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Former Michigan QB hints players don't like Jim Harbaugh

Good stuff. All adds up to a sleeping-giant-awake scenario. Michigan has as much talent on their roster as anybody. The problem's been coaching and leadership.

But they will be under a tremendous amount of pressure this year. PSU made the turn in 2016 with Moorhead's hiring, but nobody expected them to compete for the B1G -- the roster was young and not deep and full of former 3 star players.

While Franklin was expected to show some improvement, it's nothing like the expectations Harbaugh will have to deal with this year. Michigan has not been good in big moments under Harbaugh (throwing down the middle out of the end zone at home against Ohio State?) , but in fairness they have not been in very many big moments.

Still I worry about them more than any other team. Glad in this case PSU gets them in November after the defense has had some time to get settled in. Michigan-Wisconsin in consecutive weeks looms as the same kind of challenge as Ohio State-followed by MSU was last year.



On offense Michigan has addressed the OLIne problem (which to a large part was Drevno coaching oLIne and trying to be OC at the sa me time). Ed Warrnier is now the Oline coach
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Michigan hiring Warrnier to fix the offensive line is equivalent to Franklin hiring Moorehead as OC.

Shea Patterson won the QB competition in the spring no matter what Jim says about QB is still open.
 
Not for any particular commentary, but there are still (I believe) five kids on the roster that actually committed to O'Brien (M Allen, J Thomas, C Wright, D Thompkins and N Scott).

Pretty cool, aside from Thomas that is four players who will be really key for this team.
 
Agree but when the word is based on an OLine coach who has proved himself at OSU for 5 years there is some credence.

Have you ever heard a position coach say anything but good things in the spring?
Imagine if he said, "The players aren't trying very hard and are overweight. We will not be good this year." That would go over well.
 
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What’s the General early consensus of Patterson in AA? Is he really the best QB on the roster? People I’ve spoken with from SEC land seem to think he’s a turnover machine, especially when pressured. They say he has all the physical skills you like in a QB, but is a different player after he’s been hit a couple of times.
pretty sure he is playing baseball this summer....
Before he participates in his first Michigan summer camp, Shea Patterson is getting some stick-and-ball work in.

As he hadn’t played the sport for a couple of years, some heads were turned when the U-M quarterback was drafted in the 39th round of the June Major League Baseball Draft by the Texas Rangers. Nearly a month later, he signed a 2019 contract with the baseball organization that would allow him to play for the team after his football eligibility expires next season.

Over the weekend, the Austin American-Statesman reported that the Rangers have assigned Patterson to their Triple-A affiliate, the Round Rock Express. Patterson is taking batting practice with the team as well as other baseball-related activities, but is not playing in any games.

“The Rangers sent me here to be around these guys, learn from the veterans and pick up anything I can,” Patterson, who hasn’t played baseball since his junior year of high school, told the American-Statesman. “Oh, man, it’s a humbling and awesome experience. It’s remarkable to see how hard they work, how much they put into their craft”

That said, the baseball work won’t last much longer as Patterson will head back to Ann Arbor Thursday for the start of U-M’s summer camp Friday.

Patterson transferred from Ole Miss to Michigan in December of last year. He was ultimately granted immediate eligibility to play for U-M this season, and is widely viewed as the front-runner to claim the starting quarterback job in his first season in Ann Arbor.

A consensus five-star 2016 recruit, Patterson was rated by 247Sports.com as the No. 1 pro-style quarterback in the country and the No. 4 player overall on its composite board. After starting the last three games of his true freshman season, Patterson started the first seven games of 2017 before going down with a season-ending knee injury
 
pretty sure he is playing baseball this summer....
Before he participates in his first Michigan summer camp, Shea Patterson is getting some stick-and-ball work in.

As he hadn’t played the sport for a couple of years, some heads were turned when the U-M quarterback was drafted in the 39th round of the June Major League Baseball Draft by the Texas Rangers. Nearly a month later, he signed a 2019 contract with the baseball organization that would allow him to play for the team after his football eligibility expires next season.

Over the weekend, the Austin American-Statesman reported that the Rangers have assigned Patterson to their Triple-A affiliate, the Round Rock Express. Patterson is taking batting practice with the team as well as other baseball-related activities, but is not playing in any games.

“The Rangers sent me here to be around these guys, learn from the veterans and pick up anything I can,” Patterson, who hasn’t played baseball since his junior year of high school, told the American-Statesman. “Oh, man, it’s a humbling and awesome experience. It’s remarkable to see how hard they work, how much they put into their craft”

That said, the baseball work won’t last much longer as Patterson will head back to Ann Arbor Thursday for the start of U-M’s summer camp Friday.

Patterson transferred from Ole Miss to Michigan in December of last year. He was ultimately granted immediate eligibility to play for U-M this season, and is widely viewed as the front-runner to claim the starting quarterback job in his first season in Ann Arbor.

A consensus five-star 2016 recruit, Patterson was rated by 247Sports.com as the No. 1 pro-style quarterback in the country and the No. 4 player overall on its composite board. After starting the last three games of his true freshman season, Patterson started the first seven games of 2017 before going down with a season-ending knee injury
At least he has something to fall back on once their fans turn on him.
 
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