I think JH will be fine - next year could end up being an 8-4 type season for us potentially. We have talent but unfortunately not a lot of depth after this year. Let's look at it by positions:
- QB - Speight, McCaffery, Peters, Morris, O'Korn - we will be more then fine here
- RB - Ty, Higdon, Evans, Johnson, Davids, Walker, and a slew of others - think we will be fine there as well. Isaac need to learn how to block and we should be ok.
- TE - Asiasi, Bunting, Wheatley, Eubanks - also should be fine there
- WR - Ways, Harris, Perry, Crawford, McDoom and hopefully some good recruits - this will be the biggest weakness in our offense next year. Hoke sucked at recruiting WRs
- OL - Cole, Kugler, Bradeson, JBB and a few really good recruits - we will be fine here
I think on offense, we might actually improve if anything. The only bit that concerns me about our offense is I don't see any scenario in which Trevno stays at Michigan. I think some NFL team will come calling given his style of offensive play calling.
Defense is where we will see the biggest hit with the departures. Obviously with McCray, Gary, Mone, Kemp, Jones, Hudson, Bush, Winovich, Ron Johnson, Long, Hill (younger brother), Kinnel, Dwumfour, Onwenu, Bosse, and Furbush we have some talented guys returning. I think we will lack some depth here and have quite a bit of youth. However, the good news is that a lot of these players are getting PT right now. Gary, Mone, McCray, and Winovich should anchor a pretty strong defense for us.
We'll just have to score a lot of points next year especially if McDoom and Crawford can become deep threats with their speed
And I imagine there will probably be 2-3 true freshmen that play well - ala Gary & Evans.
