Passing Attack through 2 games.
September 12th, 2017 at 11:31 AM ^
such a deep statistical dive.
September 12th, 2017 at 11:36 AM ^
Inside the number (that's singular, folks)...
September 12th, 2017 at 11:46 AM ^
September 12th, 2017 at 11:51 AM ^
Yeah, well, YOUR avatar make my pants tighter...
September 12th, 2017 at 12:24 PM ^
And those are baggy clown pants!!!
September 12th, 2017 at 8:05 PM ^
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September 12th, 2017 at 11:41 AM ^
or, for that, matter, last?
We hear all about Isaac and Evan's hands but don't go to them at all Strange as that would seem to be a way to unload the box a bit.
September 12th, 2017 at 11:47 AM ^
September 12th, 2017 at 11:48 AM ^
I've seen a few plays where the RB's flare out to the sideline to act like a safety valve but Wilton chose to go downfield instead. Can't remember if those were good decisions or not but I think the emphasis for him is to drive it downfield whenever that option exists.
This happen with O'Korn too....had a chance to dump it to RB but didn't take it.
September 12th, 2017 at 12:53 PM ^
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September 12th, 2017 at 11:44 AM ^
Dude, "Inside the Numbers" strongly implies a detailed statistical or otherwise "numerically" focused look at something. You have, like, three numbers in your whole post and then draw some conclusions from them. That's just a hot take, in my opinion, not an "inside the numbers" look at something...
September 12th, 2017 at 11:53 AM ^
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September 12th, 2017 at 12:18 PM ^
Not RCMB. If you're going to try to use numbers to justify your feelingsball post, we need calculus. At least a spreadsheet.
September 12th, 2017 at 1:19 PM ^
"scUM, Harbooger, and their latest September Heisman winner are so excited for the Walverines to finish 3rd place in the B1G East again."
There, now none of you ever need to go to RCMB on your own. I have just summarized the entire content of their board.
September 12th, 2017 at 1:49 PM ^
Only ugly girls go to Michigan.
But otherwise, spot on.
September 12th, 2017 at 12:27 PM ^
I'll help. Speight tends to drop in efficiency as the game progresses and also by down.
September 12th, 2017 at 12:08 PM ^
Its certainly not Pep Hamilton's fault. Guys are open and that is his job. Wilton's job is to complete passes to those open guys. I agree that the coaches should incorporate some screen passes and maybe some more creativity, but like I said, guys are open and right now the the execution from the qb is lacking. I believe he will get better. Lets see what happens saturday.
September 12th, 2017 at 5:17 PM ^
The lack of creativity is almost certainly because of the youth throught the offence.As the get more experance the offense will most like start getting more creative. But it is really tough when you have a young team that is prone to making metal mistakes.
September 12th, 2017 at 12:32 PM ^
Just let it go. Nothing worse than an OP that can't take the critique that accompanies posting here. Take your licks like a man,.. or woman, errr...poster.
September 12th, 2017 at 1:20 PM ^
September 12th, 2017 at 2:29 PM ^
I just think you didn't really bring anything new to the discussion and there are daily arguments in every article about Speight. TBH you could have just made a "Daily Snowflakes Thread: Speight" and it probably would have gone over better.
Or just stick to that Pep Hamilton gripe and expand. Maybe Speight and the offense is still adjusting. He has an NFL route tree/playbook, College OL, and Freshman WRs. He's making the right decisions it seems, but that decision isn't as sure as it was last season, he is a beat behind pulling the trigger, causing the OL to let pressure in, and messing up his footwork that causes the sailing balls.
September 12th, 2017 at 2:08 PM ^
September 12th, 2017 at 1:24 PM ^
I mean, I assume you know that looking at a sample size of 2 games and then relying on that doesn't really make your argument strong? I mean, Shane Morris had a 51% completion percentage after game 1 and 1 TD and now has a 62% completion percentage and 7 TDs. is he now one of the best QBs in the country? Nope. Did he have a great game against Kansas and, given the limited data set, that skewed the results wildly? Yep.
And since you seem so hell-bent on proving your point with whatever agenda you brought along with you, I'd like to point out that in the last 6 games, the team's rushing average was 3.6 ypc; the previous 9, it was 5.6. So a 2 yard-per-carry drop. Of course, no way that's an issue with the team holistically when it's way easier to just blame the QB because doing so absolves you of putting any effort into thinking.
September 12th, 2017 at 2:13 PM ^
September 12th, 2017 at 2:35 PM ^
I still don't completely understand what you are trying to prove here.
You said
Suprising regression from a Senior but does this have more of a tie to Pep Hamilton than we are accrediting? Wilton faded in the last 3 games last year but was pretty solid up until that point.
Then you later say
After watching Baker light up the shoe it is a tad frustrating to not have a playmaker in that mold...or to not be playing one of we do have him.
I mean, sure, you aren't saying it's Wilton's fault explicitly, but then you dance around it everywhere by blaming the passing attack. You also said "with the success of the rushing attack...", so yeah, your premise is that the rushing game is fine despite evidence that it has struggled against good defenses...just like a good passing attack would. And elsewhere in this thread you've consistently pointed out Speight's stats as some proof he isn't playing well, even if there are a number of different reasons the entire offense has scuttled.
I'd love actual insights from you; you are connected to the program better than most, and I'd like to think you could provide some useful info and criticism without violating anyone's trust or confidence. But instead you posted a topic that basically called out the QB while trying not to, gave virtually no evidence to support it save for the bottom line of an ESPN player card, and then called out anyone who provided a counter-argument. Call me a clown and assume I get off pointing out really poor assumptions based on a bad application of basic statistical analyis all you want, but that isn't going to convince me (or seemingly a lot of other people) that your line of reasoning is simplistic and reactive.
September 12th, 2017 at 2:17 PM ^
September 12th, 2017 at 2:48 PM ^
1. Hill was thrown the ball in the Cincy game. He got two carries against Florida for 5 yards; that was basically the average number of touches he got last year rushing the ball. It would be nice to see him in the passing game more, but again, they threw to him at least once in the last game and I faintly remember something in the Florida game.
2. McDoom's entire gameplan last year was basically 1 jet sweep a game. Sure, it would be nice to have that option in the playbook, but they ran a sweep with Crawford (that was dropped) and then DPJ to much success. It was never a huge component of the playbook, and I assume McDoom was squeezed out by other guys. It wasn't like he was a huge part of the offense last year. Hopefully he gets another run, but who knows.
3. I'd love to know. He's typically the named starter. I assume there are issues with his blocking being somewhat-inconsistent, so he might get bounced for a more pass-friendly TE in certain situations.
4. Again, small sample size, but it seems like they are victims of bad luck as much as anything. At least with Evans, we have evidence that he can do all of that pretty consistently. But still, if you are going to ding Speight for his struggles, I'll point out that both Evans and Higdon are averaging about 3 ypc this year.
The schemes are different, though I don't know how many points Michigan is leaving on the field compared to historical averages. College offenses are more prone to mistakes; this team has also suffered from a defense that scores quite a bit. So some opportunities to, say, put up points on a short field are instead going to pick-sixes or fumble TDs.
September 12th, 2017 at 5:52 PM ^
I'm just going to talk about how poor the play has been from the QB position.
I repeat, this isn't about Wilton. It's about the QB position. In general. The whole passing attack. But really, no negativity towards Wilton at all.
September 12th, 2017 at 7:02 PM ^
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September 12th, 2017 at 11:37 AM ^
Yes, although 1 INT was off both hands of the receiver, and he had a clean TD wiped off the board by an officiating error, should be 4 TDs to 1 INT. However, both of those fumbles were really bad. The Isaac fumble basically thrown at his knees, and with further zoom, can see the ball slipped out of his hand trying to hand it off to Crawford.
September 12th, 2017 at 11:40 AM ^
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September 12th, 2017 at 5:33 PM ^
The ball was not close to way to high. Crawford jumped about 1 to to feet off the ground and did not even fully extend. If that is too high then you are basically saying anything about the recievers head is too high.
September 12th, 2017 at 6:36 PM ^
September 12th, 2017 at 1:29 PM ^
And see, I would have thought not tackling Samuel on a long third down, or failing to rush for over 100 yards while giving up over 200 to OSU, or receivers dropping at least two catachable balls, or any number of other things that happen on a football field would have accounted for that loss.
It's funny - I'm not even that huge of a Speight fan in terms of his play on the field. But when I see this assinine, lazy "analysis", it makes me want to see him succeed not just because it means Michigan wins, but so that I can see people break their ankles trying to jump back on the bandwagon.
September 12th, 2017 at 2:23 PM ^
September 12th, 2017 at 2:59 PM ^
The defense played very well in Columbus last year; they still gave up points to OSU and really struggled to slow down the Buckeyes in the 2nd half. They still didn't tackle Samuels, and that was a huge play. I don't blame them, but that's as big a play as the pick six or the fumble. The pick-six was bad, but it was also bad because Mcihgian was deep in their own endzone and Speight threw the ball to a first-rounder. It happens. The fumble wound up being largely inconsequential in terms of scores, since Michigan stopped OSU and then scored on the next drive.
As for crapping on Smith, Evans, Higdon, and Isaac all got shots as well running in that game and none of them did anything with those opportunities. Also, apparently the staff trusted him to block better than anyone else, and against OSU you have to protect your QB.
OSU doesn't abandon the run. It's the core of their offense. Sure, if Michigan was up 31 to 0, maybe they try to throw themselves back in it. But that isn't their gameplan, and I highly doubt OSU is much different down 10 vs. 17 in the second half.
September 12th, 2017 at 11:33 AM ^
Hit the fuckin enter button every once in a while
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