Wisconsin Snowflakes - The Coaching
October 13th, 2018 at 11:13 PM ^
Statement win. I’m a happy camper.
October 13th, 2018 at 11:13 PM ^
Michigan has consistently been the stronger team down stretch, regardless of opponent.
October 13th, 2018 at 11:17 PM ^
Correct, even in the Notre Dame loss.
October 13th, 2018 at 11:27 PM ^
Yes, complaints about S&C seem to have quieted.
October 13th, 2018 at 11:51 PM ^
The Barwis effect has finally arrived! Just a bit delayed...
October 13th, 2018 at 11:14 PM ^
Lots and lots of things good but my word did our receivers run some bad routes tonight.
October 13th, 2018 at 11:14 PM ^
People can say what they want, but this was Harbaugh’s middle finger to the world. He may say he doesn’t hear the criticism and complaints, but he has to be aware. This was a redemption game for him and the players.
Teams aren’t supposed to be able to run on Wisconsin, but Michigan did with success. Don Brown made adjustments and totally stopped the run game of the Badgers. This was a statement.
I’m not sure there is any realistic complaint any fan can imagine after this game. What will be telling to me now is enjoying tonight and moving onto one of the biggest rivalry games of the year next week.
October 13th, 2018 at 11:59 PM ^
You would be wrong...there are complaints posted on this thread.
October 14th, 2018 at 9:31 AM ^
Lol. That was Masterpiece Theatre, Ann Arbor style. First big step through the season defining gauntlet this year. Outstanding result.
October 14th, 2018 at 2:33 PM ^
I would agree. Even chase called it the revenge tour. You know they've been using all the negative chatter as motivation. I think it's going to get worse for opponents as the season rolls on.
October 13th, 2018 at 11:16 PM ^
Pay Ed Warinner!!
October 13th, 2018 at 11:22 PM ^
Hopefully we can keep him here a couple of more seasons. The O line has improved in these 7 games more then I've saw in the previous 3 seasons.
October 13th, 2018 at 11:55 PM ^
He was a pretty terrible OC, so if he's willing to be an OL coach for life he should be Michigan's OL coach for life. Pay the dude like a middling OC and let him focus on building OLs. Give him some assistant HC type title if necessary.
October 14th, 2018 at 12:16 AM ^
Middling? Pay him top dollar!
October 14th, 2018 at 10:52 AM ^
Yes, just like Mattison staying and coaching Dline, hope Warriner does the same for the Oline
October 13th, 2018 at 11:19 PM ^
One HELL of a gameplan. Defense was lethal, offense was efficient. Shut Wisconsin down tonight, and Gary didn’t even play (or I at least didn’t see him play).
Got an even bigger challenge next week against MSU, so Michigan is going to have to have to be even better. But they can do it. Probably the most complete performance we’ve ever seen, under Harbaugh, against a legitimately good opponent.
If they’re fortunate enough to win next week and against Penn State, we’re going into Columbus for all the fucking marbles.
October 13th, 2018 at 11:56 PM ^
People forget 2016. We absolutely thumped Penn State that year, and they won the B1G.
October 13th, 2018 at 11:21 PM ^
Fixed our biggest issue, penalties. Only one tonight.
October 14th, 2018 at 10:22 AM ^
And in this case, that's a penalty I'll take every week.
October 13th, 2018 at 11:27 PM ^
Plenty of room on the bandwagon now.
Will fill up quick.
October 13th, 2018 at 11:28 PM ^
I like what Coach W said at the beginning of the year. Everything was TOO complicated. No one on the line knew the basics. They started with the basics. They solidified the basics. Once you have the basics THEN you can progress to advanced concepts. That is what I think was missing the previous years. Started off fancy, and had to strip everything down because we found out toooo late that by being fancy at everything, we were solid at nothing. This year is the opposite: solid in the basics, getting more nuanced and layered as the season is going on. This is going to be an exciting finish.
October 13th, 2018 at 11:29 PM ^
Trick plays fell flat but otherwise it was a superb coaching effort. Wore them down on offense and kept their offense on the bench and cold. Prevented their offense from making any big plays and slowly choked the life out of them as Don Brown is want to do.
October 13th, 2018 at 11:30 PM ^
Really nice game. Showed a lot of looks and things the State Us will have to chew on.
Still want to see more vertical passing - seems like tonight it was mostly sideline and crossing routes. (I am still a little envious of the Buckeyes and Bama right now, and the confidence they have in able to throw it deep). Thought with a starting safety out in the first half we might see more of that, but very little in the way of seams, posts, or deep go routes. Will need that threat as the season goes on at least to help the run game and the shorter passing game, as well as to get ahead or get back in a game quickly when playing better teams.
Can't complain too much though. Great win.
October 13th, 2018 at 11:53 PM ^
Believe the zone coverage made it tough to really yolo it down the field, whereas the short/intermediate stuff was there.
October 13th, 2018 at 11:31 PM ^
TOP advantage 37-23 largely tells the story. We controlled the ball, score, and ultiimately the game
October 14th, 2018 at 2:14 AM ^
It was like 9 to 6 min for Wisconsin after the first quarter too, where we had basically one possession with 14 min. gone.
October 13th, 2018 at 11:31 PM ^
Coaching staff has these kids focused on one game at a time. Getting better and better each week. Just wish we could get the trick plays to trick the other team, but pumped for the rest of the season. First time in a while where I can see us beating all our rivals. Too bad we don’t get OSU at home. Gonna be fun regardless. Go Blue!
October 13th, 2018 at 11:36 PM ^
Also great to see the players getting lots of guys (Milton, subs) snaps in that big game atmosphere. Great for morale, great for the young student-athletes. The new red-shirt rules (allowing guys four games any time during the season rather then just the first four) are making a positive difference. Surprised that hasn't been mentioned yet.
October 13th, 2018 at 11:38 PM ^
Fuck the doubters. Bad fans who should feel bad.
October 13th, 2018 at 11:42 PM ^
Is this the most complete game against a ranked opponent since 2006?
October 14th, 2018 at 9:58 AM ^
IDK dudes. The 500-0 beat down of NW in 2016 with a Jehu Chesson KO return to open the game was pretty complete.
October 13th, 2018 at 11:47 PM ^
Everyone who was bitching in the game thread about the quick red zone time out that lead to 8 points needs eat serious crow.
The coaching was solid top to bottom. No game will be perfectly coached.
October 14th, 2018 at 12:07 AM ^
Redshirt decisions then vs now:
Makes you wonder if McCaffrey's would've gotten burned last year. I gotta believe even DMac as a freshman would have given us the W over Ohio State last year rather than O'Korn's bum ass.
October 14th, 2018 at 12:18 AM ^
He put on 15 lbs during the off-season. I think with the oline improvement jok and speight win a couple extra.
October 14th, 2018 at 12:10 AM ^
Paul Chryst put on an absolute clinic on how to not win a game.
October 14th, 2018 at 12:22 AM ^
The decision to go and not to go for 4th down seemed odd - I know they converted that garbage time 4th down, but they passed up a 4th and 1 many minutes earlier when the game still had a sliver of hope. The Badger offense except for the jet sweep had not been moving the ball well - another odd decision. Is there some table or chart the coaches uses for advice on time and score?
October 14th, 2018 at 12:18 AM ^
My only gripe is that our pass plays seemed slow developing and/or WR could not get separation. I dont know which, but it feels like our passes are either in the flats or deep. Wish we had some kind if slant/short game.
October 14th, 2018 at 12:22 AM ^
Some of that could be on Patterson still learning progressions and reading the D.
October 14th, 2018 at 12:43 AM ^
He seems to have problems with zones.
October 14th, 2018 at 11:27 AM ^
Im looking forward to the game when we come out with an empty backfield, our opponent sends its LBers like theyve been doing in that situation and Shea hits the slot coming in behind the LBers for a long TD.
October 14th, 2018 at 12:18 AM ^
Obvious trick plays are obvious. That's my only coaching critique.
October 14th, 2018 at 12:27 AM ^
I've got zero complaints. We adjusted well, threw out some crazy stuff to keep them honest, and made sensible play calls based on how the game was flowing. Awesome.
The same can't be said for the opposition. According to the drunk Wisconsin fan who sat behind me, Chryst had his head lodged inside his ass for the duration of the game.
October 14th, 2018 at 7:50 AM ^
All the way
October 14th, 2018 at 12:29 AM ^
The Milton run on the first drive was dumb and hard to figure out what they were thinking there. I also didn't like the conservative pass near the half before the missed field goal, but besides that playcalling was good to me
October 14th, 2018 at 12:48 AM ^
I wondered about the Milton play too. I wonder if they were hoping to catch Wisconsin confused and possibly burn a timeout. I don’t know. It was an obvious QB run to me. And the Badgers handled it well.
October 14th, 2018 at 12:53 AM ^
Well my confusion is that if your bringing in a qb to run McCaffrey is your best runner. So that play doesn't offer you any advantage as neither your best passer or runner at the QB position are on the field
October 14th, 2018 at 1:20 AM ^
True, but there is no tape of Milton. I bet the coaches were hoping to get them to burn a TO. And, since they didn’t, they were hoping for a few yards and no fumble. We lost a yard, but no turnover. Yay? Hey, we won by double digits in the end. Good times.
October 14th, 2018 at 3:02 AM ^
Making a bit of a leap assuming Dylan is a better runner that joe considering he hasn't played. The coaches clearly think he is capable enough to have a package, which I bet is not just him running considering he has a connon and will be a weapon if teams think he is just there to run.
Also, his second run was very impressive.
October 14th, 2018 at 12:56 AM ^
November 6 be sure to vote . . .
for Ed Warinner
October 14th, 2018 at 1:08 AM ^
The coaching was terrible. Who punts down 2 or 3 scores with the ball near midfield on 4th and 3?