Jim Harbaugh addressed the media Monday to discuss Michigan football‘s season opener loss at Utah, and to look ahead to his first game as head coach at Michigan Stadium.
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Harbaugh was joined by Jake Butt, Amara Darboh, Jourdan Lewis and Willie Henry.
In case you weren’t able to watch or keep up, here’s a recap (tweet-cap) of everything you missed.
Depth Chart Notes
The depth chart for this week. pic.twitter.com/r32L5daNl7
— Josh Henschke (@JoshHenschke) September 7, 2015
There's no more "or" at quarterback on Michigan's depth chart. Jake Rudock's the lone starter.
— Nick Baumgardner (@nickbaumgardner) September 7, 2015
Ty Isaac is listed in front of Derrick Green, w/ an "or" in the middle -- that order was in reverse last week.
— Nick Baumgardner (@nickbaumgardner) September 7, 2015
Drake Johnson still not on the depth chart. We'll see if Harbaugh has any update there.
— Nick Baumgardner (@nickbaumgardner) September 7, 2015
Harbaugh on Drake Johnson: "evaluate as week goes on....cautiously feeling really good where we are right now"
— angelique (@chengelis) September 7, 2015
Harbaugh on the Offense
Harbaugh: Chesson slowed down on the route on the long route. Have to get them on the same page (Rudock). Would have been a huge factor.
— Chris Balas (@Balas_Wolverine) September 7, 2015
Harbaugh: "60% of our 1st downs were 4 yards or more"
— Sam Webb (@SamWebb77) September 7, 2015
Harbaugh felt discipline was solid on offense, not many penalties or pre-snap issues. Says missed assignments were low, too, actually
— Nick Baumgardner (@nickbaumgardner) September 7, 2015
Harbaugh said Rudock did some really good things on Thursday. Thought he was accurate, managed the game well.
— Josh Henschke (@JoshHenschke) September 7, 2015
Harbaugh said Rudock showed courage in the pocket. Says interior line has to be better.
— Josh Henschke (@JoshHenschke) September 7, 2015
Harbaugh said helmet stickers are......back
— angelique (@chengelis) September 7, 2015
Harbaugh said Darboh had the most stickers
— angelique (@chengelis) September 7, 2015
Harbaugh: OL needs to take more pride in making sure RB doesn't take big hits. Deveon Smith took brunt of missed assignments.
— Chris Balas (@Balas_Wolverine) September 7, 2015
Harbaugh on more RB rotation: "we'll use all our options. all our options are available. i don't anticipate using one back"
— angelique (@chengelis) September 7, 2015
Harbaugh says De'Veon Smith took the brunt of missed assignments.
— Josh Henschke (@JoshHenschke) September 7, 2015
Harbaugh on the Defense
Harbaugh on the D: Wants defense to be "more handsy" ... wants turnovers.
— Nick Baumgardner (@nickbaumgardner) September 7, 2015
Yeah… There wasn’t a whole lot of talk about the defense.
Jourdan Lewis
Jourdan Lewis says that he could've done better against Utah. Said he had at least two passes he could've intercepted.
— Josh Henschke (@JoshHenschke) September 7, 2015
Jourdan Lewis asked about the up-tempo Utah ran, why UM struggled...he said it "was fatigue"
— angelique (@chengelis) September 7, 2015
Jake Butt
Jake Butt says Jake Rudock could "teach this offense to anyone," knows it inside-out.
— Nick Baumgardner (@nickbaumgardner) September 7, 2015
Jake Butt says Darboh earned nine stickers against Utah, he earned eight.
— Josh Henschke (@JoshHenschke) September 7, 2015