Re: Michigan Wolverines: 2012-2013 Season thread!!!!!!!
I have my own thoughts on this team.. some match what my friends here have said and some don't.
Toss out the GLI. If this team, even without Trouba, doesn't beat Tech, then it won't matter. Tech is statistically WORSE than Michigan in GA and is inept offensively. Somehow, they'll find a way to score, though. Right now, you cannot discount any team against Michigan.
Tournament team? My only response is... they haven't won a single game out of six on the road, with three of those games against teams that are below them in the standings.
If that doesn't turn around quickly, especially with the unbalanced 2nd half schedule, then they don't deserve to even be considered a bubble team. They have four games in ND's and WMU's barn. Two at Yost against Ferris. Those are the last "ranked" teams they will play. BUT, they still need to go to OSU and LSSU, too and play MSU at JLA. None will be easy. They can't lose any more home games, period. 6-5 sucks. BG, Alaska, MSU and Ferris are the only teams left to come in.
They will not be an at large team. Too deep a hole. They need to either make some miracle run to get close to being a PWR bubble team OR win the CCHA tourney.
wT is right about our goaltending. None of them got any support earlier this season, but certainly Rutledge and Racine have sharted the bed on their own, too. Rutledge looks completely lost and Racine is an adequate back-up: he is consistently inconsistent, looking sharp for two periods then suddenly forgeting how to cover angles, loses sight of the puck, giving up fat rebounds or soft goals. I guess it doesn't help when your defensemen act like screens for the opponent. I hope Janny can put more than one game together, especially away from Yost.
I have not witnessed the complete collapses in so many parts of the game by a Michigan team in thirty years. Like Alfa mentioned, the cohesion between offense and defense strategy is sketchy. I don't know if it is coaching or personnel, but is poor. So is the demonstration of basic skills like passing. The mental side of the game has been horrendous, both in decision making and discipline. is it our leadership? yes and no. They can only do so much. It is disappointing because, as vox mentioned, this team has skill. The stats don't lie, though: this team is dysfunctional in all three parts of the game: offense, defense and special teams. It is mindnumbing.
I have my own thoughts on this team.. some match what my friends here have said and some don't.
Toss out the GLI. If this team, even without Trouba, doesn't beat Tech, then it won't matter. Tech is statistically WORSE than Michigan in GA and is inept offensively. Somehow, they'll find a way to score, though. Right now, you cannot discount any team against Michigan.
Tournament team? My only response is... they haven't won a single game out of six on the road, with three of those games against teams that are below them in the standings.
If that doesn't turn around quickly, especially with the unbalanced 2nd half schedule, then they don't deserve to even be considered a bubble team. They have four games in ND's and WMU's barn. Two at Yost against Ferris. Those are the last "ranked" teams they will play. BUT, they still need to go to OSU and LSSU, too and play MSU at JLA. None will be easy. They can't lose any more home games, period. 6-5 sucks. BG, Alaska, MSU and Ferris are the only teams left to come in.
They will not be an at large team. Too deep a hole. They need to either make some miracle run to get close to being a PWR bubble team OR win the CCHA tourney.
wT is right about our goaltending. None of them got any support earlier this season, but certainly Rutledge and Racine have sharted the bed on their own, too. Rutledge looks completely lost and Racine is an adequate back-up: he is consistently inconsistent, looking sharp for two periods then suddenly forgeting how to cover angles, loses sight of the puck, giving up fat rebounds or soft goals. I guess it doesn't help when your defensemen act like screens for the opponent. I hope Janny can put more than one game together, especially away from Yost.
I have not witnessed the complete collapses in so many parts of the game by a Michigan team in thirty years. Like Alfa mentioned, the cohesion between offense and defense strategy is sketchy. I don't know if it is coaching or personnel, but is poor. So is the demonstration of basic skills like passing. The mental side of the game has been horrendous, both in decision making and discipline. is it our leadership? yes and no. They can only do so much. It is disappointing because, as vox mentioned, this team has skill. The stats don't lie, though: this team is dysfunctional in all three parts of the game: offense, defense and special teams. It is mindnumbing.
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