What if Devin were to get hurt?

[hungry]

Well, No one is asking this question. What if Coach Hoke threw Devin Gardner in there and he were to get hurt? Then we'd really only be 1 play away from disaster!!!

 

[wolverine304]

What if devin plays the 4th quarter and plays horrible. What would that do to his confidence. And the fans wouldn't have faith in him. "Great denards hurt and now we have devin in, he couldn't even pass agaisnt eastern michigan. Big 10 schools are going to kill him".

Stanford killed arizona but I saw andrew luck play the entire game. Running denard was a little silly but everybody needs to relax about this lol

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

Well, No one is asking this question. What if Coach Hoke threw Devin Gardner in there and he were to get hurt? Then we'd really only be 1 play away from disaster!!!

What do you mean? Then we'd still have Denard and a freshman backup. The other way around - leaving Denard in - and he got hurt we'd only have a backup and another backup.

 

[hungry]

What if devin plays the 4th quarter and plays horrible. What would that do to his confidence. And the fans wouldn't have faith in him. "Great denards hurt and now we have devin in, he couldn't even pass agaisnt eastern michigan. Big 10 schools are going to kill him".

Stanford killed arizona but I saw andrew luck play the entire game. Running denard was a little silly but everybody needs to relax about this lol

Well, he only ran 3 times in the entire 4th quarter. I don't have a problem with what they did.

 

[Guest]

Nobody but the clowns calling the game really seem to care ...just more influence from 'Fantasy Sports' and talk radio

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

Nobody but the clowns calling the game really seem to care ...just more influence from 'Fantasy Sports' and talk radio

I care, because I'm realistic and know that without Robinson we have very little offense.

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

What if devin plays the 4th quarter and plays horrible. What would that do to his confidence. And the fans wouldn't have faith in him. "Great denards hurt and now we have devin in, he couldn't even pass agaisnt eastern michigan. Big 10 schools are going to kill him".

Stanford killed arizona but I saw andrew luck play the entire game. Running denard was a little silly but everybody needs to relax about this lol

Well, he only ran 3 times in the entire 4th quarter. I don't have a problem with what they did.

Would you have a problem if he tore his ACL on the last run? I would. Looking back, everything turned out fine. But why roll the dice when you don't have to?

 

[Guest]

Nobody but the clowns calling the game really seem to care ...just more influence from 'Fantasy Sports' and talk radio

I care, because I'm realistic and know that without Robinson we have very little offense.

Nobody worried about true Freshman Chad Henne getting hurt or giving his possible back up 'experience' and before Chad Henne, it was rare to see an underclassman start at QB (Henson forcing Navarre in as a Soph was rare)

But to clarify ....you aren't suggesting Gardner needed time, you're saying at 28-3 you pull DRob for fear he'll get hurt and w/o him, "we have very little offense."

That's different ....irrational, but different

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

I care, because I'm realistic and know that without Robinson we have very little offense.

Nobody worried about true Freshman Chad Henne getting hurt or giving his possible back up 'experience' and before Chad Henne, it was rare to see an underclassman start at QB (Henson forcing Navarre in as a Soph was rare)

But to clarify ....you aren't suggesting Gardner needed time, you're saying at 28-3 you pull DRob for fear he'll get hurt and w/o him, "we have very little offense."

That's different ....irrational, but different

I'm just saying pull Drob when we're up 28-3 in the 4th quarter not to start Gardner. I think it's silly to keep your starters in. Nothing good can come from it - and they can easily get injured....any of them. Imagine if Lewan went down or Molk in the middle of the 4th quarter. It totally wouldn't be worth it. Lloyd did that all the time. Heck when we played EMU a few years ago under Lloyd we beat them like 55-0 and I remember backups coming in, in the 3rd.

 

[Guest]

THAT CAN HAPPEN ANY PLAY!

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

THAT CAN HAPPEN ANY PLAY!

Yeah, he could get hurt on any play. It's a risk every snap that he gets hurt - but why risk it when there's pretty much no situation where EMU can win? Please explain? because it's not that Denard needed practice at running. It's not like they tried to get him practice at something he's bad at (cough cough throwing). If he gets injured in the 4th against EMU there literally would be no point in it. Where if it happened in the 1st you could say they were trying to win the game.

 

[Guest]

If you coach and play games with that mindset, you're guaranteeing injury. If you're a badass snowboarder and you think about getting hurt, you get hurt ...

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

If you coach and play games with that mindset, you're guaranteeing injury. If you're a badass snowboarder and you think about getting hurt, you get hurt ...

Except I'm not telling Denard to pull himself out I'm telling the coaches to do it. Unlike your example if Hoke doesn't want to injure Denard - Hoke's not going to injure himself. There's a reason Matt Stafford was pulled out of yesterday's Lions game with like 8 minutes left in the game. And based on the past year - we know Denard is injury prone when he's played this much. SO there is no reason to keep him in.

 

[lostleader]

Its a long season. I always figured as a coach if you have a commanding lead and zero chance to lose you play your back ups. Save your staters for later protect from injury, allow the underclassmen to get a feel for a game. Not just Denard but everyone who doesn't need work.

Hoke could have left the 1st string Defense in cause they get rotated a lot and need work. But UM has plenty of Olinemen that could use some reps. Also if I am a recruit and I know I can play, even if its garbage time, that would help me choose UM.

Maybe Hoke figured even the starters need to do some work. I guess they had more to look at when they watched film Sunday!

 

[Guest]

Matt Stafford is a Pro -- incredible difference between protecting tens of millions of $$ and an injury-prone QB and continuing to play your starters.


Bo would have kept the starters in, I'd bet on it.

 

[wlvrnstlr4life]

Matt Stafford is a Pro -- incredible difference between protecting tens of millions of $$ and an injury-prone QB and continuing to play your starters.


Bo would have kept the starters in, I'd bet on it.

Then you'd lose, cause Bo always played his back-ups with a big lead, especially the defense.

 

[Guest]

Matt Stafford is a Pro -- incredible difference between protecting tens of millions of $$ and an injury-prone QB and continuing to play your starters.


Bo would have kept the starters in, I'd bet on it.

Then you'd lose, cause Bo always played his back-ups with a big lead, especially the defense.

We're talking about the starting QB finishing the game, managing the clock and getting reps not rotating in 2nd & 3rd stringers on D. Harbaugh didn't come out in games so his back-up could get experience or out of fear he'd get hurt.

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

Then you'd lose, cause Bo always played his back-ups with a big lead, especially the defense.

We're talking about the starting QB finishing the game, managing the clock and getting reps not rotating in 2nd & 3rd stringers on D. Harbaugh didn't come out in games so his back-up could get experience or out of fear he'd get hurt.

Bo would have put in the back up fullback and run right up the middle. He would not have taken his starting QB and ran him into lineman.

 

[Guest]

That's not the Michigan offense now.


Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to light this couch on fire....

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

That's not the Michigan offense now.


Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to light this couch on fire....

Yes but we have backups that if injured wouldn't ruin the entire season.