Amazon All or Nothing Michigan discussion
So I have been waiting for someone to post a discussion thread, and nothing has been posted yet unless I missed it. I know you all binge watched it, don't act like you didn't. So what did you think, did you learn anything you didnt know?
I thought it was great. Very well done, as bad as things went last year I expected this thing to be a terrible watch, I was wrong.
Some things I learned
1. Pep Hmilton was calling most of the plays? I figured he was more involved when Drevno came down from the booth but it seems like he was calling them.
2. Chase Winovich is friggin hilarious. He should be mic'd up every game
3.Wilton Speight did not come off great. Honestly I just don't think I would find him likable even if he was a good qb.
4. Don Brown is even more likable then I thought. The guys personality is awesome. Rare combo of being a really nice guy, funny, and the best D coordinator in the country.
What do you guys think? I don't think they could have done a better job with this special, really a great watch.
You're slipping man - he retired in 2007.
His retirement announcement (and the resulting coaching search shitshow) happened in December '07.
loved when his kid was asking him if he was sure he was the boss of this place. I was thinking yea kid, if you only knew.
And he deserves more consecutive carries without being subbed out after a good run!
I've finished episode 5, and I agree with a lot that's already been said--
*Winovich is hilarious.
*Don Brown is awesome
*Rashan and his mom are both stellar
*Pep is better than we thought.
*AND the QB situation was a wreck from the start, and I think JH and Pep both were aware how tenuous it was. (it ticked me off to see JOK blame Gentry and the Oline for his failures)
*BP's future depends on whether he can develop better leadership skills. I think he is a shy guy and none of that comes naturally.
Seeing the human side of all of this is well worth the watch, even if you have to fast-forward through the MSU game like I did.
Just watch it
*Just watch it....you pussies
On a serious note, the team (18-22 year olds) has to dissect film of the losses and grown men who don't sacrifice as much as they do can't watch 5 minutes? It's just strange to me
Now I've finished the series...I'm not crying, you're crying.
I don’t know what was up with the shots of Wilton off the field being like MTV Laguna beach or something.
April 10th, 2018 at 10:10 AM ^
Could not disagree more. Speight came off fine. I don't understand the obsessive hate for Michigan's starting qbs. He was our best qb the last two years and was an injury against Iowa away from a Big Ten championship and a playoff appereance. Everyone acts like Speight never won a big game. Remember destroying the eventual Big Ten champs by 39?
4 episodes in and I love it...positive recruits will love it too
I had forgotten about the brick halfway up the walls - oh and those long corridors off the main hallway where Mo Taylor used to have girls line up.
Ends on a second national championship? Sign me up!
They have in the past, however the've also decided to follow a different team the next year. Some of that depends on interest, storyline, and contract/negotiation terms. One thing going in our favor is that it's quite likely a lot of the big time programs that they might look at for a second year would be scared shitless to do this simply because of all the NCAA violations that might accidentally make it to film.
They did set up a really good storyline the whole year (we are young and need to find a good quarterback), that I could see turning in to a satisfying second season, especially the off season with Harbaugh flying down to visit Shea, the new weight room/staff, changes in motivation and lifting, that meeting where players gave their personal opinion, and of course Chase deciding to come back. Shea is also by all accounts a much better off field leader.
Honestly, Michigan should make sure it happens, whether that means giving more favorable terms (not giving up editing rights, just possibly free access instead of for a fee). If Amazon decides against it, Michigan always has the ability to film on their own, and put together a second season and could hand it off to Amazon either for final editing or just to have it. The on field stuff they might have to clear with the NCAA, but they didn't have a problem with Amazon doing it.
I fucking hope not
I fucking hope not
but i hope not. we dont need more distractions or hype. we need to win.
Mike McCray: I was?
Don Brown: Juuuust kidding.
I didn’t think I could love this guy anymore, and yet here we are. Best motivational speaker ever! Excuse me while I close line my neighbor...