Mr.TaterSalad

What an amazing hire. I'm still in shock it got done.

I was worried they were going to give Poggi a one year interim deal or simply settle with hiring Brohm. Wittingham is a superior hire to Brohm and the kind of hire you make if you're serious about turning the culture around at Michigan.

Wittingham seems way too squeaky clean for Warde to have hired.

I hope not. Warde still needs to go and Michigan needs to clean up its culture in his wake.

Holy **** Michigan hired Wittingham. What a great hire. I am stunned they did it.

Well OK then. I really didn't think there was anything to him resigning when he did at Utah, but maybe where there is smoke there is fire. This would be about as good a hire as Michigan could expect to get at this point.

Admitting you are wrong is one of the harder things to do in life. Hard because it sucks to be wrong about something and have to acknowledge it. But also hard because of the psychology of the human ego and mind. Some people lack the capacity go admit they are wrong because their ego has them jaded and certain about their decisions. For others, they may see what they are doing is wrong but are to arrogant, afraid, or proud to admit they are wrong. I don't know if any of this applies to Brad, Dan, or the front office. This offseason will tell us for sure. As you said, they need to do some soul searching and reevaluate their plan of action as far as roster construction goes. They need to recognize the mistakes they've made in talent evaluation in the draft. They need to recognize how aggressive they've been in trading up and that it hasn't always worked. In some cases, it's been to their detriment. They need to understand that just as you can't build a team entirely through free agency, you can't expect every draft pick to hit either. You're going to have to shore up your roster holes (and even acknowledge where the holes are to begin with) through free agent signings. It doesn't mean you go crazy, blowing money on the marquee talent that's available, but pieces will assuredly have to be added. If Brad goes out and gives another one of those receipts press conferences again after this subpar ass season, there will be a lot of people who turn on him. They need to eat a big slice of humble pie, be introspective, understand where things went wrong, and admit that to themselves, if nobody else.

I don't think they see the need at DE as most in the fanbase do. They really seem to like Marcus Davenport for some reason, even though it's been 3 years since he's shown any kind of productivity on ur field. I agree it's a huge need, but do they?

No surprise that when you support a ****ing loser, you start losing.

I hope that smartest guy in the room Brad Holmes realizes that his next man up approach doesn't always work and you need talent to win football games. I hope he realizes that sometimes that talent comes from outside the organization, not just the players you draft.

Brad Holmes can stick his reciepts and his condescending attitude up his ***. This team is pathetic right now and he put this roster together. This game is peak SOL.

Two fumbles, now Goff throwing into double coverage and getting picked. This team is baked for the rest of this season.

This offensive line is not even average, they've been dreadful the last couple of weeks.

hahahahahaha! ANOTHER fumble. They don't deserve to be in the playoffs and they were NEVER winning 2 in a row, let alone 3 in a row to get in.

OF COURSE he's going for it. Punting is never an option.

Is Monken really that bad of an option? He was the OC at one of the primer schools in college football and a pretty good one. Georgia won two National Championships during his time there. In one of the two games they bombed their opponent and flat out embarrassed TCU by scoring over 50 points. He had one of the top scoring offenses for total points scored in the 2021 and 2022 seasons at UGA. He also had offenses that were close to the top in time of possession, rushing and passing yards. Not to mention, all of the NFL talent he and Kirby were able to recruit and develop on offense during his time at UGA. He's got plenty of big and small time college coaching and recruitment experience between his time at UGA, LSU, Oklahoma State, and as Head Coach at Southern Miss.

I actually don't hate this idea the more I marinate in it, but I never had Monken on my radar as an option. He was the former Georgia OC when they were a national title winning team in the early part of the 2020s. He brings lots of college coaching and recruiting experience at big time programs from Georgia and LSU in the SEC to Oklahoma State in the Big 12. Plus he was a prior college Head Coach, albeit at Southern Miss. If you're willing to consider a coordinator like Schumann or Haines, Monken isn't really that far off from them. I don't love it, but I don't hate it either.

With the season almost over for our Lions I think it is time to gear up for the offseason and start a thread for it. What do you want to see from our Lions this offseason?

Curt Cignetti is still my top choice, even if unrealistic. I am still waiting for a report that says we reached out and he turned the program down. I hope the university at least made the call to Cignetti. I know this isn't the old days of college football and power dynamics have changed, but I have a hard time wrapping my head around someone telling Michigan no so they can stay at Indiana. I know things have changed though. As to Jeff Brohm, no thanks! He's the Jeff Fisher of college football. Not awful, not great. 9-4 or 8-5 in college football is the 9-7 type of the NFL. Brohm is Mr. 9-4/8-5, just as Fisher was always 9-7 (or 7-9). Brohm seems perfect for a second tier program like a Purdue or Louisville, where basketball comes first and winning 8 or 9 games is a success for those type of schools, no disrespect to them. Michigan needs to be in the business of competing for and winning national championships. Brohm, even with our NIL and recruiting financial resources, doesn't strike me as that guy. If we're out on Cignetti, Fisch, Dillingham, Wittingham, then I'd rather take a swing on a top assistant like Glenn Schumann, Bryant Haines, or Joe Brady versus hiring the Jeff Fisher of college football. At least there is intrigue in the unknown with the crop of assistants and they could be good. I feel like the cake is baked with Brohm.

This is truly tyranny of the stupid. We are not only being run by some of the most truly disgusting, repugnant people on Earth, but the dumbest among us too. Sick ****ing people.

I'm not against it. He's not his brother, so the stench of what happened during Jim Harbaugh's tenure shouldn't be on him. He had nothing to do with what his brother did and it's not fair to pin it on him. Nor has he ever been accused of doing anything inappropriate in his years at Baltimore as HC.

They mentioned this stat from a ticket texter on 97.1 that if you take away the Steelers 45 yard runs, they still averaged over 5.5/ypc. The run defense used to be another strength of their that took a big step back yesterday and this season. Paging Alim McNeill, Alim McNeill to the service desk please.

Yeah that's my bad. Ratledge is for sure an option at Center. But then that opens up a need at Guard. They are obviously high on Fraizer and probably higher than I am. He's a 5th round pick who might have been a higher round selection if he did not have injury concerns. I still think they need to address Center if it is not going to be Tate and I would feel more comfortable with Fraizer as a depth piece and them going out and adding someone else at Guard as a starter.

They were. Their offensive line in particular has come full circle from that game to yesterday. Multiple communication issues yesterday, just as in the Green Bay game. Multiple guys left unblocked at times, just as in the Green Bay game. Only 15 yards rushing yesterday, only 46 yards rushing in the Green Bay game.

So you're fine going into the next season with an offensive line of Decker, Mahogany, Glasgow, Fraizer, and Sewell? Were you asleep this season by chance?