Speight is our QB

Submitted by umbig11 on
Speight has been given the keys to the car. As many of you already know, I have been a staunch supporter of JO'K and have a personal bias for reasons that I won't go into here. Anyway, I have it in writing from a respected writer in the business. I will release that next Saturday and give him full credit. Bottom line, Wilton has earned it and he will be our QB. I have a ton of respect for the way he has earned the right to lead this team! Go blue!

Magnus

August 27th, 2016 at 2:45 PM ^

Your nephew was wrong, and your decision to repeat his statement - and claim it's perfect - is even worse. First of all, Henne made several clutch plays throughout his career, including the Braylonfest game against MSU and the game-winning throw to Manningham against PSU.

Second, I think Henne gets a bad rap for how things went down in 2007. People expected him to keep ascending, the team struggled, and he played hurt for much of the year (first his knee, then his shoulder).

MI Expat NY

August 27th, 2016 at 1:47 PM ^

He had a bit of a sophomore slump with his weakest receiving corp. Understandable. He had an outstanding junior year. And he fought through ridiculous injuries senior year. All while playing for not very creative coaching staffs. Through it all he managed impressive feats in big moments (Penn state in 2005,MSU in 2007). I think any criticism of Henne is unwarranted.

WichitanWolverine

August 27th, 2016 at 2:12 PM ^

But this is exactly the thing. People just make excuses for him. Whether it's injuries or the coaches, it's always somebody else's fault he didn't succeed. Maybe he could have been one of the all-time greats if things went a little bit differently. But it didn't pan out that way.

Don't get me wrong. From what I saw, Henne played his heart out and I'm proud he went to my school. But he didn't deliver when we needed him to. 

Magnus

August 27th, 2016 at 2:55 PM ^

Injuries aren't "somebody else's fault." They're a fact of life. He was a very good QB. We should be judging him for how he performed when he was fully healthy, not how he did for most of 2007. And that's the case for anyone. Ryan Glasgow really sucked at football during the second half of 2015, because he didn't even play. Henne managed to stay just healthy enough to stay on the field most of the year. None of us think Glasgow is a terrible football player, and Henne's injuries shouldn't be used against him.

bcnihao

August 28th, 2016 at 10:35 AM ^

Henne's "sophomore slump" had more to do with injuries on the O-line.  At various points in that season, UM had to deal with losing the starting center, right guard, right tackle, and tight end.  Look at how much better the running game did when Long came back into action.

UMxWolverines

August 27th, 2016 at 12:17 PM ^

Good yes. Excellent...cmon man. I think Rudock at the end of last season was better than Henne to be honest. If he had played like that all year he would have been an All American. Henne never got better in 4 years. That might have been partially due to coaching, however because we had a lot of that in the late Carr years.

bamf16

August 27th, 2016 at 11:55 AM ^

My bigger complaint of Henne was that at the first sign of trouble, he tucked and ran (and he didn't run all that well) rather than keeping his eyes downfield and looking for receivers to get open with additional time.

 

I'm not going to knock him too much for the "lost every big game" given that in the biggest game he played for UM (@OSU in '06) he went 21 of 35 for 267 yards and 2 TDs with no turnovers for an offense that put up 39 points.  Not his fault the defense couldn't do much to help him nor was it his fault Crable hit Troy Smith in the head.

 

Though 2004 wasn't real good, 2005 not too bad (just 21 points in both those losses) and the 2007 game in the God-awful rainy conditions where neither Mallett nor Boeckman could throw either.

 

It's kind of funny; so many Michigan fans ranted about John Navarre, and now I think most (if not all of us) would be thrilled if Speight could play at that level.

 

And going back and watching O'Korn's spring game plays, he on many occasions did the same thing of which I'm so critical of Henne, tucking and running instead of saying behind the LOS and waiting for receivers to get open

bamf16

August 28th, 2016 at 10:48 AM ^

Valid concern.

 

Navarre had a lower release than you'd like to see, but at 6'6 it wasn't as big a deal as if he were 6'1 or 6'2.  The other contributing factor to getting balls batted down was his propensity for locking on to a receiver early in the play.  Speight seems to have a higher release point, but locking in on receivers is something to watch out for with him; it's common for inexperienced starters to have that problem.

rob f

August 27th, 2016 at 10:56 AM ^

OP (in the OP's OP) says his source is "a respected writer in the business". Hmmmm... Brian is a respected writer in the business, right?

So Brian is the anonymous source for the OP and then says it's legit which in turn causes the thread to asplode?

Wow.

MIND BLOWN!

schreibee

August 27th, 2016 at 2:34 PM ^

If only 22 people had downvoted the golf links pic & only 1 upvoted, I'd find that course and play it confident it would be as gloriously uncrowded as in the photo.

Care to ID that slice (or draw) of Heaven?

Youcrytomuch

August 27th, 2016 at 1:25 AM ^

I Have only seen Speight play in mop up duty and not very often. From what little I have seen, I dont get a very good feeling. But maybe Im missing something.....whats the consensus??