Thursday, February 18, 2021

Michigan Thursday & Friday: Say It Ain't So Joe?

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This one wasn't hard to predict.  Joe Milton is graduating from Michigan in 3 years and will be a rare graduate transfer with 3 years to play.  

I like Joe but we have seen this story way too many times.   The kid is an amazing athlete and dominates high school but struggles in big time college football.   Was he a superstar in practice but not on Saturday's?  He was enough of a star for Dylan to transfer.   He also could see the writing on the wall with how Cade played in his place and JJ coming in with 5 stars on his back.  This is a probably the right decision for him and Joe should be congratulated for graduating in 3 years.   My only advice would have been to wait until after Spring Ball, but leaving now could allow him to join a new team for Spring Practice (but I'm guessing he needs to stay enrolled in Ann Arbor to graduate early).

This does leave some depth issues at the QB spot and maybe Michigan goes shopping in the transfer portal for another QB.  Even though most QB's are looking to start, not backup when they jump into the portal.   

Either way, I wish him good luck and hope he finds a new home somewhere soon.   I would love to see him stay in the Harbaugh coaching tree with its new coach Ed Warinner at FAU.  

9 comments:

Goblu said...

Agree it’s a net positive for both Mich and Joe... with depth concerns for Mich. hope they redshirt JJ.

But, just further raises the regret that we never focused on developing Dylan more.

Renegade said...

Harbaugh has had some notable QB failures with his recruits. Peters, McCaffrey, and Milton all transferred out of the program.

Is this an inability to identify good talent or develop it (or both)?

szanreno said...

I would say all three wanted to be starters. When they lost the reins they bolted...

Renegade said...

"When they lost the reins they bolted..."

I get that. But the point would be should they have been handed the reins? Again, bad recruiting or bad development or both?



Chowman said...

Goblu said...
Agree it’s a net positive for both Mich and Joe... with depth concerns for Mich. hope they redshirt JJ.

But, just further raises the regret that we never focused on developing Dylan more.

Redshirt?????? huh????? what are you talking about, JJ is the next in line to be Football Jesus at UoM! the hype train was already ripping down the rails.

Chowman said...

Renegade said...
Harbaugh has had some notable QB failures with his recruits. Peters, McCaffrey, and Milton all transferred out of the program.

Is this an inability to identify good talent or develop it (or both)?

Both plus Schembechler hall needs to stop with the over-the-top HYPING of these kids. These kids are so pumped up by the AA hype machine, that when reality hits, its a hard knock! I'm mean Joe Milton was the next Cam Newton, Patrick Mahommes all rolled into one. My God, he could throw a ball 70 yards from his knees. Unfortunately it was typically 10 yards over his receivers head, just like in the game!

MichiganMan said...

😂😂😂😂😂

szanreno said...

I think there's more to the McCaffrey story than we know. That's a football family. Dylan probably knows more about football that most players or coaches. I believe he could see if Joe was better than him or not, he knows talent. He knew Joe's ability and that he may fizzle. Good chance that if he stuck around he'd be back in there. Question is why not stay? There's no eligibility to lose. Really no competition behind you. The situation either way gains you more experience. He stayed in school there as well. Go figure.

Goblu said...

Big win for our hoops team - talk about showing football squad how to play Bucknuts tough!

My condolences to BucknutMan... hopefully they didn’t show the game in Dubai