Related to that perhaps, a thought that I had today regarding not hitting and physicality

Posted on September 7, 2026 at 03:16:26 PM by Rich

Apparently Whit didn't hit a lot in camp at Utah, but they were supposedly physical. But I wonder, were they just the most physical team in the Mt West, P12 and B12? That might not be even an average physical team in the B10. Now, WMU is obviously a MAC school but being a Midwestern program it is has a lot of the same mentality and they are coached by an Alabama guy to boot, and I think we know the SEC/Alabama is always physical.

Or this is all just guessing.

Back to the board

Thread:

The simplest explanation is that Whitt wasn't used to the talent level of a program like Michigan. He ran fall camp like a country club and figured he'd just roll the kids out. - By Daytripper September 7, 2026 at 03:10:17 PM
- a game against western at home can’t be chalked up to “he wasn’t ready for the big time!” - By DetUMICH September 7, 2026 at 04:38:51 PM
- Zero % chance this happened * - By crumbs September 7, 2026 at 03:35:30 PM
- It certainly is a simple explanation.* - By Bluebuck September 7, 2026 at 03:33:11 PM
  - The other explanations involve moore level coaching or rr level overall talent. I'm not willing to consider those yet for my own sanity* - By Daytripper September 7, 2026 at 03:34:04 PM
    - * - By Bluebuck September 7, 2026 at 03:35:09 PM
- Sounds like we should have hired someone with ties to the program? - By xcheck September 7, 2026 at 03:23:16 PM
  - I think we hired a guy that's lost his fastball, hope to be wrong* - By Daytripper September 7, 2026 at 03:23:57 PM
    - A guy that’s lost his fastball does not attract Beck, Hill, Harding, Daley, Moa, Buchanan, IMO.* - By DetUMICH September 7, 2026 at 03:29:24 PM
      - I am not convinced Beck is a great pull. His resume is meh to be honest. - By Rich September 7, 2026 at 03:35:14 PM
        
        The turnaround at Utah with this head coach seems like the most relevant data point. the difference is he brought his qb so less transition. - By DetUMICH September 7, 2026 at 03:57:48 PM
      - Eh, imo in this era money talks, all those guys got huge raises, no?* - By Daytripper September 7, 2026 at 03:30:26 PM
        
        that’s a fair response but there are other things we did, hiring ND guy as GM, and just a lot of things that suggest he was loading up for a big run for a few years at M. - By DetUMICH September 7, 2026 at 03:53:04 PM
- Simple it is, but highly unlikely.* - By Frank3 September 7, 2026 at 03:21:44 PM
- They stunk because they were too talented? nm - By mgaelster September 7, 2026 at 03:18:41 PM
  - See my response to harbaugh. It colored his coaching, perception is reality. In one of his pressers he seemed exceedingly confident he had a 10 win team, he was giddy* - By Daytripper September 7, 2026 at 03:20:31 PM
    - It was interesting that after the game he said "I don't *think* we took Western Michigan too lightly?" - By Rich September 7, 2026 at 03:22:35 PM
      - indeed* - By Daytripper September 7, 2026 at 03:23:10 PM
- Related to that perhaps, a thought that I had today regarding not hitting and physicality - By Rich September 7, 2026 at 03:16:26 PM
  - i think he has said they hit a little less than normal for him. - By DetUMICH September 7, 2026 at 03:22:59 PM
    - completely agree and hope we fix things.* - By Rich September 7, 2026 at 03:26:02 PM
- Utah was more talented last year and probably is this year. He brought a ton of Utah guys with him due to talent gaps on roster* - By harbaughdyssey September 7, 2026 at 03:15:56 PM
  - Total 🧢* - By crumbs September 7, 2026 at 03:37:51 PM
  - We returned a lot of talent from last year. We were young. Our last two classes were ranked 6 and 11. We added a ton of talent. This is not an undertalented roster - By Rich September 7, 2026 at 03:21:09 PM
    - I didn’t say it was trash. Just comparable or even slightly worse than Utah. Many of the guys you mentioned aren’t good. Ffrench? Link?* - By harbaughdyssey September 7, 2026 at 03:30:30 PM
      - Ffrench was a 4 star recruited by Texas. He was a priority portal guy for us* - By Rich September 7, 2026 at 03:36:00 PM
  - Maybe it was Whitt's perception then that led to the orange slices and cookies camp atmosphere. The more he talks about it the more I go wtf - By Daytripper September 7, 2026 at 03:19:22 PM
    - Didn't 6p or stormhit post an article saying that Cignetti’s teams don’t hit at all in practice? nm - By mgaelster September 7, 2026 at 03:25:54 PM
      - I think cig likes to embrace his genius persona and probably hits a bit in camp, he's also a unicorn of a coach that can coachmogg everybody in CFB. I wish we had him* - By Daytripper September 7, 2026 at 03:27:52 PM
- Whitt talked a good game but after 9 months delivered a stillborn team, and will probably face the same fate as Anne Boleyn* - By Arctic September 7, 2026 at 03:15:53 PM

The Victors

Related to that perhaps, a thought that I had today regarding not hitting and physicality