Cease Panic: A Solution Has Arisen for the WR Problem? (don't click here)
It’s been over a day now and I’m still really freaking out about Michigan’s WR situation since Darboh went down. I mean, I can’t even get any work done anymore. How has Michigan been so unlucky this offseason with injuries, position switches, everything? I mean, the coaches are still switching people’s positions two weeks before the season! Gah! Anyway, I’ve looked over the WR core again and again on mgoblue and I just didn’t see anyone that could be that big bodied WR like Darboh could. I mean, I know Darboh probably wasn’t going to be Braylon this year, but he was primed to help take Michigan’s passing attack to the next level.
But then I got to looking, and I couldn’t believe no one had brought it up yet. Scanning over the entire rosters, there is one person that can be a similar, probably even better WR than Darboh would have been this year: Devin Gardner. Gardner showed great flashes of being a capable WR in high school and early last season. That sort of playmaker would garner huge success for this offense IMO. The obvious solution is to put DG at WR.
Why not just throw Morris into the fire. Morris has a high ceiling and a really strong arm. He’s a lot like a freshman level Chad Henne. It worked great back then with him and Braylon, and I’d expect similar results this time around. Morris to Gardner, I think that’s the answer. So, fellow MGoBloggers and Michigan football crazies, what do you think of moving DG back to WR and throwing Morris into the fire?
August 22nd, 2013 at 2:33 PM ^
I award you no points and may god have mercy on your soul
August 22nd, 2013 at 2:43 PM ^
He should be banned
August 22nd, 2013 at 2:33 PM ^
Please be satire.
August 22nd, 2013 at 2:36 PM ^
Considering Space Coyote is one of the most knowledgable people on the blog, I would say yes, it most certainly is.
August 22nd, 2013 at 2:40 PM ^
To answer a question posed by one of the tags, NO, nobody reads the tags.
Well done, Space Coyote. Troll level: MASTER.
August 22nd, 2013 at 2:45 PM ^
At least you picked up that it probably was satire, the best are the people taking it super srsly.
August 22nd, 2013 at 2:54 PM ^
simultaneously amuse me and piss me off.
August 22nd, 2013 at 2:33 PM ^
define:troll
August 22nd, 2013 at 2:33 PM ^
I was gonna call you crazy, but now that I think about it, you might be onto something.
August 22nd, 2013 at 2:42 PM ^
I was gonna call you crazy, but now that I think about it, you might be (
onto)on something.
There, I think that about does it.
August 22nd, 2013 at 2:34 PM ^
This is an awful, awful idea.
August 22nd, 2013 at 2:34 PM ^
Al Borges is space coyote! He's trying to trick us into accepting this!
August 22nd, 2013 at 2:34 PM ^
Sorry to say but devin is our Qb end of story.
August 22nd, 2013 at 2:34 PM ^
Fuck it, Desmond Morgan played QB in high school, didn't he?
August 22nd, 2013 at 2:46 PM ^
He has never play QB at a high level. I don't like that plan. Plus DG could always move back to QB if Morris got hurt. Still have Cleary too, plenty of depth at QB.
August 22nd, 2013 at 2:50 PM ^
Others who played QB in high school:
Jeremey Gallon
Thomas Gordon
Courtney Avery
August 22nd, 2013 at 3:05 PM ^
So really, our QB depth is awesome. So we have 5 starters between O and D who were HS QBs. Interesting.
August 22nd, 2013 at 3:07 PM ^
quadruple qb super formation, everybody is a run pass threat we shall run the octuple option!
August 22nd, 2013 at 2:35 PM ^
If there ever was a reason for the old scoring system I think we may have found it.
August 22nd, 2013 at 2:35 PM ^
No. Gardner is better suited at QB, and we will be fine with who we have at WR. It would have been nice to have a big body WR for jump ball situations, but we have Funchess that fits that bill. Your idea brings up interesting discussion, but I do not believe it is the team's best option.
August 22nd, 2013 at 2:36 PM ^
Holy shit man, how has no one thought of this GENIUS idea before?? The coaches must be complete morons if they haven't even considered this scenario. Bravo, sir.
August 22nd, 2013 at 2:36 PM ^
Haha. No one got the joke. Check the tags guys.
August 22nd, 2013 at 2:36 PM ^
i am available to help you with your future attempts at jokes.
August 22nd, 2013 at 2:36 PM ^
Are you serious dude? Are we being punked? Wow!
August 22nd, 2013 at 2:37 PM ^
Why? Just...why?
It's not even good satire.
August 22nd, 2013 at 2:36 PM ^
Seek help, weirdo
August 22nd, 2013 at 2:36 PM ^
I assume, much like your avatar, you ate The Merciless Peppers of Quetzlzacatenango and are also on a "Vision Quest" right now.
August 22nd, 2013 at 2:36 PM ^
Great idea. Let's put the most athletic guy on the team in a position to touch the ball six to eight times per game.
August 22nd, 2013 at 2:36 PM ^
This might just be crazy enough to work! No one will see it coming!
August 22nd, 2013 at 2:39 PM ^
I can't wait to see all the great Gardner to Gardner passes this season!
August 22nd, 2013 at 2:37 PM ^
Let's leave the jokes to the more established MGoBlog commenters in the future.
August 22nd, 2013 at 2:37 PM ^
Too long to be so unamusing.
August 22nd, 2013 at 2:37 PM ^
People aren't so great at the whole "recognizing real" we pride ourselves on..
Obvious answer is let Devin throw to himself.
August 22nd, 2013 at 2:48 PM ^
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r98WGrcTiqs
It might work for us...
August 22nd, 2013 at 2:37 PM ^
No no no, the offense revolves around Devin too much to move him from the QB spot.
However, Morris IS a tremendous athlete. Let's move HIM to the WR position! Cleary is obviously good enough to go in if Devin gets hurt (that would NEVER happen to a QB anyway).
Brilliant!
August 22nd, 2013 at 2:40 PM ^
is much better satire. All you need now are a bunch of buzzwords that sportswriters use when discussing white athletes and a painfully obvious Ryan Tannehill reference.
August 22nd, 2013 at 2:51 PM ^
I've been had..
August 22nd, 2013 at 2:37 PM ^
Hockey alternate captain Andrew Copp started for Skyline. Let him walkon and start.
Seriously, what are you thinking?
August 22nd, 2013 at 2:38 PM ^
I was thinking we should try to work on getting Taco Pants corporeal form. He would be a stud WR with great vertical and fantastic hands, if his hands existed.
August 22nd, 2013 at 2:39 PM ^
Way to give yourself a -1 Trolling moderation. I approve. And yes, some of us do read the tags.
August 22nd, 2013 at 2:40 PM ^
Those of you who think this is serious, I have a bridge for sale that may interest you.
August 22nd, 2013 at 2:41 PM ^
Wow. Lot's of people don't understand satire or sarcasm apparently. Never read A Modest Proposal. It will disgust you.
August 22nd, 2013 at 2:48 PM ^
Not seeing it.
August 22nd, 2013 at 2:41 PM ^
Embrace Debate
August 22nd, 2013 at 2:41 PM ^
Did you happen to consume several Guatemalan insanity peppers today?
Be careful, eat too many of those and you'll end up in Bolivia.
August 22nd, 2013 at 2:42 PM ^
but you missed the obvious solution. Move Morris to WR, Gardner to RB, and all our RBs to QB. QB depth problem SOLVED!
August 22nd, 2013 at 2:45 PM ^
Is this you again? How do you keep getting new names? And so many points?
August 22nd, 2013 at 2:45 PM ^
i would not object to the banhammer