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Clavicle, or collarbone,…

Clavicle, or collarbone, fractures depend on where along the bone the occur. Most commonly the bone fractures in the middle 1/3, sometimes out laterally near the shoulder, and less commonly near the sternum. In the general population, these rarely receive surgery, however athletes are their own subspecies and require special care...

If he fractured the bone in the middle, which is most common, it can be treated with or without surgery (as long as the bones aren't poking through or near the skin and the ends are within a few cm). If he broke it out near the shoulder, it really depends on how far apart the bone ends are, these commonly are treated non-surgically if the bones are close.

The positive of surgery is, you can be back playing in 3-4 weeks (see Duke's starting QB this year, was back in 3.5 weeks after surgery). The negative is you have a plate and screws in there that can be bothersome and may need to be removed in the future. If you treat without surgery, you're looking at more like 8-10 weeks to allow the bone to heal on its own and he'll remain at an increased risk of refracture through the next several weeks after that.

Bottom line, if they really needed him, he'd likely have surgical treatment and be back in the game relatively quickly (~4 weeks). If they choose non-surgical treatment, he will likely be out the rest of the season. I can still see him getting surgery, but no need to rush him back. 

Having read a few of the…

Having read a few of the different threads, my 5 thoughts, for whatever its worth and for whoever cares.

 

1.) I totally agree either Harbaugh is on a medication or is actually dealing with a mental illness. The man we saw on the sideline last night is not the same man we hired and saw during the first 2 years of his time at Michigan. He is certainly dealing with something and I just hope he's ok and that this job hasn't caused it. As someone who has dealt with similar things during times in my life, something is not right with Coach Harbaugh. 

 

2.) Offensive line. We will not be better without a better offensive line. Everything else we have makes us a 10-2 or better team with shot at playoff. Our offensive line is, and has been for the last 10 years, a 3-9 talent level. We have not recruited OR developed any talent. Until that changes, we will be 7-5 and not generate offense. 

 

3.) Our defense is good, by no means great. Gary and Winovich play with little to no discipline. Zero contain, only looking for the big sack. It kills us. Penalties (i.e. Winovich and Ross last night) kill us game in and game out. Extremely undisciplined team. Linebackers are everywhere which means they're nowhere they're supposed to be. They either don't know their assignment or they aren't capable of executing it. Last night was really bad. Wimbush will be Heisman candidate if he gets to play undiscipline defenses like that all year. 

 

4.) Play-calling. Who is calling plays? Does it change throughout the game? This is one of the biggest head-scratchers to me. ND had it perfect. 1st game of the year, under the lights, 1-on-1 coverage, just chuck it down there a few times, if they don't catch it they'll draw a PI. No CB, I don't care how good, is gonna be able to perfectly cover that on week 1 in that situation. We did it once and it worked. I get working Shea into a groove, which worked well, but some well timed deep balls would have done a lot to pull ND out of the box and give the run game at least a shot. Once play-calling looks ok, it goes back to being awful. There's no continuity.  Someone needs to just call the plays and be done with it. 

 

5.) See #2 as this is important enough to have 2 points. 

Unless something changes, this will be a 7-5 team, with a bowl game loss to either a middling SEC team or an up and coming non-Power 5 team. 

I don't think chaning the

I don't think chaning the offense is the problem. I think developing these kids is the issue. This offense can and will work and be efficient. It just needs to be executed. And that execution starts with proper coaching and development. 

O-line

I think we can appreciate how great Glasgow was and even have a better appreciation for Cole at center last year. I think you give Harbaugh a pass because he has recruited for that position (Ruiz) and has to work with what he has at this point. Who shouldn't get a pass is Drevno or Frey. If being the OC takes away too much from being the offensive line coach then you need to bring in someone to be that guy or make Frey that guy full time or something. This has to be the worst coached offensive line in the country. Game 11 should not have as many pass pro mistakes as we had. Those are things you work on day in and day out at practice. And a majority of film study is dedicated to. We picked on Kugler a lot, but Bredeson was also significantly exposed because he really struggled with passing off guys during twists and stunts. 

Harbaugh will need to either bring someone in who can build this offensive line into an well-oiled machine and be dedicated to that and that alone or make that Drevno's #1 responsibility and take over play-calling duties or something. 

I think the talent is there, this staff needs to really focus on coaching and developing that talent. 

The true issue with this team

The true issue with this team and teams of the past ten years is the offensive line. Michigan has won conferences and a national championship with just plain old solid QB play. When was the last great Michigan OL unit? The 2006 team? That was ELEVEN years ago! Harbaugh brought in Frey cause Drevno wasn't getting the job done and honestly, the talent pool just isn't there right now. Hopefully he dedicates recruiting to great o-line talent which it seems like he has with Ruiz and Filiaga.

That being said, the playcalling and OC (and by extension, head coach) need to find ways to get around their weakness. I just don't think 5 step drops and multiple long, deep routes on every pass play is helping ourselves at all. Wasn't there just a post on MESH on this blog last week? Can we forward that to Drevno? Passing to our big TE's in the 5-10 yard window or quick slants to our WRs to get their confidence up would be a far better way to structure our passing game. We also need to get some more misdirection in our run game to help the struggling line. I was at Florida-LSU yesterday and each team has struggled on Oline but ran so much pre snap motions, shifts and then misdirection it helped each team run for I believe +170 yards against good defenses.

O-line is weak and the center of our offensive issues, but we need to find ways around it. Our D will keep things close for the time being.

Embarrassing

Nothing was more apparent today other than the fact that OSU has so many better athletes than we do. Like way more. We have Jabrill, they have 10 of him who have all been playing in this system for their entire careers.

The defense was atrocious, it was as if we haven't defended the read option EVER. It seemed like no adjustments were made. Our linebackers played as they have pretty much all season: horrendous. Countless missed tackles and blown responsibilities. The D-line is depleted. We need bodies, big bodies.

Offense wasn't terrible. When things get as rough as they did it's tough for an offense to keep plugging.

It's good to have Harbaugh, but the fact is he's 0-2. Plain and simple. Both games on the road next year, plus Wisconsin and Iowa on the schedule, gonna be tough. 9-3 would be more impressive next year. This team has to get better in all facets and keep adding bodies.

Today was embarrassing, bottom line. It really sucks, everything sucks. Go Blue.

Presser

I don't know if I've ever been as excited for a press conference in my life. Welcome back Coach Harbaugh (got such a nice ring to it!)

Shouldn't be an issue.

Shouldn't be an issue. Frontside A covered by center and back should have backside A. If they wanna run multiple guys through one gap be my guest cause then huge running lanes should open up. I've seen a fair deal of man and the younger guys on the inside haven't been able to switch when blitzes or stunts come. Adding the zone aspect will just simplify it, at least that's what I know from my experience. Either way, the slide protections need to be changed or erased from the playrook.

Protections

One of my biggest problems has been the multiple times a slide protection has been called and we leave our All-Conference tackles on air while our poor blocking backs are stuck with a screaming linebacker or as in the Iowa game that linebacker is completely unaccounted for. Multiple sacks have come this way and it's inexcusable to me. If it's a call made at the line then as the OC Borges should completely eliminate that from possibly being called. If your gonna slide protect, roll Devin away from the backside. Otherwise zone the frontside and man the backside with a back to check blitz, very simple. Account for each gap, if they send 7, well then Devin has to read it and throw off it. This isn't rocket science, the protection need to change.

Protections

One of my biggest problems has been the multiple times a slide protection has been called and we leave our All-Conference tackles on air while our poor blocking backs are stuck with a screaming linebacker or as in the Iowa game that linebacker is completely unaccounted for. Multiple sacks have come this way and it's inexcusable to me. If it's a call made at the line then as the OC Borges should completely eliminate that from possibly being called. If your gonna slide protect, roll Devin away from the backside. Otherwise zone the frontside and man the backside with a back to check blitz, very simple. Account for each gap, if they send 7, well then Devin has to read it and throw off it. This isn't rocket science, the protection need to change.

Why you show up

You show up to the game because anything can happen. Because that's what makes sports exciting and worth the experience of showing up. I'm driving 10 hours on Friday and back another 10 hours Sunday morning to see my team take on the Buckeyes. Yea, they may get smashed in the face, but I sure as heck don't wanna miss it if they don't.

We need to back off on Hoke too. I understand his comment was stupid and seemingly "against us" the fans but this guy loves Michigan football, he loves the university and he loves his players. Yea loyalty can be somewhat stubborn, but I'll take that over Urban using his family as an excuse to get out of the Florida job and then apparently watching his children "grow up" in less than a year while working as an analyst. I'll take Hoke any day. If this ship is burning, then heck, I'm going down with it. Those who stay...