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I agree. People will give him a pass because he doesn't have his personnel, but still. That's no excuse.

Preaching to the choir, it's just at that point now where I'm starting to realize we just saved Luke Fickells job. That's how bad it was the second half.

He gets to stubborn and or cute at times! I'm not a fan of Borges - haven't been since the sugar bowl play callin! Michigans d held Ohio to 2 field goals the second half- michigans o didn't cross the 50?

I thought they would run a Tebow play and fake run it with Denard then he would pull back and pass it.

I don't think Borges should be fired but I do question him running 5-foot-6, 180-pound Vincent Smith on 3rd and short up the middle.

Look, I can understand that Denard Robinson isn't the sort of QB that Borges is used to coaching, and I can understand that the offense that best utilizes Denard's skills isn't one that he's used to designing or calling.

But a good coordinator can work with the weapons he has and get a good result. Look at Mattison, taking literally one of the worst defenses in CFB and turning them into one of the 10 or 15 best in the space of a year. And Denard Robinson, properly utilized, is The. Best. Weapon. In. College. Football. Squandering him the way Borges did the past two years is simply inexcusable. He HAS to be fired. Period. If he can't call and design the right plays with Denard, why should I have any faith at all he'll call the right plays for Shane Morris? What if we sign DeShone Kizer next year, or Jayru Campbell in 2015, or any other quarterback who can use his legs at any point...why should I trust that Borges can utilize them to their full potential?

And more than just Borges' complete inability to use one of the greatest gifts an incoming offensive coordinator has ever been given, everyone, even the people who think Denard sucks and read-option/spread offenses are gimmicky and suck, has to be concerned with the way his playcalling has completely imploded on multiple occasions this year. Borges is overly conservative; when he finds things that work he doesn't stick with them; when he finds things that don't work he gets stubborn and keeps trying them; he calls retarded gimmicks at times they're completely uncalled for (see Vincent Smith's interception in the red zone against Notre Dame), and goes with completely vanilla awfulness when innovation is called for (see the entire 2nd half against Ohio State).

#FireBorges

Denard should have been in the ball game in the last 5 minutes period.

That's because we decided to run him straight up the middle.

Our record last year was largely a function of our defense.

Btw, anyone notice that Borges calls particularly bad games on the road?

Yeah he is much worse on the road. He has acknowledged that. Has been comparing what he does at home to the road to try to improve....so he has said.

Ohio State and Notre Dame were both extremely winnable games that we lost in no small part thanks to atrocious game plans and playcalling. This is Michigan fergodssakes, I'm not satisfied with "moral victories" and close calls against top opponents.

With better coaching, we would have beaten Ohio and ND, and we might not be in the B1G championship game thanks to Nebraska, but we'd be 10-2 with and an extremely attractive BCS at-large candidate. Instead, we're 8-4 and headed to the Gator Bowl where we can get rolled by Texas A&M. Awesome.

This is not a Borges issue. This is a Hoke/tradition issue. Great defense and an alright offense. Harbaugh did alright with it though. Need a solid QB and good TE's. Right now we have a 3 game starter and a couple freshman.

His argument is that it was Borges fault we didn't win. This argument makes perfect sense. The production was there because we out gained ND, but had 6 turnovers. Explain how the argument doesn't apply instead of downvoting me for pointing out a flaw in his argument.