Harbaugh’s Press conference
What has happened to this guy? Where is the emotion. Named off every defense of player as having a great game as well as brown? Did we watch the same game? Guy seems to have completely checked out.
September 7th, 2019 at 5:52 PM ^
Defense won that game for us. Can't ask for much more than holding the opponent to 14 points in regulation.
The offense shit the bed, not the D.
September 7th, 2019 at 5:57 PM ^
Been the story since he got here
September 7th, 2019 at 6:23 PM ^
Don Brown must be poisoning the offenses drinking water, ever since he arrived the defense has been on fire, and the offense has looked uninspired and uncreative.
Also it coincides with Jedd Fisch leaving, but that can't be related....
September 7th, 2019 at 6:41 PM ^
The offense in 15 and 16 was outstanding, with a few exceptions. I think Fisch was the secret sauce.
September 7th, 2019 at 10:25 PM ^
His name is Jedd.
September 7th, 2019 at 11:18 PM ^
@ umbig11 - do you like the Gattis hire? You have made comments before of how much your like Fisch. Who in his short time at Michigan showed he was a nice fit.
September 7th, 2019 at 6:45 PM ^
I think it was a snake in the boot
September 7th, 2019 at 7:22 PM ^
There was nothing wrong with the offense in 2015 and 2016. It took a few games to get going in 2015 but it never looked anything like this clusterfuck. It's been awful ever since 2017.
September 7th, 2019 at 7:41 PM ^
We had the 2nd best O in the league last year.
September 7th, 2019 at 7:38 PM ^
Well Brian said it best when Harbaugh was hired. Dude is pegged as an offensive coach whose teams inexplicably are carried by their defenses.
September 7th, 2019 at 5:58 PM ^
Agreed. Offhand I can think of two plays that went for more than 8 yards, plus a couple? penalties.
September 7th, 2019 at 6:16 PM ^
ZC had a long of 12, Shea's longest pass was 25. Everything else seemed to be anywhere from a 2 yard loss to a 5 yard gain.
Not very dynamic.
September 7th, 2019 at 6:25 PM ^
Longest play might have been the fake punt pass to Dax.
Maybe we should punt/not punt more?
September 7th, 2019 at 6:50 PM ^
Are you NeverPunt's other account?
September 7th, 2019 at 6:28 PM ^
It’s Army they should have held them to 0
September 7th, 2019 at 6:30 PM ^
Army's a good football team.
Also those 14 points were off turnovers.
September 7th, 2019 at 6:48 PM ^
What a horrible take.
Army, while obviously not stacked with 5-star players, is a very good, fundamentally sound and disciplined team. To think you're going to hold them scoreless is a gross underestimation, the kind of underestimation it would seem almost cost us this game.
Be a better, more informed fan.
September 7th, 2019 at 7:31 PM ^
Army was a good football team last year. They lost a lot from last years team, and if you watched them last week vs rice you’d know that they’re an average team at best. What we witnessed today from Michigan has become commonplace, and if you don’t realize that I think you need to become a better, more informed fan.
September 7th, 2019 at 10:34 PM ^
Army is ARMY dude. They don't get tired, they don't get confused, they are brutally honest with themselves on what they can and can't do. They are perhaps the team where attrition matters the least. And if you give them opportunities (like a short field) they will take advantage.
Don't get me wrong, our offense was kinda butt today, but Army was always going to be a slog.
September 7th, 2019 at 10:08 PM ^
Jane, thank you Jane.
September 7th, 2019 at 5:53 PM ^
The defense won this game, dude.
September 7th, 2019 at 5:55 PM ^
Defense looked pretty solid to me. Gave up 200 rushing yards to a team that averaged over 300/game last year.
September 7th, 2019 at 5:55 PM ^
The DEFENSE did have a great game. Especially given the turnovers by the offense. To only give up 14 in regulation was huge. And big plays in the 2nd OT.
September 7th, 2019 at 5:56 PM ^
Did you watch the same game as us and Harbaugh? There's a reason you don't see Scott McClintock type linebackers out there anymore. Nobody runs this shit.
September 7th, 2019 at 6:02 PM ^
Terrific post game interview. Thanks for posting.
September 7th, 2019 at 6:02 PM ^
He got a little chippy with Bumgarder. I think he feels the frustration.
September 7th, 2019 at 6:10 PM ^
He should do something about it then. Run some fucking fumble drills or something. Tell his kid to keep the D1 quality RBs in until it’s a blowout.
September 7th, 2019 at 6:13 PM ^
Agreed. I thought it was unbecoming of Harbaugh. It was a question a lot of us asked. I saw it many times on twitter and on the blog.
September 7th, 2019 at 6:28 PM ^
good for him asking those questions. the more flies with honey route usually works better with someone like harbaugh but at times you must ask the tough questions.
going back to last year its 100% clear that michigan either tells patterson to strictly hand off and ignore read aspects of many plays or patterson really struggles in that regard - there are only 2 options, and its his job to ask coach about it bc its a huge part of their O.
evasive response from harbaugh but kudos to nick. its not like anyone else will bother asking - the press pool is weak to say the least. you want to maintain a fair balance of asking about and writing up positive stuff while still exploring the negative - hes one of the only guys doing both
September 7th, 2019 at 6:56 PM ^
Agree, but I don't have the same read on the presser as the OP. Harbaugh looks tired, but he's not being wildly evasive, nor is he staring down interviewers like he might have done two years ago. The fact that he's finding plenty of upside after winning a tough game--pointing out the clear upside with the D and the fact that the fumbles weren't terribly egregious--is salutary.
I'm not as high as I was on this team two weeks ago, in the rosy dawn of preseason expectation, but this interview, to a thoughtful listener, puts the ten million Chicken Littles in their place. Army played a heckuva game, Michigan suffered multiple snafus, and won.
September 8th, 2019 at 9:14 AM ^
I'm still in the rosy dawn. The players don't seem discouraged at all. There's stuff to work on, but everything's there that they need for me to believe that the work will get done: including and especially the team's attitude. They didn't suddenly become a bunch of untalented, unintelligent, lazy slouches. The work will be done, the fruit will be seen, the championship will be won.
September 7th, 2019 at 6:50 PM ^
I think he just didn't want to answer whether or not Shea was instructed to not run. That's sort of a competitive advantage related question that I can understand him not answering.
Edit: well then I got to the second interchange.
September 7th, 2019 at 6:56 PM ^
Seems there is a better way to answer without attacking the reporters question.
September 7th, 2019 at 8:20 PM ^
If the rumor is true - that Shea only handed off in read situations because of injury - it was indeed a competitive advantage. For Army.
September 7th, 2019 at 11:26 PM ^
I would agree, he was off on his throws, had happy feet in the pocket and bailed way too early several times, and if he was really doing any "reads" on the options, he either does not know what he is going (doubtful), or was told NOT to pull and go.
September 7th, 2019 at 6:07 PM ^
I, for one, thought that the defense played great! Three takeaways against that offense, I think MAYBE four plays that went for over ten yards. Its hard to play that disciplined, for that long, especially when the offense keeps shooting itself in the foot. Two weeks to work out the kinks on offense, I'm cautiously optimistic that Michigan can. Go Blue!
September 7th, 2019 at 6:09 PM ^
Defense is not the issue with this team. Neither is the offense, when it's doing its job.
It's turnovers, plain and simple.
End that, and you fix most of your problems.
September 7th, 2019 at 7:57 PM ^
Agreed. I like the concept of this offense in general, but we arent executing yet. The only thing I dont like is the Read Option.
September 7th, 2019 at 10:19 PM ^
I agree with this. MTSU was turnovers that lead to points. Today was the same and, against an academy who drains the clock, makes a comeback tough. There is more to improve on but cleaning up turnovers would make this team look much different after 2 weeks.
September 7th, 2019 at 6:18 PM ^
Such a douche.
September 7th, 2019 at 6:29 PM ^
Patterson just sucks
September 7th, 2019 at 6:36 PM ^
Why bother posting such drivel...oh wait just because you can troll. Nice life.
September 7th, 2019 at 6:38 PM ^
JH is 40-14 at Michigan. Can we knock off the crap that he’s lost his will to win or that he’s checked out?
September 7th, 2019 at 6:44 PM ^
You’re a horrible person and if Jesus exists, he hates you
September 7th, 2019 at 6:45 PM ^
Are you, whatever word we're supposed to be using in place of, retarded?
Room temperature IQ takes abound today.
September 7th, 2019 at 6:55 PM ^
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September 7th, 2019 at 6:12 PM ^
Don Brown has saved this moron numerous times.
September 7th, 2019 at 6:13 PM ^
Like last year vs OSU?
September 7th, 2019 at 6:24 PM ^
Don Brown is a moron at times.
September 7th, 2019 at 6:13 PM ^
I think this is Harbaughs style. Every offseason, we hear about how the offensive line is really getting after it, the qb is looking good, the recruiting is going great etc. This year it was Ben Mason is playing tough out there and it is all a crock of shit. If we recruited a proper DT in 2018, we wouldnt be in this situation.