2018 Michigan Season thread

[TyphonInc]

https://twitter.com/RedditCFB/status/947934162782183425

Now that is laugh out loud funny there.
@SuperMario - good to see you posting over here. I wasn't sure if you made the transition to the new board.

[HailHailMSP]

Michigan is in grave danger right now.

Trips to Rome ain't gonna get it done.

The Rome trip is actually a pretty darn good example. I am fine with a trip like that, but it should be earned. Meritocracy and all. Going on a little adventure like that without proving yourself leaves a lot to be desired. I actually never thought I would be questioning the toughness of a Harbaugh team, but I kind of am. And I do wonder if things like Rome have something to do with it. On top of coaching changes, it should be a head down and bring your lunch pail to work type of off-season. The less headlines, the better in my book. 
I've never seen a team with such a difference in effort, energy, and talent on each side of the ball. The D had a breakdown or two today, but it was never lack of effort. They went all out from start to finish. Meanwhile you see lazy blocks, half effort routes, and a QB that slides IN FRONT OF THE STICKS on 3rd & 1 with 1 min left in the game and a clock running. It's a strange dichotomy. Almost two completely different cultures between D & O. 

[ELA]

I think the trips to Rome are irrelevant.  I don't think the results are reltated to them, positive or negative, at all.

I think what Harbaugh was a genius at was attracting media attention.  But as all things that attract media attention, we can't wait for them to fail.  So once he got that, he had to deliver, and the fact that he's underachieving, now that same media that fed into him, as he intended, has turned against him.  It's Big Ten title or bust in 2018.

[847badgerfan]

Really?Didn't see half the game but the kid has talent.Not familiar with White/Rison they be talented too but DPJ maybe needs to be coached up

Madison will welcome him for that.

[Temp430]

Michigan's offense has problems as was painfully illustrated yesterday in the Outback Bowl.   Not sure if it was the all the youth and inexperience on the OL, WRs, or QB, and/or something more systemic like coaching or lack thereof.  Some of the play calls were bizarre and some players on the field looked lost so I'm leaning towards the latter at this point.  

[MrNubbz]

MDot has been on Harbaugh about some of the hires.Offensive side of the ball seemed lost after the half.Gotta believe MDoTs on to something

[847badgerfan]

Drevno and Pep should be fired today. Plain and simple. That and move the boy into some desk job or something. There are some really good coaches out there looking for a job.

Has LSU fired Canada yet?

[MrNubbz]

Drevno/Hamilton/JR should be shown the door if they are to improve.Quit giving them ideas with Canada

[847badgerfan]

Canada is an excellent coordinator when he's given complete control. I'm not sure that would work in Ann Arbor with the HC being an offensive guy and the nepotism in the room on top of that.

I saw Canada operate with his hands tied by Bielema in Madison. In the CCG, he said "F it, I'm gone anyway and I'm gonna call what I want to call, when I want to call it."

70 points later, he was gone.

Sounds like he is having similar issues at LSU.

He probably needs to be at a place where the HC is a defensive guy that will give him the keys and not look over his shoulder (like Bielema did to him).

How was his short tenure at Pitt? Did Nards let him run with it there?

[ELA]

Canada is an excellent coordinator when he's given complete control. I'm not sure that would work in Ann Arbor with the HC being an offensive guy and the nepotism in the room on top of that.

I saw Canada operate with his hands tied by Bielema in Madison. In the CCG, he said "F it, I'm gone anyway and I'm gonna call what I want to call, when I want to call it."

70 points later, he was gone.

Sounds like he is having similar issues at LSU.

He probably needs to be at a place where the HC is a defensive guy that will give him the keys and not look over his shoulder (like Bielema did to him).

How was his short tenure at Pitt? Did Nards let him run with it there?

He was amazing at Pitt

[847badgerfan]

I know that, but was he left alone to do it or was Nards involved too? That's the big question. He needs control.

[PortlandSpartan]

I know that, but was he left alone to do it or was Nards involved too? That's the big question. He needs control.

Can't imagine Narduzzi was overly controlling on offense.

[ELA]

I know that, but was he left alone to do it or was Nards involved too? That's the big question. He needs control.

It was all him.
I saw some more Enos to UM as OC picking up steam this morning.  He's a good coach, great recruiter, but as the head of my offense, he can't even carry Canada's bags.

[847badgerfan]

It was all him.
I saw some more Enos to UM as OC picking up steam this morning.  He's a good coach, great recruiter, but as the head of my offense, he can't even carry Canada's bags.

Some defensive-oriented coach is gonna get himself one helluva coordinator if Orgeron is really that stupid.