The Snowflake Thread: Coaching

Me either but the wall I'd like to be on is the one with Borges & Hoke.  Sadly I think high-fives for excellence are more likely than blame.  Hoke LOVES Borges....never forget that.

 

I don't have any doubt that hoke will win here as long as he fires Borges.

I wish the press was as hard on the coaches for this style of play as they are on politicians. Purdue outgained us against the same Iowa Defense. Purdue....

 

Aside from Al being himself..horrible..DG has been very over rated and he is not what we thought he would be. I guess there was a reason RR and Hoke didnt see him as a starter previously

 

Shane Morris beats out Gardner THE HEROIC for QB next year.  Or that Gardner THE HEROIC goes pro.  Good riddance to Lewan.

Gardner.  Please learn to throw the ball away.  Please don't take 20 seconds in the pocket to make a decision.  When you scramble, please stop running backward.  Please stop locking onto Gallon and sometimes Funchess -- and no one else.

Other than that -- keep up the good work, buddy!   You're helping the offense out lots!

That familiar lump-in-the-throat feeling is back again...from the dead (2008, 2009, 2010...)

Shouldn't the fortunes of these two teams be reversed by now?  They promised Michigan would be Michigan again, but it's not. It's so far from that.

Honestly, I wonder if Rich Rod or Hoke are worse.  I think Gerg was undermined by RR's insistence to run the 3-3-5. Hoke seems to not know anything about the offense and lets Borges do anything he wants even though it's the worst anyone here can imagine.

I generally like Hoke, but maybe he is in over his head. If he's the CEO, yes defend your staff, but make the hard decisions and find someone who can do the job or your business will go under.

I remember how frustrated we were with Carr's conservative playcalling and predictability. He had amazing talent that could beat people up until he faced teams just as talented and then it was a dogfight, often undone by some crazy play by a heisman candidate bucknut. 

Timeout usage was poor too.  Lots of strategic errors on top of the horrific mismanagement of the offense.

Mattison got too cute on a key third down on their go ahead drive, too.  To be fair, he at least blew up a number of third and shorts with well timed slants and his blitzes generated two of the turnovers, including a touchdown.

Just... frustrated at this point.  This offense is less fun to watch than the '08 offense, which at least had the excuse of basically having no talent.

Next week is going to be a little rough. Meyer will show us absolutely no mercy, and will try to hang 100 on us if he can. If we got out-coached today, what does that say about what's going to, in all likelihood, happen next week?

There were no offensive adjustments because none can be made.  This offense literally can't do anything else.  Once the D adjusts Michigan will shut down.  Or, as in this case, never get going.

Maybe Jabrill Peppers can tell Hoke he's decommitting unless Borges is fired.

I, for the most part, agreed with our decision to go for it on 1st down.

there is no excuse for such an inept offense. We should only have one loss right now.

Week after week the opposing D coordinator is taking Borges' cookies.  Week after week player execution on offense is sorely lacking.  This laughingstock of an offense lies at the feet of Hoke and Borges.  Something has to be done.   

I say it every week, but if we want change the administration needs to see that the masses aren't happy, and the best way to do that is to have someboy rent a billboard and put "Fire Borges" on it.  Also, I'm broke so somebody else will have to pay for it

Iowa turned the ball over 4 times to Michigan's 1.

And we still couldn't move the ball.

 

Keep Mattison, get rid of the rest.

Hoke needs to follow Beilein's example and let some guys go.  It is mind-boggling that we could go from scoring 100 points in the first two games of the season to this.

This does not look like a championship-level staff, and if Michigan doesn't have that, it needs to get one.

 

What really irks me is the excuse makers for our head coach, especially the played out "well, he is a great recruiter". Stupidest statement I have ever heard, primarily due to the fact that HOW IN THE HELL CAN YOU NOT RECRUIT HS PLAYERS TO COME TO MICHIGAN? I think everybody on this board would agree that even RichRod, who according to us was one of the worst recruiting coaches (if not THE worst) in recent history, even pulled in top 20 classes AT WORST. Translation: Hoke has been exposed this year as a glorified defensive line coach, masquerading as a head coach, who has little impact on the game on the field. He delegates too much responsibility to his coordinators (one is good, one is atrocious) and isn't smart enough regarding his football knowledge to overcome it if one of his coworkers can't carry his own weight. Year four is his final year. Win the damn Big Ten, Hoke, or get your ass out of town.

That stat right there should shame Al Borges out of town.

How is the execution of plays not being correct/perfected in practice. There should be advancement not regression.

Michigan had 60 yards rushing on 29 attempts.

Jesus Christ.