Never Waste A Failing
January 2nd, 2018 at 2:35 PM ^
January 2nd, 2018 at 3:01 PM ^
January 2nd, 2018 at 4:30 PM ^
...but his username checks out, sir
January 2nd, 2018 at 2:36 PM ^
Congrats on making something of yourself. You should be very proud of yourself. I appreciate the post and your attitude and completely agree with it.
January 2nd, 2018 at 2:46 PM ^
Name checks out
January 2nd, 2018 at 2:36 PM ^
This is all well and good--and I don't disagree with much of it--but it's reasonable to be pissed off at yesterday's result, as well as our offense as a whole stagnating throughout the season. We are reasonable to be pissed at having such subpar play on one side of the ball. Are we supposed to smile through this and say its alright?
January 2nd, 2018 at 3:29 PM ^
But let's move on and hope for the best. Or in the case of the OP's point, let's learn and improve. I'm getting tired of reading the salty OP's and comments and it's only been a day.
January 2nd, 2018 at 4:12 PM ^
Well, after almost 15 years of "failing" against Ohio State, what have we learned?
January 2nd, 2018 at 6:13 PM ^
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January 2nd, 2018 at 2:39 PM ^
Let's not waste this post either - we can learn from it. Especially the paragraph breaks.
(sorry, in a bad mood)
January 2nd, 2018 at 2:39 PM ^
January 2nd, 2018 at 2:40 PM ^
Another wall_of_words_perspective post....how bout we fuckin learn not to do these cause they are a waste of 1s and 0s?
January 2nd, 2018 at 2:48 PM ^
Paragraphs have been left out of the conversation lately and are getting pissed off.
January 2nd, 2018 at 2:55 PM ^
January 2nd, 2018 at 2:59 PM ^
No worries. Havin some fun.
January 2nd, 2018 at 2:48 PM ^
January 2nd, 2018 at 2:49 PM ^
January 2nd, 2018 at 2:44 PM ^
Fortunately, failings aren't in short supply around here. Got a whole decade+ of them saved up.
January 2nd, 2018 at 2:44 PM ^
As long as Drevno and Pep call the plays nothing will change. Shea will O'Korn 2.0, we will waste a spectacular talent due to inept coaching.
January 2nd, 2018 at 2:59 PM ^
O'Korn a spectactular talent? I can't get my eyes to refocus after rolling that hard.
January 2nd, 2018 at 3:37 PM ^
Shea becoming O'Korn 2.0 and wasting Shea's talent because of the play calling.
January 2nd, 2018 at 2:44 PM ^
when its properly executed which requires those getting the play to make it work. That requires synergy between the coaching staff and players. If one fails, they all fail. Learn from your failures and make the experience worthwhile instead of a negative without merit.
Coaches coach and players play. Winners make plays. Make more plays based on improved coaching, mentoring snd confidence. That is the lesson.
January 2nd, 2018 at 2:46 PM ^
GO BLUE!
January 2nd, 2018 at 2:50 PM ^
January 2nd, 2018 at 3:12 PM ^
In my professional career I've been fired twice and in my personal life I've gone through an unpleasant divorce. Three unmitigated "failings" if you will.
Both jobs i took post termination turned out insanely well for me both professiionally as well as financially and I can say with 100% certainty I never would've looked for either one had I not been terminated and needed to find work.
My current wife who met a couple of years after my divorce is the best thing that ever happened to me and again, I wouldnt have been looking for her had I not gotten divorced when I did.
In every instance I tried to make personal chnages to take advantadge of the "failing" and tried to be a better employee and husband. But it took being fired and having the practice wife leave me to make me do it.
January 2nd, 2018 at 3:29 PM ^
Its early, but "practice wife" is the leading contender for phrase of the year.
January 2nd, 2018 at 5:14 PM ^
January 2nd, 2018 at 4:48 PM ^
January 4th, 2018 at 11:27 AM ^
that you weren't "practice husband" and that it took failing in your first marriage to make you better marriage material?
January 2nd, 2018 at 2:53 PM ^
January 2nd, 2018 at 2:54 PM ^
What really grates on me is not THAT Michigan lost, it's HOW they lost, flipping what looked like a comfortable win into a loss so quickly. The wheels just fell off in all three phases of the game and the team could't recover. Seeing that from a RichRod team or a Hoke team wasn't shocking ... seeing it from a Harbaugh team was. I really hope he follows through on his post-game pledge to evaluate the whole thing from the top down.
January 2nd, 2018 at 3:01 PM ^
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January 2nd, 2018 at 3:20 PM ^
Of when these changes will be announced?
January 2nd, 2018 at 6:18 PM ^
January 2nd, 2018 at 7:35 PM ^
January 2nd, 2018 at 3:09 PM ^
Seeing yesterday's game made me think constantly of the Michigan-OSU Bball game a couple weeks ago, in which Michigan blew a big lead to let them win. The way of losing left a sour taste in my mouth because we had no business losing that game. I'm hoping that just as the bball team has responded with a couple of strong wins right now, the football team also responds in the offseason by becoming that much better.
January 2nd, 2018 at 5:42 PM ^
and some people are going to get some a piece of his mind...
January 2nd, 2018 at 2:57 PM ^
I like your viewpoint. However, I think we are (at least me) starting to realize that harbaugh has a ceiling of being equivalent to Lloyd, and we are probably not going to win anything significantly in the near future. I wish I am wrong and harbaugh can get couple signature wins next year, but I dont see how he will do this. We dont have anything that separates us from a mediocre team. MSU has the fight attitude and aggression. OSU they will have a schematic advantage on offense. Wisconsin will continue to produce NFL offensive linemen. I am not sure what is harbaugh led team identity at Michigan.
January 2nd, 2018 at 2:59 PM ^
Exactly how to pinpoint this, and I promise I'm not hitting the easy button here. But something just looks "off" about this team. Some of the defensive guys get really fired up, but I just don't sense that on the rest of the staff. I don't remember the last time the offense praised each other for big plays (whenever they have them).
Is it possible that this mix of guys just isn't very good? I can sense the lack of passion and energy through the damn TV.
January 2nd, 2018 at 3:09 PM ^
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January 2nd, 2018 at 3:19 PM ^
That's not gonna fly. Michigan State is even younger, and then were substantially better than M this year; more importantly, they look to have a ton to build on.
I don't want to hear about that stuff when it comes to simple execution of basic football: catching punts, special teams gaffes. And the coaches do not do these guys any favors with this garbage play calling.
There's something MUCH deeper wrong with this program than "youth and inexperience."
January 2nd, 2018 at 3:31 PM ^
January 2nd, 2018 at 3:39 PM ^
Like 5 upper classmen. The rest were fresh/new. And they looked like a program that has their crap figured out. They also have a QB who looks to be a star and a bunch of pieces that will do well.
I've seen plenty, plenty of teams that are "young" like this one and don't look nearly as lost. Chalking this season and yesterday up to "inexperience" is just putting your head in the sand and covering your ears.
You know what you expect when teams are this young? Progress by the end of the season. Did you see ANY progress from these guys? Which ones continued to trend UP and get better? I saw the same team from week 1 till last week. If anything, they looked more and more lost.
And since you want to play the cute little downvote game, I'll join.
January 2nd, 2018 at 3:55 PM ^
January 2nd, 2018 at 4:07 PM ^
This is life and death.
I just know what I watched all season. This team didn't get any better, and seemingly got worse near the end. They had a month to prepare for a team that really didn't belong on the same field as Michigan, and then suddenly the wheels fell off.
Every time this team is faced with adversity, they just shrivel up and collapse. And to me, that goes beyond inexperience. They are making mistakes and making play calls that a middle school would make. 3rd and 4th and 1, and you are throwing the damn ball? Going for it with 3.5 left and a timeout? Not using slants or seam routes, and just instead tossing 50 yard fades with ZERO chance of success?
This team doesn't look right.
January 2nd, 2018 at 5:23 PM ^
January 2nd, 2018 at 6:24 PM ^