Harbaugh Interviewed, Several Topics Discussed

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Will just post the tweets of the beat reporters, lots of good nuggets here:

 

Harbaugh met today with beat writers. On Norfleet: "it's our desire he remain at Michigan." said there's a "plan" in place to get his degree

— angelique (@chengelis) July 28, 2015

Harbaugh says they have discussed adding helmet stickers for players but it's not defined.

— Mark Snyder (@Mark__Snyder) July 28, 2015

Jabrill Peppers...Harbaugh says "a possibility" JP plays offense...and return...so a three-way player

— angelique (@chengelis) July 28, 2015

Harbaugh says no more legends jerseys.

— angelique (@chengelis) July 28, 2015

Harbaugh says Drake Harris will be ready to go physically when camp starts, Drake Johnson will be available too, working back to health

— Nick Baumgardner (@nickbaumgardner) July 28, 2015

Harbaugh is still deciding about how to use helmet stickers (or if he'll use them). Doesn't expect any alternate uniforms this year.

— Nick Baumgardner (@nickbaumgardner) July 28, 2015

Harbaugh says he feels like he always does before camp...and said he has had his "football dream". always "the final drive" and he's playing

— angelique (@chengelis) July 28, 2015

Btown Wolverine

July 28th, 2015 at 10:58 AM ^

As excited as I am about Peppers potentially playing two (or three) ways...I'm equally nervous about him getting injured again, which would be disastrous for our defense.

LBSS

July 28th, 2015 at 11:57 AM ^

No doubt. As a fan, I will still have a little voice squeaking nervously at the back of my head every time he gets lit up on a kickoff return. 

Unless, of course, he never gets lit up on a kickoff return because he is too busy spin-moving the shit out of hapless special teamers. 

Honk if Ufer M…

July 28th, 2015 at 2:37 PM ^

"It's the old catch-22

Everyone wants to utilize the best players as much as they can but they when someone gets hurt on special teams, it's 'why are they playing special teams'."
 
That's what people might say when someone get's hurt on special teams, and of course it seems dangerous, but I'd like to see some statistics on incidence of injuries per return to kick and pit's unt returners compared to per play for defensive backs, compared to per carry for runners & per target for receivers.
 
To me it's a little like questioning why your best weapon would be used on key plays throughout a game, on 3rd down or 4th down, in the redzone, etc. The kicking game is far more important & determinative for outcomes than the average play from scrimmage will ever be. Not having an AC, a Desmond, a Woolfolk, an Alexander, etc. etc. return a kick is probably equivalent to sitting them out for several key plays from scrimmage.
 
Without kick returns neither Desmond nor Woodson has a Heisman. AC, Huckleby, Desmond & Woodson returned kicks when they were Heisman candidates, & when they were each the either the best & number one key players from scrimmage on their teams or close to it, so, for what it's worth Bo, Mo, & Lo saw the importance of having your most dangerous returners out there regardless of their other value to the team.
 
I don't understand downplaying the value of great kick returning. Desmond and AC set records & won MVP's in playoff games and Super Bowls with returns. The difference between having a good or bad return game is monumental to a team. The diff between bad and great is monumentally monumental!
 
If you have a difference maker that can run back kicks you've got to use him at least when you need him at key times or when you're not playing a gimmie game. (Hopefully we'll get back to having gimmie games asap!)

Honk if Ufer M…

July 28th, 2015 at 3:11 PM ^

funkywolve, that's what people might say when someone gets hurt on special teams, and of course it seems dangerous, but I'd like to see some statistics on incidence of injuries per return to kick and punt returners compared to per play for defensive backs, compared to per carry for runners & per target for receivers.

 

To me it's a little like questioning why your best weapon would be used on key plays throughout a game, on 3rd down or 4th down, in the redzone, etc. The kicking game is far more important & determinative for outcomes than the average play from scrimmage will ever be. Not having an AC, a Desmond, a Woolfolk, an Alexander, etc. etc. return a kick is probably equivalent to sitting them out for several key plays from scrimmage.

 

Without kick returns neither Desmond nor Woodson has a Heisman. AC, Huckleby, Desmond & Woodson returned kicks when they were Heisman candidates, & when they were each the either the best & number one key players from scrimmage on their teams or close to it. So, for what it's worth, Bo, Mo, & Lo saw the importance of having your most dangerous returners out there regardless of their other value to the team.

 

I don't understand downplaying the value of great kick returning. Desmond and AC set records & won MVP's in playoff games and Super Bowls with returns. The difference between having a good or bad return game is monumental to a team. The diff between bad and great is monumentally monumental!

 

If you have a difference maker that can run back kicks you've got to use him at least when you need him at key times or when you're not playing a gimmie game. (Hopefully we'll get back to having gimmie games asap!)

yzerman19

July 28th, 2015 at 10:59 AM ^

unless you count that they are going with all white on the road this year.  very hush hush though you didn't hear it from me.

Blue Indy

July 28th, 2015 at 12:05 PM ^

I love our classic home uniform... just never been a fan of the white away jersey, so I definitely wouldn't want to see us go all white. If we're going to try something different, I'd rather see all maize since it would match our helmet and be unique within our conference, unlike all white, which is currently unique to Penn St.

6tyrone6

July 28th, 2015 at 1:03 PM ^

and just get a solid Michigan team on the field like we used to and put them in the same old uniforms that they used to wear and leave it alone! This 8 years of death was caused by people wanting change. We didn't like winning at an 80% clip so we changed to the spread and started winning at a 40% clip, yeah!

mGrowOld

July 28th, 2015 at 12:04 PM ^

Let's see......

Starting going to games in the early 70's when my brother was in dental school.  Went to all games between 78-81 when in school and then again from 1987 to 2013 when I had season tickets so I guess the exact number would be a shit-ton.

Or maybe a fuckload.  Not sure exactly because I have to substract some bowl games we lost that I went to.