Peach Bowl Snowflakes: The Coaching
December 29th, 2018 at 6:43 PM ^
Don Brown is a joke. cannot teach anything but man to man press coverage. also our safties are horrible.
December 29th, 2018 at 9:28 PM ^
When Florida put their best WR in the slot and we had Kinnel cover him man up I wanted to scream. Brown is a one trick pony who is easily out schemed by teams with speed who spread it out. Florida's first TD was a prime example. When DB adjusted to stop the QB draw they just threw the ball outside for a walk in TD. Can you say -3 RPS?
December 29th, 2018 at 6:43 PM ^
Don Brown is a joke. cannot teach anything but man to man press coverage. also our safties are horrible.
December 29th, 2018 at 6:46 PM ^
What coaching?
December 29th, 2018 at 6:46 PM ^
"I don't believe what I just saw" Jack Buck
December 29th, 2018 at 6:51 PM ^
From what I’ve heard, Harbaugh has really struggled with the players this year. They don’t like him, his approach, or persona. Love Don Brown, though.
December 29th, 2018 at 6:56 PM ^
How does Jim land these recruits then? He does seem like he is weirder than ever, but he sure put together a nice class this year.
December 29th, 2018 at 7:29 PM ^
The biggest reasons I can tell are because it is and always will be Michigan. period full stop.
Secondly Don Brown seems to have a good relationship with the kids.
There is something to the rumblings we are hearing. transfers with parents saying things like " this will all come out" or something to that effect. people with ties to the team hearing things about not liking Harbaugh. Where there is smoke there is fire. I thought Harbaughs seat should have gotten warm after the beat down in the donkeyshoe but after this and the transfers it should be ON FIRE. That fat contract is starting to look more nauseating by the minute
December 29th, 2018 at 8:00 PM ^
I kind of wondered about that when it came time for the guys to sit out. How much of it was them wanting to protect their future, and how much was it not having to deal with another month of Harbaugh's bullshit.
December 29th, 2018 at 8:56 PM ^
Jim Rome said Harbaugh will burn out here...that he runs "too hot"... am beginning to believe this narrative...why? i hear his practices are brutal...and when elite players think they wont be winning, its hard to get them to play here....
December 29th, 2018 at 9:43 PM ^
This wouldn't be surprising to me.
December 30th, 2018 at 1:20 AM ^
I think you and I may be talking to the same player on the team.
December 29th, 2018 at 6:51 PM ^
Today is the first time I looked at that coaching staff and thought, "Wow, this is one of the highest paid groups in college football and this is the best they could do. And with a whole fucking month to prepare." The coaches, all of them, utterly failed. Then the players, seeing that, checked out themselves. Awful. Something is rotten in Schembechler Hall...
December 29th, 2018 at 8:03 PM ^
Same thing as last year too. Everyone was expecting things to look fixed/improved heading into the game vs. South Carolina and then they look like they hadn't practiced of fixed anything at all.
December 29th, 2018 at 9:52 PM ^
Beginning to think the players are not buying into the staffs approach to the game, in that, like most on this board, do not feel they are putting them in the best position to win/compete.
December 29th, 2018 at 6:54 PM ^
When Desmond, The Boz and Herbie picked UM over UF, I LMFAO. They’re as delusional as half this fan base. Face it folks, after his 4th season, this is as good as it gets as long as he’s here.
December 29th, 2018 at 6:59 PM ^
I laughed to, but then Desmond always picks us, and Herbstreit hates the Buckeyes so much he always picks Michigan. At least Dez is true to his school. Herbstreit is just an arrogant ESPN talking head.
December 29th, 2018 at 8:02 PM ^
Whether you think Herbstreit is a good announcer or good human being aside, he loves Ohio State and unabashadly cheers for them when he is not working. He does his best to not allow his love for the school to influence his analysis, and maybe every now and again he either doesn't do as well as he could, or over-compensates and goes too far in the wrong direction; but it is patently absurd to claim he hates OSU.
December 30th, 2018 at 12:44 AM ^
Who cares what he thinks about anything?
December 29th, 2018 at 7:01 PM ^
On paper, Michigan should have won. The loss is on coaching and effort.
December 29th, 2018 at 8:03 PM ^
Yup, I've watched UF a lot this year and found them to be generally unimpressive, including today, and I think at their best Michigan definitely beats them. I think Mullen is a pretty good coach though and they'll be pretty respectable moving forward
December 29th, 2018 at 8:04 PM ^
On paper, Michigan should have won their last three bowl games. They were a around a TD or better favorite in all of them. Instead...0-3.
December 29th, 2018 at 6:57 PM ^
The coaching was terrible as it has been since his first year.
December 29th, 2018 at 6:59 PM ^
The thing I’m getting upset about is that we’re now getting blown out in games. In the first couple of years of Harbaugh’s tenure we’d lose close when it happened.
There are mitigating circumstances to today’s performance but it still shouldn’t have been this bad. I hope that Brian does a post-mortem.
Thank goodness it’s basketball season where the team generally gets better as the season goes on.
December 29th, 2018 at 7:14 PM ^
That’s the depressing thing...all the blowout losses. When things start to go bad in a game, Michigan seems to have no ability stop the other teams momentum. It’s like a runaway freight train. There’s very little “fight” in the team to crawl back and pull out a late victory. They just bend over and take it in the ass
December 29th, 2018 at 11:08 PM ^
I think that boils down to a lack of ability to go tempo. UM went down 17 with 18 minutes left in the game. Then they took over 6 minutes to get a FG. From that point even if everything goes 100% correct in their favor there isn't enough time to win. That 6 minute drive has to be under 3 minutes. Then you are within two scores with a lot of time left. UM kills clock for the other team while losing so even giving up points for the defense is a win.
December 29th, 2018 at 7:24 PM ^
Michigan is 11th in winning percentage over Harbaugh's four years, and 9th among power-five schools.
https://www.teamrankings.com/ncf/trends/win_trends/?range=yearly_since_2015
December 29th, 2018 at 8:11 PM ^
How many of those 9 teams suffered back to back blow out losses to end a season?
December 29th, 2018 at 8:49 PM ^
The problem is that he is 0-4 in the game that counts. he also lost to ND this year.
December 30th, 2018 at 12:14 AM ^
And bowls the last 3
December 29th, 2018 at 7:48 PM ^
There needs to he a true QB competition. I feel like Shea was gifted the job and Harbaugh and co were so willing to adjust offense for him so he could learn it quickly but didn't do same for other QBs. They had to pick up full offense to be deemed worthy of being called the starter.
December 30th, 2018 at 1:33 AM ^
I really have a BIG feeling it will be a true competition. We have too many really good QBs now to not do it. I for one think JH DOES want to win and does want to field the best players. Shea is good and had some really nice games but I really liked Dylan McCaffrey's coolness when he was out there and the team seemed to just flow better. It's like had a better command or presence. I think it will be a battle between DM, Shea and Milton. Hoping it's an all out war ... it needs to happen. Players need to be pushed. I agree cbs650!
December 29th, 2018 at 7:53 PM ^
Im having doubts Harbaugh makes it to next year. I dont know why, he makes more than any coach in the world and is insanely mediocre IQ wise to make that much, but getting blown out twice to end the season. I think it's over.
December 29th, 2018 at 8:12 PM ^
Warde is soft. He's not firing Harbaugh this off season. A real AD would tell Harbaugh to shit can his coordinators and hit the road.
If Harbaugh doesn't win 10 next year (his ceiling), then you start thinking about him getting fired.
December 29th, 2018 at 8:28 PM ^
I think he will step down or go the NFL rather than getting fired
December 30th, 2018 at 12:18 AM ^
Warde was a 90s scrub. Harbaugh was an 80s all american. The bo boys will never let warde fire harbaugh even if he had the stones to try it. He would never even try
December 29th, 2018 at 8:14 PM ^
Outcoached, outplayed. done
December 29th, 2018 at 8:39 PM ^
1 and 9 against top ten teams
December 29th, 2018 at 8:57 PM ^
Don B, just put in the tape and run the poor man's version of Alabam D. They shut down spreads.
December 29th, 2018 at 9:01 PM ^
Looking back on the season, beating Nebraska the way we did at home might have been the best game we played this season. Running the gauntlet with big wins over Wisky, Sparty and PSU was the high watermark. The team seemed to lose some energy and focus after that.
December 30th, 2018 at 12:19 AM ^
Those teams suck
December 29th, 2018 at 9:13 PM ^
Am i the only one who thinks that maybe Harbaugh has given too much control to his assistants? After all we are talking about the guy who had no problem changing his offense midseason for Kaepernick in San Fran to make sure that the offense worked to its strengths. I just find it hard to believe that the game has passed him by in the past 4 or 5 years or that hes just so dead set on only running one offense regardless of if its actually the best offense to run for the players
December 29th, 2018 at 9:14 PM ^
The clock management is inexplicable with his amount of experience.
The play calling is a disaster. It's like they choke & don't know what to call - then just run up the middle.
Brown, Pep & Jay should all be fired tomorrow. If JH doesn't want to - show him the door too.
December 29th, 2018 at 9:25 PM ^
Pep I understand--there's something wrong with the passing game since he took it over.
Jay I understand---Michigan RBs are suspect.
Brown?
December 29th, 2018 at 9:43 PM ^
good post, I think what was more interesting in his comments is what he didn't say. I definitely think Harbaugh has some issues with the players respecting him or their trust in him getting them prepared for the game. Also pretty telling in his comments about the guys who chose not to play and what effect it had on them mentally. Hell, not to give O state ANY excuses but the week they lost to Purdue was the same week Bosa announced he was going to drop out. He was their defensive captain and leader. Sometimes we put too much on the coaches in getting the players mentally prepared, these are not kids. They look to each other as warriors to step onto that battlefield with one another and when you are out there battling and the guy you have sweat, bled, cried with thru thick and thin is not there it CAN have an effect.
December 29th, 2018 at 9:59 PM ^
There's going to have to be coaching changes. There really has to be a more powerful offense next year. There's too much put on the defense. They did great for a stretch in the middle of the season. But with all the injuries on defense at the end of the season, it shows the defense carried the load, and the offense just didn't do its part.
The one thing I took away from this game that was great was the 2 blocked punts. God Bless Chris Partridge!
December 29th, 2018 at 10:22 PM ^
December 29th, 2018 at 10:41 PM ^
That is about as real as you can get. Chase stays upbeat and his motor is relentless. Really going to miss him being on the team.
December 29th, 2018 at 9:40 PM ^
I thought Brown was great - until Osu.
Indiana showed the roadmap. Haskins said they were licking their chops to play M etc etc. Brown didn't have anything for Osu & shit the bed. Never even hit Haskins once.
As far as I could tell - Gary already had Nfl on his mind against Osu & bagged it. Sit his ass & put Paye in then.
Why wasn't Ambry coached up ready to play to guard Paris Campbell?
See if Charles would be interested to take over D.C & groom him for taking over as head coach.