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Shea Patterson's Gonna Start Comment Count

Brian

BREAKING:

This surprises nobody and may or may not be meaningful. The apparent sequence of events: Harbaugh tells local Alumni Association group that Patterson will start, word filters out, reporters ask, Michigan shrugs and says yes. On the one hand, that means there's been little mystery inside the program for a while. On the other, this may have been the case for previous QB battles but there was no precipitating event.

Anyway, prepare for the Tatening 2.0.

Comments

stephenrjking

August 20th, 2018 at 2:31 PM ^

re: How different this is from previous years:

Rudock was a similarly clear starter. Speight didn't get the "keys" until a week before kickoff in 2016, and it came as a surprise to some people in the know. Last year was thought to be pretty open-and-shut, yet the staff was still ready to have O'Korn trot out there in the opening game after Speight's pick-sixes, so it might have been closer than we thought. 

This seems more of a sure thing like Rudock than either of Speight's starting nods. But that's just my opinion from waaaay outside the program.

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wolverine1987

August 20th, 2018 at 3:54 PM ^

Year 1 of Harbaugh- impossible to start QB he recruited

Year 2 of Harbaugh- only option was true freshman 

Year 3 of Harbaugh- he started Peters, who wasn't yet good enough

Year 4 of Harbaugh- he starts Shea

Harbaugh "recruited" Ruddock and Patterson. And had no chance to start his recruit in 2 of 4 years. Therefore your post is garbage.

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Blue Indy

August 20th, 2018 at 4:00 PM ^

That's a little misleading. Rudock was recruited by Harbaugh and started the entire 2015 season. O'Korn was also recruited by Harbaugh and was considered the No 2 QB in 2016 and 2017. Of course, they were transfers, but still recruited by Harbaugh

In a perfect world, QB's are usually RS sophomores or juniors when they start, so 3 years without a Harbaugh recruit (out of HS) as a starter isn't that big of a deal.

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reshp1

August 20th, 2018 at 4:38 PM ^

I don't think the criticism is that he didn't purposely start a worse player, but rather he either mis-ID'ed the talent he recruited or mis-developed it so they haven't beat out transfer options yet. I don't personally buy it, but it's not an invalid criticism, even if it is slightly premature. 

 

 

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jaydubya

August 20th, 2018 at 4:51 PM ^

Actually, he explicitly said, "I was hoping Dylan or Brandon got it," referring to the starting nod.

So, if we agree that Shea is better than DM and BP, then we also agree he's advocating starting a worse QB because "Harbaugh recruited him."

Priority #1 for the coaches should be fielding the best team possible for every game - not validating Harbaugh's recruiting* abilities.

 

*footnote: the process whereby Harbaugh wooed Shea to Michigan WAS recruiting

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Gr1mlock

August 20th, 2018 at 7:30 PM ^

I think he meant "got it" as in "learned and developed to the point they're the best QB".  That's how I interpreted the whole post; not wishing that we were starting a lesser QB out of principle, but wishing that BP or DM had developed to the point they could beat out Shea.  I don't wholly disagree, it would be nice if the guys who'd been in the system longer proved to be the best.  That said, and I feel like this should not be a controversial point (though it seems to be?), I want us to play the QB that gives us the best chance to win, and right now that sure seems to be Shea.  A little bummed that BP or DM didn't prove to be that guy yet, but they're young and there's time once Shea moves on.  

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JFW

August 21st, 2018 at 3:39 PM ^

The first two years he was working with what he had. Peters is the first guy really who had a chance, and then Patterson dropped in our lap. You don't turn that down. 

I have high hopes for McCaffery, and eventually Milton. Who knows about Peters, but we'll find out. 

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bcnihao

August 20th, 2018 at 4:02 PM ^

Yeah, that's what "swoosh" is saying.  Reminds me of a discussion leading up to the season a couple of years ago, about whether UM should try to get Taysom Hill to transfer here.  Some people here on this forum said doing so would be bad for QB recruiting in the future.  But imagine the 2016 team with a QB such as Hill.  I thought the past couple of years had put an end to views like swoosh's.

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bluesparkhitsy…

August 20th, 2018 at 4:10 PM ^

Shea is a stud QB, or so we hope.  Even though he's a transfer, he was recruited by Harbaugh just as Dylan and Brandon were.  The message this sends is exactly what Harbaugh has always said: it's a meritocracy and the QB who wins will start. 

Besides, as last year proves, a backup QB may start games and may be critical to Michigan's performance.

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GarMoe

August 20th, 2018 at 4:42 PM ^

Um because, uh that way we can juggle enough talent in every game so as not to lose anyone to transfer.   Kinda like the way we did with Henson.  That really paid off in spades didn’t it?    Good thing Carr didn’t let Brady have one single solid confident season without the  game of rotating stars, cause then Henson was there committed to the program when we really needed him.  Huh?

 

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