Loeffler Presser--You Can't Snap the Ball For Them

So, Scot Loeffler had this week's presser.

First, the news on Demetrius Hardamon.  He had long surgery at UM and it was successful.  He might play football again.  He's in the hospital up there, where Jim Harbaugh has visited twice and other Michigan players as well.  So that's excellent news and extremely nice of those folks to come and help him pass the time.

Wishing him nothing but the best.

Coach said the game film might have been worse than he thought.  He then went on to discuss how the team's entire problem is its "mindset."  He says we have plenty of talent to compete, but we do not have the right mindset.  We are inconsistent (I suspect you noticed) and the same thing is true in practice.

There was not any discussion of whether that's a reflection on coaching.  He said we are at the point where "you can't snap the ball for them."

Which is obviously true.  

There was also a ton of conversation about the state of college athletics and how hard it is to create a cohesive unit in the era of the portal. A lot.  I can see that.  Still, it's not impossible. Others are doing it.  I would suggest he ask Tim Albin, Frank Martin, Jason Candle, etc for advice if he needs it.

Regardless of whose "fault" it is, we are not going to be what we want until we are putting consistent, quality efforts on the field and that has been very rare.

As for why we can play well against Michigan in the Big House or against Toledo, but then pull a stinker like last Saturday, maybe we decide focus for the big games but don't choose to do so for the rest of them.

He said Bazelak is really tough and intimated that he played very injured on Saturday.  Orth is back.

He says we are paying little to no attention to who the opponent is.  Our focus is on our own game and consistency.  If we have the right mindset, we have a chance.

He called our schedule "preposterous."