The Michigan loss in particular was extremely frustrating, all
the questions about this team have been posed, and unfortunately
answered with a 4 overtime loss to a sub par Penn State team. Michigan
was in a great position to seal this game late in the fourth quarter up
34-27, with a 47 yard field goal attempt looming. With 2 timeouts
remaining they received a delay of game penalty that pushed it back to
what would be a 52 yard attempt, so they decided to punt. Penn State
responded with a 80 yard drive that took only 30 seconds to tie the game
at 34. How does this happen? How does Head Coach and Quarterback not
have the awareness to see where the play clock is at. It's unacceptable.
We are all aware of the fact that the Michigan offensive line is not
very good, young, inexperienced, whatever the reason. Then your All
American Tackle sustains an injury and is out for the second half. Which
leads me to this, it's time to part ways with Al Borges. His play
calling was atrocious. After the 15th time your running back gets
stopped for negative yardage, CALL A DIFFERENT PLAY! STOP BEING SO
PREDICTABLE! I am pretty sure the Penn State defense was tuned in with
all 11 guys after running the same play OVER AND OVER AGAIN. This is the
fourth game that I can recall that his play calling has cost us the
game. At MSU, and at Iowa in 2011, the second half at OSU in 2012, and
this past Saturday. There was always the excuse that with Denard
Robinson he couldn't run the offense he wanted to, and that may be true.
Bottom line is, he has had windows where his play calling either didn't
fit the personnel on the field, or was just plain predictable and
conservative. With shaky wins against Akron and Uconn, the doubts were
out there in full force. Maybe we just need to come to the conclusion
that this team isn't very good, the talent is there, but maybe a year
away from what we are expecting this year. In two road games this team
has shown no life in hostile environments. So we are supposed to think
this team can win at State? At Northwestern? At Iowa?
This is heading
toward a 7-5 season real quick if they don't figure it out, and don't
get it twisted, these top tier recruits that are verbally committed to
this program will decommit in a second if we keep losing to teams we are
clearly better than. This is the first time in these two and a half
years under this coaching staff that I am feeling doubt creep in. How
does Brady Hoke not call timeout in the fourth quarter when the play
clock was running down, Al Borges is not the Offensive Coordinator we
thought he was, Even Greg Matteison has us wondering. Why aren't we
bringing more pressure? Is it personnel? Is it trust? You are doing your
secondary a disservice when you let the opposing quarterback sit in
the pocket for 8 seconds.
John Beilein, Head Coach of our basketball
team, had to make some hard decisions after his third year when it came
to his staff, Brady Hoke is going to have to do the same thing. I say
bring back former players to the staff, Erik Campbell to coach the
receivers, Mike Hart to coach the running backs, Marcus Ray to coach the
defensive backs, and Scott Leoffler as Offensive Coordinator and
Quarterback Coach. These guys have been here, been through it,
understand this program, won championships, and bring a younger flavor
that these kids can relate to. This weekend was tough, but we will all
get back on the horse starting today when the Tigers and Red Sox play
game 3 at Comerica Park, and this weekend when Michigan hosts the
Indiana Hoosiers.
Hopefully we will all be a little more cheerful come
Sunday. But if our teams continue to play poorly...one of our hot fudge sundaes or a brownie sundae may make it all better. http://the-sportsbar.com/
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