What Michigan staff is working on with Bryce Underwood before spring ball

Hopefully they work with him to quit smiling on the sidelines when he makes a trash play or throws an interception. Terrible look.

EvilSniperXV said:

Hopefully they work with him to quit smiling on the sidelines when he makes a trash play or throws an interception. Terrible look.

That quite literally doesn't matter at all. How it looks to fans is inconsequential.

MRSharkFB said:

That quite literally doesn't matter at all. How it looks to fans is inconsequential.

So you think it's a good thing when your TEAMMATES see you laughing and smiling on the sideline after throwing an interception?

EvilSniperXV said:

Hopefully they work with him to quit smiling on the sidelines when he makes a trash play or throws an interception. Terrible look.

Probably some more critical things to work on, but you do you.

I would like it if they worked to improve his feet and his release point, both of which seem to get messy under pressure. His natural throwing motion has the ball lower and elbow higher than “textbook” motions have and I believe this leads to overthrows under pressure. He has a very strong arm obviously and changing your natural throwing motion doesn't happen easily, but I’m hopeful at least some minor changes can lead to improved consistency.

EvilSniperXV said:

So you think it's a good thing when your TEAMMATES see you laughing and smiling on the sideline after throwing an interception?

Yes. I imagine the teammates didn't notice or give a shit. We actually teach QBs to have short memories. As I said, that doesn't matter at all.

Shroomprint said:

I would like it if they worked to improve his feet and his release point, both of which seem to get messy under pressure. His natural throwing motion has the ball lower and elbow higher than “textbook” motions have and I believe this leads to overthrows under pressure. He has a very strong arm obviously and changing your natural throwing motion doesn't happen easily, but I’m hopeful at least some minor changes can lead to improved consistency.

Rotational throwing is perfectly fine. Off-platform throws and changing arm angles is appropriate in many situations (scrambling, pocket movement/roll-outs, RPOs) but they do need to focus on the when with that stuff. it's not always appropriate or necessary and certain throws can't be made consistently that way.

Footwork was a mess last year.

ClaytonSayfie said:

Story here https://www.on3.com/teams/michigan-wolverines/news/michigan-wolverines-football-what-staff-is-working-on-with-bryce-underwood/

winning?

EvilSniperXV said:

So you think it's a good thing when your TEAMMATES see you laughing and smiling on the sideline after throwing an interception?

Just cause you’re offended, doesn’t mean you’re right.

EvilSniperXV said:

So you think it's a good thing when your TEAMMATES see you laughing and smiling on the sideline after throwing an interception?

I actually do think there's a heightened level of competitiveness that Underwood needs to reach this season. I think it will come with no longer being a freshman. But I'm not worried too much about smiling or not smiling

ClaytonSayfie said:

I actually do think there's a heightened level of competitiveness that Underwood needs to reach this season. I think it will come with no longer being a freshman. But I'm not worried too much about smiling or not smiling

Agreed that comes with the year of experience because it's generally tied to confidence in what you are doing. Obviously freshman QBs are swimming at times. On top of that, our terrible head coach never let the offense build naturally last year and every couple of games would change it completely. It's hard to build confidence and flow when the cadence is randomly changed and then changed back and then changed again.

ClaytonSayfie said:

I actually do think there's a heightened level of competitiveness that Underwood needs to reach this season. I think it will come with no longer being a freshman. But I'm not worried too much about smiling or not smiling

This may unpopular but there were quite a few things I felt that were not right with Bryce: [LIST=1] [*]His footwork was extremely flawed - incredibly flawed actually. [*]His throwing motion was inconsistent - once in a while he would make amazing throws, and then he would throw ducks. But I think that comes with his youth and that will improve as he matures. [*]Learning to throw the ball away - often times he would run for 2 yard losses versus throwing the ball away. [*]BIG thing for me - he showed no urgency and passion on the field. At times it felt like he was out there saying "hey I already got paid so who the heck cares" versus really showing that passion and leadership. Having said that, the kid is 18 years old and that is a huge burden to have for him. However, I think this is the year he needs to step up quite a bit for our team to reach its goal. [/LIST]

MRSharkFB said:

Agreed that comes with the year of experience because it's generally tied to confidence in what you are doing. Obviously freshman QBs are swimming at times. On top of that, our terrible head coach never let the offense build naturally last year and every couple of games would change it completely. It's hard to build confidence and flow when the cadence is randomly changed and then changed back and then changed again.

Still dumbfounded as to how many people blindly defended Moore and his offense last season (before we found out about his behavior). He was got awful!

MRSharkFB said:

Yes. I imagine the teammates didn't notice or give a ****. We actually teach QBs to have short memories. As I said, that doesn't matter at all.

not sure if its an issue or not but if it was it be more of a mindset thing. The fact that he is smiling after a bad play could indicate he doesnt care as much he should . not saying its the case though..again from what I remember that was just one instance and could have been bit out of context

ClaytonSayfie said:

Story here https://www.on3.com/teams/michigan-wolverines/news/michigan-wolverines-football-what-staff-is-working-on-with-bryce-underwood/

All if it. Ball security. Not floating balls to wide open wide receivers. Being able to actually see down field and find open receivers and not lock on the first read. He was a bottom 3rd qb in the B1G last year and has a lot of work to do.

maybe teach him how to read a defense

ClaytonSayfie said:

Story here https://www.on3.com/teams/michigan-wolverines/news/michigan-wolverines-football-what-staff-is-working-on-with-bryce-underwood/

I think Koy was an underrated add to this staff. I know he doesn’t have a huge resume yet but I bet he’s an OC here or somewhere else in the next 4-5 years. He’s in that exact same mold of young former qb’s who have been accelerating really quickly in college and the NFL right now. Plus it seems like he might be a great recruiter too.

As an official how a player reacts to bad play can dictate a lot from that moment on. I see it weekly during the season. Stay positive is different from than goofing around. Smiling goes a long ways. But yes, footwork and patience.

EvilSniperXV said:

Hopefully they work with him to quit smiling on the sidelines when he makes a trash play or throws an interception. Terrible look.

My sources tell me they are working on his helmet bashing / chucking technique and he has really accelerated his IPad smashing approach. Bryce is really putting in the extra time on these important parts of his game off the field as well. I think you will be pleased with his progress and will be able to continue being miserable while watching games this fall.

CoolRunnings said:

This may unpopular but there were quite a few things I felt that were not right with Bryce: [LIST=1] [*]His footwork was extremely flawed - incredibly flawed actually. [*]His throwing motion was inconsistent - once in a while he would make amazing throws, and then he would throw ducks. But I think that comes with his youth and that will improve as he matures. [*]Learning to throw the ball away - often times he would run for 2 yard losses versus throwing the ball away. [*]BIG thing for me - he showed no urgency and passion on the field. At times it felt like he was out there saying "hey I already got paid so who the heck cares" versus really showing that passion and leadership. Having said that, the kid is 18 years old and that is a huge burden to have for him. However, I think this is the year he needs to step up quite a bit for our team to reach its goal. [/LIST]

I disagree with the 4th one, but agree at the tail end of it and I think he will. I think the first three are traits of being a true freshman QB. You never want to have to start one, even the number one recruit in the country.

EvilSniperXV said:

Hopefully they work with him to quit smiling on the sidelines when he makes a trash play or throws an interception. Terrible look.

Shut up

MRSharkFB said:

Agreed that comes with the year of experience because it's generally tied to confidence in what you are doing. Obviously freshman QBs are swimming at times. On top of that, our terrible head coach never let the offense build naturally last year and every couple of games would change it completely. It's hard to build confidence and flow when the cadence is randomly changed and then changed back and then changed again.

For me the biggest negative is that this is year two and now he has to learn a new offense. I feel like last year was wasted and he is starting over at square one.

VivaLasVegas said:

For me the biggest negative is that this is year two and now he has to learn a new offense. I feel like last year was wasted and he is starting over at square one.

Even more unfortunate that he never got to operate in a single offense last year either because Sherrone was such a horrible coach.