College Football 2010: So it begins

[MRT144]

Jesus H. titty-****ing Christ, the defense is so ****ing awful, I just can't ****ing stand it. It's like the Michigan defense is the equivalent of the Democratic party--heart's in the right place, but so goddamned incompetent.

Denard Robinson having a Troy Smith Heisman game.

[Guynemer]

The D is also very, very young.

It is also very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very bad.

[MRT144]

The D is also very, very young.

It is also very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very bad.

See tackling. See defensive line. See secondary.

[Guynemer]

Yeah. I forgot two "very"s there. Should've been one for each of those guys.

[Guynemer]

Incidentally... I told you guys so.

Fire RichRod!

[Lord Avalon]

You're fooling yourself if you think that firing him now is the solution. That will just delay our return. Our offense is pretty good (just not executing today). Shoelace is just a sophomore, FFS. Are you going to get a coach that runs a pro-style offense, for which our players aren't suited? The D will get better with experience.

[SlowwHand]

I don't see Michigan storming back in this game.

[Lord Avalon]

Hey, we got a stop. Now need to score TD.

[Guynemer]

You're fooling yourself if you think that firing him now is the solution. That will just delay our return. Our offense is pretty good (just not executing today). Shoelace is just a sophomore, FFS. Are you going to get a coach that runs a pro-style offense, for which our players aren't suited? The D will get better with experience.

I've no problem with the offense. The defense has been absolutely ATROCIOUS ever since RichRod took over. He's had more than enough time to make them, at the very least, mediocre. He has failed utterly. He also has a very short leash due to the first-ever NCAA violations. Fire him.

[Lord Avalon]

****, Denard picked again. Not making good decisions.

[Guynemer]

a PUNT?!

[Guynemer]

Inexcusable. INEXCUSABLE.

I expected Michigan to lose. I expected the defense to get torched. I'm not suprised by any of this; I've advocated for firing RichRod ever since the violations were revealed.


BUT A PUNT?! FIRE THAT MAN.

[Lord Avalon]

I've no problem with the offense. The defense has been absolutely ATROCIOUS ever since RichRod took over. He's had more than enough time to make them, at the very least, mediocre. He has failed utterly. He also has a very short leash due to the first-ever NCAA violations. Fire him.

I'm not convinced he has had enough time to make it mediocre. When he arrived, there were something like 23 scholarship players on D (slightly over half what you'd expect). How can you expect a really young D like we have to reach mediocre? And some of the upperclassmen we do have haven't been so good. See Ezeh, especially. And Warren made the bad choice to go pro. Ezeh and Mouton are playing better than last year, but I thought they should have played like this last year, when they regressed. I was not impressed with former LB coach Hopson. And we've had 3 DCs in 4 yrs. (OK, I suppose you can say ultimately that responsibilty falls on Rich Rod, because he chose those guys.) On a thin D, we've also had a number of injuries in the secondary. End result: bad D.

I think U-M will make a bowl this year, and that next year will be better. Unless there's a coaching change, then I'm not sure. It might be better just because young players have more experience, and not so much to do with a new coaching staff.

[Guynemer]

I'm not convinced he has had enough time to make it mediocre. When he arrived, there were something like 23 scholarship players on D (slightly over half what you'd expect). How can you expect a really young D like we have to reach mediocre?

He arrived THREE YEARS AGO. The players he inherited aren't young anymore; the young ones are ones that he recruited.

And we've had 3 DCs in 4 yrs. (OK, I suppose you can say ultimately that responsibilty falls on Rich Rod, because he chose those guys.)

On a thin D, we've also had a number of injuries in the secondary. End result: bad D.

Indeed, the secondary has been banged up bad. But they sucked last year when they were healthy; I see no reason to think they'd be any better this year, since it seems like the defense, as a whole, is actually WORSE than last season, which is just ****ing amazing, because they were god awful last year.

I think U-M will make a bowl this year, and that next year will be better. Unless there's a coaching change, then I'm not sure. It might be better just because young players have more experience, and not so much to do with a new coaching staff.

Yeah, they should go 6-6 or 7-5. Not exactly a success, but an improvement. BUT: with this defense, no game (not even Purdue) is a gimme. They could very well lose all six of the next games. What would you do then? Especially given that the defense appears to get worse every year.

I mean, honestly. The offense can't really get much better; if the defense keeps getting worse, why shouldn't he be fired?

[Ben Kenobi]

Cocks are still up with 7 minutes left 35-21.