Wonder if the coaching staff thought they wouldn't need to put stuff on tape and turned the read meter to 90% give? Not many run plays where Mccarthy has been involved so far
We said the same thing last year. Cade has looked bad but we have all of last year to compare it against. The passing game will be really good with either QB
Well I don't know if this is going to help, but I've been sober for 24 days. It's the longest I've gone since I was 15ish. I've had 2 DUIs, a couple more drunk in public arrests, and had two long term relationships end because of my alcoholism. And I'm only 27. But anyways, I haven't been tempted since I moved across country. I met someone who pushes me to focus on improving myself and when she wanted to move to Florida from California, I decided to quit my job and move with her. Any outside observer would say it was an irresponsible thing to do. But I decided this relationship was worth it and took a leap of faith. I've reset my career and moved from the city I've lived my entire adult life.
I guess the point is that cutting addiction while keeping everything else in your life the same is nearly impossible. If you truly are an addict. Do your best to find someone who wants you to be sober for you and it's ok to latch on to that if it's working. Or find something else that will help you to change your habits and fill up your time.
Every path to sobriety is different and come with their own challenges. But this is what has worked for me so far and it's been eye opening. Wishing you all the best and I'll gladly pass on my email if you want to chat.
Rightfully so. Brian seems like a demanding but fair boss. It's almost impossible to imagine this blog without you at this point so thank you for keeping it going.
I think the delay is probably because they don't actually want to go to court with the NCAA and its resources(taxpayer dollars on something they don't care about), but want to send a signal to the NCAA that California isn't the only one in on this. It's free good publicity for the acting members of their government, no one is going to remember the 15th state to come up with a bill like this.
It's like the recreational marijuana thing, they got ahead of the curve and got a bunch of good publicity with the money it made the state and many states followed suit. I don't think it's political to say that I'm impressed with their savvy in these cases. Once again, many states will follow suit, but won't be remembered as helping start a movement. That matters to incumbents and voters alike.
But good on them for doing the right thing, regardless of what their motives are.
EXACTLY THIS! It's fucking ridiculous that his brother is known as one of the NFL coaches most in-tune with analytics and Jim can't or refuses to make smart decisions that significantly impact win probabilities. I lose my shit over this every time, more than any player making an error or even the worst losses. It seems so simple
A guy with a track record of winning on the college level... like a guy who turned a 1-11 Stanford team into a powerhouse, and a shitty USD team into a powerhouse? That type of track record? The type that Harbaugh doesn't have, that's the one right?
Ya. You show someone respect by spelling their name right!
Disrespect would be attacking someone on the internet for a simple mistake. I am so glad you are on the internet and showing people how to show respect!
I'm also glad my parents taught me to be thoughtful and understanding of other's mistakes. It wasn't that hard to remember.
Beilein. It's simple enough for a simpleton like me, once I get corrected. My bad. It's weird to post about an incorrect spelling of a name when there were no other mistakes in the post. I definitely should've gotten that right since I wrote a board post about him, but we live in a world where we attack people on simple mistakes rather than the actual content of their post.
The Mattison news wasn't up when I started writing this. Terrible timing and I'm sorry. Neg me to oblivion if you so choose, I probably deserve it.
Obviously the subject line doesn't reflect the actual post considering what just happened with Mattison. Would love for Belein to be the next Bill Snyder and coach here into his 100's, and meant this more of an appreciation post than anything.
But the point off the Process is to put as many bullets in the chamber as possible to maximizing your chances. And he absolutely won every single trade he made convincingly(especially in hindsight). All it takes is one look at the assets he started with and the assets the Sixers had when he left to understand that he conducted probably the best 3-year rebuild of all time. I can find that chart for you if you would like to get really sad about the last 8 years of Pistons basketball.
won the lottery only once. Which also happened to be the only year they finished with the worst record in the NBA during Hinkie's tenure. Although the media will tell you that the Sixers went 0-82 for 7 years in a row only to draft Okafor and a bunch of injured rookies. Good thing we now have Brian Colangelo who brought us JJ Redick for $23 mil and Amir Johnson for $11mil. He is the true savior.
That would be the smartest thing any team that needs a rebuild could possibly do. Ace has been saying it on Twitter ever since he got forced out in Philly. Dude is absolutely the most thoughtful and intellectual person I have ever heard and hopefully has learned his lesson about media silence from his days in Philly.
Just please let him see the whole thing out because he isn't just a tanker. He was Morey's 2nd hand man in Houston for like 5 years and knows what it takes to remain a contender. You gotta Trust The Process all the way through.... I hate the Sixers owners/NBA for forcing him out before he could watch his Process bear fruit.
I agree with you that playing experience doesn't guarantee being good or bad, but you did cherrypick the good ones. Isiah Thomas in NY was absolutely awful, same with Stojakovic so far in Sac. I think being a coach with playing experience has a much better track record, especially recently with Kerr, Lue, Phil Jackson, and Doc Rivers. But we all saw the tirefire that Jackson left behind in NY as a President/GM. I think usually the best GM's are analytics/stats nerds from the likes of Ivy League schools, Stanford, UM and the such. The league is trending in such a direction towards that, that even the intelligent former player coaches are not equipped to handle it usually. Doc Rivers as a coach:mostly good. Doc Rivers as a President/GM: mostly awful.
In the end, like we both said, it can go either way, but I think the track record of players being Presidents/GMs is more bad than good. We like to revere the players for their smarts and leadership on the court, but that does not mean that they will be good leaders of analytics teams and scouting teams that are the backbone of NBA franchises nowadays. It's completely different to be a leader of a bunch of nerds(in a good way), than a bunch of NBA players who look up to your skill on the court.
What an awful way to start a comment. Obviously the kid is dealing with something and some action should be taken. But calling him a piece of shit without any idea of what he is going through is absolutely despicable. He went home for a family emergency and then got kicked off the team in short order. I am sure there are other factors but obviously he is having a hard time. I'm definitely not condoning what he said, but judging someone in their worst moment and saying "fuck this kid" about someone you only know from tweets you heard about is pretty ridiculous.
We should wish the best for the kid and hope he gets help. He obviously needs it. But to call him a piece of shit makes me think significantly less of you than a kid who uses social media to make non-descript threats.
You make me sick and I hope you don't come back to this blog.
1) It's an uninformed take due to the fact that his brother got hired on staff, which as the previous replier(?) mentioned and that might have been enough.
2) Assuming that he has questionable character for being paid(Which we aren't sure of anyway) for a service he is providing to the University is ridiculous. If he did take money, I don't think we can say whether that is indicative of a negative character trait or whether its indicative of someone understanding their value and skirting insane rules to get compensation for it. The latter makes me like him more personally.
3) They didn't "magically get a 5 star QB". They had high recruiting classes and solid seasons the few years before which might have led Patterson to believe they were a good destination to win games and improve his draft stock.
Just to be clear, I have no idea whether he was paid, but saying that he obviously was is an uninformed take. He probably was is better, but even then, calling out his character because of that is just stupid. And when you factor in that his brother got hired, I think a likely scenario is that the two factors that played into his commitment to Ole Miss was the fact that he was helping out his brother(probably a sign of high character) and the likelihood to win games.
On top of it all, he chose to go to UM for his transfer, and almost assuredly didn't get paid to do so. I'm sure if he were looking for money, he could've found it somewhere, but instead chose to go to possibly the best coach in college for improving your draft stock. I think he cares about getting better and being drafted. Which signals to me that he thought Ole Miss gave him that opportunity, which wasn't all that wrong. Hugh Freeze is a solid-to-great offensive coach who turned Chad Kelly into a drafted quarterback.
are the top 2 in the scouting community. Bagley at best is going #3 and most likely in the 4-7 range. If Bagley works on his 3 pt shot and gets a more consistent form than he will be a good player. Doncic and Ayton both have the same potential and have shown much more consistantly that they have clear paths to being a superstar. I love Bagley btw, but definitely not the clear #1.
Barry might not've been the fastest RB ever but his quickness, vision and understanding of leverage and angles will probably never be matched in the NFL.... My gawd these highlights
I think I speak on behalf of all the commenters here that you are the most knowledgeable and helpful commenter in regards to basketball recruits. Also the fact that you trained Livers(I think? May have the wrong player) is awesome. He came in as maybe the most polished 2-way player we've had. Shot form looks really good, defensive positioning and instincts are already there, and overall demeanor is really promising. Perfect player to slot into this team with the incoming class and the vets already here.
I think I speak on behalf of all the commenters here that you are the most knowledgeable and helpful commenter in regards to basketball recruits. Also the fact that you trained Livers(I think? May have the wrong player) is awesome. He came in as maybe the most polished 2-way player we've had. Shot form looks really good, defensive positioning and instincts are already there, and overall demeanor is really promising. Perfect player to slot into this team with the incoming class and the vets already here.
You are the best. I love your comments and posts about UM commits/targets and appreciate some of the inside info. Please never leave us because I've already dubbed you "Matt "Big" D"
This is a solid diary post. Many of the stats given(other than adjusted line yards) can only partially be chalked up to OL performance, and therefore OL coaching, but as there aren't many stats out there to really guage an OL coach's ability, this is as good as it gets. I will say that I am, and have been completely fine with keeping Drevno around as his track record has been pretty solid as an OL coach. Pep on the other hand... IDK man. The only success I see in his track record is coaching Andrew Luck at two different spots, i.e. not on him.
I trust Harbaugh and think that he knows much more than I do about the problems with UM's offense this past year. When a coach that has the track record of Harbaugh is the coach of my favorite team, I will trust them until they prove that I shouldn't. I think we as fans need to realize that although something(many things) obviously went wrong last year with the offense, we should trust in the man who has probably the best qualifications of any coach in the world to bring UM to where we want to be.
That your idea that he was only brought in for his name is proven wrong based on his history and political ties. The man has attempted to cover up sexual crimes before, has a large amount of connections to higher ups in the Michigan community, and doesn't seem to have a problem sacrificing morals for the benefit of himself and those around him.
Considering what has gone on at MSU and their history of hiring people who don't have moral integrity and have continually chosen to protect MSU rather than the women who have been assaulted and mistreated, this seems to continue a disturbing trend. The board of Trustees and the university itself has not tried to own up to its mistakes, nor seem to understand the severity of the issue. They continually try to find someone to bail themselves out of a situation they created and nourished on their own.
I pointed out 2 days ago that we shouldn't have some dude's twitter post about MSU's situation on Mgoblog, as it provides no insight. But this actually does! I could go on but I think my point is clear already.
Honestly, this is awful and the University, as well as Izzo and Dark Mantonio should be held accountable so that this doesn't happen again. But the idea that creating board posts on Mgoblog is going to keep the spotlight on this is ridiculous. The spotlight is already on them and almost none of that is due to board posts on Mgoblog. We don't NEED to post every little new thing that comes out. If there are new facts, then sure. But some dude on Twitter's opinion? I totally believe that he is correct in his statements and they provide some good moral ground to stand on but this isn't anything new. If you haven't come up with the idea that Universities should be able to punish people without the necessary evidence needed in court, then I don't know what to tell you.
We all agree that Izzo and Mork should be punished, I just want to make that clear. But what Ijohnb said isn't discounting what has been done. He made that very clear. But piling on when providing no new information over and over again on Mgoblog seems like it provides no value.
instead of players names/nicknames is just an awful habit. I have a few arguments with your comment, but that is the one that somehow bothers me the most. Sp8 takes the same amount of time and is much clearer to the rest of us than WS.
and then it slowed down a little too much for me. I couldn't finish season 4 which saddened me deeply. The usernames are so much better here after watching the Wire though.
You are a high schooler who recently learned about the blog and have invested in understanding the intricacies of this blog and have been skipping your homework.
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Venables is a good coach. OU got robbed with first time transers
That seems to be more on mccarthy than the coaches fwiw
Why?
Wonder if the coaching staff thought they wouldn't need to put stuff on tape and turned the read meter to 90% give? Not many run plays where Mccarthy has been involved so far
how rude of a commentator to bring up some historical context? Is this a joke?
We said the same thing last year. Cade has looked bad but we have all of last year to compare it against. The passing game will be really good with either QB
Well I don't know if this is going to help, but I've been sober for 24 days. It's the longest I've gone since I was 15ish. I've had 2 DUIs, a couple more drunk in public arrests, and had two long term relationships end because of my alcoholism. And I'm only 27. But anyways, I haven't been tempted since I moved across country. I met someone who pushes me to focus on improving myself and when she wanted to move to Florida from California, I decided to quit my job and move with her. Any outside observer would say it was an irresponsible thing to do. But I decided this relationship was worth it and took a leap of faith. I've reset my career and moved from the city I've lived my entire adult life.
I guess the point is that cutting addiction while keeping everything else in your life the same is nearly impossible. If you truly are an addict. Do your best to find someone who wants you to be sober for you and it's ok to latch on to that if it's working. Or find something else that will help you to change your habits and fill up your time.
Every path to sobriety is different and come with their own challenges. But this is what has worked for me so far and it's been eye opening. Wishing you all the best and I'll gladly pass on my email if you want to chat.
Rightfully so. Brian seems like a demanding but fair boss. It's almost impossible to imagine this blog without you at this point so thank you for keeping it going.
No but the fact he came back and helped end this streak makes me appreciate him more. To each their own
https://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/401247305
Click on the video in the middle of the page.
I think the delay is probably because they don't actually want to go to court with the NCAA and its resources(taxpayer dollars on something they don't care about), but want to send a signal to the NCAA that California isn't the only one in on this. It's free good publicity for the acting members of their government, no one is going to remember the 15th state to come up with a bill like this.
It's like the recreational marijuana thing, they got ahead of the curve and got a bunch of good publicity with the money it made the state and many states followed suit. I don't think it's political to say that I'm impressed with their savvy in these cases. Once again, many states will follow suit, but won't be remembered as helping start a movement. That matters to incumbents and voters alike.
But good on them for doing the right thing, regardless of what their motives are.
With all the people agreeing with this, I don't understand if you are joking. Either you are all fucking stupid or this went way over my head
EXACTLY THIS! It's fucking ridiculous that his brother is known as one of the NFL coaches most in-tune with analytics and Jim can't or refuses to make smart decisions that significantly impact win probabilities. I lose my shit over this every time, more than any player making an error or even the worst losses. It seems so simple
A guy with a track record of winning on the college level... like a guy who turned a 1-11 Stanford team into a powerhouse, and a shitty USD team into a powerhouse? That type of track record? The type that Harbaugh doesn't have, that's the one right?
"Twice." That isn't a sentence. You would need a noun and a verb to make one. You see how pedantic this argument is?
Ya. You show someone respect by spelling their name right!
Disrespect would be attacking someone on the internet for a simple mistake. I am so glad you are on the internet and showing people how to show respect!
I'm also glad my parents taught me to be thoughtful and understanding of other's mistakes. It wasn't that hard to remember.
Beilein. It's simple enough for a simpleton like me, once I get corrected. My bad. It's weird to post about an incorrect spelling of a name when there were no other mistakes in the post. I definitely should've gotten that right since I wrote a board post about him, but we live in a world where we attack people on simple mistakes rather than the actual content of their post.
Here you go
That was the same conclusion I came to after writing the post. Didn't mean for it to go there but it definitely ended there.
The Mattison news…
welp....
The Mattison news wasn't up when I started writing this. Terrible timing and I'm sorry. Neg me to oblivion if you so choose, I probably deserve it.
Obviously the subject line doesn't reflect the actual post considering what just happened with Mattison. Would love for Belein to be the next Bill Snyder and coach here into his 100's, and meant this more of an appreciation post than anything.
Stupid, Stupid Cali's Goin' Blue!
But the point off the Process is to put as many bullets in the chamber as possible to maximizing your chances. And he absolutely won every single trade he made convincingly(especially in hindsight). All it takes is one look at the assets he started with and the assets the Sixers had when he left to understand that he conducted probably the best 3-year rebuild of all time. I can find that chart for you if you would like to get really sad about the last 8 years of Pistons basketball.
won the lottery only once. Which also happened to be the only year they finished with the worst record in the NBA during Hinkie's tenure. Although the media will tell you that the Sixers went 0-82 for 7 years in a row only to draft Okafor and a bunch of injured rookies. Good thing we now have Brian Colangelo who brought us JJ Redick for $23 mil and Amir Johnson for $11mil. He is the true savior.
That would be the smartest thing any team that needs a rebuild could possibly do. Ace has been saying it on Twitter ever since he got forced out in Philly. Dude is absolutely the most thoughtful and intellectual person I have ever heard and hopefully has learned his lesson about media silence from his days in Philly.
Just please let him see the whole thing out because he isn't just a tanker. He was Morey's 2nd hand man in Houston for like 5 years and knows what it takes to remain a contender. You gotta Trust The Process all the way through.... I hate the Sixers owners/NBA for forcing him out before he could watch his Process bear fruit.
/rant over
Boy did that feel good
I agree with you that playing experience doesn't guarantee being good or bad, but you did cherrypick the good ones. Isiah Thomas in NY was absolutely awful, same with Stojakovic so far in Sac. I think being a coach with playing experience has a much better track record, especially recently with Kerr, Lue, Phil Jackson, and Doc Rivers. But we all saw the tirefire that Jackson left behind in NY as a President/GM. I think usually the best GM's are analytics/stats nerds from the likes of Ivy League schools, Stanford, UM and the such. The league is trending in such a direction towards that, that even the intelligent former player coaches are not equipped to handle it usually. Doc Rivers as a coach:mostly good. Doc Rivers as a President/GM: mostly awful.
In the end, like we both said, it can go either way, but I think the track record of players being Presidents/GMs is more bad than good. We like to revere the players for their smarts and leadership on the court, but that does not mean that they will be good leaders of analytics teams and scouting teams that are the backbone of NBA franchises nowadays. It's completely different to be a leader of a bunch of nerds(in a good way), than a bunch of NBA players who look up to your skill on the court.
What an awful way to start a comment. Obviously the kid is dealing with something and some action should be taken. But calling him a piece of shit without any idea of what he is going through is absolutely despicable. He went home for a family emergency and then got kicked off the team in short order. I am sure there are other factors but obviously he is having a hard time. I'm definitely not condoning what he said, but judging someone in their worst moment and saying "fuck this kid" about someone you only know from tweets you heard about is pretty ridiculous.
We should wish the best for the kid and hope he gets help. He obviously needs it. But to call him a piece of shit makes me think significantly less of you than a kid who uses social media to make non-descript threats.
You make me sick and I hope you don't come back to this blog.
Responding to huntmich btw...
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I know you asked for non streaming sites, but that is your best hope
Reddit.com/r/ncaabballstreams
simple as that
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GO BLuuuuuuuuuuuuuUUUUUUUUUUUEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
to get into the championship.... WHEN we win.... Go BLUE
1) It's an uninformed take due to the fact that his brother got hired on staff, which as the previous replier(?) mentioned and that might have been enough.
2) Assuming that he has questionable character for being paid(Which we aren't sure of anyway) for a service he is providing to the University is ridiculous. If he did take money, I don't think we can say whether that is indicative of a negative character trait or whether its indicative of someone understanding their value and skirting insane rules to get compensation for it. The latter makes me like him more personally.
3) They didn't "magically get a 5 star QB". They had high recruiting classes and solid seasons the few years before which might have led Patterson to believe they were a good destination to win games and improve his draft stock.
Just to be clear, I have no idea whether he was paid, but saying that he obviously was is an uninformed take. He probably was is better, but even then, calling out his character because of that is just stupid. And when you factor in that his brother got hired, I think a likely scenario is that the two factors that played into his commitment to Ole Miss was the fact that he was helping out his brother(probably a sign of high character) and the likelihood to win games.
On top of it all, he chose to go to UM for his transfer, and almost assuredly didn't get paid to do so. I'm sure if he were looking for money, he could've found it somewhere, but instead chose to go to possibly the best coach in college for improving your draft stock. I think he cares about getting better and being drafted. Which signals to me that he thought Ole Miss gave him that opportunity, which wasn't all that wrong. Hugh Freeze is a solid-to-great offensive coach who turned Chad Kelly into a drafted quarterback.
WE WON.....
HAHAHAHA
WE WON.....
are the top 2 in the scouting community. Bagley at best is going #3 and most likely in the 4-7 range. If Bagley works on his 3 pt shot and gets a more consistent form than he will be a good player. Doncic and Ayton both have the same potential and have shown much more consistantly that they have clear paths to being a superstar. I love Bagley btw, but definitely not the clear #1.
Barry might not've been the fastest RB ever but his quickness, vision and understanding of leverage and angles will probably never be matched in the NFL.... My gawd these highlights
https://youtu.be/Jy1JjDq5lz8
I wish I could embed
I think I speak on behalf of all the commenters here that you are the most knowledgeable and helpful commenter in regards to basketball recruits. Also the fact that you trained Livers(I think? May have the wrong player) is awesome. He came in as maybe the most polished 2-way player we've had. Shot form looks really good, defensive positioning and instincts are already there, and overall demeanor is really promising. Perfect player to slot into this team with the incoming class and the vets already here.
I think I speak on behalf of all the commenters here that you are the most knowledgeable and helpful commenter in regards to basketball recruits. Also the fact that you trained Livers(I think? May have the wrong player) is awesome. He came in as maybe the most polished 2-way player we've had. Shot form looks really good, defensive positioning and instincts are already there, and overall demeanor is really promising. Perfect player to slot into this team with the incoming class and the vets already here.
You are the best. I love your comments and posts about UM commits/targets and appreciate some of the inside info. Please never leave us because I've already dubbed you "Matt "Big" D"
This is a solid diary post. Many of the stats given(other than adjusted line yards) can only partially be chalked up to OL performance, and therefore OL coaching, but as there aren't many stats out there to really guage an OL coach's ability, this is as good as it gets. I will say that I am, and have been completely fine with keeping Drevno around as his track record has been pretty solid as an OL coach. Pep on the other hand... IDK man. The only success I see in his track record is coaching Andrew Luck at two different spots, i.e. not on him.
I trust Harbaugh and think that he knows much more than I do about the problems with UM's offense this past year. When a coach that has the track record of Harbaugh is the coach of my favorite team, I will trust them until they prove that I shouldn't. I think we as fans need to realize that although something(many things) obviously went wrong last year with the offense, we should trust in the man who has probably the best qualifications of any coach in the world to bring UM to where we want to be.
On Leffe number 3. Got a date coming up soon that I gotta get a lil warmed up for.
That only works in the NBA.
And boy does it work well!
/76ers fan'd
That your idea that he was only brought in for his name is proven wrong based on his history and political ties. The man has attempted to cover up sexual crimes before, has a large amount of connections to higher ups in the Michigan community, and doesn't seem to have a problem sacrificing morals for the benefit of himself and those around him.
Considering what has gone on at MSU and their history of hiring people who don't have moral integrity and have continually chosen to protect MSU rather than the women who have been assaulted and mistreated, this seems to continue a disturbing trend. The board of Trustees and the university itself has not tried to own up to its mistakes, nor seem to understand the severity of the issue. They continually try to find someone to bail themselves out of a situation they created and nourished on their own.
I pointed out 2 days ago that we shouldn't have some dude's twitter post about MSU's situation on Mgoblog, as it provides no insight. But this actually does! I could go on but I think my point is clear already.
Honestly, this is awful and the University, as well as Izzo and Dark Mantonio should be held accountable so that this doesn't happen again. But the idea that creating board posts on Mgoblog is going to keep the spotlight on this is ridiculous. The spotlight is already on them and almost none of that is due to board posts on Mgoblog. We don't NEED to post every little new thing that comes out. If there are new facts, then sure. But some dude on Twitter's opinion? I totally believe that he is correct in his statements and they provide some good moral ground to stand on but this isn't anything new. If you haven't come up with the idea that Universities should be able to punish people without the necessary evidence needed in court, then I don't know what to tell you.
We all agree that Izzo and Mork should be punished, I just want to make that clear. But what Ijohnb said isn't discounting what has been done. He made that very clear. But piling on when providing no new information over and over again on Mgoblog seems like it provides no value.
He is probably going to be suspended by Izzo for the first half of next game....
instead of players names/nicknames is just an awful habit. I have a few arguments with your comment, but that is the one that somehow bothers me the most. Sp8 takes the same amount of time and is much clearer to the rest of us than WS.
and then it slowed down a little too much for me. I couldn't finish season 4 which saddened me deeply. The usernames are so much better here after watching the Wire though.
I respect the honesty and just understand you were booted for a reason and try to be cool this time
You are a high schooler who recently learned about the blog and have invested in understanding the intricacies of this blog and have been skipping your homework.