Snowflake Thread: Coaching Vs. Purdue

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This will be the repository for your hot takes on our coaching in the game against Purdue. 

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TheTruth41

September 23rd, 2017 at 7:49 PM ^

Is the delusional Purdue fans afterparty thread?  Left at halftime like their team did?  Well shoot.  I'm sure Bush and Winovich can still chase them down quick.

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NateVolk

September 23rd, 2017 at 7:52 PM ^

Any of you out there saying or thinking Harbaugh was being outcoached early on, time to go public with your deserved shame.  He kept making the better adjustments and Michigan pulled away.

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Hail Harbo

September 23rd, 2017 at 8:15 PM ^

Nobody in the world of fandom can know exactly what was going on beyond Michigan being absolutely out coached during the 1st hald and into the 2nd half before some kind of coaching change was made.  Ultimately it has to be Harbaugh who has to be held accountable for the first half crap and responsible for the 2nd half turn around.

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taistreetsmyhero

September 23rd, 2017 at 8:10 PM ^

Harbaugh got massively lucky that O'Korn had a chance to play. Credit to the coaching staff and O'Korn for being ready to play. But this was a lucky ass development.

On the other hand, I posted this in the offense thread:

My post about the TEs and RBS (http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/tes-rbs-passing-game-film-session) showed that the extra blocker often caused confusion on the OL. This was the case again in the first half of this game, as the Speight sack that knocked him out had an OL with extra TE and Rb protection that was totally befudled. It happened again in the O'Korn drive that sputtered after the TD drive.

In the second half, we came out with 5 wide, and the OL held up there 1-on-1 block wonderfully without any extra blocking protection. This gave us quicker passes and more routes with potential to get open, and the extra time helped O'Korn improvise when players weren't originally open.

So major kudos to the coaching staff for adjusting.

 

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Ghost of Fritz…

September 23rd, 2017 at 7:54 PM ^

play calling on offense was the thing that turned this game for Michigan. 

I hope they will stop trying to run between the tackles so much when opposing Ds stack the box.  Once M started throwing more on 1st and 2d down, the offense started to move the ball and put together nice drives.

 

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MgoDlu

September 23rd, 2017 at 8:31 PM ^

They stack the box because Michigan hasn't been able to have consistently good QB play in what felt like forever. 

I'm glad to see the coaches call plays that seem to stretch the edges with Okorn and putting him in mostly shotgun to buy him more time on a shaky line. 

Prior to that it seemed like a lot of pass plays called needed to be a 30+ yard pass. 

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maizenbluedevil

September 23rd, 2017 at 7:54 PM ^

Serious question: what are Jay Harbaugh’s qualifications to coach RBs? Isn’t he like 24? And was coaching TEs before. This position group just seems to be stagnating and we can now count on them for a fumble per game.

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YoOoBoMoLloRoHo

September 23rd, 2017 at 7:58 PM ^

Brown: dialed in the 2nd half and destroyed them. RPS'd in the 1st half because he gets too blitz predictable, but wow he adjusted and won the RPS in the 2nd half. Drevno/Pep/JH: poor in the 1st half and the JOK (!) bailed out the O with big throws to the TEs. They need to get it fixed asap.

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stephenrjking

September 23rd, 2017 at 7:59 PM ^

I feel like the play calling for O'Korn's early drives was simplified, with a lot of crossing stuff that he was able to hit. Then, as O'Korn settled in, some other stuff was brought in. I wonder if the coaches' desire to have a comprehensive game plan (that only Speight is capable of really handling) had become too much. Speight has the capability of executing stuff but maybe the complexity has overwhelmed him this year, combining with his constantly working technique and poor protection. Simpler worked. Granted, O'Korn also had to load up and execute some key, challenging throws.

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