Rawls if he can hang onto it, I'd guesss
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| Date | Title | Body |
|---|---|---|
| 1 week 1 day ago | yup |
Everyone loves to say this ridiculous misnomer. Taco has addressed this one many times. He starts in the 4-3 and every other defense that his team runs besides the 3-4. When they run the 3-4, he comes out. If everyone wants to overreact and call that "not starting" then more power to ya, but it's similar to saying Chris Leak didn't start for Florida because he came out when they would run their Tebow packages.
People will play with the facts to prove their point, but this is a common misconception. If people want to say he is ranked appropriately because he hasn't proven enough in pads on the field that is one thing. But to say he is ranked so low because he "didn't start" is a very buckeye thing to say. |
| 4 weeks 5 days ago | Greenwood |
I'm not much older than you.. I graduated in 2008 and I lived on Greenwood. It was a blast living on that street. The parties were epic. I miss those days. |
| 18 weeks 3 days ago | ? |
Did you watch the same game as me? Eso looks so slow when he is out on the court and cannot handle the ball very well. Michigan has to use 3 guys to break the press whenever he is out there because he cannot get the ball over half court otherwise.
To me, it worries me that CB can't beat him out because CB should have far more raw talent. Eso doesn't do anything that is a "plus". It seems that when he is out there we are just hoping to survive until Burke comes back rather than impact the game.
You clearly must be watching something different if you think Eso needs more minutes. He is the least quick PG I have ever seen, he cannot create a shot, he is slow on defense, and his ball handling ability isn't very good. All he can do is knock down an open shot.
And this is not to knock Eso.. it isn't his fault. He is a walk-on for a reason though. |
| 18 weeks 3 days ago | D-Mo |
This is the area of the game where we miss D-Mo the most. Darius Morris had the size and ability to make the passes in the pick and roll game that Trey just cannot do. Has nothing to do with Trey's ability, but everything to do with his size leading to less court vision. Darius Morris may not have been the scorer that Trey is, but his vision and pick and roll ability made every player on Michigan better. I'm sure Tim Hardaway misses getting all of those open looks he got last year, and Jordan Morgan certainly does not have the same offensive impact as last year. J-Mo and D-Mo had the pick and roll game down pat last year. It is clear that either we will need to get better at the pick and roll game or we will have to emphasize another area to improve offensively. |
| 34 weeks 6 days ago | Sam |
Yeah Sam made it sound like it was less about Danny O cooling on Michigan and more about Michigan cooling on him. I think the staff decided if they are only going to take one more defensive recruit they might rather have a DB like Yuri Wright. 3 of the final 4 spots will go to an offensive player (Diamond/Banner, Dunn - fingers crossed, and Darboh/Payton) and only one will go to a defensive player so I have no problem with it.
With Godin, Wormley, Pipkins, Strobel, Ojemudia, and Pharaoh I think there are plenty of guys who are on the DL (with Godin and Wormley as possibilities to play on the inside). I think CB may be a bigger priority because Standifer may move to safety and therefore Terry Richardson would be the only CB in this class. And as talented as Terry is, it is not a sure thing that a 5'8-9 170 lb. CB will ever see the field. Yuri Wright is a stud and given the choice of him or Danny O I'd take Yuri.
I think Danny will be a stud but I think with scholarships low, we need to address our needs more. |
| 38 weeks 5 days ago | Why? |
Why the hell would you draft 3 QBs? Especially when one QB is Drew Brees! You will only play a backup QB one week the whole season and you already have a good backup QB in Stafford! Waste of a draft pick |
| 41 weeks 15 hours ago | .... |
Again though... if you are tall and shifty most likely you are a 5 star and you are not coming to UM the last few years.
Steve Breaston, Mario Manningham..... I can't think of many others who are a combo of taller and shifty.
Braylon, Terrell, Walker, Avant, etc. were not shifty at all. In the NFL, Andre, Calvin, Randy, T.O., etc. are not shifty guys.
The point is that in the slot position RR wanted shifty guys.. the taller guys are for the outside wideouts. He wanted shifty, quick guys being matched up with linebackers and safeties. Short guys just happen to be a hell of a lot shiftier/quicker than taller guys.
The most quick/shifty wide outs in the NFL are short too. Wes Welker, Steve Smith, Desean Jackson.. all short and shifty.
It's not so much that he specifically WANTED short guys. Given a choice of short and shifty vs. tall and shifty I'm sure he'd choose tall every time. The point is that most taller guys do not have the hips and foot quickness that shorter guys have. It's just the facts. |
| 41 weeks 23 hours ago | Missing point |
I think you are still missing the point of what he said so I will repeat. It is not necessarily that he wanted short guys. There are just far more guys who are shifty and quick that are short. If there were more guys who are 6'2 and shifty then he'd recruit them. The fact of the matter is those guys are few and far between. If you have that kind of size AND are quick and shifty you are probably a 5 star or a high 4 star.
Guys over 6 foot who are super quick and shifty do not grow on trees. So there is a skillset that RR recruited for the position and it just so happened that more short guys fit that skillset. |
| 44 weeks 14 hours ago | Makes no sense |
That doesn't even make sense. It isn't like college sports where you recruit players for your system and those are your guys.. coaches just coach whoever the GM assembles on the roster. Other than the year he was interim coach for Byron Scott in 2004 where you could argue he used Scott's sets and plays, he coached for 5 more seasons. Those were all Byron Scott's teams? That doesn't even make sense.
Sure he isn't a slam dunk hire, but IMO he was the best of the candidates that the Pistons interviewed. He is well respected around the league and he has a lot of experience. |
| 44 weeks 14 hours ago | No idea |
I have no idea.. I thought that was weird too but I managed to fix it |
