November 2nd, 2013 at 6:50 PM ^
November 2nd, 2013 at 6:51 PM ^
November 2nd, 2013 at 6:51 PM ^
November 2nd, 2013 at 6:52 PM ^
Im obviously mad...... about everything.
Can we just get a Rant sticky thread for the rest of this season?
November 2nd, 2013 at 6:52 PM ^
November 2nd, 2013 at 6:53 PM ^
November 2nd, 2013 at 7:02 PM ^
November 2nd, 2013 at 7:36 PM ^
When did RichRod ever put points on the board against MSU? He was 0-3 against them.
November 3rd, 2013 at 1:57 AM ^
scored 21, 20, and 17 on MSU.
Hoke's teams have scored 14, 12, and 6. At this rate we're set to score negative points next time.
November 2nd, 2013 at 6:52 PM ^
November 2nd, 2013 at 6:54 PM ^
The Borges offense just matched the scoring of South Florida against MSU, and this was not Borges fault?
November 2nd, 2013 at 6:55 PM ^
November 2nd, 2013 at 7:36 PM ^
Are you fucking drunk/high, or just plain retarted? You cant play d when you are on the field every 2 minutes. Get a fucking brain.
November 2nd, 2013 at 6:53 PM ^
November 2nd, 2013 at 6:59 PM ^
November 2nd, 2013 at 7:07 PM ^
Japanese solution when leadership has failed.
Kill oneself with a sword in the gut.
That's what I would have the coaches do. Line up at midfield and symbolicly, with imaginary swords, gut themselves. That would be awesome and we'd then talk about something else that was less stressful than the same old snowflakes we've been bitching about all year BUT KNOW FOR A FACT will not change.
November 2nd, 2013 at 7:26 PM ^
November 2nd, 2013 at 7:40 PM ^
You were in the locker room? Pictures?
November 2nd, 2013 at 7:29 PM ^
Not looking like a fool. Put on some cold weather/rain gear like every other coach. Is it supposed to make him look tough? The lack of a headset is embarrasing and Michigan has become a laughingstock to most not insulated in your echo-chamber.
November 2nd, 2013 at 10:10 PM ^
November 2nd, 2013 at 6:53 PM ^
November 2nd, 2013 at 7:00 PM ^
November 2nd, 2013 at 7:27 PM ^
...that the definition of insanity was coming to mgoblog on game day and expecting something different?
November 2nd, 2013 at 10:16 PM ^
November 2nd, 2013 at 11:58 PM ^
It wasn't just the RR argument. Go back and read the first article on Hoke, when his name came up the first time around, during the search after Carr's retirement.
Hoke represents the single thing that was most disliked around here about Carr. It went under the name of "cronyism": hiring people he knew and was comfortable working with, like Mike DeBord. Discussion of hiring decisions here tends to focus on objective metrics: wins, yards, points. The idea that you could get useful information out of interviews and references was...suspicious, I guess is a good word. And it was the testimony of countless former players and colleagues, not his objective performance, that was the reason Hoke was considered (well, maybe that's too strong a word but you know what I mean) the first time and hired the second time.
In '08 Michigan football was finally free of all that (remember the Wolverine Liberation Army?) and there was much rejoicing on the blog.
And then it wasn't.
November 3rd, 2013 at 1:20 PM ^
November 3rd, 2013 at 2:19 PM ^
I'm not one of "those guys"--I'm just describing what was the common thinking on the blog. What they called "cronyism" I called "loyalty". I like it, within limits.
And change is change. Sometimes it's good change, sometimes it's bad change, sometimes it's irrelevant change for the sake of change. I'm in favor of the first kind because change for the better is better because obviously. But blowing things up just so you look like you're doing something is bad management. You figure out what's wrong and you try to fix it; you don't just fire the first guy that happens into your office.
Mostly, I get the impression that the vast majority here, and certainly those on the front page of the blog, haven't ever had any management experience and don't really know what it involves. It's like it's a game of Football Manager, where you're selecting a set of numerical attributes instead of hiring a human being. The idea that the resounding support for Hoke from former players and colleagues was at best irrelevant and at worst a sign of continued cronyism was silly.
November 2nd, 2013 at 6:53 PM ^
November 2nd, 2013 at 6:54 PM ^
We gave up too many yards and too many easy plays to MSU. Cook had all day to throw. If he was accurate it would have been 50-6.
The oline is terrible, coaching a big reason. Borges couldn't call a play that would work because the players can't execute. THAT IS ALL ON THE COACHES. Hoke can't motivate. He is too passive we need someone who can teach passion and anger to these guys. Dantonio gets MSU to HATE michigan on this saturday every year and we can't respond.
THIS TEAM is SOFT.
November 2nd, 2013 at 6:54 PM ^
November 2nd, 2013 at 6:54 PM ^
November 2nd, 2013 at 7:03 PM ^
November 2nd, 2013 at 6:54 PM ^
November 2nd, 2013 at 6:55 PM ^
BUT BORGES CALLED A BUBBLE SCREEN
November 2nd, 2013 at 6:55 PM ^
November 2nd, 2013 at 6:58 PM ^
That is what should happen but it won't.
November 2nd, 2013 at 6:55 PM ^
I hope that Hoke is smart enough to evaluate this situation correctly and make the necessary adjustments. That is all that I can say right now because I choose to remain positive.
November 2nd, 2013 at 6:56 PM ^
We're worse than last year. Again. So that's a concern.
Borges and Funk have to go. Have we done anything in three years against a good defense that wasn't purely dependent on our QB making an amazing play?
November 2nd, 2013 at 6:57 PM ^
and to think "if" we beat Nebraska, OSU has a great chance of giving Hoke the first "home" loss....disgusting to think about that....
November 2nd, 2013 at 6:57 PM ^
My son and i each put a score prediction in an envelope an hour before the game. Whoever was closest gets $100 from the other.
His prediction....Michigan 31 MSU 13
Mine.....MSU 28 Michigan 9.
I told him we would not score a TD today and likely will have some really sad offensive numbers when its all done.
As i have said since the UCONN game, this is a very average to below average football team and has no real play-makers on defense and the WORST offensive line i have seen in almost 50 years of watching them.
Hoke has to go. He is not a big time college football head coach.
I said it when he was hired, i say it now.
If anyone thinks its going to get better either this year or next.....you are nuts.
November 2nd, 2013 at 6:59 PM ^
November 2nd, 2013 at 7:16 PM ^
November 2nd, 2013 at 6:57 PM ^
November 2nd, 2013 at 7:06 PM ^
Hold on. We definitely didn't regress in 2011 and last year I don't think we did either (although it's hard to tell with the Denard injury).
This year we've had problems, I agree, but I don't know that we need wholesale changes. I do think Funk probably has to go though.
November 2nd, 2013 at 6:57 PM ^
Is don't give up on this coaching staff. Honestly I was more upset initially with our D than the O...the only chance M had of winning was getting to an early lead or at least keeping it close. D had a chance to keep it a tie game at half...failed on the last half drive. And then got manhandled again in the second half.
We expected the O to struggle...maybe not to this degree. But still. They had no chance coming from behind.
I may have to take a break from this site for a week.
November 2nd, 2013 at 6:58 PM ^
November 2nd, 2013 at 7:05 PM ^
I hate to be so abrasive...but you watch them give up 29 to fricking. MSU and you think they're not at all to blame? Cumong man.
November 2nd, 2013 at 6:58 PM ^
November 2nd, 2013 at 7:17 PM ^
Which makes sense, since our team has become Michigan State circa the Bobby Williams era.