Land of 10 Expecting Lots of TDs from Shea Patterson
Land of 10--Michigan is expecting more than 23 TD passes from Shea Patterson this year.
Link: https://www.landof10.com/michigan/michigan-football-shea-patterson-touchdown-projection-2018
After just 9 TD passes last year, that would certainly be MORE than welcome.
Lots of blame for last years painful passing game was put on the QBs, the receivers, and the O Line, in other words, the players. Not much was placed on the coaching. I personally don't think that was completely fair. The passing game looked dysfunctional most of the time. And wouldn't the coaching share some of the blame for that? Seems they should....
Either way, forgetting last year would be good. 23 TD passes would do it for many fans.
26 second video of Shea Patterson's first TD pass in college: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETaXvRgM4gc Yes, that was his first TD pass in college.
May we see this type of excitement in some plays this year at Michigan!
It's a running thing that Land of 10 has where they take opposing viewpoints on any future possibility related to Michigan Football.
The article above is written by Sean Keeler, while Chris Howard writes the other. Link
Why is Pep still employed?
because Pep is a good coach
He wasn’t a good coach last year.
the numbers in his coaching history don't bear that out.
You haven’t verbally fired him yet! Beats dead horse gif.
Here ya go...
Is that... Bob Saget??? If so, all the lolz
Drev-noooooooo! Was the offensive coordinator last year and he’s gone!
for a 9 TD season, that does seem to be a fair question. But seeing all the downvoting for talking about it, you can see some on this blog don't want to see Pep Hamilton talked about. Maybe the downvoters want to talk about the players though.
People liked him on All or Nothing so they seem to take what’s shown on there as gospel to how good of a coach he is .
threw for more TD's than Michigan.
Air Force 10; GA Tech 10; Navy 10 and then these powers with more UNCC 10; Rutgers 11; Ball St 11; Ore St 11; Tulane 12. So, yes the coaches do need to take some blame as well as the players.
The good news being, there’s nowhere to go but up right?
Welllllllll technically, we could throw for less. I mean, the meltdown would be one for the ages, but it could happen.
Wow, that is brutal. Not that we needed it but just one more note that puts it into perspective. Amazing we won 8 games.
I really hope Shea can deliver 2 tds a game. We would have had 11 wins last year, if we had that at QB. The only game I don't think we would have won, even with average QB play, was the Penn St game.
Thanks for the extra pain. ;-)
with Steven Threet and Nick Sheridan at the controls, threw for more TDs than we did last year.
Yep and is sure seems that Coach Harbaugh has acknowledged that the coaching was not good enough. And when there is THAT much dysfunction it can be hard to know as a fan exactly what went wrong inside of the coaching room. So, I'm going to trust the guy who has coaching in his veins and has done it at the highest level to know who needed to stay and who needed to go...
So Pep stays and will be under a very bright light this year along w JH and the rest of the O staff..but I'm sure he and JH know this already. As a fan, I'm pulling for him and the O staff to make that 180.
put the players in position to suceed, but the play at QB, from the first game on left a lot to be desired. Have to be able to hit open receivers to have success.
Pep Hamilton was the QB coach last year. Jedd Fisch was the QB coach 2 years before that. Do you think the coaching change from Jedd Fisch to Pep Hmailton had any affect on the passing game?
People forgot how poor our WRs were , especially after the Black injury . This years WR crew should be much better , one would hope
Coaches definitely need to take some of the blame. There was questionable playcalling at times, no doubt. But ultimately it’s on the players to go out there and execute. And I saw way too many wide open receivers be overthrown and I saw too many wide open WRs not even be targeted by the QB to put a whole lot on the coaches in that area.
At the end of the day, the QB play was just bad. Good coaching is only going to do so much. You can lead a horse to water. It was a collection of bad on multiple levels in regards to the passing game, but I don’t think good coaching was going to fix a whole lot (see: OSU gameplan failed to be executed by O’Korn)
Remember we played 3 QBs last year, with 3rd string getting the most starts. Tough to coach your way past that, albeit nearly did against OSU.
Maryland played 4+ QB's last year, including their 5' 8" walk-on Air Force transfer who started against us.
They threw 15, including 10 from Bortenschlager, who was their 3rd string when the season began.
beatdeadhorse.gif
(EDIT: Not arguing against the quality of the OSU game plan.)
We haven’t had a legit top QB option in a while. We have a lot of talent at WR. I’m expecting a much better offense than we saw last year.
thanks for the clip. it annoyed me when he said "Johnny Manziel...." i get the comparison, but calm down on that. let player x be player x. we don't always have to say oh he's the next whomever. this was his first td pass ever. let the kid grow into himself. now get off my lawn! (rant directed at media, in no way directed at you OP. good post)
I'd take college Johnny all day long and twice on Saturdays. If he's like that guy he'll go down as one of the greatest QBs in Michigan history and we prolly win the NC.
People forget what Johnny Manziel did against Alabama, AT Alabama.
12 min video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykxRc-kSH74
not the Johnny comparison. I'd take that all day and twice on Sunday. the need to annoint someone immediately as the next whomever. let the person be them. that's all. if that's my biggest problem today, then I'm going to have a good day.
I’d rather have it twice on Saturday than Sunday. Johnny on Sunday wasn’t very good.
Like my wife and sister say, "It's better if you start with low expectations so you don't end up disappointed."
I think she was talking about going to the movies.
Yes. Did this cinematic advice started with the movies she saw after her engagement?
No, a little earlier than that. Our family's home movies as kids.
"I think she was talking about going to the movies."
Please tell me you wife and sister are separate people. If not, user name check out. Too much.
The parents of the bride and groom both signed off on it. But that's required by law anyway when you're 14.
I joke... You don't bang your sister do you?
"LESS HYPE, MORE PIPE!"
Well I hope he can throw even just an average amount of TDs. There were three separate service academies who through more TD passes than Michigan did last year. SERVICE ACADEMIES.
It's painful to note that getting just average QB play last year probably wins every game except for Penn State and maybe Wisconsin.
Air Force and Navy. Army only threw 2 TD passes all year.
I expect 23 TD passes vs Notre Dame!
Not much blame was placed on the coaches for last year?? Has SkyPanther spent any time on this site? I think the blame has been pretty well allocated to ALL of the responsible parties.
Agreed, the coaching staff took its lumps last year and right or wrong people are already looking harbaughs direction
How much was directed at the passing game coach?
I saw little of it.
Fire Pep was a lot like fire Drevno. Both got a lot of play here.
I am not just talking about this blog. Overall, most of the blame has been on players.
It is apparent that Jan was not paying much attention.
Every time 9 TDs is brought up, it's always: "The O Line didn't pass block well. The QBs didn't get of the ball out quick enough. There were guys open, but the QBs didn't see them. The running backs didn't pass block good enough. If the O Line blocks better this season, the QBs will do better. The wide recevers dropped a lot of passes. Why was Crawford ever a starter? Tarik Black went out early, or things would have been different. Etc, etc, etc."
There has been a constant drum beat of blame on the players.
Yes, players play the game so when things go wrong a lot of it is on them.
20+ would be good. I think the WR's will have a lot to prove and I'm hoping take a big step forward. They graded out as one of the lowest units last year. Now that there is actual coaching for them I'm hoping for good things.
23 passing TD's and this team probably wins at least 10 games. There still is a lot of "depends" and "remains to be seen" things on the offensive side of the ball. But if things come together even a little bit, I think the offense can be pretty good.
Which is good, but not great. I'd like to see at least a 3:1 TD:INT ratio as well. That would make the passing game an asset and not a liability.