Harbaugh 9-16-2019 Presser, Wisconsin Week
Summary:
On Brad Hawkins being a top tackler so far and what he's done: He's been great tackling, geting to the ball, playing with great effort. Safety play has been a real strength for us. He, Mettellus and Woods have been great.
On How they have improved in the last week: Made some gains, still improving healthwise and otherwise.
Anybody who's been out that's definitely back? Not sure.
On Zordich's performance since he's been here: Every year Mike's developed that position really well - developing pro players like Lewis, Stribling. It's been very successful - Long as well - now Lavert, Vince Grey and Ambry Thomas on that track. Those guys don't get much help and have to wear the big sombrero (?) down to down.
On Bredeson's development: Great guy, mature beyond his year. Great family that's very close with him. He played right away, played a lot of games. He's really dedicated. Plus Plus Plus at everything.
On Wisconsin's first two games: Good play on both sides of the ball, very efficient in all areas.
What chasing a B1G Title means to the program: The challenge of this game is big. This is 4th time coaching vs UW and they're good every year, talented and veteran team, playing at Camp Randall is a tough task. Big game for us
Where does he expect to see biggest improvement from Shea: Everybody on that side of the ball needs to be more efficient, playing with cohesion, ball security and take advantage of big plays that are there. Consistently moving the ball - been a lot of first down which is positive, need to eliminate the turnovers.
Is an RPO offensive like Michigan's as equipped to handle a physical smash-mouth team? Is it a good counter to that style? Games are still won up front in the lines on Offense and Defense, getting stops on defense, and kicking game going smoothly.
What can you do to fix fumbles? Do ball security drills daily.
Not seeing fumbles in practice so what else do you do? More drills - scout team coached to rip it out in 11 on 11 and 7 on 7, made a big emphasis.
If Runyan returns, is Ryan pushing at both tackles spots? Yep competition going on there.
Thoughts on being underdog in the game? It's irrelvant.
Anything you're excited to learn from team in going on road for a big game? Yeah what kind of road team we are.
On Ambry's diagnosis this summer: Didn't know when he'd get back this season, so had to trust the doctors and what they said. Ambry's attitude really stood out, his positive attitude, attention to detail to everything the doctors had him doing - rest, diet, fluids, - really mature attitude and positive attitude all led to success from my non-medical training perspective.
On Jonathan Taylor: He's really good - elusive, powerful, sees holes, blocks well, Not realistic to stop him but contain him, get stops and get the ball back to the offense.
Kicking rotation to continue? No decision
On Coan: He's playing well, remember him from recruiting him, had him on campus, good athlete, throws ball well - started off the season well. impressive.
September 17th, 2019 at 1:08 AM ^
Jim, what are your thoughts on San Francisco's 2-0 start?
September 17th, 2019 at 1:18 AM ^
Not great. Not Terrible. Back to you Vlad.
September 17th, 2019 at 1:36 AM ^
Hopefully our CB's aren't the only ones wearing the Big Ushanka on Saturday.
September 17th, 2019 at 1:20 AM ^
we'll be ready for Wisconsin
September 17th, 2019 at 1:58 AM ^
To be totally honest I could care less about how ready the team is for Wisconsin after finding out that Taco Bell took the double decker taco off their menu. What kind of psychopath is running that shit show? How in the hell can you not make, and sell me a double decker taco?
Do you have taco shells and soft tortillas? do you have meat? do you have lettuce? do you have cheese? do you have beans? Then you can make a goddamn double decker taco! I'm losing my freaking mind over here!
September 17th, 2019 at 2:33 AM ^
Sorry.
September 17th, 2019 at 4:45 AM ^
REPUBLICATS!... fuckin middle wingers!!!! That's who
September 17th, 2019 at 8:13 AM ^
Why cant they be called Democans?
September 17th, 2019 at 9:12 AM ^
Decepticons. Shoot the toaster!
September 17th, 2019 at 4:45 AM ^
REPUBLICATS!... fuckin middle wingers!!!! That's who
September 17th, 2019 at 5:04 AM ^
Wow!! I hadn’t heard this. I’m with you, bud. It’s all I ever got from there. If that’s no longer an option, Taco Bell is no longer an option....
September 17th, 2019 at 5:15 AM ^
order a cheesy Gordita crunch and thank me later
September 17th, 2019 at 6:18 AM ^
Maybe they needed that slot on the menu for the Nacho Fries? But I feel your pain. Back in my youth when I used to eat Taco Bell, the DD Taco was a dang solid choice.
September 17th, 2019 at 6:21 AM ^
Crunch wrap supreme
September 17th, 2019 at 6:22 AM ^
What a disaster.
September 17th, 2019 at 7:57 AM ^
Chilli Cheese Burritos gone, Dorito Loco's taco, gone.. I has a sad
September 17th, 2019 at 7:57 AM ^
Chilli Cheese Burritos gone, Dorito Loco's taco, gone.. I has a sad
September 17th, 2019 at 8:36 AM ^
You couldn't care less.
September 17th, 2019 at 10:07 AM ^
Grammar Man to the rescue!
September 17th, 2019 at 12:27 PM ^
But . . . maybe he could care less.
Could or couldn’t care less adds so little to a comment. The thought is careless.
September 17th, 2019 at 9:43 AM ^
The real tragedy is that some stores have stopped selling Meximelts. For shame.
September 17th, 2019 at 3:24 PM ^
Yeah, what the hell? That's bullshit.
September 17th, 2019 at 10:06 AM ^
They also got rid of the Beefy Mini Quesadillas!
That along with the Beefy Fritos Burito was one of the best things in the menu, and it was only a $1!
So disappointing :(
September 17th, 2019 at 11:05 AM ^
This looks pretty darn good. Not on my diet, though.
September 17th, 2019 at 11:17 AM ^
I see you are living MAS
September 17th, 2019 at 12:54 PM ^
I had it this past weekend. It's pretty fucking good.
September 17th, 2019 at 3:08 PM ^
Had one last week. Decent. Not something I would go out of my way for
September 17th, 2019 at 3:25 PM ^
That looks fabulous .
September 17th, 2019 at 6:43 AM ^
Seeing UW -3.5 now. Looks like some Badger betters read the injury thread
September 17th, 2019 at 6:58 AM ^
good. good. that's right where we want them....
bwhahahahaha
and never punt, thank you for the excellent summary.
September 17th, 2019 at 8:56 AM ^
Punting is winning.
#Iowa'd
September 17th, 2019 at 9:57 AM ^
I agree-great summary.
I know JH is about concise answers... Quick question, how long was the PC - 5-7 minutes? Read the summary in about 2. I know the reporters can take forever to get to the question...gotta be kinda fun to be there, it must go fast!
September 17th, 2019 at 10:05 AM ^
This was a shorter one for sure and Harbaugh seems to give more of the “that’s a dumb question so ill give your the shortest, least helpful answer” during the season, especially during weeks where the team is being criticized in the media. He seems to be more effusive and verbose in the pre-season and after big wins, but he’s also always gonna Harbaugh a few questions.
September 17th, 2019 at 8:45 PM ^
It was damn painful
September 17th, 2019 at 11:23 AM ^
Badgers are better bettors?
September 17th, 2019 at 2:10 PM ^
They’re a bit better bettors, but the bet tastes like cheese.
September 17th, 2019 at 7:01 AM ^
Having a safety lead the team in tackles is usually not a good thing, but I wonder how much playing against Army's run game had to do with that.
September 17th, 2019 at 8:03 AM ^
This is as outdated of a statement as I've ever read.
September 17th, 2019 at 8:16 AM ^
I would imagine quite a bit. And I agree it is not normally a good thing because if he misses that tackle that could be 6...
September 17th, 2019 at 7:25 AM ^
I sure hope Jeter is 100% and ready and we don't turn the ball over.
September 17th, 2019 at 8:31 AM ^
No one asked him about saturday's weather?
September 17th, 2019 at 8:51 PM ^
The sky is blue...maybe cloudy. Weather. Yeah weather. JH with a blank stare.
September 17th, 2019 at 9:10 AM ^
No questions about Cheeseman? WTF???
September 17th, 2019 at 9:27 AM ^
the story's been written and sadly the world has moved on.
September 17th, 2019 at 9:33 AM ^
“An RPO offense like Michigan’s”
Has there been much O in the RPO?
September 17th, 2019 at 9:48 AM ^
No, and in the Army game, there wasn’t even much P...
September 17th, 2019 at 9:56 AM ^
Nothing,
September 17th, 2019 at 9:57 AM ^
I re-watched the Army game last night because I like to be punished. Didn't realize we only had 4 possessions in the 2nd half. I am sure this has been discussed in other posts but that actually made me feel better about the future.
What is the average number of possession a team typically gets in a half?
Seems like we tried to out-Army Army in the 2nd half and the style of play was not complete in-game incompetence but instead game planning incompetence. Not sure why this makes me feel better but it did.
HAWT TAKE!
September 17th, 2019 at 10:44 AM ^
Yeah, it was just a really weird game and I think too many people are drawing conclusions about the style of our offense based on it. We moved the ball pretty well in the first half, but fumbled on three drives and missed a field goal on a fourth. We scored a touchdown on our only other drive. Then the coaches panicked and we went all caveman. Our QB was hurt, we had fumbleitis, and it was a really weird game with only nine offensive possessions. I'm thinking outlier, but I guess it's possible that I'm wrong.
September 17th, 2019 at 11:12 AM ^
I'm thinking outlier, as well. Also, the second half of the MTSU game feels like a big experiment with 2 QB's, and some other weird plays, that we haven't seen again. I just feel like we haven't really seen the offense they've worked all summer to install, except in bit parts, because of weird game circumstances. From the bits we have seen, an average Shea game should be enough to beat UW - provided the defense holds it's part together, of course.