Someone didn't tell the players then.
Bush taking Golson when he should have taken Cook on the option on TD#1
Kirby letting Cook run free on a drag route on TD#2
The option blew my mind. I was watching the play thinking 2 defenders, 1 for the qb and 1 for the rb, then they both went after Golson and Cook had the whole field.
Obvious they never prepared for it. Even if you're facing a non-option team, experienced defenders should have built up some basic knowledge of technique against an option play.
Still, I disagree with a lot of the hate against the staff. I think Cook is unstoppable with our talent, which is getting pretty good. I think Cook is the best back I've seen UM play in all the years I've watching UM football, better than that Bo what's his name we played in '84, better than Marshall Faulk, and better than Ernie Davis, who was going to be the second coming of Jim Brown. I thought Cook was unbelievable at Central and much better as a HS back than Frank Gore, whom everybody has been raving about in another recent thread. I went back and looked at the old Gore HS hilights the other night and, while impressive, they didn't show the ability to run away from people the way Cook can. Cook is to RB what Hester was to KR/PR. Just breathtaking.
I liked Gore, but don't watch pro football and didn't see the freshman mop-up performances by Gore before his injuries and put on weight.
Cook on the other hand, is unbelievable. I saw it in him in HS, I see it now. Take him out of the game and we would have won, perhaps easily.
