Said it last year and it’s worth repeating; d coordinator and all D position coaches gone. Strength and conditioning coach gone. OL coach gone. DL coach gone. TE coach gone. Maybe even WR coach.
if you were going to try to turn over a new leaf, you needed to make sweeping, wholesale changes to show us you were actually serious about it. Instead, you somehow DOWNGRADE at DC and don’t move the needle anywhere except RB coach after a season where you were embarrassed week in and week out.
This falls at the doorstep of one man who, if he had any love for this university left, would resign so M can start a proper coaching search. But Manuel lacks the gusto and Harbaugh is clearly content. If massive Ohio asswhoopings, bowl embarrassments, and upset losses didn’t result in change, why would this?
Remember early in the season when ESPN would gas the defense up by saying they had a top player at each level? Yeah that’s called myth making. There’s two players on this defense that are even close to elite and that’s DO and AH, and those guys get single blocked too often to be considered elite. Idk what they’re doing with Dax but it’s not working. He’s not a corner, he lacks the size to be a SS but they’re overloaded with FS so to get him on the field he has to play somewhere but they’re doing nothing special with him. Just letting him get burnt on an island by 3* WRs.
The interior DL has been bad all year long but I actually thought they were reasonable today; it’s the truly horrendous play from the LBs that made them look bad. These linebackers wouldn’t start for Pioneer let alone a “top 6” team.
OL is soft. Receivers are soft. Tight ends are soft. McNamara isn’t good enough for this level. But it all goes back to the head guy. He recruits, he hires the coaches, he oversees the whole operation.
Down vote me with your imaginary points all you want mooks; this defense is soft and slow like it showed against Nebraska which was the only other offense with a pulse they’ve played this year. DBs winning no battles, DL nullified by no-talent offensive lineman, linebackers just completely worthless.
I see what you’re saying, and I’m not saying ‘if Jim couldn’t do it nobody can’. I’m saying I just need someone to explain the Campbell fervor to me cause he seems like a decent coach but no more than that. His record against Iowa is a concern, and his success hasn’t translated into recruiting wins as he’s recruiting at a level lower than the likes of Virginia, Georgia Tech and Colorado.
But you’re merely addressing the red herring. The point is, if someone like Harbaugh who was a noted, successful rebuilder couldn’t do it at Michigan, why are people so confident Campbell can do it?
Stop basing everything around Jim. Just tell me why this guy could do something a much more celebrated and successful coach couldn’t.
That wasn’t really the point. I don’t care if it's 24 or 25 or 18 or 9 or 2. Just attempt to run power and see if you can get some movement instead of getting punished running zone.
He has very little discernible talent. He can jump. That’s it. Below average shooter. Can’t create his own shot. Can’t go right. He’s bringing very little to the table, particularly in this reasonably stacked draft class.
9 point favorites. This was a gimme. 16 point lead. Just deflating. I’ll still break out the apparel and put the games on next season but this was it. I no longer believe Harbaugh is the guy. If the argument is “he only needs uber talented players to succeed” then what makes him special? This is worse than RR and Hoke ever were. We ALL bought into Harbaugh being the messiah, and Michigan are still just a mediocre program.
You mean a Duke team that attacks the basket and feeds their bigs shot more free throws than a team that shot 33 three pointers? Well shit, color me shocked.
Really, badly overrated coordinator/DL. Safeties playing man coverage. Your slowest linebacker covering the best RB in the country. DL being single blocked majority of the time very easily. Not getting off blocks. Only pressure generated was from blitzes. Hallmarks of a bad defense.
Brown has a lot of questions to answer. Why the fuck are you keeping McCray in the game at all if he isn't doing what he does best? He isn't a coverage guy.
If they start blooding Peters in now, I'll feel more confident. Even if he is awful this year, the experience will be invaluable.
OL is more interesting. The combo mentioned on the podcast, bringing in Runyan and kicking Bredeson out to RT is something I'd like to see as early as Indiana next week.
The thing I guess I'd like to see the most is the offense getting more aggressive. I know M wants to run, run, run but Speight won't develop that way. They're a bit like the mid-2000s Steelers teams that had a great defense and ran, ran, ran as to not ask a young Ben to do a whole lot. Which worked for a bit. But when RBs started dropping like flies, the offense shifted to Ben's arm and we saw a massive progression.
Now he's obviously far more talented than Speight but the offense shifting in that way benefited it as a whole because the play calling became more diverse. M needs to put the ball in Speight's hands more to see if he's actually going to develop. That's going to be the biggest key to this season.
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Cry for me sycophant. You offer no rebuttal, as per.
Said it last year and it’s worth repeating; d coordinator and all D position coaches gone. Strength and conditioning coach gone. OL coach gone. DL coach gone. TE coach gone. Maybe even WR coach.
if you were going to try to turn over a new leaf, you needed to make sweeping, wholesale changes to show us you were actually serious about it. Instead, you somehow DOWNGRADE at DC and don’t move the needle anywhere except RB coach after a season where you were embarrassed week in and week out.
This falls at the doorstep of one man who, if he had any love for this university left, would resign so M can start a proper coaching search. But Manuel lacks the gusto and Harbaugh is clearly content. If massive Ohio asswhoopings, bowl embarrassments, and upset losses didn’t result in change, why would this?
Remember early in the season when ESPN would gas the defense up by saying they had a top player at each level? Yeah that’s called myth making. There’s two players on this defense that are even close to elite and that’s DO and AH, and those guys get single blocked too often to be considered elite. Idk what they’re doing with Dax but it’s not working. He’s not a corner, he lacks the size to be a SS but they’re overloaded with FS so to get him on the field he has to play somewhere but they’re doing nothing special with him. Just letting him get burnt on an island by 3* WRs.
The interior DL has been bad all year long but I actually thought they were reasonable today; it’s the truly horrendous play from the LBs that made them look bad. These linebackers wouldn’t start for Pioneer let alone a “top 6” team.
OL is soft. Receivers are soft. Tight ends are soft. McNamara isn’t good enough for this level. But it all goes back to the head guy. He recruits, he hires the coaches, he oversees the whole operation.
This offensive line is a joke too
WHERE ARE THE SILENT HOMERS NOW?? JUST DOWNVOTE AND SEETHE THATS ALL YOU HAVE
Down vote me with your imaginary points all you want mooks; this defense is soft and slow like it showed against Nebraska which was the only other offense with a pulse they’ve played this year. DBs winning no battles, DL nullified by no-talent offensive lineman, linebackers just completely worthless.
This team is so outrageously fucking soft it’s embarrassing
And then he gets fucking toasted again on the 2 lmfaooooo
How does your best DB get absolutely toasted on 4th and 4? Pathetic
DL getting easily single blocked 4/5 plays, LBs not doing anything except whiffing, D-coordinator completely baffled by anything not straight ahead offense.
I see what you’re saying, and I’m not saying ‘if Jim couldn’t do it nobody can’. I’m saying I just need someone to explain the Campbell fervor to me cause he seems like a decent coach but no more than that. His record against Iowa is a concern, and his success hasn’t translated into recruiting wins as he’s recruiting at a level lower than the likes of Virginia, Georgia Tech and Colorado.
But you’re merely addressing the red herring. The point is, if someone like Harbaugh who was a noted, successful rebuilder couldn’t do it at Michigan, why are people so confident Campbell can do it?
Stop basing everything around Jim. Just tell me why this guy could do something a much more celebrated and successful coach couldn’t.
Manningham! Michigan wins!
That wasn’t really the point. I don’t care if it's 24 or 25 or 18 or 9 or 2. Just attempt to run power and see if you can get some movement instead of getting punished running zone.
Annoys me to no end. Did they try to run power even once? Put Mason in and give it Charbonnet off-guard?
OL is more interesting. The combo mentioned on the podcast, bringing in Runyan and kicking Bredeson out to RT is something I'd like to see as early as Indiana next week.
Now he's obviously far more talented than Speight but the offense shifting in that way benefited it as a whole because the play calling became more diverse. M needs to put the ball in Speight's hands more to see if he's actually going to develop. That's going to be the biggest key to this season.