Let's hope so, the statements about no one to spell Stanley and JD seem crazy. We must have 10 WR - what about Hunt, McQuitty, Lindsey (zero production). Makes no sense, unless there is a HUGE gap. Maybe it's perimeter blocking that is missing
You nailed it at the end. They have to be able to block or their playing time will be limited. Speed isn’t the only factor to consider. Also... you have to be able to run precise routes and to know how to get off of press coverage without losing the route. The guys on the other side of the ball are also fast. You have to have more than speed. If speed is the only factor, Jamal Turner would have been a great receiver. He wasn’t.
Yup. Regardless of where they came from (HS or JUCO) and how much time they've spent in practice, translating to the field on game day takes longer for some guys than it does for others. We don't want guys to play who are going to make mistakes, but sometimes practice only takes you so far, you have to make mistakes at game speed in order for it to start to click. Even then, it takes time. Two games is not enough time for it to clock for many players.
I see your point, but this is big boy football, and if you do that every game it gets scouted out and you end up telegraphing your plays based on personnel packages. You want the guys you have out there to be able to execute the whole offense.
The whole team is making a zillion mistakes. Would be 2-0 if the mistakes were cut by just 30-40%
Seems like smoke and mirrors coming from the coaches. There’s no way that many players need to step up. Can’t that many receivers be doing less than Tyjon.
So what is the answer then? If there can’t be that many players needing to step up, do they just suck?
Maybe they do, maybe they don’t. I have a hard time believing six other receivers aren’t working hard enough or hasn’t proven themselves.
Then what? Are they in the doghouse? There has to be a reason, and all those receivers in the doghouse doesn’t make much sense to me.
I have no problem with you thinking what you want. Just tell us what your thinking. Just don’t leave it open ended. When you say smoke and mirrors it feels like you are insinuating something and I don’t know what it is. Are the coaches being deceitful? Are they covering something up? Or are they playing it close to the vest to keep Michigan guessing? Are the players we have not up to snuff for the coaches’ liking? I just don’t know what you think is going on, which is why I’m asking more questions.
You have the free will to say and think what you want. You think you are special and the rest of us don’t? You better believe you are going to get called out when you call coaches liars.
Well I listen to all the interviews, read all the articles, same as most fans. What has been obvious to me is that Walters has been high on Andre Hunt from day one and Held has had very positive feedback about Jones. From one week to the next they make very bold comments about their playmaking abilities but yet neither are on the field. Same with Cam Taylor on defense. One thing I’ve noticed is that Held always qualifies his positive feedback with something like “of course the decision on who plays is up to Coach Frost”. I think there are mixed feelings among the coaching staff about who should be in the rotation. And at the end of the day Frost is making all decisions including playcalling and personnel. It seems like this week the position coaches have been less committal publicly about whose gonna be added to the rotation. Maybe it’s to keep Michigan guessing or maybe Coach Frost told them to stop talking.
Thanks for clarifying. You could be right on either count. Ultimately the head coach makes the call. I believe Bo was the one who said to go with Martinez back in the day...
Don't know about Jones but the rumor is that Woodyard has been dropping balls in practice, hence the bench. Speed is useless if you don't catch the ball.
