Half Time Adjustments - MYTH (according to the Mannings)
I often have thought that our celebration of Michigan bing the best "half time adjustments" team in the universe had more to do with mental fortitude and performance improvement rather than any actual adjustments by the staff in 15 minutes.
At least one credible source (Peyton Manning) seems to validate that.
per Awful Announcing Twitter:
January 17th, 2023 at 1:23 PM ^
Urban Meyer is a dickhead, but he did a great run through of the typical halftime itinerary. There is very little time to do much of anything in the time sandwiched between getting the team settled into the locker room and getting them back out on the field in time for the second half. There is absolutely no new-game-plan time.
January 17th, 2023 at 1:53 PM ^
Peyton did down to down adjustments. I think for less savant level players and coaches it's a real thing.
January 17th, 2023 at 3:04 PM ^
I've been hearing since Schembechler was HC that Michigan "always makes great half-time adjustments."
What happened in our 29 (and counting) bowl game losses? Did our coaches simply forget to make those vaunted halftime adjustments in those games?
January 17th, 2023 at 3:41 PM ^
"I tried to tell you, but did you listen to me?" - Don Brown, probably
January 17th, 2023 at 4:38 PM ^
"Broncos quarterback Brock Osweiler told Sal Paolantonio of ESPN that the Broncos made halftime adjustments based on Manning’s observations of the first half. Manning was watching from inside and went into the locker room to tell Osweiler what he saw.
“Peyton was fantastic at halftime. He came up to me and — you know Peyton — of course, he had a list of things ready to talk about that he saw out there. I’m not going to go into specifics, but he certainly did help me, and he helped this football team get a win today,” Osweiler said."
January 17th, 2023 at 8:18 PM ^
Right. The players aren’t adjusting. The coaches are. Let’s ask a coach.