Stock Up Stock Down

Submitted by BoFan on January 1st, 2020 at 4:19 PM

This game has some defining moments for the year.  
 

Stock up:

Gattis and Harbaugh - game plan and play calling 

Thomas - His side looks shut down

Run defense - is this the coaching or specific players 

Hutchinson 

The OL and Coach

 

Down

Brown - we lose too many games from big plays.  Big plays lose games 

Hill - beat too many times

Shea - Too many missed throws 

What do you think?

TheCube

January 1st, 2020 at 4:20 PM ^

Stock up: Minnesota and PJ Fleck beating a team they’re outmatched against with inferior talent. 
 

Tanner Morgan > all Michigan QBs on the roster. 
 

 

NomadicBlue

January 1st, 2020 at 4:23 PM ^

Only stock that I cared about was Nico and DPJ. A big game might have raised their stock enough to convince them to leave. Neither raised their stock, so i am selfishly hoping they return to see what Dylan can do for them. 

bamf_16

January 1st, 2020 at 4:23 PM ^

21-1

 

In Michigan's 4 losses, 21 touchdowns given up, 1 field goal attempt forced.

 

And that was at Wisconsin when the score was 35-8.

 

There's the great scene in Moneyball where the A's trade Carlos Pena so Art Howe can't play him anymore. I feel a sense of that watching some of these guys exhaust their eligibilities. 

 

And I'm not willing to sacrifice Partridge to keep Don Brown.

jbrandimore

January 1st, 2020 at 4:23 PM ^

Harbaugh didn’t pull Shea. His 4th straight bowl loss and 4th straight year ending with a 2 game losing streak.

 You are insane if you mark JH as an “up”

Bluetotheday

January 1st, 2020 at 4:25 PM ^

Down. 
 

going in to year 6 with 4 straight bowl losses, no wins over OSU and no big ten championship. 
 

Moral victory of not getting boat raced is probably not a measurement we were hoping for 

sheepdog

January 1st, 2020 at 4:26 PM ^

Gattis is not stock up for me quite yet. Bama adjusted in the second half and Gattis did absolutely nothing. I’m more optimistic than years past, but he’s got A long way to go as an OC.

FGB

January 1st, 2020 at 5:04 PM ^

I mean, at a certain point when you’ve called the fifth play that gets a WR a step on a DB 30 yards down field and the QB air mails it by 4 yards, I don’t know what else you’re supposed to do.

The play calls all work in conjunction with setting up the chunk plays that are necessary to have a good offense. Those were set up well and then you’re left hoping your QB isn’t ass (and that’s just the deep balls, that’ll not even getting into the happy feet issue)

 

Maize in Cincy

January 1st, 2020 at 4:26 PM ^

JH got schooled once again.  His team was undisciplined with pre-snap penalties and he once again refused to sit Shea when he was clearly lost.  This was the perfect chance to get DMac some meaningful minutes before heading into Washington next year.

MichAtl85

January 1st, 2020 at 4:29 PM ^

Stock down:

Jim Harbaugh

University of Michigan payroll

Stock Up: my living room (cleaned while occasionally glancing at the game. Playing good team, away from home = auto loss)

 

JPC

January 1st, 2020 at 5:06 PM ^

Our pretty mediocre DL held up well against Alabama’s all world OL. 

Both line coaches earned their pay today. 

Stock down = CB coach. Bad recruiter and subpar play for a lot of the season. Time to replace. 

WorldwideTJRob

January 1st, 2020 at 4:43 PM ^

Stock Down:

I think our receivers our talented, but there was one blue chip prospect on the field today...and it wasn’t even close! Jeudy no doubt should come out but everyone else definitely should stay in school( that includes Ruggs III and Smith too).

Durham Blue

January 1st, 2020 at 4:45 PM ^

Michigan's D did a good enough job in the first half stopping the run and making big 3rd down stops.  Then when Alabama needed those things in the second half they were successful.  The big plays hurt but they weren't death blows.  It was a tale of two halves.

The offense was getting FG's in the first half and needed to be TD's for a chance to win.  Or they turn the ball over or punt when they need to stay on the field.  This has been the problem again and again in big games.  The offense doesn't produce when they absolutely need to.  And if it's not the offense shitting the bed, the defense is more than obliged to carry that baton.  This team just cannot get all of its shit together to compete against the elite.

Ham

January 1st, 2020 at 4:46 PM ^

Harbaugh's stock should not be up. QB's are supposed to be his thing and Shea is no better in his 26th game than he was in his first. Plus, his end-of-half play calling--turning a 1st and 10 at Alabama's 45 with 2:07 left into a 57-yard field goal as time expired was awful. And both Gattis and Harbaugh should be dinged for only getting 13 points out of 4 near-red zone trips. 

Panther72

January 1st, 2020 at 4:49 PM ^

Sheas play turned for the worse in the second half. Bama turned up the heat and Patterson brain locked.  He won't go in the draft.  Bells game could have been overcome with qb decisions 

hajiblue

January 1st, 2020 at 5:53 PM ^

Stock Up: Gattis

Stock up: Quin Nordin.

Stock up: Hinton, Jeter, Speight. Thanks for the effort!

Stock Even: OL, RB, Special Teams, Coaching, LBs, WRs, DEs

Stock Down: Hutchinson for stupid penalty that led directly to Alabama TD

Stock Down: Vert Hill for not even trying on Jeudy 58 yard catch and run in 4th quarter.

Stock Down: Ronnie Bell whose hands turned to stone in the second half.

Stock Down: Is Wil Hart still injured?

Stock Way down: Patterson for choking away a scoring opportunity when the score was still close by holding the damn ball too long and eating it. For over throwing several passes. For making shit reads that cost us scores. 

Stock Way Down: Don Brown for another coverage scheme nightmare. Man coverage was pummeled AGAIN.

 

Snake Oil Steve

January 1st, 2020 at 6:23 PM ^

Uche and Nico should definitely go; they are ready. Nico is what he is - he's not elite at creating separation (other than burning Julian Love in last year's ND game) but he is elite at making contested catches and that skill directly translates to the NFL.  Maybe Ruiz should go too, but at best he is a late Round 2 pick and likely gets drafted later (based on positional rankings of draft experts).  Would love for Ruiz to come back next year, that changes my whole outlook on the O-Line.

I guess that leaves Ambry and DPJ as the only other guys with "decisions" to make. They are both entitled to their decision, but it's laughable to argue either are ready for the NFL.

ppudge

January 1st, 2020 at 7:52 PM ^

Can’t say I disagree.  Gattis had some nice calls.

Our 2 starting DTs we’re out and we held up against the run until late.

The only up I think you missed was the interior of the offensive line.  Bredeson, Ruiz and Onwenu were moving some people.  Replacing the big uglies will be tough.

Jon06

January 2nd, 2020 at 8:38 AM ^

Shea Patterson stock down.

Zach Charbonnet stock up.

Jordan Glasgow was also a big stock up guy for me. I think he'll get signed to try out for somebody as an undrafted free agent, but I thought he really looked like he belonged on the field in that game. He made some good plays and ended up with 10 tackles. Maybe that's enough for him to sneak into the end of the draft.