OT: Stitt article titled "your coach's favorite coach"
Pretty interesting, would like to have some more depth. I like how Stitt simply changed the execution of certain plays like the jet sweep and tunnel screen examples to incredible effect. He did not see the constraint and simply not use the play or try to out-execute, he just changed the rules. I am interested to see what this guy does up at Montana.
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/13529396/montana-grizzli…
August 28th, 2015 at 12:15 PM ^
thanks for sharing.
August 28th, 2015 at 12:29 PM ^
Arizona may have found their next head coach.
August 28th, 2015 at 1:04 PM ^
FWIW - Local Virginia Tech conspiracy theory has RichRod slated as Frank Beamer's successor.
August 28th, 2015 at 2:53 PM ^
I've heard the same, but they better hurry if they want him. If Miami has another down year, I could see them firing Golden and making a strong push for RichRod. He would kill it with the recruits he could pull in there.
August 28th, 2015 at 3:00 PM ^
Better than if we had met Arizona in a bowl game with Hoke's career on the wane.
August 28th, 2015 at 3:02 PM ^
My first double post.
August 28th, 2015 at 12:47 PM ^
Great article but one quick question. Wouldnt Stitt be our curator's favorite coach, not our coaches favorite coach?
Perhaps Harbaugh has spoken glowingly of Stitt in the past I missed it and if so mea culpa but I sure as heck now Brian waxed poetic on the dude serveral times.
August 28th, 2015 at 1:34 PM ^
I was confused as well.
The only thing I can find is that Bob Stitt responded to Harbaugh on twitter saying he was going to attend Exposure U camp.
August 28th, 2015 at 2:07 PM ^
I can see the confusion, made a quick edit
August 28th, 2015 at 12:53 PM ^
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August 28th, 2015 at 1:31 PM ^
I understand people's respect for him as a football coach with an interesting knack for creating plays. I laughed when people on this site would list him as a candidate for the Michigan job and weren't doing so sarcastically.
But really, this has nothing remotely to do with Michigan athletics, the football team, the offense we will run, etc.
Nothing could be more OT at this point. Though it was a semi-interesting fluff-piece.
August 28th, 2015 at 1:55 PM ^
College sports in general is not OT.
August 28th, 2015 at 2:03 PM ^
Though I still think that some people have an unhealthy obsession with this man.
August 28th, 2015 at 2:21 PM ^
Nothing could be more OT? I strenuously object.
August 28th, 2015 at 5:00 PM ^
August 28th, 2015 at 1:04 PM ^
Last season, the Orediggers averaged 89.9 plays per game, which was more than Baylor, Oregon and West Virginia averaged in the FBS.
I think they averaged north of 500 yards per game too, so you're getting into the neighborhood of nearly 6 yards per play on average, and also something like 0.4 points per play if I am remembering their average socring right, which isn't bad at all at any level. You could make the argument "Division II....level of competition....available talent....grumble grumble", of course, but on paper the numbers aren't bad at all and would give one hope that - if he took a Division I job - he would probably do well if he could implement some version of his system.
August 28th, 2015 at 1:43 PM ^
August 28th, 2015 at 2:20 PM ^
It is, and as most folks around here know, it is more of a narrowing of focus rather than an absolute prohibition. Actually, this thread really is not OT (Stitt got rather a lot of mention back in the CC days of last fall), but more on the outer fringes of on-topic since college sports in general isn't automatically OT - it is in the "gray area" per the official FAQ (in other words, use your best judgment). In this instance, the tag is not quite accurate.
August 28th, 2015 at 2:13 PM ^
That is going to be a very interesting matchup.
Montana has a blank slate at QB this year, so that should be a great challenge for Bob Stitt.
August 28th, 2015 at 2:22 PM ^
He's a helluva coach,
I'd love to see him coach Army. ..