If I knew what was wrong, I would have stated it instead of saying it is something Warde has to figure out.  It's his job to find the right person to lead our football program, hold him accountable, and manage issues as they present themselves.  Problem is, I am not sure there is a whole lot of management being done when it comes to present or past coaches of our football team.  Can we at least agree that something is wrong and that whatever it is hasn't just crept up since Harbaugh has been here?  This whole situation just feels like deja vu again.

First things first, I'd sit in on film review and figure out whether we're getting blown up because the players aren't doing what they're told to do or because the coaches are telling them to do the wrongs things.

If it's the latter, I ask why they thought their strategy would work.  If they don't have a good answer, they're fired.

If it's the former, I dive deeper.  Is the system too complex?  Do they need more reps in practice?  Is our S&C program failing them?  Are they partying during the week instead of studying film?  We can't fix the problem until we find the root cause.  

I'm just throwing an idea out there, but throw the money cannon at recruiting a bit more. Go full Georgia, hire someone to do it for you, but bump your recruiting up.

Again it goes back to Tressel shutting us out of state in the one small window of opportunity when Carr took it easy his last two years. If we had the typical 1/3 Ohioans of the sort that go to OSU, it'd have carried us alot like it did Dantini. Now he's getting shut out by Kentucky and Cinci.   Need Ohio players because they know what's at stake. They want it more than anyone being a so called traitor in own home state. 

Interesting take and thanks for sharing.  I agree 100% on your sentiment and take on the evolvement and state of college football. So can Michigan even compete with this if they continue down the same "clean" path?  Do you believe our current issues have anything to do with a program problem?

This is a terrible excuse for the state of our program. Michigan is not as “clean” as you all want to believe.

The fan experience is undoubtedly getting worse.  People aren’t as interested in going to games anymore and that’s directly related to all of downtime in games.

But if you think the reason we just got our asses kicked is because we don’t pay recruits, you’re as delusional as Harbaugh.  He doesn’t need to call out players, but those were all fair questions from the press and his responses are pathetic.  I would assert that there are a number of BIG coaches that could get better results with our current roster.

It really doesn't even rise to the level of "coach speak."  Coach speak would actually be an improvement.

Like, about Charbonett - Q. Is he hurt?     A. No.  Limited, but...

What is that?  So, you have two answers to the same question, and one of them was patently untrue?  I just.... are there people who don't see this as really really odd behavior?

I'm not sure I agree with your take. Coachspeak is a thing for a reason. Coaches have to answer questions without divulging sensitive information or damaging the team. Usually makes for a less-than informative analysis.

First, what would you have said differently? The only thing I would like to have heard is a bit more about how he plans to do better - both he and the team.

I wouldn't want a coach who called out individual players or coaches; it's a team game, and the buck stops with JH. Blaming Gattis would have been awful; blaming players, worse. He didn't do either.

He shouldn't - and probably can't -  speak directly about player injuries. I think his response about Charbonnet was accurate, if ineloquent. Clearly Charbonnet wasn't 100%, but he was cleared to play.

His assessment was truthful. Wisconsin outplayed and outcoached us. Chryst is good. Taylor is good. He was absolutely right when he said Michigan closed off the middle and Taylor did a great job bouncing things outside - not easy to stop. Wisconsin played a great game; we didn't.

Very tough presser. Hopefully further inspiration to have better things to talk about in the future.

It's like Harbaugh has a string in his back and when you pull it, you get a recording of:

"outplayed"

"outcoached"

"Out tackled"

"They executed better"

Fuck you Harbaugh... that's not what your fucking $$$$$$$$ MM salary is for.

I'm tired of the BS coach-speak too.  But the first year after he was hired, we used to revel in his obtuse way of answering post-game and Monday questions.

No, not really

I knew we were in trouble early when he went for it on 4th and 1 on their own 35 or 40. Still not sure Chryst is some desirable head coach as he's just following the same Alvarez-Bielema path, but he sure gave us the business this weekend

No I don't remember that either. People were commenting on how Gary Anderson left them high and dry, but I don't remember anything bad about Chryst. 

I was there too. From where I was, it was hard to see, and everybody was really just booing a penalty and ejection. I think if they had shown it on the scoreboard, in slow mo, people might have acted differently.

They sound suspiciously like sparty fans.

Yep, almost every student I know at Wisconsin posted on Instagram after the game with some tailgate pic with a snarky, self important caption and the hashtag "#muckfichigan." Like I'm sorry you didn't get into Michigan and had to settle for Madison, but like damn y'all are assholes

I don’t agree on the first one.  It was a dumb play by the defensive player to be sure, and given how targeting is enforced getting ejected wasn’t unexpected, but to me hits like that aren’t the reason there is a targeting rule.