I work as an ICU nurse at two hospital systems in SE Michigan. I can definitely tell you this shit is real. I was at one hospital anon Tuesday, and it was complete and utter chaos. There was one available vent by the time I left in the AM. They had already converted areas of their PACU and a few ORs to ICU beds.
I've also heard more codes called overhead (from other areas in the hospital, they don't call overhead codes in the ICU) in the past two weeks than in the 6 months preceding this shit storm.
I cannot speak to how people who don't end up in the unit are doing, but the ones who get to my neck of the woods are beyond sick. They are requiring more vent support than most other patients I've seen in my career. I've heard stories of multiple lungs blown from the stupid high amounts of inspiratory pressure these patients are requiring just to maintain oxygen levels compatible with living.
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You could try speed connect. I'm not sure if they're available where you're at specifically but the cover a large portion of mid and northern Michigan with wireless internet. They work great for my brother in the thumb where the only other option is dial-up.
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I was referring to the back half of the season when playing competent defensive teams, not the entire season. Once we got to the back half of the schedule, Denard was no longer busting off the big runs on designed plays. He was getting better yards running the ball as he saw fit at that point
It's foolish beyond comprehension. No argument at all in that regard. That is the way things work at Michigan, though, and understanding that is part of the whole "understanding Michigan" concept.
Let me preface this by saying that I fully supported RR while he was here. I didn't want him to get canned, but in the same token, I was ok with the decision to do so.
Arizona, Wisconsin, Minny, and Missouri put up similar point totals against Iowa, hardly elite offensive company by any means. Iowa's defense was overrated this year because they blanked a bunch of patsies. As far as 550 yards, that signifies an inability to get the job done. 550 yds of total offense should put many more than 28 points on the board, and further illustrates the problem with the offense this year.
As far as the new HC's record at BSU, that isn't the same situation. You're referring to a first time HC heading into a garbage program. I am talking about what RR did at Michigan. You can't defend his record by saying that others have done just as bad in a different situation, it just doesn't fit. If you're not happy with Hoke to replace him, that's fine. I personally am holding judgement on Hoke until I see what he does here. To imply that RR was getting the job done, though, just makes you look like your suffering from blind fanboyism.
The difference is though, you can win every game except OSU and it was a "disappointing season". On the flip side, you can lose to Iowa and Penn State, but beat OSU and the fans will say "not a bad year"
The OSU game matters at least twice as much as any other game on the schedule, and that is the one that can't be lost if you want the fanbase to be happy with the results for the year.
I will agree that the way the media, alums, boosters, and a lot of fans treated RR was unfair, he deserved better from a program that claims to stand for the things Michigan does. That being said, though, it is not like the detractors were lining up against him on the field, either. RR is no longer the HC because he didn't get it done on the gridiron. Last year when the team was 4-0 and looking great, everyone was on board, then they proceeded to tank the rest of the season. Same thing this year. The only thing that RR had going for him is the fact that he could score lots of points against garbage teams. Most BCS conference schools can. Our offense was ranked highly as a scoring and total yardage offense for one reason only. Our defense was atrocious. We had to keep the starters in and running up the score in all our gimme type games because our defense couldn't stop anyone. That is what did RR in. Nothing else. To imply that the Michigan elite or the fractured fan base had anything more than slightly marginal impact upon the decision is just ignoring the results that speak for themselves.
People talk of chasing off a coach who was showing improvement, because his record improved every year. All I have to say is I would hope so! It is really hard not to improve on absolute trash. If you look at the record in '07 before the faceplant in '08, RR was still below where it was before he got here. Is that improvement? I hardly think so. Another year may have gotten him back to where we started, but again, that is not forward momentum.
There is this prevailing opinion that a quarterback who is highly mobile needs some special scheme designed around that mobility. That's a bunch of $hit. Every highly mobile quarterback, of which Denard is the top of the class, is still a QUARTERBACK. Their mobility allows them many more options from the position, most notably the ability to scramble on pass routes where you run the defense off in coverage. In the same token, though, it is just stupid to design plays that use your most valuable asset as a glorified running back. My biggest problem watching the offense this year was the prevalence of run Denard by design. In plays that took place against capable defenses, he generally just got smacked. I would prefer not to see Denard get smacked. When he had big running plays was when it was a second option, following his intuition as a special athlete and he saw an opening and took off.
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I work as an ICU nurse at two hospital systems in SE Michigan. I can definitely tell you this shit is real. I was at one hospital anon Tuesday, and it was complete and utter chaos. There was one available vent by the time I left in the AM. They had already converted areas of their PACU and a few ORs to ICU beds.
I've also heard more codes called overhead (from other areas in the hospital, they don't call overhead codes in the ICU) in the past two weeks than in the 6 months preceding this shit storm.
I cannot speak to how people who don't end up in the unit are doing, but the ones who get to my neck of the woods are beyond sick. They are requiring more vent support than most other patients I've seen in my career. I've heard stories of multiple lungs blown from the stupid high amounts of inspiratory pressure these patients are requiring just to maintain oxygen levels compatible with living.
ICU nurse here, I'm definitely going to work tomorrow. No rest for the wicked
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When Breathe Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi was the best book I've read recently
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I was referring to the back half of the season when playing competent defensive teams, not the entire season. Once we got to the back half of the schedule, Denard was no longer busting off the big runs on designed plays. He was getting better yards running the ball as he saw fit at that point
It's foolish beyond comprehension. No argument at all in that regard. That is the way things work at Michigan, though, and understanding that is part of the whole "understanding Michigan" concept.
Let me preface this by saying that I fully supported RR while he was here. I didn't want him to get canned, but in the same token, I was ok with the decision to do so.
Arizona, Wisconsin, Minny, and Missouri put up similar point totals against Iowa, hardly elite offensive company by any means. Iowa's defense was overrated this year because they blanked a bunch of patsies. As far as 550 yards, that signifies an inability to get the job done. 550 yds of total offense should put many more than 28 points on the board, and further illustrates the problem with the offense this year.
As far as the new HC's record at BSU, that isn't the same situation. You're referring to a first time HC heading into a garbage program. I am talking about what RR did at Michigan. You can't defend his record by saying that others have done just as bad in a different situation, it just doesn't fit. If you're not happy with Hoke to replace him, that's fine. I personally am holding judgement on Hoke until I see what he does here. To imply that RR was getting the job done, though, just makes you look like your suffering from blind fanboyism.
The difference is though, you can win every game except OSU and it was a "disappointing season". On the flip side, you can lose to Iowa and Penn State, but beat OSU and the fans will say "not a bad year"
The OSU game matters at least twice as much as any other game on the schedule, and that is the one that can't be lost if you want the fanbase to be happy with the results for the year.
I will agree that the way the media, alums, boosters, and a lot of fans treated RR was unfair, he deserved better from a program that claims to stand for the things Michigan does. That being said, though, it is not like the detractors were lining up against him on the field, either. RR is no longer the HC because he didn't get it done on the gridiron. Last year when the team was 4-0 and looking great, everyone was on board, then they proceeded to tank the rest of the season. Same thing this year. The only thing that RR had going for him is the fact that he could score lots of points against garbage teams. Most BCS conference schools can. Our offense was ranked highly as a scoring and total yardage offense for one reason only. Our defense was atrocious. We had to keep the starters in and running up the score in all our gimme type games because our defense couldn't stop anyone. That is what did RR in. Nothing else. To imply that the Michigan elite or the fractured fan base had anything more than slightly marginal impact upon the decision is just ignoring the results that speak for themselves.
People talk of chasing off a coach who was showing improvement, because his record improved every year. All I have to say is I would hope so! It is really hard not to improve on absolute trash. If you look at the record in '07 before the faceplant in '08, RR was still below where it was before he got here. Is that improvement? I hardly think so. Another year may have gotten him back to where we started, but again, that is not forward momentum.
And that is probably the most important thing of all
Though you may have failed in the execution, the idea presented was top notch. Well played, sir!
There is this prevailing opinion that a quarterback who is highly mobile needs some special scheme designed around that mobility. That's a bunch of $hit. Every highly mobile quarterback, of which Denard is the top of the class, is still a QUARTERBACK. Their mobility allows them many more options from the position, most notably the ability to scramble on pass routes where you run the defense off in coverage. In the same token, though, it is just stupid to design plays that use your most valuable asset as a glorified running back. My biggest problem watching the offense this year was the prevalence of run Denard by design. In plays that took place against capable defenses, he generally just got smacked. I would prefer not to see Denard get smacked. When he had big running plays was when it was a second option, following his intuition as a special athlete and he saw an opening and took off.
Especially in that softball movie "Beer League"