For the "We'll never beat Ohio St with Cade" crowd

Leadership in Cades.

https://twitter.com/JDue51/status/1464953080177479682?s=20

Really hoping Jim and Josh can keep both Cade and JJ happy and eager to return and do it all over again next year, but better!  I know the odds, in the Portal Era, are slim that we're able to enjoy both of them again, but a kid can dream.

I’ll eat crow on Cade and the interesting way Harbaugh went about approaching offense this season. 
 

Everyone and their mother thought a dynamic passing spread was the way of the future and the only way to compete against the upper echelon schools like OSU. Even Saban went towards that route with Tua n co. 
 

Emphasizing the run with efficient passing sprinkled in did not seem like a winning recipe in 2021. Add in the ups and downs of the defense and yep… crazy. 
 

*shrugs* 

That photoshop of Meyer in Michigan gear that people kept posting was so gross.

Was that ever a thing?  I don't remember ever seeing that as a thing.  Did anyone actually say that?  Nobody ever said that.  There were a few people that cringed when he transferred - but just a few.  

I think you've overplayed this hand...

Maybe we are now seeing that Charbonnet was among a limited amount of people that may have realized just how good Hassan Haskins could be.   And didn't want to sit behind him.  I thought losing Charbonnet was going to hurt worse than it did.   Nope, true next man up.    And what's fun about looking to 2022 is that Corum and Edwards are standing there ready to go.   Plus others. 

I disagree with your implication that Cade was a "game manager" and that was enough. Haskins was clearly the hero, but McNamara was better than just a game manager. He made big plays, including the long throw to Johnson and the flea flicker to Sanristil. Also, he dealt with the pressure much better than Stroud. It wasn't just avoid mistakes and let your run game/defense win the game. He did his part, and I don't think the connotation of game manager gives him enough credit.

Yeah, but Bama also employs game managers at QB (though not as much recently). If you told me our OLine was going to dominate as if it were a classic Alabama offense, I would have been very happy to bank on Cade from the start.

Agree and disagree.

If you were just like “I’m not sure we can do it with Cade instead of JJ” that’s one thing.  No one bats 1.000, and people can respectfully disagree about things.

But there has been a faction of posters that has been relentlessly pounding home their opinion over and over and over, accusing the staff of coaching malpractice for not agreeing with them - they don’t need a free pass.

Same for the ones who ridiculed other Michigan fans for being optimistic and thinking that maybe we had a chance to have a good year - what kind of fandom is that?

You said what I entered the thread to say - thank you.

Pointing a finger in a fellow fans face is something an OSU or MSU fan would do.  People are allowed a different opinion.  I will grant that several members of this blog, though, went too far with the hate.  

And because we're talking about the Cade hate, Bfeeaver (or whatever the fuck you couldn't spell), come forward and eat your pile of crow.

RE: GoWings original response.

Yeah, I get what you're saying, and I agree.

But there are always going to be people, especially online, that are going to jump at the first opportunity to say "See, I told you so!" With a different result, another group on this board would have said it. That's one of the reasons some people post takes in the first place. 

You're right, though, it puts up some negativity it what is a glorious time of afterglow. Waiting a while would be better, I think. 

Beat Iowa.

I think your idea is right but the anti-Cade stuff went on for weeks even as we were winning with him. It was in bad form for a fanbase to go after their own like that. I mean, he's winning and people were unhappy because he wasn't winning in a certain way. There has to a little crow put on a plate for that. 

JJ will win a Heisman one day.  That throw to Wilson convinced me of that. 

McNamara won't ever win a Heisman.  But he may just win us a National Championship.

McNamara is a bigger man than me. I would have motherfucked every single internet Michigan fan after the MSU game, in which their anointed starter put the ball on the turf a couple of times and cost us dearly in the middle of my best ever performance.

But that’s why he’s quarterbacking a team with a chance to win the conference and I’m a cranky old guy who takes pleasure in “I told you so.”

I'm fine with the Henson/JJ crowd but there was a lot of hate and anger directed at Cade. That's is frankly stupid considering what he had already done for Michigan at the end of last season, giving us a glimmer of hope in the ugliest season ever. 

I have no idea how you choose between the two.  JJ is uber talented, but Cade's leadership and moxie and cool as a cucumber under pressure vibes are just so damn hard to keep on the sidelines.  It was 1 thing when it appeared he maybe couldn't throw the team back into a game, but he's more than proved that if needed, he can sling the ball with the best of 'em.  I legit think we might have a 2 QB system, with the guys trading drives next year in a ramped up version of what we did this year.  Unless JJ just blows the doors off the competition somehow over the offseason.

I saw that on the live broadcast and thought 'this guy isn't dicking around, he's IN CHARGE'!

That was - by an SEC mile - the fastest Michigan offense I've seen in years.  Maybe not HH, but Corum (when healthy) and Edwards can outrun the entire defense.  Outside, the OSU DB's just plain could not keep up with Michigan's WRs - the few deep balls thrown were wide open because Sainristil, CJ, and Wilson outran coverage.  Henning was blowing past people all day on his plays and returns.  OSU was not fast enough to keep up, plain and simple.

Why did they look so slow?  Because the offensive game plan from Gattis was a work of art; a thing of beauty; a fucking MASTERPEICE.

By far the best offensive game plan I've ever seen Michigan draw up and execute.  The 2016 and 2017 games were fantastic.  Carr's retirement party against Floriduh was brilliant.  Denard running around, through, and over ND in South Bend was imaginative and flawless.

None of them touch that game plan...  Much credit to both Gattis and Harbaugh for it, too.  Instead of cutting bait and finding yet another OC, JH worked with Josh on the running game, and gave Cade time to figure out both himself and the offense through the season.  Right now, this offense is an official juggernaut - it has weapons everywhere and 'SEC speed' all over the field.

The best part?  Get past Iowa, and nobody will expect Michigan to have any speed.  You know the story - another Midwest running game that plods along... 

Good to see Coach O enjoying retirement.