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2010 TSUN News offseason (football)

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DaddyBigBucks;1716922; said:
It is simply objective reality that TSUN's '06 rushing defense was one of the 5 best in the past decade, and based on the aforementioned numbers, I would put it in the top 3. It is also demonstrable that RRod's defenses are not in the same [strike]zip code[/strike] galaxy when compared using this type of analysis.
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HonuBuck;1716999; said:
The App State game was a aberration...it was a season opener against a I-AA team and Michigan clearly came in flat. Hell, we put up 28 on you in 2003 and 26 on you in 2001, years in which you had defenses that were fringe-top10 in both total and scoring defense--and offense sucked both years--so cherry picking isolated games doesn't reveal the true nature of the defense's overall performance.
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I have to strongly agree with the above. WolverineMike, with respect, I don't consider your argument tenable.
 
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HonuBuck;1716999; said:
Three of those four games were against a Heisman winner and two top-notch mobile QBs. The App State game was a aberration...it was a season opener against a I-AA team and Michigan clearly came in flat. Hell, we put up 28 on you in 2003 and 26 on you in 2001, years in which you had defenses that were fringe-top10 in both total and scoring defense--and offense sucked both years--so cherry picking isolated games doesn't reveal the true nature of the defense's overall performance.

Again, your defense was not in decline when DickRod took over. You can do the Rainman routine until you're maize and blue in the face, but it doesn't change reality.
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Ohio state put up 21 in 2003. Not trying to start anything. I'm sure it was just an honest mistake.

Michigan until richrod always had a good front 7. Every now and then a great front 7. The past decade Michigan has had trouble with the defensive backs. 2006 Michigan had a good defense not a great one. Besides Leon Hall, Michigan didn't really have anybody in the secondary that was great. Even Leon struggled against great wide receivers. He always shut down players that weren't as talented as him. I can't really say the same now.
 
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heisman;1716975; said:
So, if the tsun defense was in decline, what grade would you give RR on addressing their shortcomings?
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not including this years incoming class, about a D. But I feel like he put in the effort to get some depth with this years class. If, and I stress IF, he's around next season, I think there will be a marked improvement.

I truly believe he thought he'd just come in and out score everyone. But we all know the Big 10 isn't the Big Least.
 
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WolverineMike;1717174; said:
not including this years incoming class, about a D. But I feel like he put in the effort to get some depth with this years class. If, and I stress IF, he's around next season, I think there will be a marked improvement.

I truly believe he thought he'd just come in and out score everyone. But we all know the Big 10 isn't the Big Least.
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If the defense was in decline when RR arrived, and he's put a "D" effort into recruiting and developing players on the defensive side of the ball, I don't see how in the world he's going to make it to year 4. From the bottom of my heart, I wish him nothing but the best. :wink2:
 
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From mgoblog:

Note: with Antonio Kinard's qualification status in doubt I'm going to hold off on him until we get an answer either way.
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Kinard is a project 3* DE from Liberty HS . I love when the things we said were going to happen (dickrod trying to get by on borderline/project recruits vice the bluechippers scUM fans were saying he'd rake in) continue to happen over and over and over and over again.



 
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I know every program takes a borderline kid here or there and blah blah blah.......but is the insane number of kids who barely or don't qualify for Michigan just because the microscope is on the program now, or is this actually a significant increase?
 
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BuckeyeNation27;1718782; said:
I know every program takes a borderline kid here or there and blah blah blah.......but is the insane number of kids who barely or don't qualify for Michigan just because the microscope is on the program now, or is this actually a significant increase?
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Michigan has taken minimum score kids for years, but there has been an increase in the volume of these recruits, particularly taking verbals from dire cases like kinnard and Dorsey. Both were extreme longshots when they were offered and committed. Dorsey however raised his GPA 0.7 pts in a semester at the third party school, which UM admissions did not accept as enough to admit him... partially because of the validity but also a judgment call on how he projects as a student given the scenario he found himself in back in december.
 
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Michigan football coach Rich Rodriguez talks Demar Dorsey, Nebraska and injuries
Michigan football coach Rich Rodriguez gave a presentation at today?s Sound Mind, Sound Body high school football camp at Wayne State. Before he began, he touched on a few topics with reporters.

On Demar Dorsey, the recruit who was denied admission to the university: ?I don?t know that it?s important to get into that right now and make sure the guys here for summer school are doing the right things. I think if you look, there?s probably a lot of them that people sign around the country, and there?s not as much attention whether they matriculate there or not. This one?s got a lot more attention, and I understand that. ... I worry about the guys who play for Michigan.?
Rodriguez said it won?t affect the way he recruits in the future.
You never know for sure how guys are going to (go). ... You should always have an idea. You have an idea where guys fall on the qualification (scale) with admissions. We have a very challenging academic and athletic environment. That?s a good thing, not a bad thing. So I think all coaches, not just us, have to look at everything -- not just who can get in, but who can get out and graduate. We have that in mind anyway, but you have to be mindful of that in the future.?
Rodriguez said he thought Dorsey would be admitted when he recruited him.
?Right,? he said. ?It?s hard to project some guys versus others. Some guys that may have struggled to get in, and they?re doing very well, and some guys that got in very easily and are struggling. I don?t think there?s an exact science to it. At the same time, we?re moving forward with what we?ve got and not looking back.?
Rodriguez said he didn?t know where Dorsey would go. He said he?ll know about the rest of the freshmen?s eligibility June 26, when orientation starts for the new players.

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Rodriguez's talk to the campers mostly focused on setting goals and how to advance to college football. That led to a question about grades and test scores necessary to get into school. He pointed out the NCAA standards and then said U-M enrollees average a 3.7 GPA and a 1350 on the SAT.
?That?s not the average of guys on our team,? he said, grinning. ?I?d have the slowest team in America.?
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Rodriguez's talk to the campers mostly focused on setting goals and how to advance to college football. That led to a question about grades and test scores necessary to get into school. He pointed out the NCAA standards and then said U-M enrollees average a 3.7 GPA and a 1350 on the SAT.
?That?s not the average of guys on our team,? he said, grinning. ?I?d have the slowest team in America.?
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...and in that little statement, lies everything you need to know about Rich Rodriguez.
 
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He pointed out the NCAA standards and then said U-M enrollees average a 3.7 GPA and a 1350 on the SAT.
?That?s not the average of guys on our team,? he said, grinning. ?I?d have the slowest team in America.?
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Either I am misreading, or ....


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NFBuck;1718855; said:
...and in that little statement, lies everything you need to know about Rich Rodriguez.
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I read this board nearly everyday and rarely post, but the fact that this guy has all of this mess going on around him and knows that every little thing he says or does is going to stripped down to its absolute core lets something like this come out of his mouth just screams beyond a shadow of doubt how big a fucking idiot he is...
 
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