Michigan players on the Amazon series
They are generally positive about the series.
Dwumfour, Ruiz and Metellus are quoted in this article. Metellus sets the record straight on a particularly embarrassing moment...
nice try.
Are you a moron in real life or do you just play one on this blog?
Don't be so hard on yourself.
April 12th, 2018 at 10:25 PM ^
April 12th, 2018 at 11:07 PM ^
It was a missed opportunity and a momentum-changer. But to say he "choked away the game" (like no one else was at fault) is an asshole move.
Yep. Our whole defense couldn't handle a freshman QB, and O'Korn didn't play well, especially on that INT down the middle of the field where no one was in sight except Buckeyes. The OL was suspect, as always.
April 13th, 2018 at 10:58 AM ^
is not the preferred nomenclature. "Missed opportunity," please.
April 13th, 2018 at 12:07 PM ^
or a "flub" to use the parlance of our times
Gotta say I didnt think well of speight after some of those scenes
I haven't watched the series; what in particular came across negatively?
He seemed really concerned about what people thought of him/his performance, to the point of annoying everyone he was speaking with - including his girlfriend. Aside from that, he was protrayed as a douche that was full of himself. Maybe he is, maybe not? Editing has power that we don't see, so who knows what he's really like?
April 12th, 2018 at 10:45 PM ^
QBs are supposed to have supreme, unshakeable confidence.....but when we don't like him we call it unwarranted cockiness?
Nonsense, would you have liked our crappy qbs more if they sulked and whined about how bad they are instead?
There's a fine line between confidence and arrogance. Speight seemed to cross that line several times in the series. At one point even his girlfriend interjected that he wasn't exactly lighitng it up after the Air Force game when he was bitching about people criticising his yardage (169).
and then the scene ended, who knows what he said next, and if he said 'yeah i wasnt very good' everyone would be responding 'speight sucks because he lacks confidence.'
Actually the scene didn't end right there (Episode 3 @ 19:30 mark). His GF says "Yeah, but you didn't like really kill it this past game." and then she asks him "Do you think you played well?" to which he answers "Yeah, I mean I thought I did."
Three things:
1. Speight didn't come off as a hero or anything, but I think people are exaggerating how poorly he looked. He didn't do anything terrible.
2. Even though I love Michigan, if that's the worst behavior you can find and he's the biggest "enemy," then we're in pretty good shape. I imagine there are much more unflattering characters on Michigan's football team who just didn't have the cameras on them as much.
3. It's a whole different atmosphere, of course, but think of all the enemies on "Last Chance U" and then compare that to "All or Nothing." "Last Chance U" had guys who were literally (allegedly) murderers, coaches who started physical fights with refs, on-field brawls, etc., and this series has a QB who's being (moderately) vilified for reading Nick Baumgardner articles and talking about his personal problems with his girlfriend.
Also he's correct that Nick Baumgardner doesn't know much of anything about Football.
He literally just reads this blog and then adds a little more "Michigan must do better" spin to it. Also his editors at Mlive were trash and frankly I don't think he's particularly intelligent or a good writer to begin with.
April 12th, 2018 at 10:11 PM ^
April 12th, 2018 at 10:19 PM ^
I agree but I sort of felt the same way about O'Korn. Neither one of them seemed to hold themselves accountable for anything. It's just Speight seemed douchier about it and O'Korn seemed just dopey like he literally had no idea he was playing badly. Like in episode 4 against Rutgers when O'Korn threw the pick and then told Gentry he needed to fight for it more, Gentry just walked away from him without saying a word. He had obviously lost the team at that point. Peters doesn't exactly scream leadership to me either though, which is the most concerning for the coming season. I didn't really get it at the time, but I can see why the coaches were concerned he's too quiet in the early part of the season.
April 12th, 2018 at 10:28 PM ^
April 12th, 2018 at 10:47 PM ^
April 12th, 2018 at 11:07 PM ^
I was going to say this same thing! Yeah, it seemed very clear to us that Peters was in for the count. But I can totally see how JOK would want back in, and I don't hold that against him. Honestly, if he just sat on the bench and sulked, without, at least, being ready to get back in, that would have pissed me off. And as a coach, despite that Harbaugh was surprised he asked, it would have pissed him off, too.
Yeah. Honestly, if O'Korn just faded into the background and melted into the sideline, I think that would be more concerning. QBs want the ball in their hands, and especially when a guy is the starter, you want him to have the mentality that he should go back into the game.
I'm not saying he should throw a temper tantrum, but I don't mind him asking after that first series whether Peters is going in.
Think of it a different way:
If Harbaugh wanted him to go in and O'Korn was nowhere to be found and unready to go in (like, say, Russell Bellomy), then that would be a much worse look.
Peters was the 3rd string QB early in the season. Part of the reason why he was quiet is that the 3rd string QB isn't supposed to get in the way.
April 13th, 2018 at 12:05 PM ^
I felt like if you merged John O'Korn's seemingly unshakeable self-confidence with Brandon Peters mostly consistent competence we would have had a really solid QB. But either way, I know that I would have done a worse job at 18-21 handling some of the stuff those guys had to handle.
Isn't it amazing how the decisions of the coaches seem to make a lot more sense when we aren't operating with only 2% of the information that they have? That's a lesson that many posters here would do well to keep in mind....
I thought Pep Hamilton came off well.
You could truly see the dynamic of the play calling.
It wasn't his fault that O'Korn struggled mightily.
I'm just happy that someone in the god damn offensive brain trust thought the TE hand off in the Citrus Bowl was a stupid idea.
Too bad Harbaugh didn't call the timeout in time after Pep said it was a bad idea.
April 12th, 2018 at 11:38 PM ^
April 13th, 2018 at 12:22 PM ^
I got to rewatch that whole exchange, but did they show the playcall like they did for other plays?
April 12th, 2018 at 10:20 PM ^
And Drevno seemed to be just along for the ride. Strange that he had been so successful with Harbaugh before.
April 12th, 2018 at 10:32 PM ^
April 12th, 2018 at 10:42 PM ^
Well since most people focus on QBs and the story of our team really was the QBs and Pep is the passing game coordinator it only makes sense he was a bigger focus than Drevno. Note they gave 0 screen time to any coach other than Jim, Don, Pep, and Drevnos OL dinner at his house.
Yeah, I was surprised they didn't spend more time on Jay Harbaugh, since it seems like kind of a novel thing to have your son on the coaching staff. I think that would be an interesting dynamic to explore, but I don't remember Jay Harbaugh being interviewed or talking even once. He was always in the back of the team meeting room, and he appeared in the background a few other times.