lr1400
December 9, 2008, 5:15pm
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Michigan lack talent, it doesn’t take a lot to see this; I think the previous staff didn’t do a good job reloading the program with talented players. RR did the right thing by running the offense he believe in, why should he build the offense around two second tier’s qb and slow down the growing process of the program? You guys are listing all kind of reasons (faster, stronger etc etc) but you are overlooking the importance of the qb position and the impact it has on the program, look at the top 5 programs and tell me what they all have in common - great qb play, look at some of the second tier programs like Ole Miss and tell me what they have - qb’s that can make plays. Same thing goes with Pitt, once they find that stud qb they will win a championship. I’m sure if RR had the 4 studs they lost on the offense (long, hart, chad, mario) they would have done things different. If you have a championship type team then wholesale changes may not be good but with a team like Michigan look long term.
I agree with you that RR should run his offense but you have to massage the offense to the talent you have. He has done this in the past at Tulane and Clemson just like Meyer did with the difference in Chris Leak and now with Tebow. RR probably has done this and may just have shite for players.