The Snowflake Thread: Offense

Submitted by LSAClassOf2000 on

This will be your snowflake thread for the offense and offensive playcalling. Ugh. 

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fitty88

November 23rd, 2013 at 3:28 PM ^

And I want to give enough time to get offense, experience, etc, but it is hard for me to see how there are ANY bright spots that would give you hope for next year and a willingness to see how that goes...

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UMFoster

November 23rd, 2013 at 3:28 PM ^

This offense is absolutely horrible. It makes the defense look bad also. Gardner tries to play superman instead of throwing the ball away. Gardner is soft. Green needs to get 75% of the carries, the other 25% need to go to Smith. Seriously turn the page on Toussaint. Too many 3rd and long plays because of sacks, tackles for loss, (mainly Toussaint and Gardner on zone read plays) incomplete passes. We never have manageable 2nd and 3rd down plays. Go Blue and fire Borges

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Zoidberg

November 23rd, 2013 at 3:29 PM ^

At this point. What is the argument against firing Borges? Honestly. I know that players become loyal to coaches, but even they must see that a change needs to happen. If they had started out the season horribly and slowly got better, not to the level of even a good offense, but at least you could see improvement, I could see having an argument for keeping him. When a team seems to be getting worse throughout the season, how can you justify keeping him? 

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PrincetonBlue

November 23rd, 2013 at 3:30 PM ^

If Borges is fired who would you guys want to replace him?  To my mind there aren't a whole lot of big-name candidates willing to come out to Ann Arbor to coach under the Hoke.

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LSAClassOf2000

November 23rd, 2013 at 3:32 PM ^

Well, the 2.77 yards per offensive snap stands out in this one. A good indicator of how well you move the ball is this metric, and this is the third time this year that we've been below 3 yards per snap for this particular measure. The other times, as you might guess, were MSU and Nebraska. I haven't gone back through other seasons, but I cannot think of another time where we've been this inefficient offhand. Ugh, basically. 

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EnoughAlready

November 23rd, 2013 at 3:32 PM ^

 

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!

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Logan

November 23rd, 2013 at 3:33 PM ^

Has Heiko  (or any media member) straight up asked Hoke if he's ready to fire Borges point blank? If not, why? I know Hoke will always stay PC and say no, but at least he'll know that this actually is an option. At this point, I really do think the coaches are clueless.

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Logan

November 23rd, 2013 at 3:39 PM ^

Exactly how I said he'd react in my initial comment. That's not the point.

I'll make it simple for you:

Heiko: Coach Hoke, has any thought been given to switching offensive coordinators in the offseason given the offensive output and development over the course of this season?

Hoke: Absolutely not, Al is our guy. <seed planted in otherwise clueless Hoke>

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kirbylax10

November 23rd, 2013 at 3:34 PM ^

This team just fucking sucks. It's literally embarassing to even tell people I'm a Michigan fan right now because it's just followed by pats on the back and I'm sorrys'

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RagingBean

November 23rd, 2013 at 3:36 PM ^

Will all the people shitting on Garnder please take a breathe and then realize how awful they are? Dude has played his heart out all year in terrible circumstances. Put him in an offense that makes even a lick of sense and he would ball out. Put anyone in this shit show, and well...you've watched it.

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