GERG Talks about the Defense wih Scout
heres the link
http://michigan.scout.com/2/946362.html
...........GERG seems really hesitant when answering the question of whether or not the defense could be better even with the losses of BG and Warren.
So the million dollar question: how improved do you think the defense really will be?
February 14th, 2010 at 3:05 PM ^
Does anybody else find it strange that he always says "I do not know" instead of "I don't know?"
February 14th, 2010 at 3:56 PM ^
my roommate does the same thing, it annoys the hell out of me
February 15th, 2010 at 4:53 AM ^
so it is not that unusual.
February 14th, 2010 at 5:32 PM ^
I was thinking the same thing
February 14th, 2010 at 8:19 PM ^
I do not.
February 15th, 2010 at 10:25 AM ^
He is actually Data from Star Trek who as you know could not use contractions. Good pick up, he has come back to the past from the future to see how the greatest school of all time actually won the 2011 MNC.
February 14th, 2010 at 3:08 PM ^
If the defensive line can be as elusive as GERG in that interview I predict 1000 sacks next year.
February 14th, 2010 at 3:11 PM ^
I had the same thought as you, but what is he supposed to say? Three of the best players are leaving the defense, spring practice hasn't started yet, and incoming freshman are still in high school. Saying "I do not know, it will sort itself out" two dozen times may be a lot...but there is a lot the staff doesn't know in mid February that will sort itself out before the first game.
February 14th, 2010 at 3:13 PM ^
Only time will tell.
February 14th, 2010 at 3:19 PM ^
I pray to God that Rich Rod will be given the time to tell us.
February 14th, 2010 at 3:47 PM ^
and seeing the team on the field, this is about as close as you can get, "I do not know." We're all looking for insider information and there's not a scrap to be found. Think I'll hybernate till September.
February 14th, 2010 at 3:13 PM ^
Gerg is looking forward to the spring and summer even more than we are. This defense could be a spectacular fail, or it could gel together and become competent enough to allow the offense to lead us to a bowl. Noone knows, including him.
What I do know is: We're really playing with fire if we're expecting many of our 2010 recruits to contribute right away. I'm effeing excited, though.
February 14th, 2010 at 3:15 PM ^
Does anyone with a Scout account want to give me a synopsis of this article?
http://michigan.scout.com/a.z?s=162&p=2&c=946326&ssf=1&RequestedURL=htt…
February 14th, 2010 at 5:56 PM ^
Delonte Hollowell and Greg Brown are on the list.
February 14th, 2010 at 3:21 PM ^
Robinson doesn't seem hesitant about whether the defense will be better - he seems like a good, old fashioned football coach. Most coaches will say stuff like "Time will tell" and "We'll see" and "Other people are going to have to step up." I don't take what he said as a negative sign in any way.
I do like what he said at the end, though, about Roh. He mentioned a couple guys by name and then spent a couple sentences talking about Roh in particular. I thought he would be our best recruit from the 2009 class, and so far he seems to be doing well in all aspects - classroom, locker room, and on the field.
February 14th, 2010 at 3:32 PM ^
Whenever Bo was asked about a recruiting class his standard response was to ask him in four years, and unless he had a team full of All-Americans returning for their senior years he never spouted off about how great Michigan was going to be. All he said was that they were going to work hard to compete for a conference title.
Gerg has been around long enough to know that shooting his mouth off about how great his defense is going to be is the stupidest thing he can do, especially since so many of the talented players on D are so damn young. We're just going to have to wait and see what happens on the field.
February 14th, 2010 at 5:23 PM ^
"Gerg has been around long enough to know that shooting his mouth off about how great his defense is going to be is the stupidest thing he can do...."
Didn't he tell us we'd all be proud of the way we played defense by the end of last season? Oops. I think he learned his lesson in 2009.
February 14th, 2010 at 6:37 PM ^
Weren't we proud with how they played vs. Ohio St.?
The problem at the end of the year was throwing to the correct team.
February 14th, 2010 at 3:33 PM ^
I wonder if he just said this to make Scout happy. Interesting, nonetheless:
Question: How much of that recruiting service stuff do you think is just bunk; where it is just guys who maybe no more qualified than anyone else besides you at this table? Greg Robinson: “I do not know that. I do not know. I like to think that they find ways. What they do is that they do a lot of talking to people too and it is really a process of elimination in some ways. I think that they do a pretty good job. They provide a lot of information to a lot of people. Not all of it is gospel.”
February 14th, 2010 at 4:21 PM ^
3-3-5 & 4-2-5 defenses were apparently going to install or is it just pure speculation
February 14th, 2010 at 3:47 PM ^
Dear God, either Robinson is near unintelligble as a speaker or this was transcribed by eroc.
February 14th, 2010 at 4:02 PM ^
I thought the same, but I noticed the questions have errors in them, too. I assume this was just poorly transcribed. But I'm just glad to hear some football talk this time of year!
February 14th, 2010 at 3:49 PM ^
Although were going to miss the spectacular moments that BG provided I would think that we will make up for those with more consistent play amongst the many that return and will remain under the same system and coach for the first time in three years. As for the secondary Warren was forced to play soft and conservative not trusting in his help. Look for this young secondary to also play soft as they learn however they should also benefit from another year in a consistent scheme.
February 14th, 2010 at 3:56 PM ^
... for all the spectacular plays BG made, other parts of the defense more than made up for it in spectacular failures. If the gap between bad spectacular and good spectacular is reduced, we'll be okay.
February 14th, 2010 at 3:52 PM ^
Remember, Florida went from having no secondary in 07 to a championship unit in 08. Don't give up hope
February 14th, 2010 at 3:55 PM ^
I love Gerg. He's got great experience, is a proven coach, and he's liked and respected by his peers and players. He's the perfect fit with w/ the fiery coaching style of RR.
If you haven't already read Brian's write up of the defense a couple days ago. I think the coaches are building the talent and depth needed for Michigan to have a very good defense once again.
February 14th, 2010 at 4:34 PM ^
i agree, i hate when i talk to people who watch michigan football, but don't really follow it, and all they have to say is Robinson needs to be fired. He and Michigan will be fine once their players gain some experience and like someone mentioned, being under the same D for another year will be huge.
February 14th, 2010 at 4:28 PM ^
When does spring practice start?
February 14th, 2010 at 6:05 PM ^
March 15.
February 14th, 2010 at 5:07 PM ^
I mean, the defense had flashes last year, but for the most part couldn't stop anyone. So it can't get much worse I would hope, but I still think we're a year away.
February 14th, 2010 at 5:31 PM ^
I can't recall if this is the same interview or not, and I apologize if this has already been posted/linked, but here's GERG on Signing Day:
http://rivals.yahoo.com/video/press-and-news-football/Michigan/Greg-Rob…
February 14th, 2010 at 6:01 PM ^
For all he talked in that interview, GERG certainly didn't have much to say, except that "he does not know".
February 14th, 2010 at 6:20 PM ^
I think the defense has just as good of a chance of becoming top 3-4 in conference as finishing 9-11. There is talent if you consider the recruiting sites to have any ability to assess players. The defense we will field this year I'm sure has a higher per player star ranking than Wisconsin or Iowa at present and I would argue at any point in the last 20 years for either one of them. Wisconsin and Iowa would have both killed to be able to recruit most of the kids we will field on D this year. Its a matter of learning the system, learning to depend on eachother, and gaining confidence. If they can build solid defenses out of the table scraps of the Midwest, we certainly can build one out of the players we currently have on tap.
February 14th, 2010 at 7:37 PM ^
what really gives me a good mount of hope is the fact that outside of the crap teams on our schedule (directional schools and delaware state) we turned in probably our best defensive performance on the last game of the season...and we saw guys like william campbell at least start to get playing time at the end of the season...so maybe they were starting to really get the defense...could OSU have scored more? probably, but its not like they were trying not to score...throughout the season everyone that was any good could throw or run on us at will, so to only give up 14 points to the opposing offense on the last game of the season, let alone to the team that won the big ten and the rose bowl is pretty darn good..
February 14th, 2010 at 8:08 PM ^
The scout article didnt say anything. I read the whole thing expecting some kind of piece of information about starters or how a player is looking but all I get is "I dont know blah blah blibbity blah blah". Wow that was dissapointing
February 14th, 2010 at 8:26 PM ^
Sadly their is not going to be alot to talk about in terms of players or the team until we start spring practice.
February 14th, 2010 at 8:54 PM ^
No more kirk cousin 43-yard runs, please. And no more tight ends scoring on long passing plays. They really arent that fast.
February 15th, 2010 at 11:18 AM ^
Underpromise.
Overdeliver.
It's that simple.
February 15th, 2010 at 4:20 PM ^
We'll be scoring enough next year to only need a workable defense IMO. I hope GERG blitzes a lot more than last year, although last year we got burned no matter what we seemed to do.