I know everyone is down on the squad this year....fire all the coaches, etc. It's a tough time. I get it. But man, trying to not think about this year....looking ahead to next season has me shook. As I look at this current roster Consider this: We are not very good right now, and the roster of this not very good squad has really 4 guys that strike fear in the hearts of opponents: Kenneth Grant, Mason Graham, Will Johnson, Colston Loveland and ALL of those guys are likely gone after this year. And that is without even mentioning the bleak state of the QB room right now. So unless we just go FULL Miami in the portal this summer and start a tossing money at some real difference-makers (Which we've literally never ever done in the history of the program) then I have a very hard time seeing how next years team is not even worse than this current one....I'm 100% not trying to be a Debbie-Downer but....am I off base in my projection?

Good times were rolling as we all saw this program's dominance finally come to fruition under JH, with three Big Ten titles, three playoff births, and one National Title. None of us wanted the good times to stop, and I scoffed at anybody who suggested anything other than Sherrone Moore as our next head coach - as he was (and I believe still is) one of the main reasons we turned a corner as a team with the "smash" mentality.

However, I, like many others, were so concerned about keeping the same pro-style smash-mouth approach we never stopped to think about Should we keep things the same. There is a Jeff Goldblum quote in there somewhere...

While I loved smashing Ohio to a bitter pulp each of the past three years, the reality is nobody outside of a tiny percentage of programs (Iowa) runs a pro-style system for a reason. Sure, UM has some spread/multiple elements, but at its core, it's an under-center downhill run game with short timing throws into small windows—designed to keep the changes moving and the defense on the field.

Nobody runs this stuff in college anymore because you Need NFL talent, especially at the quarterback position, to be effective at it. I know what you're going to say...

For those who will point out Cade McNamara, I will also remind you of Josh Gattis, who brought spread elements into the UM offense in 2021 that helped Cade be as successful as he was. This only proves my point further. All you have to do is look at his performance now.

Even if you're getting 5*stars at the QB position (which UM isn't getting) there is no guarantee they'll pan out. Cough...DJ Uiagalelei...Nick Saban, Kirby Smart, and others have converted their traditional pro-style programs to running college-type spreads. While defense still wins championships, the bar to be competitive on offense has been driven up as well over the years.

I say this all to say that if Sherrone Moore wants this program to get back to what it was in years past, it's time for him to change and seriously think about who we are as a team and what's the realistic best way to compete and win Championships.

This is why I favor a necessary program shift toward a spread/college-style offense this summer.

Live at 7 p.m. Sherrone Moore, Steve Casula and Colston Loveland will speak with Jon Jansen

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Been a lot of angst about Campbell, but the answer may be for Moore to take over more of the role.

Anyone know the last in season firing related to on field coaching (aside from Partridge)?

a Top 15 team. We’ve got all the pieces; short a punter. We would have won “going away” against Illinois with J.J.

We lost 4-0 to St Cloud.

They scored the first goal during a 5 minute power play.

Their second goal was sort of a won face off where their player got thee puck near the boards and the top of the right circle and skated unencumbered at the net and beat Korpi (freshman Goalie) on a shot he needs to save.

Their third goal was an empty netter, much like our third gal last night. 4th goal was a Powerplay goal in the final minute.

Thoughts....

- Season is still young but it seems M may be a bit better defensively than we have in the past.
- we have a tough OCC schedule in Minny State, St Cloud, BU, and WMU along with the B1G. A surefire challenge for a young team.
- Said it vs Minny State and it seems like the question is still there. Who scores goals for this team. Right now it may be Schifsky & Hage. I don't see scoring up and down the lineup as we have in the past. Still early though.
- M had opportunites around SC's net, but their goalie was good. I think losing McGroarty may have ore of an impact than some thought.
- M has plenty of speed and I suspect some of the underclassman will start finding the net as they grow. Remember last year we were on this win one lose one early in the season.
- our Penalty kill seems good so far... Our power play, not as much, but I never thought we could repeat the success rate of last year.
- Would be nice to win some of the OOC games because they could help come tourney time with the pairwise record and with the B1Gexpected to be tough again this season.
- while we didn't score in this game, SC threw a defensive wall from center ice in starting around the 10 minute mark of the third period. M did managed to break it, but it was clear SC was working on something defensively, which it game M an opportunity to breaking such defense which they are more than likely to see again in B1G play. It's where we could benefit from a few snipers. Hopefully the younger guys don't start to press.

Next game is against the development team on Oct 25th... BC beat then 8-4 on Saturday.... not really sure what that means other than BC is good again.

It seems like an easier and cheaper path. Then dump Wink who has been 🤮 with a bunch of guys who were good enough to contribute to a national championship.

Former Wolverine Jim Scarcelli joins the show and looks ahead to the Michigan/Michigan State game. Scar also has film analysis of the Michigan/Illinois game.
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Open 00:00-5:37
MSU 5:38-13:50
?'s for Sherrone 13:51-27:47
Film analysis Illinois 27:48-1:09:03
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He keeps making these absolute statements, like, "Tuttle's our guy." Just say we're gonna play the players that give us the best chance to win.

I'm totally surprised at how over his head this all appears to be.

On whether he feels that Kalel Mullings got enough touches early in the game

Yeah, I think you can always get him some more touches. And, you know, he had 19 carries. I thought Donovan in the last game played really well and ran the ball well, so going back and forth, and then he had to fumble. So we tried to get Kalel back in the rhythm and probably do a better job doing that. But I thought he ended up having 19 carries. He usually averages around 25. So could have been a little bit early, but we also wanted to take some shots early. And we gotta connect on those.

He still doesn't get that Mullings is the key.

Michigan is vulnerable to historically high offensive outputs from Oregon and OSU this season, which could result in two of the most lopsided defeats in modern history. Furthermore, Coach Day's dislike of Michigan and desire for three years of revenge suggests he will likely continue to run up the score, even with a 60-point advantage even with minute left to play.

Needs to be left in Illinois. If he isn’t fired this weekend it’s inexcusable.

I’m always an optimist and like to see the positive sides of things.

Early in the season, I was willing to give grace with all of the changes. And through the first 4 games, I saw growth each week. Not a lot, but it was there. Against Washington, I thought the growth stopped. And after 2 weeks to prep, sadly we regressed this week. We are now actively moving in the wrong direction.

There are probably a million things to blame. And I’m not one to throw a fit and act like a child, so I’m not going to point blame and pretend I know more than dudes that get paid a lot of money. None of us here are as smart as we think we are, especially sitting behind a computer with zero repercussions to our comments and zero pressure to make good decisions.

But damn if I’m not concerned. Lots of changes need to happen this offseason. I’ll let the guys in charge figure out what needs to happen, but status quo would be overwhelmingly shocking.

Here at Little Caesars Arena for Michigan's exhibition game against Oakland. Tip-off is at 5 p.m. The game will air on B1G+. I'll try and post more updates than normal because I know not everyone will have B1G+

He wants to divide the money evenly between all sports? Which is why NIL for football is lagging?

Elite spot by Brock

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