Suggested Presser Questions You'd Like Asked:
Let's start a thread with a collection of questions you'd like to ask the coaching staff this week in their pressers. Here are mine:
1.] Is there a reason that Derrik Green is not getting snaps?
2.] Why has that "Go route" to the far side of the field kept burning the DB's?
3.] Do you feel that certain players or formation are tipping off the play call?
September 22nd, 2013 at 11:16 AM ^
Here's one. What the fuck?
September 22nd, 2013 at 11:17 AM ^
September 22nd, 2013 at 11:29 AM ^
Love Taylor Lewan - but would want to get a question to him: Now that you are embarrised (I assume) a second straight week do you really, really, really mean this time, it won't happen again?
September 22nd, 2013 at 11:30 AM ^
Are you hungry or are you starving?
September 22nd, 2013 at 11:35 AM ^
What is the expectation for the position of Special Teams coach?
We seem to be coaching our players for failure on special teams.
Jones did not evacuate when a punt was abandoned near the goal line. There appeared to be no on field signal to inform Jones that the punt was abandoned. The block in the back on Dileo's punt return. Gedeon ran into the punter. We kicked off out of bounds. We don't use the spread punt.
Mack Brown fired his DC for not living up to expectations. When might you consider adjusting your staff? Do we have to lose before you would consider making an adjustment?
September 22nd, 2013 at 11:58 AM ^
Do you realize that each of the mistakes you identified in your post were made by true freshmen?
September 22nd, 2013 at 1:39 PM ^
True idiocy.
You do realize this is Michigan. Expectations don't come from experience they come from the position.
The Special Teams coach is not a true freshman, neither are the plurality of players who did not live up to the expectations of the positions they played. I'm not faulting the players here though. We put our players in a position to fail on special teams and elsewhere 2 weeks in a row.
Egad EGD I'd expect more from someone who has so many MGoPoints but expectations don't come from experience at this institution.
September 22nd, 2013 at 3:29 PM ^
Coaches have to say things like "the expectation is for the position" because they need to hold players to high standards and motivate them to play their best. But as a general rule, it's not realistic to expect a bunch of true freshmen to play error-free football. You can certainly hope for that, but then you are setting yourself up for disappointment more often than not.
I understand that you are frustrated with the team's performance, as we all are. But just because things have been going wrong for us doesn't mean that our coaches are incompetent or are tolerating mediocrity. Young teams are mistke-prone and inconsistent, and this team is no different just because our helmets got wings.
September 22nd, 2013 at 4:34 PM ^
EGD - one more time - I'm not calling out the players or the true freshmen for that matter. I'm calling out the coaches. When will Hoke consider making changes in his staff? Neopotism has been a constant theme at Michigan and in CFB in general. Devin carrying the ball one handed - repeatedly back spinning - the special team misques - the OL passing guys off - it all ulitmately comes from the coaching staff.
There was no on field call to abandon the punt - Jones was on an island. The block in the back was a coaching point. Gedeon took the wrong angle - coaching point. Wile kicked it OOB - coaching point/strategy. Kerridge burned down field to cover a punt spectacularly that if held for a second more prior to punting would have been fair caught. You can't rely on superior talent to over come a failure in fundamental football or a strategy that is flawed.
Coaching is big time sport. Is it time to coach the coaches? To change the strategy and the coaching points. Hoke leads his staff not the AD. Is he going to make some changes over this Bye week? It's a legitimate question.
But honestly - yes I am frustrated. It is a young team. They will make mistakes. I will try to lighten up. I just don't want to lose to make a change that could be done now without going through that lesson.
September 22nd, 2013 at 5:08 PM ^
September 22nd, 2013 at 10:13 PM ^
The olde pot was obviously too goode.
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September 22nd, 2013 at 11:52 AM ^
get deleted?
September 22nd, 2013 at 11:55 AM ^
you that on that last play Avery was beat by 5 yards and if the qb had thrown to his man they would've had a td to beat us...yet, you choose to keep him in there and move Countess?
September 22nd, 2013 at 1:00 PM ^
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September 22nd, 2013 at 12:04 PM ^
How about: "What adjustments did you make late in the game that enabled you to come back and win depsite having a rattled QB, an underperforming OL, and special teams problems?"
Or, "last week M got no pass rush whatsoever against Akron. This week the pass rush was much improved. What did you work on over the preceding week to make that happen? Follow-up: will a similar strategy enable the O-Line to improve?"
Or, "Gardner seemed visibly rattled after that first interception. How do you keep that from happening again as the season goes on?"
September 22nd, 2013 at 12:09 PM ^
Really?
September 22nd, 2013 at 12:31 PM ^
September 22nd, 2013 at 12:43 PM ^
1.) Is Graham Glasgow a double amputee? If not, how can you explain his getting beat like a drum so regularly that even I can identify it as it occurs?
2.) Has Devin talked to Rick "Wild Thing" Vaughn about getting his sight fixed?
3.) Would anyone like to photoshop Wild Thing's glasses onto Devin so we can all smile at least once today?
4.) Have you learned that our zone stretch plays aren't so effective? Not zone blocking, the hideous zone stretches that didn't net positive yardage all night.
September 22nd, 2013 at 1:23 PM ^
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September 22nd, 2013 at 3:06 PM ^
I want to know about injuries. The offense, especially, seems dinged up. How are Toussaint, Lewan, and Gardner doing? Anybody else with injuries that we don't know about?
September 22nd, 2013 at 4:50 PM ^
For the love of God, what is this coaching staff's problem with the spread punt? The evidence is on the field in front of them every single game.
September 22nd, 2013 at 10:20 PM ^
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September 23rd, 2013 at 3:06 AM ^
Here's a real one:
UConn's asst. coach (O-Coordinator?) stated earlier in the week he had a new bag of tricks so to speak and/or somewhat of a different gameplan for Michigan. Did you see that Saturday night after watching film last week? Did they surprise you and the coaching staff in any way(s) or did they come out with a gameplan/strategy more as you expected and prepared for?