Jim needs a reality check. This team may be near the top talent-wise, but the game plans have been pitiful at times.

The argument that JH calls the plays, so don't blame Hamilton for the stupefying ineptitude is only partially correct, IMO.

IF Hamilton offered JH a more diverse and aggressive set of play calling options the offense might not struggle so mightily. With the QB, WR, and TE talent available next year, that has to happen for Michigan to be more successful on offensive. Hamilton must be replaced with a more progressive and modern PC/OC.

On defense, Brown has to incorporate some zone coverages to compensate for some talent deficiencies at LB, especially with the departure of Bush.

All is not lost, but next year will be a defining season for JH and his Michigan legacy. 

No more revenge talk BS. No more "potential" talk.No more silly slogan talk.. This program xontinuco to dissapoint and shoot itself in the foot..I was at the game..The players were unmotivated , lethargic and disinterested and that's on JH...

It's time to FACE FACTS...JH is Michigans John Cooper and 8-10 wins is as good as it's going to get.

When it down 17 and run the ball up the middle for 2 yards that means u have no fuk. Clue what your doing..

This was a miserable failure on all parts..For those that chose to sitout the game!..screw u and your selfish selves..You DIDNT care about your teammates,the Fans or the school only yourself on the off chance u MIGHT get hurt...That could happen at any given moment. Crossing the street..

This team is nowhere close to the 2016 team. That team actually had an elite defense whose only real flaw was Mike McCray covering wheel routes. If it wasnt for Speight and the refs, that's a title team.

This defense was a sham all year. Whenever they actually played someone who was healthy and talented, they were exposed.

The offense needs to be fixed for sure, but unless Wormley, Glasgow, Lewis, Stribling, Charlton, Gedeon, Peppers, Hurst, Thomas, Hill etc. come walking through the door, the defense will be a trainwreck if Don Brown doesn't adjust.

We seem to be in the same spot as Notre Dame. Years of wandering in the wilderness trying to recapture a more and more distant glory. Finally finding some firm footing and feeling positive about the present and future only to get repeatedly crushed in a way that makes us question how far we have really come after all.  We have good coaches, players, etc. So what is it? I am wondering if we aren’t missing some true leaders ON the field that drive everyone to dig deep when the going gets tough. Remember Andy Cannavino? Guys like that. 

This year taught us the importance of DLine. Losing hurst exposed a number of issues that his excellence had covered. He clogged the middle which allowed the ends to win 1 on 1. Without that strong inside presence, the rest of the scheme fell apart against good offenses. I don’t think the whole scheme needs thrown out, but some adjustments definitely need to be made as teams have figured out how to crack the basics of Dr. Browns blitz scheme. 

Ditto on offense. I don’t think it needs a total overhaul, but it needs some purposeful tweaks. It will help having Patterson in year two (first time Harbaugh has a good QB for back to back years), the bulk of an improved line getting another full off season of training with a good OLine coach, and a killer WR core becoming JRs. All those who want a “modern offense” that spreads and shreds, we have not had the WR depth to go  4 wide every play without putting a true frosh or a walk on on the field. I think we are getting close, and this recruiting class will hopefully give us the depth to start to do that consistently. 

“How do I feel right now?” he asked sarcastically, eyes welled with tears. “How does it look like I feel?”

And, really, how else could he feel?

Well, he could listen to all the fans who say the game is meaningless and just not care.

I probably shouldn't hammer and hammer at this, but I'm going to.  Because anyone who acts like these games are "meaningless exhibitions" just doesn't fucking get it.

Based on what we’ve seen in 4 years there’s no reason to believe our ceiling next season is more than 10 wins. I do hope I’m wrong though.

Let me start by saying that I am still a huge Harbaugh fan, that I believe that three 10-win seasons out of four (following the debacle that was the RR/Hoke years) is a massive improvement and that I am generally happy with the direction of the program on a high level. 

That said, I really get the sense that something is just “off” with the team. Why?

1. All teams have transfers, but ours are coming in significantly higher numbers, and from players who are or are in line to be major contributors. 

2. Sitting out bowls has become a thing. For first rounders. We just had a RB who might not even get drafted sit out with me excuse, a RT who is almost certainly NOT going to be drafted sit out with an injury thst many play through and a star D-lineman, who has largely underwhelmed his lofty potential, sit out for almost no reason. 

3. For the 2nd straight year, our team came out completely cold in the bowl games and showed no heart against OSU. 

Just seems like something is not right on a macro level. 

Michigan cannot win the games Harbaugh is saying he wants to win unless Jim Harbaugh adapts - on both offense and defense. The roster is there but the coaches need to find schemes that will work against top programs.

On offense Jim's run-centric, ball control approach does not fit the capacity of the OL to run block to the level that is required for his offense to consistently work. Against lesser opponents, yes; against opponents who both plan for and are successful at stopping Harbaugh's run game schemes, no. Despite the positives Ed Warriner has brought to the OL, that OL is not overpowering many of it's opponents in the run game. It's not making the blocks at the second level to spring the running plays Harbaugh relies on to keep the chains moving. It's predictable too and UF players commented post game that it was; they are not the first to do so. In it's book end losses to ND and UF M was held to 2.8 and 2.6 ypc respectively. An offense that relies on keeping ahead of the chains by a punishing ground attack is not going to succeed with those kinds of numbers.

M's OL can't pass-block consistently either. Certainly that has contributed to what most perceive as Harbaugh's reluctance to do more passing than his numbers in 2018 indicated (37.36%//62.64% pass/run). But, by-in-large, Harbaugh's passing game is less than dynamic if not down right unimaginative. It certainly does not take advantage of the prodigious talent, probably grossly underutilized by scheme, it has in Shea Patterson and his receivers.

Don Brown has the resume but his signature scheme has given up over 100 points to his last two opponents. It has a talent threshold. What that means is that if he doesn't have NFL first round talent at the Mike and on the back end (Ss and CBs), his aggressive defense get's torched. His failure to adapt his schemes to the skill levels of the talent he put on the field v. osu and UF is damaging to his credibility as a premier DC. 

My view is that both Harbaugh and Brown, while excellent human beings and decent football coaches, have failed to adapt to today's CFB realities. In Harbaugh's case, his offense lacks dynamism and by all accounts from opposing players, they know what is coming. That might be fine if his OL could dominate every opponents front 7. It can't. That he's not adapted his approach to that reality is disappointing to say the least.

In Brown's case, the talent he had with Bush at Mike was still not matched by the talent he had at S. With Bush out, his scheme got abused. Likewise, it appears he assumed that the current roster could put the same kind of interior D-line pressure on opposing QBs that he had when Mo Hurst took the field in 2017. It appears he badly misjudged there against ND and osu specifically and at times, other teams on M's 2018 schedule. Insufficient pressure on the QB, less than first round talent at key positions in his defense and his aggressive defenses will get burned and burned badly. Examples abound in the regular and post season 2018 campaign.

The bottom line is that for M to improve in 2019, Harbaugh needs to adapt and change both his offense and his defense. I think Don Brown will be fine. He's got talent and experience on his defense next year but, he has to be less aggressive when it is clear his players lack the skills and play reading development to efficiently run his signature D. Offense is another matter entirely. Jim's run-centric approach combined with an unimaginative passing game needs to change. Again, he's got a good QB and talented receivers. He needs a fresh mind on his offensive coaching staff that he will listen to in a way that advantages Patterson's skill set and the prodigious skill sets of his receivers.