A Thought on Shea

Thought overall he was good. He was making throws and the drops weren’t his fault. Only negative that really sticks out is his running, either decisions or lack of. First 80% of last year he was running a lot and very effectively. Not the case this year as he rarely ran. And yesterday when he did pull it, it seemed like all he wanted to do was get the sideline safely. I was hoping he was saving himself for this game and would run like crazy but not the case. I don’t know what happened to his running game.

Thank you Shea - young man is a tough & talented kid who put up some solid numbers....proud to have him as a Wolverine.

I'm pretty certain he was injured early in the year (like from the very first snap of the season) and that limited him and the rest of the offense. I believe had he been healthy (and not been so prone to turnovers early in the season) the offense comes together earlier and his numbers on the season would have been off the charts. 

The change in offense was exactly what he needed to really shine..but the early injury and turnovers held him and the O back. 

I agree. Shea is a great young man who did his best for our program. We all should hold him in high esteem. Yesterday was not his fault. If you watch that young man after the game you can tell he'd been crying his eyes out. He bleeds blue. I think he'd be a great backup in New Orleans for the Saints. 

I like Shea, I've always liked Shea.

He's a good kid and a good quarterback.

I hope he gets to go out with a great bowl game performance, and I wish him well in his next endeavor, whatever and wherever that may be.

shae was a mediocre QB here up until the past month or so, although his play was not the cause of any of our losses the past two years.

he has been very good the past several games.  he gave us a legit shot to hang with osu on the scoreboard, unfortunately our WRs were downright awful.  their poor play cost us the chance to keep the game close.  but it was the D that gave us zero chance at winning this game.

kudos to shae to keep fighting and improving his game up until the end of his career.

Love Shea's progression as a player, and his leadership on and off the field. Was excited when he transferred here, and really respect him as a "Michigan Man". Wish him the best in his future endeavors, snd really felt all along he was the best QB we had. 

Shea was fine; definitely Harbaugh's second best at Michigan, and one of the only players that actually showed up yesterday. I like him, but I also think he should've been benched after the PSU game in order to have a smoother transition into next season. 

Shea’s had a decent career here. He was decent last year, and both dreadful and good this year. He is what he is, a decent QB. Nothing against him, but he was never a QB that was going to go out and win us a game. He did play well on Saturday tho. Feel bad for him but hopefully people will see our WR aren’t as elite as we all thought. 

I'm also not really cool with arm chair QBs ripping up U of M ambassadors on social media. I get it, I really do, but I think its tacky as hell and really indicative of poor character. It's a bad look. 

When Shea is on he is really good and shows the upside of this offense.   He’s had a career at Michigan he should be proud of.  

He stuck in there and did his best, of that I am certain. That is really all we can ask of our players. I wish him success in whatever he does and appreciate what he did for my university.

QB is the most difficult position to play in sports and, indeed, he was confronted with a variety of challenging circumstances. Unfortunately, for the most part, Shea did not play as well as was reasonably expected. You, OP, register some good points but you forfeit all of them and go over the cliff when you state that he was not given enough of a chance to succeed. While there was plenty of incompetence in this tale too much of it was directly upon his shoulders. Shea's leash was way too long and the unfairness here was to the team and the next men up/behind him. 

That being said, there's a lot to like about Shea-he was/is a fine representative of the University of Michigan and it remains unclear what his talent ceiling is. However, as a Michigan football player he was, even in his best games, only "good". While I do not believe he will play on Sunday I would be thrilled to see him persevere and make the big stage.

Agreed, Shea like most starting Michigan QBs going back to before the year 2000 have been overly criticized. It is very difficult to name those who weren't. I can only think of Drew Henson since the year 2000. Then there's John Navarre. How many games did he lose as a starter?

As for Shea, he will leave a good legacy in the end, like a John Navarre. One thing I see in all of us who have been critical of Shea is he needed to Heisman front runner all season long, carry the team on his back, make unreal plays with his arm and feet. Perhaps a bar too high to clear.

It would be like telling a high jumper to be first ever to clear 8 feet or else your a dog and don't deserve to be on the team.

So Milton and or McCaffrey need to be that very special someone like a Burrow or Fields not only in September but through October and November and be front page national headlines. To that I say-Good Luck.

Shea Patterson in just 2 years at Michigan

#8 in passing yards (between Harbaugh and Brady)
#6 in touchdowns (tied with Gardner)
#8 in completions (between Harbaugh and Robinson)

Leader in passing efficiency.  Lowest # of interceptions.  #2 in yards per game.

And there is still a bowl game to go.

He started the year horribly but after the 1st half of Penn state he became totally solid and gave us some good memories.

I'm not puting the Ohio state loss on him.  

Nick,  you staying committed in this class? 

I'm apathetic toward Shea.

He was supposed to be a two year mercenary to take us to the next level.

In hindsight I would have preferred to see McCaffrey start the past two years and Milton get in when McCaffrey was hurt.  Or even Peters could have been the primary backup to McCaffrey last year.

Shea played his ass off, doing all he could.  He loves U of M so don’t “feel bad” for him.

The guy is a fighter and competitor and a great representative of the university. I’m sad to see him go but look forward to the opportunities for the next qb to step up.  Whoever that is, has some big shoes to fill.

Unless I'm forgetting something, Shea is the first QB to start every game for 2 years since Chad Henne. That's pretty impressive on it's own. He also beat MSU twice, which also hadn't been done since the Carr days. He brought stability into the program and generally put us in position to win games. He gets some collateral anger that the coaches and universe in general probably deserve more than he does, and in a different situation we would probably remember him more fondly. 

I haven’t been paying close attention to the boards after that yesterday. It didn’t seem like Shea was a major factor in the loss. People are blaming him? Crazy. 
 

Having a big time DT would have gone much further in getting a W than having an outstanding QB. A great QB can’t prevent drops. Need that shored up more than getting a higher performing QB. 

Shea impressed me with how well he played recently.

But stats are very misleading. At one point, John Navarre broke all school records. Would you say he's the best Michigan QB of all time?

When all is said and done, he was a solid QB for Michigan. Did some good, did some bad. Was very erratic and turned the ball over way more than he should have. Left the pocket way too quick. But also had some nice moments.

But I'm sorry, saying he's one of the best QBs Michigan has ever had? Na. Can't do it.

IMO we looked ugly early because of the offense and Shea in addition to not stopping the run.  Late in the year I don't think Shea was the problem.  The problem in the OSU game was a combination of the lack of running game, defensive scheme, and defensive talent.  The o-line couldn't create holes.  Charbonnet will be good for a number of years.  We had a very good o-line recruiting class last year. 

We also couldn't stop the run or be able to matchup at safety.  Hinton, Mazi, Dax Hill, and Quinton Johnson were good pickups last year.  The problem is we just don't have enough of them or we have one good class and don't follow it up with another.  We need top 8 classes every single year.  It can't be 6-8 one year and 12-20 the next.  The miss rate is too high to compete.  That always leaves a weak position on the field that a team like OSU will exploit because they have so much talent.  Or we can't overcome an injury.  We need to stockpile every year.  If every 4-5 star guy panned out it'd be fine, but they don't.  We just need more talent.  We can't have years outside the top 10 in recruiting or have so many kids transfer.  We'll never make up the ground when OSU signs a top 3 class every year.

Shea just never got any better. He wasn’t developed and it will cost him millions. 

He’s a good not elite QBs who will drafted rounds 5-7 and spend around 4-5 years as an NFL backup.  

Wisconsin

Penn St.

Iowa

N.D.

OSU

Check out his stats vs our 5 toughest defenses we faced.

Shea had a different OC each of his 4 years. Not easy to have as much success as he did given those circumstances. 

thats 4 languages in 4 years. 
 

I would have liked to have him for four years with the current OC.  He’s not a bad quarterback and probably deserves a better career than he ended up with, but hating on him is like hating Threatt/Sheridan.  They did the best they could, but sometimes you just can’t overcome coaching.