GBMW: Michigan Football Tidbits -- MaizeMan's thoughts on the Michigan defense and Coach Robinson

GBMW: Michigan Football Tidbits -- MaizeMan's thoughts on the Michigan defense and Coach Robinson

1) Coming out of the spring practices, Coach Robinson knew UM had very little depth, but he thought the starters would be at least adequate.

2) Like most coaches I do not think he is overly happy with the current progress shown by his troops. He is especially upset at the inability of the defense to get off the field on third and long situations. However, Coach Robinson is happy with the team’s red-zone defense.

3) On defense, UM wants bigger, faster players. Coach Robinson will tweak any system and the associated schemes to get the best players onto the field.

4) Again, like most coaches, Coach Robinson is impatient when he comes to players and position progress. He is a stickler on tackling, so I think he is happy with the player’s progress in terms of picking up his system of tackling techniques and drills.

5) B. Graham, and possibly D. Warren, will soon be gone. One will be a huge loss, while the other could be as well. Unless UM can find a way to get to the quarterback consistently, without blitzing, Michigan 's defense will continue to be average, at least for the foreseeable future.

6) Expectations have receded into the "realistic" mode. Next year Coach Robinson is fully expecting progress and will push for adjusting practices to include more emphasis on defensive needs. The meaning of the above is that the defense will be practicing to become a better defense instead of being a mere instrument of being available simply to provide defenders against the UM offense.

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