February 1st, 2018 at 4:48 PM ^
February 1st, 2018 at 5:02 PM ^
I'm just messing with you because you wrote "uniformed" instead of (I'm assuming) "uniNformed".
February 1st, 2018 at 4:42 PM ^
I feel pretty informed and I absolutely place a fair amount of blame on Pep's shoulders. I review every game and tweet out clips of dozens of plays and have asked plenty of times, "WTF was that?".
February 1st, 2018 at 8:17 PM ^
it's on Harbaugh, if he stays then the blame next year (assuming another dismal offensive performance) is on Harbaugh and no one else.
February 1st, 2018 at 4:57 PM ^
February 1st, 2018 at 5:18 PM ^
February 2nd, 2018 at 4:33 PM ^
So the passing game cooridinator is not responsible for the passing game then?
February 1st, 2018 at 3:14 PM ^
It's not like the O-Line was a sieve on every single passing play this past season. There were more than enough issues the QB's brought to the table as well.
February 1st, 2018 at 3:53 PM ^
I agree, Pep didn't respond to the expereince and talent level he had to deal with at QB and WR. Forcing pro-concepts on many of these kids who are 15 months out of high school was not the best idea and should have been adapted more to their inherent abilities.
February 1st, 2018 at 4:27 PM ^
Do you know this for a fact? I don't know enough about football to be able to say. I saw O'Korn throw the ball poorly over and over again, and I saw lots of drops from our wide receivers. That doesn't seem to have anything to do with overcomplicating things.
Also, do you really think these coaches so pigheaded or stupid to try to impliment an offense that is too difficult for 18-22 year old kids to learn. I just think our quarterback play was terrible. Just really in the tank godawful.
February 1st, 2018 at 5:09 PM ^
February 1st, 2018 at 7:36 PM ^
February 1st, 2018 at 7:41 PM ^
"do you really think these coaches so pigheaded or stupid to try to impliment an offense that is too difficult for 18-22 year old kids to learn."
Yeah I kinda do...I think its stupid to run a full on NFL style offense in college. You need too many things to be executed perfectly for it to work otherwise it gets messed up. I think this has been an area where Harbaugh has not adapted the way he should. I believe Michigan needs more spread concepts and get raise the tempo. Even with an extra 7-10 points a game with the Don Brown defense that should have them winning most games.
February 2nd, 2018 at 10:49 AM ^
How many times have we heard that a young QB is only given 'part of the playbook' to operate? Using that same logic, would the coaches want to dumb down the playbook for all young players on offense? NFL coaches have the luxury of coaching players that have many more year of understanding the complexities of football. Kids out of high school, not so much.
February 2nd, 2018 at 9:47 AM ^
Very true.
On O'Korn's pick against OSU, the line blocked well, an option route was called that led to 3 (THREE) receivers being open, and the QB threw the ball to the wrong place for an easy pick.
It's the age old X's and O's vs. Jimmy's and Joe's debate.
February 1st, 2018 at 3:20 PM ^
February 1st, 2018 at 3:40 PM ^
Maybe. I don't blame him for Tariq Black going down to injury. Also, I don't exactly blame him for having demanding route trees. I very clearly remember when Darboh and Chesson were Freshmen. It was a horror show. IIRC, there were lots of doubts they would ever amount to anything. Fast forward 3 more years, and they were great.
Where I'm going is you're breaking in four stinkin' freshmen (Black, Peoples-Jones, Collins, and Schoenle.) Plus Martin redshirted, plus Eubanks was injured. Everything I've heard suggests that Perry and McDoom and Crawford were less than sparkling, even though they weren't newbies.
As I have followed football, it strikes me that freshmen rarely contribute greatly at OL, DL, WR, QB, S. There are always exceptions. But I also have observed that most often when freshmen contribute, they are surrounded by a veteran team, mitigating their own lack of experience.
With the terrible OL, the freshmen at WR and QB and even TE, also 10 new starters on defense, I just can't get too worked up.
February 1st, 2018 at 4:09 PM ^
I do blame him for having having demanding route trees with a bunch of true freshman out there. As a coach you have to adapt your offense to what you have. You cannot expect freshman to come in and run option routes and catch on that quickly. If anything you need to simplify the offense when you are working with young players.
February 1st, 2018 at 5:14 PM ^
Unless you see yourself as an actual coach where your job is to teach the great game of football and prepare people for future success. But sure if you want to tank multiple years in the future to not teach up your kids when adversity hits then I see where you are coming from.
This reminds me of Robert Porcher complaining that the Lion's defense was too complicated.
February 1st, 2018 at 5:31 PM ^
Weren't the South Carolina defenders saying after the Outback bowl that our routes were so elementary that they knew exactly where our receivers were going? How is it our offense was so shitty that it was too complex and too simple at the same time?
February 1st, 2018 at 6:12 PM ^
February 1st, 2018 at 7:44 PM ^
and that they knew what was coming. Not sure it was just the routes themselves.
February 1st, 2018 at 7:46 PM ^
Nitpick, but Chesson was not "great" as a senior. If anything he underperformed. Both had some major drops at big times too. I'd say they were good college receivers by the time they graduated.
February 1st, 2018 at 3:52 PM ^
February 1st, 2018 at 5:11 PM ^
February 1st, 2018 at 11:58 PM ^
Don't worry; we're faking that route and handing off to a tight end
February 1st, 2018 at 5:23 PM ^
Do we really need to throw long on 3rd or 4th and say 3 yards?
February 1st, 2018 at 3:04 PM ^
No God please no....
February 1st, 2018 at 3:05 PM ^
February 1st, 2018 at 3:05 PM ^
February 1st, 2018 at 3:07 PM ^
Michigan fans won't have to buy new Outback Bowl gear next yaer, just wear what you got this year.
February 1st, 2018 at 3:31 PM ^
February 1st, 2018 at 4:07 PM ^
that if Don Brown is "promoted" to water boy, we will solve our problems with hydration AND aggresion?
February 1st, 2018 at 3:07 PM ^
Muh meritocracy
February 1st, 2018 at 3:09 PM ^
February 1st, 2018 at 3:11 PM ^
Welp. Looks like Pep still has or maybe has even more responsibility. He better deliver.
February 1st, 2018 at 3:11 PM ^
February 1st, 2018 at 3:22 PM ^
Yeah, but does that mean we win in the Outback bowl?
February 1st, 2018 at 6:13 PM ^
This interview with Speight references a new playbook and “some” new terminology before the last spring game.
http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/news/michigan-wolverines-wilt…
One would assume that year two would be past any issues with that installation. Maybe some people with experience can shed some light on learning a new playbook?
February 1st, 2018 at 3:11 PM ^
People so easily forget that the Browns won noticably less games after Pep Hamilton departed. Don't know what you got til it's gone.
February 1st, 2018 at 3:16 PM ^
Browns won one game while Pep was there. Not sure that's something to put on the resume.
February 1st, 2018 at 3:30 PM ^
February 1st, 2018 at 3:13 PM ^
So my apologies if i missed it, but is Enos actually gone? Or in limbo while lawyers/agents decide how to best break his contract with Michigan?
February 1st, 2018 at 3:14 PM ^
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February 1st, 2018 at 3:19 PM ^
February 1st, 2018 at 3:19 PM ^
Can we call him "Slash?"
February 1st, 2018 at 3:34 PM ^
I prefer to call him "trash"