January 1st, 2020 at 5:03 PM ^
Who claimed this QB Whisperer BS? Not true, never was.
January 1st, 2020 at 5:40 PM ^
Really? ?
January 2nd, 2020 at 9:54 AM ^
You and others hold Harbaugh accountable to a reference he never made, never claimed and should never have been placed upon him. It is a result of media desire and the simpletons like you that glom on to it. It was and is a false narrative. To use it in a means to denigrate him is naive and stupid. He has failings but to be identified as a failed QB Whisperer is idiotic. Google it. You will see Brian, Agelique, a man named Caputo, Freep and Spartan Wire first listed. That is a collection of highly thought of and respected football minds, am I right? Everyone just needs to stop with it. Hitting the lottery with Andrew Luck, contrasting Kap against Alex Smith then being present as Rudock and Speight get marginally better is pretty generic.
January 1st, 2020 at 7:54 PM ^
Brian himself used the term a bunch early on, especially after Rudock seemed to progress pretty well in year 1.
January 1st, 2020 at 4:56 PM ^
Burn it down. Hire Fleck....end of story. No more “Michigan Men” please.
January 1st, 2020 at 4:59 PM ^
Seems like a good idea. I feel like Ward would never do it though.
January 1st, 2020 at 5:08 PM ^
When the Regents and big donors call for Harbaugh’s head, Ward won’t have a choice.
January 1st, 2020 at 6:14 PM ^
Warde will resign first. He wouldn't do that to his old teammate/buddy Jim.
No chance.
Don't think Warde doesn't remember what Bo said when everyone was calling for Lloyd Carr's head:
"If they want to get Lloyd Carr, they gotta go through me."
Warde will never terminate Jim. Never.
It's either 1. Jim leaves on his own or 2. The President/Board of Regents cans them both.
And #2 is a BIG move against two alumni who still have a lot of fans.....just sayin'
January 1st, 2020 at 4:56 PM ^
I don’t think there’s a solution to fix Michigan. We are marching to the abyss.
January 1st, 2020 at 5:10 PM ^
Then why did he stop running Charbonnet? That was actually working.
January 1st, 2020 at 5:59 PM ^
Because, as we’ve seen many times before, something inside JH, for reasons known to him alone, says that it’s time to do something completely baffling and seemingly counterintuitive to what is going to give us the best chance of winning the game.
His constant unorthodox game decisions, which seem to have very little upside and almost come seemingly at random with no real rhyme or reason, is the single biggest reason I am very doubtful he’ll ever get us to where we want to be.
January 1st, 2020 at 4:57 PM ^
Their is nothing Gattis could of done. Shea is is inaccurate and terrible at seeing the field.
January 1st, 2020 at 7:42 PM ^
“There is nothing Gattis could have done.”
Good lord.
January 1st, 2020 at 10:19 PM ^
Shea should have been benched. At the very least for a series or two. Imagine being McCaffery or Milton on the sideline watching this shit show by Shea and wondering what they have to do to play.
January 1st, 2020 at 4:57 PM ^
I’m finally done with Don Brown. I would rather have a defense that can get turnovers, be good in red zone, and not give up big plays and be okay with giving up some yards. His aggressive style does not work against good teams and I think mentally he’s done.
Harbaugh, I think he’s lost confidence too. He knows he doesn’t have the dudes and his coaching, if it’s even that good, can’t overcome it.
Minnesota is a better team. They do much more with much less.
Harbaugh has lost his edge and I don’t see it coming back at M!
January 1st, 2020 at 4:59 PM ^
Thats fine sweety but Michigan's D/ DB did better than any SEC or other team vs bama this year... so... who would you replace him with?
That's right, just a snowflake. Brown is a boss.
January 1st, 2020 at 5:06 PM ^
Arb lover, once again, big plays were the difference. They have to make teams go down the field and really earn it. Yes, they might give up more yards but it will be harder to score touchdowns.
Don Brown is always going to have good stats because his teams destroy lessor talent. The good teams laugh at him though and take full advantage. Want proof? look at every big game and OSU every year.
I agree, today was not on Brown, pretty decent but look how they scored...long pass plays again. Absolute back breakers, as usual!!
January 1st, 2020 at 5:08 PM ^
WTF are you talking about? They scored 5 TD, had 500+ yards, and averaged 9 yards a play. And Alabama played 2 games, one against Western Carolina, without Tua so the comparison to other games is meaningless.
January 1st, 2020 at 5:41 PM ^
If Tua were plating they would have scored 60+ on us....like everyone else with a functioning offense.
Don Brown needs to go...
January 1st, 2020 at 4:58 PM ^
Coaches did well vs the talent difference and lack of any PI/Holding vs bama with handsy DB's every deep through making it look like Shea was overthrowing. Some holding/PI vs Michigan so you know they weren't just "letting them play". I know the board will melt down per usual but it was much closer than the score and it's obvious Michigan came to play.
Different game with those two targeting calls and the intentional grounding.
January 1st, 2020 at 5:04 PM ^
You are more delusional than the average Online State fan if you think refs were a factor today
January 1st, 2020 at 5:00 PM ^
I'm not a fair weather fan, so I'm not about to abandon the team, but JMFC, why we abandoned a viable running attack in favor of 7 massively overthrown passes is beyond my comprehension of coaching decisions
January 1st, 2020 at 5:01 PM ^
Hey let's put Dax Hill on the best route runner in college, oh and at the snap Hill will be really far from Jeudy and already chasing him. Then let's do it again, and again, and...
January 1st, 2020 at 6:23 PM ^
Metellus shower he didn't have the speed...so had no choice.
January 1st, 2020 at 6:23 PM ^
Metellus showed he didn't have the speed...so had no choice.
January 1st, 2020 at 5:02 PM ^
your being generous its NOT getting better if after 5 years this is the best you can do? its time to go..If I was being paid a high salary like him in my profession with that poor performance? I would have been Fired along time ago..I really hope he moves on ..takes a NFL job or just quits . We All know Warde Manuel doesnt have the balls to fire him so we are STUCK with JH
January 1st, 2020 at 5:12 PM ^
I think you are right on every point, sadly
January 1st, 2020 at 5:37 PM ^
This is the unfortunate reality. At the end of the day no one on this blogs opinion actually matters as well as mine. I just use it to vent my pain or excitement. At the end of the day it’s wardes decision
January 1st, 2020 at 5:03 PM ^
Beware of fool's gold this game, that Bama defense is not very good. So saying that if we had a good QB we would have hung 40 on them really isn't that big of a deal.
Offensive line was really good vs a below average Bama front 7. Receivers were OK. Backs were good. QB was very bad.
January 1st, 2020 at 5:16 PM ^
This was the most injury depleted Alabama team in a decade. This was far from being a vintage Bama team and shows you how far we really have to go to be competitive.
January 1st, 2020 at 6:27 PM ^
Don't be stupid. Did you see the offense and defense previews? Their bench is stacked with Top-250 recruits.
Even the worst Alabama team in a decade is a Top 5/10 college team.
January 1st, 2020 at 5:03 PM ^
No ok e can defend Don Brown anymore. He's old and the game has passed him by. Fire him and keep Partridge.
January 1st, 2020 at 5:05 PM ^
Don't think getting rid of Harbaugh does anything good. The offense limiting factor is the QB, scheme is not bad just can't make the plays. Majority of that falls on the QB making the read but some on the QB coach. Time to hire the best QB coach out there. Which idk who it is as I am not as knowledgeable in that
January 1st, 2020 at 5:08 PM ^
Maybe, maybe not. It would all depend on who he would be replaced with.
January 1st, 2020 at 5:46 PM ^
Qb coach can't do anything if Harbaugh has final say....not gonna work until he's gone.
January 1st, 2020 at 6:35 PM ^
Getting rid of Harbaugh. ? No. Instead...
Take those dark glasses off and getting the fiery badass back, yes...
along with Jack moving back to Minnesota instead of hovering over him, and the pressure seemed to have changed him. I want the ornery prick back, because the team truly responds to it. Bo was the consummate prick lest anyone forgets. It gives an edge to the collective group that when adversity come they beat it off
January 1st, 2020 at 5:05 PM ^
If you want Michigan football to play with the big boys year in and year out......we need better coaching.
January 1st, 2020 at 5:07 PM ^
I told you we should have gone to the Holiday. Better bowl, better off season.
January 1st, 2020 at 5:08 PM ^
Was Charbonnet hurt? He was ripping off 5 yard chunks in the first half and then we barely saw him in the second half.
January 1st, 2020 at 6:03 PM ^
They just bailed on the run game overall in the second half. Charbonnet had 10 carries for 73 yards in the first half and Haskins had 11 for 47. Charbonnet got THREE more carries to finish with 13 for 84, and Haskins finished with 18 for 61.
After combining for 21 carries for 120 yards in the first half, they finished with 31 for 145.
January 1st, 2020 at 11:06 PM ^
so that's 10 rushes for 25 yds in the 2H. and most of that 25 was by shae on a couple runs. looked to me that bama adjusted at the half and committed more to stopping the run. and they did. so it was up to shae to make plays, and he failed miserably.
January 1st, 2020 at 5:09 PM ^
1-9 in the last two games of the season.
No wins of significance away from Michigan Stadium.
Embarrassed year after year by our main rival.
If I could’ve spelled out how the tenure of Harbaugh through 5 years would look on this board when he was hired I would’ve been negged off this board as a troll. Now it’s reality and there’s still a large group of people that thinks this is as good as it gets. I don’t get it.
January 1st, 2020 at 5:40 PM ^
It drives me crazy when someone uses facts to attack harbaugh someone that we owe nothing mind you and people call you a troll. He’s getting 7.5 mill a year and he ain’t paying you a penny to defend him.
January 1st, 2020 at 5:11 PM ^
It’s safe to say the “Harbaugh: QB whisperer” narrative is in the grave.
I have no idea who’s fault it is. I’m not excited about playing the coaching lottery again, and I’m hopeful for Gattis. I won’t be calling for Harbaugh’s head this offseason, but I wouldn’t be disappointed if he were replaced with Brent Venebles or PJ Fleck.
January 1st, 2020 at 6:00 PM ^
Rudock and Luck still happened, Shea being a disappointment doesn’t erase the past. We’ve had an unlucky run at QB performances. If anything it’s incredible we got out of Shea what we did
Also, Fleck lost and got out coached in by far his biggest game of the season, and Venebles has never been a head coach. Harbaugh has his flaws but this fan base is losing its fucking mind
January 2nd, 2020 at 7:37 AM ^
Rudock put up numbers very similar to what he did at Iowa, just slightly inflated by more attempts.
The idea that Harbaugh greatly improved Rudock is just not reality.
January 1st, 2020 at 5:11 PM ^
This program is too soft mentally at the top. It shows itself against good teams on the road or at neutral sites. Michigan football has more Detroit Lion football in them than I would like to see.
January 1st, 2020 at 5:12 PM ^
Another shitty performance. We shouldn’t expect anything else
January 1st, 2020 at 5:12 PM ^
Bama was better
I liked the effort we played with
They're a better team
January 1st, 2020 at 5:40 PM ^
We were actually better inside the 20s. We have/had no big play capability with Patterson at the helm. They did and made us pay, that was the game. We kicked fucking FGs or got sacked to end a promising drive.