MGoBlog Roundtable

[@lytelime8104]

Based on the fellas assessment of the first 2 games, is it too soon to ask if Sherrone missed on BOTH coordinator hires? Looks like the biggest mistake of the offseason was allowing former DB coach AND defensive passing game coordinator Steve Clinkscale to leave. He should have been offered the DC position and perhaps Michigan would still have been pretty good on that side of the ball.

[@teddy.d174]

It’s definitely too soon. I understand your urgency however, we must be patient and allow this team and staff to jell.

[@lytelime8104]

@@teddy.d174 That was my mindset too Teddy….before I watched all of the film studies. If you haven’t watched them yet you definitely should.

[@teddy.d174]

@@lytelime8104 I’ve watched everything except the ones on the Autograph app. I haven’t had the time to sit down and really get into those episodes. I plan on doing it tomorrow. I just have a hard time completely 💩 on two guys with their stellar reputation. It’s also possible that they just aren’t a fit here, but that remains to be seen.

[@teddy.d174]

@@lytelime8104 I think it’s entirely possible that they’re trying to teach these players way too much. I think right now that many are trying to drink from a firehose, so to speak. You can see that guys aren’t playing freely, they’re thinking way too much and on the field that leads to disaster. They need to simplify things on both sides of the ball and see how the players respond.

[@toribaker00]

Should've hired Coach Clink as D-Cord!!!

[@killa.q_]

No

[@foxbodyblues6709]

Nobody wants to come to a program facing tremendous sanctions.

[@JBerryGoBlue]

Thanks for cheering me up fellas! 😂😅

[@rucotomo]

Craig talking about Michigan becoming a primary passing team... What are you talking about?? With this quarterback? With this play calling? These guys are running 5 yard outs 7 yd curls nothing that puts secondaries on their heels. No way this OC has the imagination to do that. You have two of the Big ten's best running backs find ways to get them the ball!

[@kristopherdurr]

Pass 2 WHO.

[@bunjidogg]

The problems with the offense are so obvious, especially not using playmakers to the best advantage, it points to coaching incompetence.

[@rucotomo]

💯

[@drewstein5403]

Yeah idk what they saw in camp to start Davis Warren at QB

[@kristopherdurr]

How do u know how good the receiver's are if u just throw to one person or do the same thing over and over. Pound the rock. Then put the playaction into effect.

[@BrianCarroll-l7y]

Relax on the panic. Wink has some corrections to make, and the Texas game gives him examples to work with especially with the linebackers. Agree, Mason not fast enough to be on the edge. Doman had issues, While it would be nice to see Orji for a quarter, also think Davis can spread the ball more. On a couple of 3rd downs, Donovan more open than Colston. Hit a few of those and it frees things up as he will break one of those. In the open field, no one has caught him from behind. Lots of issues to work on, but also time to do it.

[@SmashTheNumbers]

The USC v. Michigan game will be HUGE. The line for that game is all over the place. WIn that game and we are back on track.

[@anthny2269]

We probably won’t win that game bro, get prepared

[@SmashTheNumbers]

@@anthny2269 I am not jumping off the bandwagon. Let's see what happens. These guys did not mention that Michigan was "-3" in turnovers. Without that, the game is much closer. On average, each turnover is worth 4-5 points. Just do that math.

[@drewby613]

Well, at least we don’t have anybody whistling past the graveyard. Heck no! With this crew it’s, “We’re gonna die!!”😂😂

[@toribaker00]

What were they DOING ALL F'N SUMMER!!!..SMGDH

[@marcus_2raw]

Thank you Brian smith , from my mind to your mouth. The personnel decisions are baffling

[@gmbtempe]

Gonna be some dark times given the coaching I saw and current talent level on the roster. This is essentially a whole new staff...and it showed big time last weekend.

[@RICOJEEZUS]

Don't think this defense will be up to the task for USC at all, although I was told constantly that the defense would be BETTER than last year 😂 Sane people knew that was not a possibility. USC is an automatic L for me right now. It's gonna be a long season. They could drop ANY game on this schedule and it's sham3ful, frankly. These commitments are not gonna stay with their choice seeing that these coaches have no idea what they're doing. "Milroe 2.0", "better linebackers than last year", "Orji's gonna run people OVER and defenders will have to make business decisions to bring him down", "Wink won't change the defense", "11-1 or 10-2", "JJ wasn't THAT important", "Donovan will have Heisman stats" is all I heard from the fans on the de1usional side of the spectrum. Hopefully Sherrone won't be Marcus Freeman 2.0 😂 At least Freeman can still recruit.

[@TeriyakiSky]

“Snap back to reality… ope, there goes gravity”

[@mennig182]

Orji is a threat until it’s 3rd and 7+. Then you’re screwed unless you intend on going for it on every 4th down and you decide to run it for two plays. He can’t be relied on to complete 50% of his passes.

[@lookatcurryman5974]

How do you know he’ll only complete that much? He doesn’t play so you can’t say that

[@Funnyfan321]

@Craig Doman literally won us the Maryland game last year with the punt dropping right at the 1 yard line. Also, his worst game was game 7 vs IU where he had 2 punts for an avg of 36 yards. So idk where the claim he was bad in the 2nd half of the year is coming from.

[@jasonanernathy5721]

Whoever plays QB must be able to run when needed. And has to get outta the pocket and give our players time to get open.

[@anthny2269]

Perfect take on Link!!

[@frogii938]

In all of Harbaughs years at Michigan, never did they have to prepare for Texas type matchup in week 2. Utah in year one they lost. And some Notre Dame games. And without a layup the week prior. Fresno required their attention. With all the changes, I think Sherrone will grow from this.

[@bumpskillers]

I think they have to be more exotic because they know they don’t have the depth on d line to slug it out on longer drives all season

[@Hassler247]

To Craig’s point we also essentially lost Rod Moore as well who was absolutely crucial to this defense the last 2-3 years. They look out of sorts on both sides of the ball and they are making mistakes we haven’t seen for over three years of football. Loveland’s fumble really stood out to me as an example of this. Those type of plays have not been happening to our team and we have by far won the turnover battle for three straight seasons. Things don’t look good, not sure what else to say. Hope they prove me wrong but right now I can see 8-4, even 7-5 unless they clean things up. I wasn’t saying that two weeks ago 🤷‍♂️

[@chrisknickerbocker6878]

Did Brian just suggest Quinten Johnson weighs 180 lbs? He's 203 lbs. And, as much as I agree with playing Edwards at WR, he's a 5-star RB recruit who likely wants to be an NFL RB. If he's not keen on moving to WR full time you risk losing him altogether. That's not an easy ask for a first-year HC. This year feels like a wash. I am more concerned about '25 when Edwards, Hinton, Priebe, Stewart, Mullings, & Paige graduate and Loveland, Graham, & Johnson likely enter the draft. I could also see Moore, Grant, & Barham going pro. I think we need to get guys like Jayden Davis & Jordan Marshall some live snaps, hit the portal hard this offseason, and find a top 10 recruiting class which we haven't done much of in the past several years. This looks like a team in jeopardy of not being bowl-eligible, which will be a big problem for off-season development missing out on those extra weeks of practice time.

[@gregguess5248]

Seth studies film for fun , that’s the opinion I would trust the most .

[@paulhelman2376]

Tuttle is a mature player with ability.

[@jonathanbruton4901]

Brian was telling us how the rest of the year is going to play out. It seems like it will be a bad year for the football team. Come on basketball season.

[@Frank313Archie]

The whole offensive line just about need to be blown up. They should try Raheem Anderson at left guard, crippen at center and gentry left tackle

[@markkulas9006]

They will not adjust. Harbaugh is gone. They are NOT a GOOD staff!!! Be thankful for a 6-6 season

[@theking7871]

I just say it now.. Yes we have our problems and much to fix.. But, no one is beating Texas this year as long as they stay healthy. Its easy to be down over this. Imagine teams analyzing themselves after they played us last season. Same type of depression. Texas came in with the best QB and offensive line. THey plugged all the holes they needed to in the Transfer Portal. DTs, WRs and some secondary help. THey are the real deal. But, yes. We have alot to work on and get fixed, but its early and perhaps this exposure of that will be the best thing that could have happened to this team and coaches.

[@vaughnwesterby5162]

Craig just can’t help himself, poltics, and no I didn’t spell it wrong! Let’s all stick to sports, hey! I try to keep my politics separate from sports! 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@RICOJEEZUS]

They can't help themselves, what else should we expect from an adult indoctrination camp? 🤷

[@bluefab5]

Man, Sam is so uncomfortable.

[@blankname6629]

I think they put weight on link too quickly. He looks like a guy who should really be in the 310 to 320 range he looks like he needs to lose between 15 and 20 pounds. The quickness that was on his high school film is just not there. And he is confused by the different fronts he has faced as well.

[@Funnyfan321]

This is the first L Michigan has had in the reg season since @MSU in 2021. The good news is the season is so young and the coaches and players have an opportunity to learn from this a$$ whopping and show improvement this week. The bad news is the season is so young and the coaches could realistically change nothing and just keep letting Link get cooked and Warren injured.

[@paulhelman2376]

Remember how Duncon McDonald was underutilized!

[@matthewmiller8758]

Mid d line is totally unfair, i agree with avg defensive tackles. The edges are great

[@CutFromADifferentCloth7]

They were clowning us and said at Halftime we were trying to rehire Connor Stalions, SMH.

[@fredbriggs2225]

"They" who?

[@stevenvargo2440]

Bottom line: Texas is just better! Their OLine is elite! They have a pro QB! They have 4 NFL WRs and an NFL TE. And Sark is an elite play caller. If Michigan's offense couldn't score at least 25 points versus TX, they were gonna lose because their defense was gonna give up points. Offensively, they're inexperienced on the OLine, at QB and WR. And our punt game has been garbage thus far. Doman isn't even averaging 40 yards per punt. Which hurts Michigan when they're trying to win the field position. Anyone thinking this team would be able to holdup defensively versus this year's schedule is insane! If we were playing last year's schedule, we'd be fine. But we're not! Their schedule is brutal. And this year's talent level is clearly a notch below where we were last year and in 2022.

[@robsmith4864]

To many soft spoken coaches need more yellers

[@michiganlover12]

Great show! Wink gives too much freedom in his defense for college kids. Oline woes are disappointing but understandable. Wr room is terrible no excuse

[@qstorm39]

Kurt Collins, grant Newsome and wink. All need to look in the mirror. There units have looked like garbage. We all knew there would be a drop off but to go from national champs to a 7-8 win team. Sad..

[@NicholasQuinn-z6s]

Beahan Knolls

[@aboveaveragejoe156]

The whole team looked disjointed and soft. 😮‍💨

[@CapitalCity512]

🤘🤠🤘 hookem

[@jayburks4963]

This is exactly why you don’t let your outgoing Coach pick his predecessor just think Lloyd Carr and rich Rod 🤷🏾‍♂️ everyone was so triggered just thinking about Brian Kelly being a HC at Michigan. I don’t get it.. you know what type of production your going to gain from him being there

[@dcsoda1]

Are you thinking Carr picked RichRod? You’re kidding right?

[@realball222]

As long as Davis Warren is the starting quarterback. Michigan will lose 4 to 5, maybe 6 games this year.

[@W1Z4RDCUDI]

Y’all gotta cut Craig Ross off during his intro

[@BillAthey-b1t]

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[@golfmaniac]

Some of what is going on now, shows how good the coaching staff was last year. Idon't see us winning any games this tear, because we out coached the other team.

[@bunjidogg]

On cornerback play, don't these highly rated players learn anything or get any coaching in high school? Biting on first move on 3rd and 13?

[@ronpippin4893]

Wow - I almost downvoted this episode because you guys are so BPONE.

[@jonstoops5850]

Gotta make sure the cats don't get eaten😅

[@realball222]

Just start Jayden Davis

[@MrFleck742]

Dude Brian is insufferable. Just sit the round table out if this is your energy

[@RICOJEEZUS]

Does reality upset your spirit? 😂

[@CutFromADifferentCloth7]

I disagree - Brian is a intelligent, rational and sensible with his takes unlike others. A number of you don't know what you're talking about, are delusional, like being lied to and have a hard time accepting the truth.

[@briancoburn5957]

​​@@CutFromADifferentCloth7this was probably a comment on his demeanor more than his opinions. Brian does not present well on camera - never has. Not many strangers would want to have a beer with a guy like this.

[@CutFromADifferentCloth7]

@@briancoburn5957 LOL, Oh ok. I work remote, listen and don't really look at the video for the most part - maybe that has something to do with it. Go Blue!

[@RICOJEEZUS]

​@@briancoburn5957if that's what OP meant then I def agree. Def not a pleasant person to be around. Extremely condescending and smug. It's offputting for sure.