Sunday Sparty Schadenfreude
September 9th, 2018 at 3:43 PM ^
Shame on Dantonio for not making one fucking change after last week.
Fucking higby literally falling over on every play and he is in there.
Warner jus shitting the bed on calls.
Oh and Muffy! Can you find a way to still defend your boyfriend Mark Hollis?
The worst year ever at msu with nassar and Hollis never checked in with his female athletes and he scheduled a fucking 2 in the morning game in the desert.
Jesus Christ. Season is going down the shitter like 2016
September 9th, 2018 at 9:53 AM ^
2016-2018
Mark Dantonio: 14-13
Jim Harbaugh: 19-11
September 9th, 2018 at 9:58 AM ^
Hot seat?
September 9th, 2018 at 10:00 AM ^
Why not extend that back to 2015? Harbaugh still has a better record in that time frame.
September 9th, 2018 at 10:14 AM ^
This is an excellent point.
September 9th, 2018 at 10:30 AM ^
Who cares, they actually beat their rivals and win big games??
September 9th, 2018 at 11:05 AM ^
I guess ASU wasn't a big enough game for them to win it.
Utah State, on the other hand. That game was HUGE.
September 9th, 2018 at 11:21 AM ^
ASU feeling the disrespekt!
September 9th, 2018 at 11:49 AM ^
Also a reminder that they lost to Illinois in 2016. They weren’t a big game or a rival either, so it doesn’t count
September 9th, 2018 at 3:36 PM ^
Like last night?
September 9th, 2018 at 10:14 AM ^
No it was a magical herm moment. Those "sacks" were ASU taking a knee to kill the clock until seven seconds were left to kick the fg and win the game.
September 9th, 2018 at 10:18 AM ^
Obviously Herm Edwards is just an amazing coach that knows what he's doing.
September 9th, 2018 at 10:38 AM ^
You are what your record says you are.
If he can consistently get it done by walking around aimlessly, spouting off mindless slogans, then good for him.
His record is what people will care about. Ultimately, there are no style points that can offset your record.
RichRod would still be here if he was winning big games, no matter who liked or disliked his style.
September 9th, 2018 at 10:46 AM ^
Rich Rod was at Arizona
September 9th, 2018 at 10:46 AM ^
Rich Rod was at Arizona
September 9th, 2018 at 10:46 AM ^
Rich Rod was at Arizona
September 9th, 2018 at 10:53 AM ^
So where was RichRod??
September 9th, 2018 at 11:05 AM ^
Rich Rod was at Arizona
September 9th, 2018 at 12:02 PM ^
" Rich Rod ? Rich Rod's not here"
September 9th, 2018 at 11:00 AM ^
RichRod would still be here if he was winning big games
Not after the sexual harassment allegations came to light.
September 9th, 2018 at 11:06 AM ^
Let's be honest. If Rich Rod had the level of success of say, Urban Meyer, he would still have his job.
September 9th, 2018 at 11:12 AM ^
Perhaps in Tucson, but in Ann Arbor? No. Our institution has enough of an identity outside of sports to not accept that.
September 9th, 2018 at 12:48 PM ^
Recently talked to "someone who knows someone" about the RichRod regime while he was in A2. I don't believe he was forced out entirely because his on-field record.
We had a large contingent of folks here, (me included) who couldn't understand - after all, improving by 2 wins each year means that next year is 9-3 and undefeated 2 years after that, right?
With what we know now, it's a reasonable assumption that RR was already beginning to show signs of some of the douchebaggery that led to his downfall at Arizona.
So no, a winning RR probably wouldn't have lasted here much longer.
September 9th, 2018 at 1:02 PM ^
On the field, that 2010 season really nosedived after a promising start. But I could see how off-field conduct might have given him a short leash. And it would explain why RR seemed to make a lot of enemies at every stop.
September 9th, 2018 at 1:20 PM ^
Too much booze and too many women who aren't his wife have been a ongoing feature of RR's life for a long time.
September 9th, 2018 at 1:28 PM ^
It seems pretty apparent that RR has some notable failings on a personal level, but I'm not buying the idea that they were a significant factor in his firing from Michigan.
If they were, why would Brandon have waited until after the Gator Bowl beat-down to fire him? The gradual improvement in the overall record was illusory—our victories in 2010 included wins over ND recovering from the Weis disaster, Bowling Green, UMass, IU, Illinois, PU, and UConn. Against conference programs with a pulse, we were simply uncompetitive. Few Michigan fans would have complained if RR was fired immediately after the loss to OSU; it's hardly unusual for an interim guy to coach a team's bowl game.
September 9th, 2018 at 1:54 PM ^
Yeah I wasn't saying that at all. Just that his issues at Arizona were nothing new. I'd have been fine with him being fired after his first season.
September 9th, 2018 at 3:34 PM ^
Your post, which I otherwise agree with, assumes Brandon could get something like a coach firing correct. I’m not confident Brandon cared enough about anything other than hiring a “yes man” coach to be concerned about timing of a firing.
September 9th, 2018 at 10:45 PM ^
We don't know, Don. I'm sticking by my theory based on what I was told. As to the timing, well, there are multiple factors that play into a complex process, so I can't draw any conclusions but neither can you, when we're discussing a theory. Just saying I don't have enough evidence to contradict my theory.
The rest of what you said about gradual improvement being an illusion, that may be 1000% correct, yet it does not mean that his off field issues were not being examined.
September 9th, 2018 at 10:26 AM ^
Herm!!
September 9th, 2018 at 10:30 AM ^
Mork’s coaching highlight of the night was calling a timeout with 2 seconds left in the half to give coaches in the press box time to get down to the locker room.
Yes, that actually happened.
September 9th, 2018 at 10:42 AM ^
It was a good idea actually. ASU pressbox is a long way from the locker rooms. Why burn up halftime adjustment-time waiting for coaches to show up when you have an unused time out to spend?
If you want to legitimately criticize him, ask why his team was not prepared to stop the run on the last ASU drive when they had been effortlessly doing it all night.
September 9th, 2018 at 10:52 AM ^
I didn’t say it wasn’t a good idea - I said it was his highlight of the night.
September 9th, 2018 at 12:14 PM ^
True dat.
September 9th, 2018 at 11:10 AM ^
They wilted in the desert heat and it was 2AM their time. Spartans are used to getting DUIs and raping at that time, not playing football.
September 9th, 2018 at 11:45 AM ^
Sad for Sparty, but the expected monsoon never materialized.
September 16th, 2018 at 6:46 AM ^
You would still be 2-8 vs MSU with or without your monsoon. Try harder.
September 9th, 2018 at 11:53 AM ^
Or driving down to A-Town to party with Grant Perry.
September 9th, 2018 at 10:45 AM ^
Think of the children, Mork
September 9th, 2018 at 11:00 AM ^
That State defense looks very suspect. As does the blocking on their O-Line...
September 9th, 2018 at 11:21 AM ^
Arizona State on numerous occassions had WR's running open down the field. Their QB overthrew a bunch of guys. Had they connected on even 2 or 3, ASU wins easily and maybe blows out Sparty.
The good news is that the MSU defense has given up a shitload of yards through the air in the first two games. The bad part is UM's pass game is not as good Sparty's first two opponents. Need to get that going before East Lansing.
September 9th, 2018 at 11:32 AM ^
UM's pass game not as good as Utah State??? um, ok....
September 9th, 2018 at 11:50 AM ^
Preeeeetty sure that was a joke.
September 9th, 2018 at 11:50 AM ^
From what we've seen so far? No, it's not. Mostly because of the OT's.
September 9th, 2018 at 11:51 AM ^
According to ESPN team passing stats, Utah State's passing offense is ranked 34 spots higher than UM.
September 9th, 2018 at 11:56 AM ^
They did get to play MSU, which helped.
September 9th, 2018 at 12:37 PM ^
Yeah but we played Notre Dame and they played MSU
September 9th, 2018 at 11:23 AM ^
I just spent some time reading the MSU blogs...what a hoot. I'm on mobile so couldn't paste, so I'm transcribing.
Two of my favorites:
"Good luck regrouping with these incompetent shitbags in the booth and mentally and physically weak players on the field".
Braylon would be proud!
"And that my friends is what shitting the bed looks like."
Sparty going to be Sparty.
September 9th, 2018 at 11:26 AM ^
I wouldn’t read too much into them losing this game. This is all part of Sparty’s annual formula.
Play down to the competition in their first game and barely win, lose to ND or whoever their P5 OOC opponent, everyone then thinks this is finally the year when Sparty takes it’s official step back, and then they proceed to win a ton of games in conference by dragging their opponents down to their level and winning ugly games. Everyone from Rutgers to OSU.
We’re still getting their best game when we play them, and I’d still bet on them contending for the conference until they prove otherwise.
September 9th, 2018 at 11:42 AM ^
*sigh*
This is the unfortunate goddamn truth.