Gregg Henson practice report

I miss Henson on Detroit Sports radio! He will be covering the morning slot again tomorrow.

Multiple scrimmages at the same time... Maximize the time. Love that mentality

from Carr to Rich Rod and Hoke to Harbaugh in terms of practice tempo and open competition (remember Denard beating out Tate when everybody freaked out about it during the summer?)

3G hints at this a little but I think Harbaugh is coaching Shane tough to wipe away any sense of entitlement he might have being the most senior on the team.
I do believe the best player will win the job ultimately but I don't buy into the significance of one QB outplaying the other based on less than a week of practice.

I also heard the coaches including Harbaugh mention that the team was in great shape numerous times, including in the presser and in the interview with Ed.

I think some of this is simply to create news.

I want to hear the status of that group because I think it is just as indicative, if not more than QB play, with how this season progresses. A great O-Line makes an average running back into an all-american and quarterback into Rose Bowl MVP. Go Blue!

I thought everyone was happy about Tolberts strength and conditioning. Was disappointed to read Harbaugh was not.

aims directly at the poor job Wellman did. . .

Edit: I just poked myself in the eyeball as I typed. Awesome.

I especially like the part about how practices are faster as they have a second team ready to go....hmmm - where have I heard that before? I know..last year. Here is a quote from an Mlive article last spring about how Nussmeier was increasing the tempo to get more reps at practice.... >>>> "Practices are really fast, we get a lot of reps," Gardner said. "This was probably the fastest practice I've ever been a part of." There's been plenty of talk about the overall pace Nussmeier -- Michigan's first-year offensive coordinator -- works with in practice, and the overall level of tempo he chooses to play with during games. Practices are quick. When a play ends, the next group -- according to players -- is expected to be out of the huddle and ready to snap the ball for the next rep. That concept is a simple one: It creates more reps, and for a young team, the more reps the better.

Thanks for appeasing the addiction for another day. It's gonna be hard to make any definitive observations about the team until the spring game. Everything else is just noise. 

Honestly not too surprised about Morris. I've never been that impressed him to begin with though. I love hearing about the uptempo practices and the of the WRs. Hopefully it still rings true come fall.

I guess my "I'm not counting out Shane Morris" comment from earlier today is not looking all that bright right now...

The bullet about Harbaugh being disappointed with the conditioning is disconcerting but not surprising. Seemed like every week for the last two years, we watched the team get outmuscled in every phase of the game. That will not be tolerated under Harbaugh, and he's going to work his team just like how Bo worked his: like dogs. Although I hope it doesn't happen, I wouldn't be surprised to see some guys leave the program because they can't handle Harbaugh's expectations.

And as far as Morris is concerned, that isn't all that surprising, either. He's done very little to impress in the time he's been given. Luckily, he's got a clean slate and a long way to go until September, so anything can happen between now and then. He's got arguably the best QB coach in the business watching over him. If Harbaugh can't help him, then no one can.

Seems like Henson has a scout.com subscription. Most of this stuff was reported before this, and if you even attempt to call yourself a Michigan you'd have been a fool to take Shane Morris against the field in the QB battle, especially after we found out Ruddock transfer is likely. Having one week of practice and then a week off sure has been a tease though, can't fault anyone for keeping the football convo going. At least Harbaugh is out there staying active and saving lives during the week off.

First off, they have only practiced for a week, so I take everything with a grain of salt.  Some kids will take some time to adjust to a new coach/style in order to show their true stuff, and there's still plenty of time to adjust.  Second, I really think Harbaugh will make a big immediate difference at UM.  We shall see how that turns out in terms of W/L, but I think we will notice a big on-field difference...like back to soundly beating opponents in the bottom half of the conference, playing hard and fast, being more aggressive in all facets of the game, not making dumb plays/penalities, better clock management, etc....just looking like a better team.  I know that's a bit of the honeymoon phase talking, but I really think the attitude, charisma, pace, expectations, etc. that Harbaugh and his staff bring will make a world of difference.  Lastly, I'm not overly concerned about Morris not doing so hot.  I think we have a pretty big pool of guys with some talent.  Maybe Morris will eventually emerge and this is just motivation talk, maybe it will be Speight or Malzone.  Either way, I'm fairly confident that Harbaugh will create at least an adaquate QB, which should be enough to show a vast improvement from last year, even if none of them are on the level of the traditional pre-Hoke QBs yet.

Glad to hear about Drake Harris having a nice spring.   That kid is a real talent.    Great hands, and he moves effortlessly.   Here's hoping he is finally healthy and starts getting in to the end zone for the Wolverines.

Everybody practiced hard, had great practice weeks during Hokes era too and we all know how that went. At this point i want to see results on the field, and I am sure JH will get the team to compete again..until then I will take the "great" practice week withba grain of salt.

"We talkin bout practice? Practice? Not the game. Practice."