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ttun Shenanigans and Arguments (2018 thread)

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NFBuck said:
Couple interesting tidbits from the Harbrau Ministry of Excuses...

scUM's Offensive Tackle situation is so dire, they're pinning their hopes to an grad transfer from Rice. Will face stiff competition from Texas, as they are also in need of help there and he grew up in Austin.

http://mgoblog.com/content/well-heres-probably-fruitless-pursuit-grad-transfer-ot

Also, they appear to moving on to their third TE coach in as many seasons, as they have poached Sherrone Brown from CMU. If you're asking "who?", you're not alone.

http://mgoblog.com/content/sherrone-moore-join-michigan-staff

There are numerous issues with that program, but IMO, three are really preventing them from making the leap they so desperately crave:

1) Recruiting- This year's class is middling at best. Even their more highly-rated 2016 and 2017 classes were more a case of quantity over quality. Harbrau simply has not given the bump they all deemed inevitable. Sure, he's landed the occasional big timer (Gary, DPJ, Soloman), but for the most part, he has landed a crap load of low 4* and 3* kids. They continue to fall further and further behind tOSU, talent-wise, and are also falling behind the pedtards. They need to be pulling in a lot more talent than they have been if they want to get over the third place hump. Their inability to do so has led them to lean heavily on the grad-transfer market (see above). Grad transfers are typically stop-gap players to fill a hole. They're not guys that you lean on.

2) Assistant Coaches- They really need a serious upgrade to their offensive staff and philosophy. Their offense is stuck in the stone age. It looks like there will be a shakeup to their staff, but who do they get? Dan Enos, a guy who is a carbon copy of what they have now, and not what anybody would call "dynamic." Oh, and Central Michigan's TE Coach/Recruiting Coordinator. They need a Tom Herman or a Joe Moorhead, but they're not even trying.

3) QBs- Year four coming up, and the "QB Whisperer" has done nothing to justify that reputation. Now, they're pinning their hopes, in what will be a critical season for tha Harbrau, on a transfer from Ole Miss...based on the assumption he will be cleared to play. Looking at his career at Ole Miss, there's nothing that says he's a slam dunk. He was "meh" as a frosh, and though his numbers look decent last year, he was pretty mediocre against any defense with a pulse. Plus, there's a pretty strong likelihood he would be operating behind a questionable OL, particularly the tackles...they're in dire straits there. If Patterson isn't cleared this year, it's Peters, who did nothing to indicate he was the "Andrew Luck v2.0" mgoblog would have you believe he was going to be going into last season, or Dylan McCaffrey, a kid who was quite highly rated when he committed, but saw his rankings drop as a Senior...never a good sign.
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4) Development. While we're leaving them in the dust in recruiting, they can't get over MSU (or Wisconsin) because they're not developing those 3star and 4star kids. MSU was just as inexperienced this year.
 
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DiamondBuck said:
Here, have some blue kool-aid.

Michigan Football: Don’t Count out Dylan McCaffrey in QB battle


The truth is talent wise, the Wolverines are loaded at quarterback. Shea Patterson, who is transferring from Ole Miss, is a five star and the top-ranked passer in 2016. Brandon Peters was a four-star in 2016, as was Dylan McCaffrey in 2017 and Joe Milton this year. That’s four big-time talents for Michigan football, now they just need to be sorted out on the depth chart.

https://gbmwolverine.com/2017/12/13/michigan-football-dont-count-dylan-mccaffrey/
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Some of them still pretending that Patterson wont be the starter the moment he puts on a uniform if hes eligible is hilarious.

If McCaffery or any of the other so called "studs" were so competent thry wouldn't have needed to go get another Transfer. They couldn't even dethrone Korn this past season.
 
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