Player Interviews: Brad Hawkins, Ronnie Bell
August 12th, 2021 at 12:46 PM ^
Mostly nothing, but I'll still take the content directly into my veins, thankyouverymuch.
August 12th, 2021 at 1:19 PM ^
Reposting from the Clinkscale thread below:
Very surprising answer Ronnie Bell gave when asked "Which defensive back is giving you the most problems?" LINK
Spoiler: George Johnson. If I tried to recite the names of as many of the DBs on Michigan's roster as possible, I wouldn't have come up with George Johnson. Intriguing. And terrifying.
August 12th, 2021 at 1:41 PM ^
This roster is loaded with talent on the field and coaching staff. I know we all suffer from PTSD of years gone by, but other than the CB position and possibly a D-Lineman or LB, this is as good a team as we've had since Jim has been here.
August 12th, 2021 at 1:51 PM ^
Not as much PTSD as much as it’s more like Kyle and Stan when they nonchalantly say “oh my god you killed Kenny, you bastards!” For the 16386228th time ?
August 12th, 2021 at 2:16 PM ^
Uh, the 2016 team had 4 All Americans and eleven All Big Ten players as starters. I think you are overvaluing the talent on this team.
August 12th, 2021 at 2:21 PM ^
And let’s not forget players like Devin Bush and Mo Hurst (to a lesser extent) were rotation players.
August 12th, 2021 at 3:04 PM ^
You could make an argument offensively that we are equally or more talented in areas than we have been in the past but any such argument regarding the defense is flatly delusional. The 2016 team for example had peppers, Charlton, Wormley, jourdan lewis, Delano hill, gedeon, Ryan Glasgow, and Jeremy Clark all get drafted!! That doesn’t even include Rashan Gary, winowich, Devin bush, and mo hurst who all emerged moreso the next year but were in the rotation!!! Hutchinson and maybe Dax hill are the only people on current roster who make that two deep defensively.
August 12th, 2021 at 3:20 PM ^
That offense had Darboh and Chesson who I think are severely underrated for their reliability relative to what we've had since, plus arguably the first or second best TE in program history in Jake Butt. Braden, Cole, Kalis, Magnuson, and Braden were all either drafted or signed as an UFA. For some reason we could not put together a dominant run game though.
August 12th, 2021 at 4:37 PM ^
You’re insane. 2018 was absolutely loaded. 2018 rosters potential, physical skills, recruiting profiles, were outrageous. It was the biggest squandering of talent we have probably ever seen. You give that roster to Saban and we’re playing for the NC that year.
August 13th, 2021 at 9:21 AM ^
From my count we had 12 All Big Ten and 2 All Americans that year.
August 12th, 2021 at 4:57 PM ^
D-Line is the second most important position group on the team after QB.
That's a huge hole. It's what separates Bama, OSU, Clemson and LSU from the rest or the pack every year.
Those teams are always 6-8 deep with NFL level D-linemen. When they have good to great QB play, they become national title contenders.
Our best team under Harbaugh was 2017 with the elite D-line. We were a healthy QB away from the playoff.
August 12th, 2021 at 3:17 PM ^
16 months to figure out virtual meetings and this is the shit they come up with for Q and A?
August 12th, 2021 at 4:02 PM ^
"We're going to definitely continue to grow and get better and work on the little things so we can grow and get better.."
What about player X?
"Oh yeah, he continues to grow and get better. I see it everyday. He works on the little things so he can continue to grow and get better.