Hand and McDowell, 2015 Recruits
Hoping we don't lose Hand and/or McDowell based on our recent performances. Defense has looked good, however, and Mattison is still a top notch coordinator with a pedigree, despite the board meltdowns about us getting beat by freshmen QBs and not blitzing. Hopefully we can right the ship and not lose any of our current haul, but the future guys definitely must be wondering what is going on in Ann Arbor, especially guys on the offensive side of the ball(Damien Harris and Campbell for 2015-our two biggest pickups on offense.)
November 9th, 2013 at 11:29 PM ^
No! Be respectable speed bumps? Uh, Yeah! Fall camp and 8 games later and we cant consistently slow down equivalently rated players with a year or two worth of experience and be serviceable.
November 9th, 2013 at 8:50 PM ^
WE CANT RUN THE BALL.
UNTIL WE CAN WE ARE FUCKED.
UNTIL WE CAN WE ARE FUCKED.
EVERYONE KNOWS THIS.
EVERYONE KNOWS THIS.
EVEN YOUR AUNT LINDA.
EVEN YOUR AUNT LINDA.
November 9th, 2013 at 8:59 PM ^
November 9th, 2013 at 8:57 PM ^
Call me a heretic, but what really IS Mattison's track record and why does he always get a free pass here? What is the longest he has stayed at a championship program? What were his best defenses that he was solely in charge of?
However if the offense was even slightly below average I wouldn't even be thinking about the defense giving up game winning drives against PSU and Nebraska. or getting pushed around by Akron..
November 9th, 2013 at 9:28 PM ^
It amazes me that people watch Michigan play, get negative yards rushing two weeks in a row and then complain about Mattison.
Do you really, REALLY think that the defense is the weak point of this squad?
November 9th, 2013 at 9:36 PM ^
He gets a "free pass" because his defenses are always pretty good. Maybe not to the level of, say, a Pat Narduzzi-led defense, but not many teams can manage that...
November 9th, 2013 at 10:56 PM ^
It's hard to be that good while playing Fr and So and only get 3 or 4 plays to rest between series.
November 9th, 2013 at 11:02 PM ^
They get better during the year, and will get better next year as well. They've had some letdowns, and need to get better in order to win games when the O cannot. But they've carried the team plenty this year. The difference between the D and the offense is that we can assume the D will be better next year. It's harder to assume that for the offense.
November 9th, 2013 at 9:36 PM ^
November 9th, 2013 at 9:01 PM ^
If I was Hand and intending to go to Tuscaloosa, I'd be there tonight.
Encouraging to me that he's in Florida instead.
November 9th, 2013 at 9:25 PM ^
Get dumpted on by Vandy.
November 9th, 2013 at 9:34 PM ^
November 9th, 2013 at 9:35 PM ^
November 9th, 2013 at 9:57 PM ^
It's the downward trend that is so worrysome. Watching Alabama/LSU you realize it's just different football. I hate the SEC and think they are top heavy, but those two teams just look different than anything in the Big Ten, OSU included. Bigger, faster, better coached. I don't see how we ever get to that level with our current staff...they are just too soft.
November 9th, 2013 at 10:40 PM ^
So no, Hoke will never have Michigan playing like a top SEC team
November 9th, 2013 at 11:41 PM ^
and Alabama and LSU have been oversiging for YEARS. Yes, good coaching, blah, blah, blah...but they each have squeezed in an entire extra class every three years.
November 9th, 2013 at 10:44 PM ^
November 9th, 2013 at 10:57 PM ^
And it may sound like sour grapes, but there really needs to be an NFL development league for guys that should not be going to college. The student-athlete experience is just completely different at a school like Alabama and LSU vs. Michigan and Notre Dame. Don't get me wrong, this is not an excuse for our piss poor play this year, as a real college program can reach the levels of Stanford...but I really think that's the peak for a school trying to run a legitimate collegiate program. For those saying Stanford is as good as Bama, no, only at the O-line perhaps.
November 10th, 2013 at 12:26 AM ^
Or the NCAA needs to grow a pair and start giving out real penalties to rules violators again. Alabama has been on probation something like 3 times in 20 years. If they go on again, hammer them.
November 9th, 2013 at 10:18 PM ^
Borges is really calling a shitty season and Gardner has happy feet and cannot make any adjustments. Wtf is wrong w this line. If we want man all then we need to line up in power I and pro set and stick to it and work out the kinks, dump all this dance around football. His game plan is to obvious to figure out!
November 9th, 2013 at 10:48 PM ^
November 9th, 2013 at 11:35 PM ^
November 9th, 2013 at 11:07 PM ^
It's sad that the actual season is what could possibly be ruining the recruiting progress. So much promise yet so much fail. For whatever reason Borges is resigned to slamming Fitz into negativity, having Gardner play action into doom, and running max protect that is on film and thus worthless now. Borges is a fail, everyone can see it and that includes opposing defensive coordinators. If Hoke doesn't realize this it will be a long couple of years.
November 9th, 2013 at 11:39 PM ^