Michigan’s Sherone Moore to be named head coach

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

Your defense will be solid, but likely won't be helped so much in 2024 like the past couple years with your offense controlling the clock so well with the running game. You're also underestimating losing so much experience at all 3 levels like you are. Edwards is a nice complimentary piece but he's definitely no Haskins or Corum. Not sure what QB will be there in the second portal opening but it'll need to be someone pretty special. You should still pound the medium/lower end teams into submission but Texas, OSU, USC, and Oregon could be real problems.

Our season will likely rest on the ability of our QB. And a lot of talent at RB/TE returns, and while our line is basically entirely being replaced -- we rotated those guys so much that we had like 11/12 guys on the roster with tons of playing time. Mullings and Edwards will split the RB duties, and what we've seen of Mullings has been exciting so far. Or, one of the younger guys surprises us. But there's enough pieces there for the offense to be good, we just need a QB. Hoping Jadyn Davis can hit the ground running this spring.

 

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Right. Sure this happened without some Harbaugh meddling

Michigan football to hire Chicago Bears' Chief of Staff as its general manager

Michigan football will hire Sean Magee from the Chicago Bears to assume the roles of U-M’s general manager and senior associate athletic director, sources told 247Sports…

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Harbs taking all those rats with him from that sinking ship proves my point.

 

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Our season will likely rest on the ability of our QB. And a lot of talent at RB/TE returns, and while our line is basically entirely being replaced -- we rotated those guys so much that we had like 11/12 guys on the roster with tons of playing time. Mullings and Edwards will split the RB duties, and what we've seen of Mullings has been exciting so far. Or, one of the younger guys surprises us. But there's enough pieces there for the offense to be good, we just need a QB. Hoping Jadyn Davis can hit the ground running this spring.

Mullings could be decent but to this point the bulk of his work has come against bad teams, and Edwards is only effective as a change of pace back. He had the two runs against Washington and then was practically useless the rest of the season. Also I have no idea what your part about the OL means. Are you suggesting it was like hockey where you brought in full line changes throughout the entire game? Because that's far from true. You bring back Hinton who was trash but will now have to start again. Gentry had some garbage time snaps in 7 games and played special teams, but that appears to be the majority of the experience left on the whole OL. There's a transfer from NW who started for them, I guess.

Davis could be good down the road but throwing him in as a true freshman could wreck him. May just need to run an option-heavy offense with Orji and hope it works.

 

[osubuckeye89]

Mullings could be decent but to this point the bulk of his work has come against bad teams, and Edwards is only effective as a change of pace back. He had the two runs against Washington and then was practically useless the rest of the season. Also I have no idea what your part about the OL means. Are you suggesting it was like hockey where you brought in full line changes throughout the entire game? Because that's far from true. You bring back Hinton who was trash but will now have to start again. Gentry had some garbage time snaps in 7 games and played special teams, but that appears to be the majority of the experience left on the whole OL. There's a transfer from NW who started for them, I guess.

Davis could be good down the road but throwing him in as a true freshman could wreck him. May just need to run an option-heavy offense with Orji and hope it works.

They didn't get the transfer portal haul to supplement the OL like they did the last 2 years.

The guys who will be starting for the most part now are so good that they kept getting transfer portal recruited over.

Their OL is a way bigger concern than they want to believe.

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

Mullings could be decent but to this point the bulk of his work has come against bad teams, and Edwards is only effective as a change of pace back. He had the two runs against Washington and then was practically useless the rest of the season. Also I have no idea what your part about the OL means. Are you suggesting it was like hockey where you brought in full line changes throughout the entire game? Because that's far from true. You bring back Hinton who was trash but will now have to start again. Gentry had some garbage time snaps in 7 games and played special teams, but that appears to be the majority of the experience left on the whole OL. There's a transfer from NW who started for them, I guess.

Davis could be good down the road but throwing him in as a true freshman could wreck him. May just need to run an option-heavy offense with Orji and hope it works.

Michigan rather unconventionally rotated lineman in and out for plays, we obviously had "starters" but we rotated a ton of guys throughout the line this year.

Michigan football has a problem: More than 5 worthy starters on offensive line

Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh lauded his "scary good" team Monday: from it's offensive line, to its discipline to Roman Wilson's meteoric rise.

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Will Michigan continue to rotate on the offensive line?

The Michigan running game made strides last week against a solid Rutgers team, but it still isn't where it needs to be. The line is jelling..

www.on3.com

They didn't get the transfer portal haul to supplement the OL like they did the last 2 years.

The guys who will be starting for the most part now are so good that they kept getting transfer portal recruited over.

Their OL is a way bigger concern than they want to believe.

Michigan nabbed Josh Priebe from NW. And have Myles Hinton returning. That's RT and RG.

Center is probably going to Greg Crippen, who appeared in 9 games this year. This is most likely the least experienced piece this year.

LG is likely going to and LT is going to Gentry; both starters on special teams in all 15 games, and both rotated in on offense in like 10/11 of the regular season games this year.

Not to mention, the Spring portal happens in like 5 weeks. We have another opportunity to pick up players in that portal.

 

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They didn't get the transfer portal haul to supplement the OL like they did the last 2 years.

The guys who will be starting for the most part now are so good that they kept getting transfer portal recruited over.

Their OL is a way bigger concern than they want to believe.

I mentioned Hinton, he was the starter last year before getting benched by Henderson, who is now gone. They're going to desperately need portal help, the OL recruiting in 2022/2023 was horrifically bad. The coaching turnover is also going to play a much bigger role.

 

[osubuckeye89]

Michigan rather unconventionally rotated lineman in and out for plays, we obviously had "starters" but we rotated a ton of guys throughout the line this year.

Michigan football has a problem: More than 5 worthy starters on offensive line

Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh lauded his "scary good" team Monday: from it's offensive line, to its discipline to Roman Wilson's meteoric rise.

www.freep.com

Will Michigan continue to rotate on the offensive line?

The Michigan running game made strides last week against a solid Rutgers team, but it still isn't where it needs to be. The line is jelling..

www.on3.com

Michigan nabbed Josh Priebe from NW. And have Myles Hinton returning. That's RT and RG.

Center is probably going to Greg Crippen, who appeared in 9 games this year. This is most likely the least experienced piece this year.

LG is likely going to and LT is going to Gentry; both starters on special teams in all 15 games, and both rotated in on offense in like 10/11 of the regular season games this year.

Not to mention, the Spring portal happens in like 5 weeks. We have another opportunity to pick up players in that portal.

Hinton was so good in 2023 that he got benched.

 

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Michigan rather unconventionally rotated lineman in and out for plays, we obviously had "starters" but we rotated a ton of guys throughout the line this year.

Michigan football has a problem: More than 5 worthy starters on offensive line

Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh lauded his "scary good" team Monday: from it's offensive line, to its discipline to Roman Wilson's meteoric rise.

www.freep.com

Will Michigan continue to rotate on the offensive line?

The Michigan running game made strides last week against a solid Rutgers team, but it still isn't where it needs to be. The line is jelling..

www.on3.com

Michigan nabbed Josh Priebe from NW. And have Myles Hinton returning. That's RT and RG.

Center is probably going to Greg Crippen, who appeared in 9 games this year. This is most likely the least experienced piece this year.

LG is likely going to and LT is going to Gentry; both starters on special teams in all 15 games, and both rotated in on offense in like 10/11 of the regular season games this year.

Not to mention, the Spring portal happens in like 5 weeks. We have another opportunity to pick up players in that portal.

There are two main point made in those articles:

1. Zinter, Keegan, and Nugent were mainstays who weren't rotated out because they were the best linemen on the team.
2. They rotated tackles because Hinton sucked and they couldn't figure out what to do with them.

Some of the guy got minimal work against the crappy teams on your schedule early on. I'd hardly call that great experience, definitely not enough to feel good about them. There's a huge reason why teams don't rotate offensive linemen like this, and it's got nothing to do with "too many worthy starters".

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

Hinton was so good in 2023 that he got benched.

I'm not so sure he got benched so much as they were playing around with where to put guys last year. He still played in 14 games, though only started 5.

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

There are two main point made in those articles:

1. Zinter, Keegan, and Nugent were mainstays who weren't rotated out because they were the best linemen on the team.
2. They rotated tackles because Hinton sucked and they couldn't figure out what to do with them.

Some of the guy got minimal work against the crappy teams on your schedule early on. I'd hardly call that great experience, definitely not enough to feel good about them. There's a huge reason why teams don't rotate offensive linemen like this, and it's got nothing to do with "too many worthy starters".

We rotated guys throughout the entire season. Hinton is a great example. Only started in 5 games, played significant snaps in 14.

From the article:

However, it seems like U-M could rotate offensive linemen in and out, not just mid-game, but mid-drive, besides the times it goes with run-heavy personnel packages.

The "rally group" is the next wave of linemen ready to relieve the group ahead of it at anytime to give the starters a breather.

Michigan did this regularly throughout the year.

 

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I'm not so sure he got benched so much as they were playing around with where to put guys last year. He still played in 14 games, though only started 5.

Those starts all happened at the start of the year. By definition, he was benched.

 

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We rotated guys throughout the entire season. Hinton is a great example. Only started in 5 games, played significant snaps in 14.

He was benched dude, your own fanbase even knows it. There are articles about him being benched. If you are frequently rotating your tackles like that, it's a really bad thing. I know you're trying to be as optimistic as possible, but you guys really need some portal help bad on the OL.

 

[osubuckeye89]

He was benched dude, your own fanbase even knows it. There are articles about him being benched. If you are frequently rotating your tackles like that, it's a really bad thing. I know you're trying to be as optimistic as possible, but you guys really need some portal help bad on the OL.

Lol yea they are completely delusional. The couple of Michigan fans I know IRL are the same way, they swear they rotate their OL like hockey lines throughout games. Literally nobody does that and as you said, for good reason.

 

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Lol yea they are completely delusional. The couple of Michigan fans I know IRL are the same way, they swear they rotate their OL like hockey lines throughout games. Literally nobody does that and as you said, for good reason.

The article itself even says the rotation was happening at tackle, and mentions how Hinton struggled and was benched. That isn't coming from a position of strength.

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

The article itself even says the rotation was happening at tackle, and mentions how Hinton struggled and was benched. That isn't coming from a position of strength.

Offensive line was one of our best positions, like 4-5 guys are going to get drafted, 6 declared. This was not from a position of weakness but because we had too many startable players. Even if the suggestion is that Hinton's replacement was better, I'm not sure that means Hinton isn't a quality starter for 2024.

 

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Offensive line was one of our best positions, like 4-5 guys are going to get drafted, 6 declared. This was not from a position of weakness but because we had too many startable players. Even if the suggestion is that Hinton's replacement was better, I'm not sure that means Hinton isn't a quality starter for 2024.

Zinter is the only guy projected to be drafted before the 6th round.

Also, Hinton is not good and the numbers reflect it. By years end, his snap count was:
Washington - 4 snaps
Alabama - 1 snap
Iowa - 3 snaps
Ohio State - 0 snaps
Penn State - 13 snaps

And he graded out far below average in each game. He's a liability, man.

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

Zinter is the only guy projected to be drafted before the 6th round.

Also, Hinton is not good and the numbers reflect it. By years end, his snap count was:
Washington - 4 snaps
Alabama - 1 snap
Iowa - 3 snaps
Ohio State - 0 snaps
Penn State - 13 snaps

And he graded out far below average in each game. He's a liability, man.

Your argument that being the odd man looking out on and elite line that won a national title = not good is wild.

 

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Your argument that being the odd man looking out on and elite line that won a national title = not good is wild.

No it isn't. He was a starter at the beginning of the year, then he played poorly and got benched and played sparingly as the year went on. By the end of the year his snaps had dwindled and when he did actually play he wasn't good. He's a bad player so by all means, plug him in at LT.

 

[osubuckeye89]

No it isn't. He was a starter at the beginning of the year, then he played poorly and got benched and played sparingly as the year went on. By the end of the year his snaps had dwindled and when he did actually play he wasn't good. He's a bad player so by all means, plug him in at LT.

The logic that because someone was a backup on a unit where the starters were good means that person is automatically good as well is very Dumbest Fan Base In America type logic.

 

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The logic that because someone was a backup on a unit where the starters were good means that person is automatically good as well is very Dumbest Fan Base In America type logic.

He's a former blue chip prospect from the 2020 class. If he was any sort of good whatsoever he'd be in the upcoming draft.