinson at Fault?
I'm not a schematic guru by any stretch, but it just seems to me that Robinson was much too passive in his defensive play calling. In general, he just used the bend but don't break plan, which clearly doesn't work for us. I understand the concern with Floyd getting beat downfield, but Cousins was eating our secondary alive anyway, so why not bring the blitz a bit more? On third downs in particular, he should've brought the blitz much more I thought, instead he called for zone several times in an attempt the keep the ball in front of the secondary, and Cousins just busted loose far too much. Overall, I just thought his gameplan was terrible.
October 3rd, 2009 at 5:26 PM ^
look at our players!!!
October 3rd, 2009 at 5:34 PM ^
Exactly. When we've got a couple walk-ons playing, we cannot blame this on the coordinator.
October 4th, 2009 at 9:16 AM ^
I THINK WE GOT THE WRONG PEOPLE ON THE FIELD NUMBER 32 CANT COVER NUMBER 53 CANT RUSH IN ORDER TO GET A PASS RUSH WE NEED BIG BODIES ON THE D LINE.WILL CAMPELL SHOULD BE PLAYING MORE.
October 4th, 2009 at 9:34 AM ^
just want your comments locked here.
October 7th, 2009 at 10:34 PM ^
We'll see what happens. Just changing one player might not drastically improve the entire front defensive line, when there is also problems in the secondary. Give this man time. We see improvement every week, and there has been dramatic improvement from last seasons team. Strength and expereince will always overshadow size. Good things are to come!
October 4th, 2009 at 9:33 AM ^
JONAS MOUTON IS SORRY HE CANT TACKLE AND HE JOGS TO MAKE A HIT AFTER HE MISSES WE NEED TO GET SOMEONE ELSE IN THERE WHO WANT TO PLAY.TOO MANY BAD READS BY PLAYERS WHO SHOUDNT BE CALLING THEM.THE MIDDLE BACKER SUPPOSE TO BE MAKING THOSE CALLS.THEY NEED TO PLAY STRAIGHT FOOTBALL AND LEAVE THOSE SCHEMES IN THE TRASH BECAUSE THEIR NOT WORKING.
October 4th, 2009 at 9:35 AM ^
your caps lock and quit posting.
October 4th, 2009 at 9:41 AM ^
what u thing of our defense
October 4th, 2009 at 11:28 AM ^
are points, not yards, because only points get counted in your record.
If the defense holds the rest of the teams on our schedule to 20 ppg, Michigan is probably going to win 9-10 games. It was a freak occurrence that the offense played so terribly. They will fix the problems and hopefully play a better game next week. But given the fact that walk-ons are playing significant chunks of the game, there is no DB depth, and the LBs aren't playing that well, I think Greg Robinson is doing a fantastic job holding the fort. He is proving his worth.
October 3rd, 2009 at 5:27 PM ^
Fault goes to the inability by our offense to execute and adapt until it was too late. I don't blame GR.
October 3rd, 2009 at 5:29 PM ^
for all the yardage in the first half. Holy crap - the DBs were playing 10 yards off as usual and bubble screens went for 10 yards a crack. Not to mention UM wouldn't even allow MSU to stop itself on the first TD drive.
October 4th, 2009 at 9:23 AM ^
GREG ROBINSON SUCK IF U CANT STOP ADJUST TO WHATS GOING ON THEN HE SHOULDT BE AT MICHIGAN.MSU COULDNT RUN THE BALL COMING IN THIS GAME BUT WE GAVE THEM THE CONFIDENT TO RUN,NOW EVERYBODY GONE THINK THEY CAN RUN ON US.I CAN NOT LOSE TO OHIO STATE AGAIN CUZ OF THE DC PLAYCALLING.OSU FANS ALREADY SAYING THEY GONE WHOP OUR BUTTS BECAUSE OF OUR D.
October 4th, 2009 at 9:36 AM ^
The fallacy of this post (besides the caps lock and the epic inability to spell)? The idea that YOU will lose to Ohio State.
Take my advice. Quit posting now.
October 4th, 2009 at 9:44 AM ^
fuck off
October 4th, 2009 at 9:44 AM ^
you must be a osu fan.
October 4th, 2009 at 11:29 AM ^
on your first voyage at MGOBLOG.
October 7th, 2009 at 10:13 PM ^
This is the angry Asian I've been trying to warn Mgobloggers about....
October 3rd, 2009 at 5:38 PM ^
so a soph qb, a fresh rb, and a soph rb who spent time in jail recently running 193 yards on us was our offenses fault? The fact our dbs can't play zone coverage is our offenses fault? I could have found the soft spots in the zone today.
Look, we don't have the personnel, that much is obvious. But robinson needs to understand each players weakness and adapt. He hasn't done that. If out dbs and linebackers who drop into coverage can't stop the pass, then we need to blitz way more than we have been to disrupt the pass at the qb.
October 3rd, 2009 at 5:40 PM ^
WRECK, NO MAYO, NO HOT PEPPERS.
October 4th, 2009 at 9:51 AM ^
potbelly's is epic.
October 3rd, 2009 at 5:38 PM ^
so a soph qb, a fresh rb, and a soph rb who spent time in jail recently running 193 yards on us was our offenses fault? The fact our dbs can't play zone coverage is our offenses fault? I could have found the soft spots in the zone today.
Look, we don't have the personnel, that much is obvious. But robinson needs to understand each players weakness and adapt. He hasn't done that. If out dbs and linebackers who drop into coverage can't stop the pass, then we need to blitz way more than we have been to disrupt the pass at the qb.
October 3rd, 2009 at 5:27 PM ^
Did you watch the game?
October 3rd, 2009 at 5:57 PM ^
But I like to complain.
October 3rd, 2009 at 5:29 PM ^
uh, we have like 3-4 really good players on D and the rest is crap.
October 3rd, 2009 at 5:29 PM ^
have you seen his glorious hair?
October 3rd, 2009 at 5:30 PM ^
the D is no longer big and slow, but now they're small and slow.
October 3rd, 2009 at 5:32 PM ^
how is that the hairs fault?!
October 4th, 2009 at 7:07 AM ^
You beat me to it.
October 3rd, 2009 at 5:29 PM ^
so I didn't see it in one sitting, but the offense is to blame as far as I'm concerned, if someone was to make me point somewhere. We couldn't do anything with the ball until the end. Defensively, there were some holes, but early the MSU offense was varied and well executed. They pulled out all the stops. On top of that Cousins played a great game. I thought this guy couldn't run!? That was the difference in the game to me, Cousins ability to make plays.
October 3rd, 2009 at 5:30 PM ^
Holding MSU to 20 should be good enough to win.
October 3rd, 2009 at 5:54 PM ^
if we had won 38-20, we would be praising the D for a gutsy effort
October 3rd, 2009 at 6:20 PM ^
Indeed. Wasn't this supposed to be a shoot-out? Both defenses played better than anybody thought, so no, the defense is not to blame.
October 3rd, 2009 at 5:30 PM ^
The defense is not at fault in this game. The offense could not do anything until the very end. The defense forced 3 turnovers and our offense could not do anything with them.
we just need to be patient and get better defensive players.
October 3rd, 2009 at 5:30 PM ^
No. I do not think it is his fault. He has brought a new scheme to this team and in doing so it makes it seem as he has a unit full of freshman. Now some have stepped up and preformed on natural ability but as far as playing as a unit they have a way to go. You have to have people on the field that are comfortable and can coach the younger players while on the field. He does not have that right now. It is just like I said last year about RR. he is a good defensive coach and he has not forgot how to coach.
October 3rd, 2009 at 5:35 PM ^
We clearly had issues moving the ball for the first 3 quarters of the game, so the defensive gameplan isn't to blame for the loss, but it certainly contributed. I understand GR is limited by the lack of overall talent and youth on the defensive side of the ball, but his play calling was certainly suspect throughout the duration of the game from my viewpoint.
October 3rd, 2009 at 5:32 PM ^
I don't think it's Robinson's fault, per se, that we lost. We managed to hold a pretty good offense to 20 points in regulation.
Having said that, I think we were beat in pretty much every aspect of the game today. The defensive game plan was "meh" - we couldn't get off the field on 3rd, and there were a few situations where we rushed three and paid for it. Rushing only three is obviously a pet peeve around here.
At the same time though, we got enough pressure to force two picks, and there were a few good DL slant calls that stopped MSU behind the LOS.
Overall, a disappointing day, and I think there's lots of blame to go around (assuming you're looking for someone to blame).
October 3rd, 2009 at 5:32 PM ^
Regulation I would have anointed Gerg my new savior over Tate.
Seriously do you guys read what you are typing before you press the save button. These threads are ridiculous
October 3rd, 2009 at 5:34 PM ^
I think it is much more on Calvin, if we have to blame DC or OC.
That's if...
I'm a creature of habit and biased towards defense, though.
In the years of Lloyd's OCs, I can't remember many times I blamed a loss on the defensive players or the DC. I remember many many games being infuriated with OC.
October 3rd, 2009 at 5:34 PM ^
hell if we hold anyone to 20 points we should win the game.
October 3rd, 2009 at 5:40 PM ^
The D gave up 417 yards of offense, had poor tackling, and left WRs open all day. Take off the maize and blue goggles if you think this is improvement.
October 3rd, 2009 at 5:45 PM ^
I'll keep my goggles on, thank you.
20 points is 20 points.
That should be good enough.
October 3rd, 2009 at 5:54 PM ^
we could give up 3,000 yards and if we hold them to 20 points,we should win!
October 3rd, 2009 at 5:57 PM ^
We actually surrendered fewer yards than MSU had been averaging. And 417 yards is, sadly, the fewest we've given up to a BCS opponent this season (ND gained 490 and IU gained 467).
With the exception of one really bad drive in the first half - and the final play of the game - I'd say the defense played respectably.
October 3rd, 2009 at 5:38 PM ^
As others have noted, 20 points in regulation should be enough. The defense played pretty well all things considered, but the offense failed to get it going until the 4th quarter.
October 3rd, 2009 at 5:46 PM ^
Just because I can't figure out why anyone would give you -1 for what seems like a reasonable post?
October 3rd, 2009 at 5:57 PM ^
Thanks. Happens every once and a while when it seems like some posters go through entire threads and neg anyone who posts something they don't agree with, even if it makes sense. Ah well.
October 3rd, 2009 at 5:40 PM ^
There is not doubt that the offense was at fault. Way to many 3 and outs. However, the defense wasn't perfect. A couple of things bothered me, and some of which may have been Greg's fault.
1) That stupid play where they line up 3 WR to one side and run the ball the other way. They did it probably 5 times, the 3rd time being a 14 yard TD. That is the only play they ran out of that formation, yet they kept getting yards on it. PAY ATTENTION
2) We had a 3 man rush on a few 3rd downs, one in particular was like 3rd and 18 and he had all day and found someone for a first down. EVENTUALLY people will get open, I hate the 3 man rush with a burning passion deep inside my loins.
3) Can we please adjust to the stupid bubble screen? How many times do we have to give them 10 yards before we adjust?
Overall, the defense played ok, minus giving up all the 3rd and longs, but those 3 things drove me crazy the whole game.
October 3rd, 2009 at 5:57 PM ^
Those were the three same exact things I kept yelling at the TV.
October 3rd, 2009 at 5:42 PM ^
The game plan to start the game kind of sucked . . . but they stepped it up in the second half. Those bubble screens in the first half were frustrating and so was Cousins's 41-yard run, but until the game-winning TD, I thought the defense played pretty well in the second half.
October 3rd, 2009 at 5:53 PM ^
Magnus do you think that maybe they were trying to tackle the ball as State was in relatively easy FG position which would have won the game anyway.