There are no Playmakers

One of the most depressing things about the Harbaugh era at Michigan is the lack of big time playmakers. The highlight reel of the last 5+ Years is mostly sacks, tackles for loss, and some great catches from Darboh, who was a great story, good player, but ultimately just another guy. 
When I watch other teams in college football I consistently see highlight reel plays from wideouts and running backs, QBs running around, defensive backs jumping routes for big game swinging plays. Michigan seems to have guys who just do their job, and when everything goes perfect it looks good, but when one thing breaks down, it’s catastrophic.

I feel like this has to do with Harbaugh’s history in the NFL. The best teams in the NFL are the teams that execute complex plays inside the system and do it perfectly. New England’s offense has been a prime example, and Kyle Shannahan’s offenses have been a good recent example of this. They have good inside run games, the throw a lot of stuff short, they move the chains. NFL players rarely make mistakes, and if you have a good scheme, perfect offense beats perfect defense.

The problem is, 19 year olds often make mistakes, some 19 year olds pretty much only make mistakes. It’s not their fault, they are children, most of them have never had jobs, most of them were playing football for a coach that is being paid to less than minimum wage for the extra work he puts toward football. It is completely reliable to say that there will be many mistakes in a college football game. 
So when you’re coaching a college football team, you better get some big plays, some playmakers. This means you better not be scared to air it out early and often, you better not be scared to run your QB in goal to go situations, you better be putting your best PLAYMAKERS, on the field. 
I feel like Harbaugh is constantly trying to stamp out all mistakes, and not doing a good enough job getting play makers on the field, and allowing them to blow up games. OSU makes mistakes, Clemson makes mistakes, Bama makes mistakes, but they also make gamebreaking plays every game. They don’t play scared.