Denard appreciation thread

Submitted by MichiganMan20 on

After watching the second half debacle by our offense, I now appreciate Denard more so than ever before. I think I speak for all of you when I say we are REALLY going to miss him next year.

StraightDave

October 28th, 2012 at 2:07 PM ^

after he left the game all he did was stand on the side wearing a jacket.  No vocal leadership  or encouragement to Bellomy.   My neighbor was watching the game with me, he is not a UM fan, and he said Denard looked more cold than injured.  

Monocle Smile

October 28th, 2012 at 3:01 PM ^

Your neighbor can also suck it. The guy had a nerve injury and couldn't even grip a ball, they showed him like twice on camera in the second half and they talked about how the trainers were continuing to work with him on motion, and you just assume he was being a bad leader.

Denard never took his helmet off. He didn't sit on the bench with a towel on his head. What, did you want him to run on the field and chest-bump Bellomy after every crappy completion?

Ames

October 28th, 2012 at 3:55 PM ^

The game clearly showed that he can manage a game as a QB. Regardless of his throwing technique he still gives us the best chance make it to the title game. 

True Blue Grit

October 28th, 2012 at 4:53 PM ^

writing off Bellomy after his first significant playing time of his career - and that was on the road, against a very capable Nebraska team, and the team behind.  Granted it wasn't a good performance, but I will reserve judgement until I see more game experience from him after he's had a lot more snaps with the first team offense in practice too.  

Still, I think the coaches will need to turn to Gardner as our backup in case Denard can't play. He's more ready to play QB now than Bellomy, if nothing else but having a lot more experience.  And next season, I can't see going into the season with Bellomy and a freshman as our only scholarship QB's.  That's asking for trouble.