Top Billin loves Michigan RB's. Zach Charbonnet is a Manimal

Submitted by ldevon1 on July 11th, 2019 at 8:24 AM
https://youtu.be/8_1WpGRs4SQ

 

AZBlue

July 11th, 2019 at 9:01 AM ^

Yes, he had “a procedure” when he got to Michigan which is why he missed Spring practice.  I am not a doctor but I don't think it was a major surgery or that it was preventing him from playing up to that point, though he did sit out the All American game.  Michigan and Charbonnet purposely waited (and got him to enroll early) so it could be done by M surgeons.

Watching From Afar

July 11th, 2019 at 11:31 AM ^

Yeah, I think a lot will have to do with how Turner and Wilson play early. The MTSU and Army games aren't going to require a stud RB to help the offense succeed, but if Turner and Wilson do a very good job early, they might keep the workload light on Charbonnet because he has the highest ceiling and will be needed down the line.

If Turner and Wilson struggle, they might unwrap Charbonnet a little earlier to help things move along.

Lakeyale13

July 11th, 2019 at 11:55 AM ^

We so need ZC to pan out as the highly touted recruit that he was listed as.  UM seems to just bust on highly ranked RB's.  Grady, Isaac, Green, Evans, etc.  They ended up being absolute complete grease fires or no more than an average B10 back at best.  I can't imagine how it would help our offense to have a true threat at RB.  Something we haven't had in probably 15 years.

Watching From Afar

July 11th, 2019 at 12:10 PM ^

Evans is a weird one to put in that group. Nowhere near the recruiting hype that the others were. He was .8911, #24 RB which was lower in the 4 star range than guys like Walker and Green who were top 5.

Plus he had 1,200 in his first 2 seasons as a back up and then got hurt last year.

But yes, Charbonnet really needs to be a hit with the situation they have at RB right now.

MichCali

July 11th, 2019 at 9:05 AM ^

This video was pretty hard to watch.  Poor editing and commentary that doesn't really add anything or make you better informed about the prospect.  It's mostly just

"Ooooo ahhh, yoooo, look at this, hit em with muscle relaxers, yeaaaaa boy, uh huh, wow, nice, ohhhhhhhh, see him right here, he's a bad boy dude, look at this look at this man dooooood, muscle relaxers haha, look at this, so dope, love it."

The video says "film study" but it seems like the guy just adds weird sound effects and compliments.

MichCali

July 11th, 2019 at 1:26 PM ^

If their pants are so low that it is exposing their cock, and it's at my kid's elementary school, then yes, I'm calling the police.

EDIT: I was joking.  Yikes.  I'm getting called an elitist fuck and racist because I criticized a YouTube video.  Chill out, guys.

Dizzy

July 12th, 2019 at 11:28 AM ^

First you critiqued a guy for his commentary, focusing on the way he talks. Then you made a "joke" about calling the cops on someone for sagging their pants.

It also wasn't clear that you were joking in the post I replied to. I apologize if I over reacted.

There's just too much dumb shit like that actually happening these days and it's frustrating as hell to me. 

MichCali

July 13th, 2019 at 10:14 AM ^

I said I would call the cops if someone exposed their cock at an elementary school, and you took this to mean I was criticizing people who were sagging and basically called me a racist.  Chill out.

Also, I was not "focusing on the way he talks" but rather, focusing on how his bad commentary had zero substance and was basically just a lot of "oooooo's and ahhhhh's".  I have nothing against the way he talks, put down your "RACISM" pitchfork.  I DO have something against a "film study" just being fan service and not providing insightful commentary.

I can't believe someone like you would get this crazily upset over something so minor.

Frank Chuck

July 11th, 2019 at 2:13 PM ^

"He knows more than most of us when it comes to X&Os"

I'm not convinced.

And if this is true, then it's a sad commentary on how uninformed the casual fan is.

But I already knew that. Just look at how many replies one of Seth's Xs/Os Neck Sharpie posts gets versus "MSU admin is morally bankrupt" threads.

Most fans don't truly want to understand the game. They just want to see M win so they can (1) enjoy it and (2) maybe shit-talk our rivals.

theguy49503

July 11th, 2019 at 9:23 AM ^

Folks aren’t going to like this comparison for obvious reasons but ZC reminds me of Zeke Elliot in frame. I think ZC is taller but lower body build and speed that’s my comparison 

NeverPunt

July 11th, 2019 at 9:38 AM ^

I'd say I'd hope he'd have a similar Freshman campaign to a Jonathan Taylor but I don't want him getting 300!! carries. Sweet McGillicutty I don't want us to run that much. 

Taylor has 606 rushes in 2 seasons at UW. Higdon, by comparison, had 471 career carries in 4 years at Michigan.