Agreed. To win at the highest level, you have to recruit out of your mind, or you need a superstar at QB. Cam Newton, Deshawn Watson, Jameis Winston, and on and on.
Yuuuupppp. 538 isn't always correct, but they did give Trump the best odds outside of conservative outlets. 1/3 is not the favorite, but it's not long odds either.
I think this is basically right. The draconian model of quarantining everyone will work, but the economic damage could be severe. If they shift to a model closer to South Korea of testing a lot of people, they can quarantine those people and still keep things moving economically.
How much of his success at Georgia was him vs. how much was Kirby? Kirby is a defensive coach, after all. How much stock are we putting into "his" successful defenses at UGA, when your head man is a defensive coach?
If he retires now, he'll have led the Spartans to a high point that they have not been to in quite a while. I also think if he retires now, it'll leave a bitter taste in many Spartans' mouths because he basically returned the program to the same level that he found it at and, except for a few fluke games, got dominated by Harbaugh.
Yeah, I mean, what's really off putting is how much they talked about this being the best QB room that we have had in quite a while. Clearly they were blowing smoke, but it'd be nice if they were a little more honest. I think that's part of the reason why people are pushing to see McCaffrey.
Saw this on another site and thought it was interesting, especially the second half:
"This will probably get buried and be a waste of time but I have a few thoughts:
Say what you will about the play calling, the coaching, the performance of the QB’s, the fumbles. The problem Michigan has is one that I believe runs much deeper than any of this. It’s a sort of mental or psychological or spiritual deficiency.
It looks pretty clear to me that he didn’t take over the play calling duties. You can check for yourself.
Now, may he have been involved in developing the offense to look more like his previous ones? Yes, perhaps. But everything I’ve heard from him on his podcast or in interviews seems to indicate he’s given Gattis the reigns.
What I have heard, however, is Gattis saying he wanted to make sure the offense still incorporated elements of “what we did well previously.” He said this ad nauseam throughout the offseason. So, perhaps, just perhaps, the play calling mistakes are the result of a highly inexperienced play caller and coordinator calling his second game ever. I don’t think it’s too far fetched.
It seems as though the meme that “looks like Harbaugh has taken back the play calling duties” just got repeated enough until now there are hundreds of posters here repeating that as though it’s a fact. I doubt this is true.
I don’t think, however, that this is good news. There’s a few possibilities: Gattis is suffering from some rookie mistakes, Gattis didn’t want to completely change the offense and incorporated too much of the precious offense, Gattis is under a lot of pressure and calling things extremely conservatively, or Gattis is a complete bust and the offense is shit and he sucks at play calling. I’m hoping it’s not the latter but it remains to be seen.
All of this is besides the point, though. Or maybe it’s part of the point. The bigger point.
The big point is that this team, this university, this athletic department, suffers from a giant psychological complex that will just not allow them to cross the threshold. At least in the major sports like Football, Basketball, and now Baseball. And at for the last decade or so. This spring, when the Men’s Baseball team reached the Championship game, how many of us just knew in our hearts that they wouldn’t close it? I sure felt it. Same with the Basketball team with Belein. We perennially come so close only to lose at the last moment.
I feel as though this has affected the teams in a significant way. Watching the first two football games it seems pretty clear that the team just has so little confidence in itself. Every single ball that’s an inch too high or that bounces off a receivers fingertips just adds to that ennui. Those tiny little things, that are probably largely determined by chance, just eat away at this team. Over and over and over.
I think the end result is the team that we saw against Army. I think in every facet that people are talking about you could sense the impact. The coaching, the play calling, the QB play, the fumbles, etc. They just seem to lack the extreme confidence and sureheadedness that other teams have.
How many times can we get all the way to the end of the football season, with one game between us and big ten championship, only to get blown the fuck up and crumble on the biggest stage? Or even worse, get tripped up on some controversial ref’s call. Or any other blunder like the “WOAH HE FUMBLES THE SNAP” shit. I think it slowly adds up to a toxic level of self doubt from which it is almost impossible to recover.
And the worst part is, I think it’s probably pretty natural for the coaches and players to feel that way. When you feel as though no matter how hard you try (and I do believe that they try extremely hard, I don’t think this is about a lack of effort or talent) that something unforeseen can happen and take it all away.
The thing is that, if this team and this coaching staff is going to succeed, they need to steel themselves way harder from that kind of thinking. And it’s tough to do, it’s probably not even on the conscious level. But you need to, to a certain extent, sort of dumb yourself down a little and just not think about it. You need to sincerely believe that you are the best, that you’re unstoppable, that nothing anyone could try to do could stop you. Not just like convince yourself of it like “Oh yeah we’re really good, very good athletes, great coaches, we practice hard—we should win.” But you need to think you’re the best, simply. That you will never lose. That you will never miss a pass. That you will never fumble. Etc. And you need to maintain that feeling even when those things happen.
I think this team lacks that. And that’s what I think is their ultimate problem. Like I said, sure there are problems with other stuff, but honestly I think most of them are informed by the same psychological deficiency. And I don’t know how they can fix it but someone needs to get everyone on board.
It felt that way when Jim got hired. And you could tell, even though we didn’t go undefeated or anything like that, the team felt that way too. You remember when Jim would fucking scream at the refs and throw his headset? There was intensity and passion and hope. And most of all, all of us—the fans, the school, the team, even probably Jim himself—felt like we were finally going to do it, that nothing could stop us now, etc. We had that necessary mental energy. But it’s gone now. Jim is placid on the sidelines. The players, most of whom are extremely talented and put in so much work, seem to have that gnawing sensation in the back of their head that they aren’t unstoppable, they aren’t unbeatable.
I hope they can figure it out. If they do, they could easily turn this around and go undefeated—they have the talent to do so. If they don’t, then I worry about nearly every game on the schedule."
Xfinity mobile, based off of Verizon's network, so the coverage is great in my area, and the unlimited plan is $45 a month. Additionally, if I go by the gig, I've turned off cellular data before and paid $2 a month for unlimited texts and calls.
Most of the professors in the University have absolutely nothing to do with the athletic department or Larry Nassar. Acting like most of them are bad eggs is just ridiculous.
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Last week's game, lol
What makes you think Cade's hand will be steady against Iowa when it's not steady against Colorado State?
Agreed. To win at the highest level, you have to recruit out of your mind, or you need a superstar at QB. Cam Newton, Deshawn Watson, Jameis Winston, and on and on.
Lmao. Sam is a huge M homer, let's not kid ourselves.
Yep. Just looked like he was breaking it up, not shoving Gray.
Eh, looked like he was just separating them. I'm all about calling shit out, but I think this is overinterpreting.
Well, now we know that Brett McMurphy is doing drugs.
Yuuuupppp. 538 isn't always correct, but they did give Trump the best odds outside of conservative outlets. 1/3 is not the favorite, but it's not long odds either.
If you don't want to wear a mask, I hear that drinking disinfectant is a viable alternative
/s
I think this is basically right. The draconian model of quarantining everyone will work, but the economic damage could be severe. If they shift to a model closer to South Korea of testing a lot of people, they can quarantine those people and still keep things moving economically.
How much of his success at Georgia was him vs. how much was Kirby? Kirby is a defensive coach, after all. How much stock are we putting into "his" successful defenses at UGA, when your head man is a defensive coach?
This is a terrible take. Bringing Beilein back completely undermines Coach Howard.
If he retires now, he'll have led the Spartans to a high point that they have not been to in quite a while. I also think if he retires now, it'll leave a bitter taste in many Spartans' mouths because he basically returned the program to the same level that he found it at and, except for a few fluke games, got dominated by Harbaugh.
Me too! I don't think any of them would be stupid enough to go to Michigan State
Yeah, I mean, what's really off putting is how much they talked about this being the best QB room that we have had in quite a while. Clearly they were blowing smoke, but it'd be nice if they were a little more honest. I think that's part of the reason why people are pushing to see McCaffrey.
Was there an ad about where we can buy a competent quarterback?
https://omny.fm/shows/michigan-insider/clips
Saw this on another site and thought it was interesting, especially the second half:
"This will probably get buried and be a waste of time but I have a few thoughts:
Say what you will about the play calling, the coaching, the performance of the QB’s, the fumbles. The problem Michigan has is one that I believe runs much deeper than any of this. It’s a sort of mental or psychological or spiritual deficiency.
I encourage those who are claiming Harbaugh took over the play calling to watch the coach cam of the Army game: https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=mJybu18SdQg
It looks pretty clear to me that he didn’t take over the play calling duties. You can check for yourself.
Now, may he have been involved in developing the offense to look more like his previous ones? Yes, perhaps. But everything I’ve heard from him on his podcast or in interviews seems to indicate he’s given Gattis the reigns.
What I have heard, however, is Gattis saying he wanted to make sure the offense still incorporated elements of “what we did well previously.” He said this ad nauseam throughout the offseason. So, perhaps, just perhaps, the play calling mistakes are the result of a highly inexperienced play caller and coordinator calling his second game ever. I don’t think it’s too far fetched.
It seems as though the meme that “looks like Harbaugh has taken back the play calling duties” just got repeated enough until now there are hundreds of posters here repeating that as though it’s a fact. I doubt this is true.
I don’t think, however, that this is good news. There’s a few possibilities: Gattis is suffering from some rookie mistakes, Gattis didn’t want to completely change the offense and incorporated too much of the precious offense, Gattis is under a lot of pressure and calling things extremely conservatively, or Gattis is a complete bust and the offense is shit and he sucks at play calling. I’m hoping it’s not the latter but it remains to be seen.
All of this is besides the point, though. Or maybe it’s part of the point. The bigger point.
The big point is that this team, this university, this athletic department, suffers from a giant psychological complex that will just not allow them to cross the threshold. At least in the major sports like Football, Basketball, and now Baseball. And at for the last decade or so. This spring, when the Men’s Baseball team reached the Championship game, how many of us just knew in our hearts that they wouldn’t close it? I sure felt it. Same with the Basketball team with Belein. We perennially come so close only to lose at the last moment.
I feel as though this has affected the teams in a significant way. Watching the first two football games it seems pretty clear that the team just has so little confidence in itself. Every single ball that’s an inch too high or that bounces off a receivers fingertips just adds to that ennui. Those tiny little things, that are probably largely determined by chance, just eat away at this team. Over and over and over.
I think the end result is the team that we saw against Army. I think in every facet that people are talking about you could sense the impact. The coaching, the play calling, the QB play, the fumbles, etc. They just seem to lack the extreme confidence and sureheadedness that other teams have.
How many times can we get all the way to the end of the football season, with one game between us and big ten championship, only to get blown the fuck up and crumble on the biggest stage? Or even worse, get tripped up on some controversial ref’s call. Or any other blunder like the “WOAH HE FUMBLES THE SNAP” shit. I think it slowly adds up to a toxic level of self doubt from which it is almost impossible to recover.
And the worst part is, I think it’s probably pretty natural for the coaches and players to feel that way. When you feel as though no matter how hard you try (and I do believe that they try extremely hard, I don’t think this is about a lack of effort or talent) that something unforeseen can happen and take it all away.
The thing is that, if this team and this coaching staff is going to succeed, they need to steel themselves way harder from that kind of thinking. And it’s tough to do, it’s probably not even on the conscious level. But you need to, to a certain extent, sort of dumb yourself down a little and just not think about it. You need to sincerely believe that you are the best, that you’re unstoppable, that nothing anyone could try to do could stop you. Not just like convince yourself of it like “Oh yeah we’re really good, very good athletes, great coaches, we practice hard—we should win.” But you need to think you’re the best, simply. That you will never lose. That you will never miss a pass. That you will never fumble. Etc. And you need to maintain that feeling even when those things happen.
I think this team lacks that. And that’s what I think is their ultimate problem. Like I said, sure there are problems with other stuff, but honestly I think most of them are informed by the same psychological deficiency. And I don’t know how they can fix it but someone needs to get everyone on board.
It felt that way when Jim got hired. And you could tell, even though we didn’t go undefeated or anything like that, the team felt that way too. You remember when Jim would fucking scream at the refs and throw his headset? There was intensity and passion and hope. And most of all, all of us—the fans, the school, the team, even probably Jim himself—felt like we were finally going to do it, that nothing could stop us now, etc. We had that necessary mental energy. But it’s gone now. Jim is placid on the sidelines. The players, most of whom are extremely talented and put in so much work, seem to have that gnawing sensation in the back of their head that they aren’t unstoppable, they aren’t unbeatable.
I hope they can figure it out. If they do, they could easily turn this around and go undefeated—they have the talent to do so. If they don’t, then I worry about nearly every game on the schedule."
Xfinity mobile, based off of Verizon's network, so the coverage is great in my area, and the unlimited plan is $45 a month. Additionally, if I go by the gig, I've turned off cellular data before and paid $2 a month for unlimited texts and calls.
Most of the professors in the University have absolutely nothing to do with the athletic department or Larry Nassar. Acting like most of them are bad eggs is just ridiculous.