Which B1G coach do other coaches want to see hired outside the conference?
November 28th, 2017 at 11:37 PM ^
He is not going anywhere anytime soon given the obvious.
November 29th, 2017 at 12:33 AM ^
November 29th, 2017 at 1:22 AM ^
November 29th, 2017 at 11:13 AM ^
Michigan's defense will always be better than osu'swhether schiano stays and whether he keeps peeking in showers or not.
Michigan needs to get there QB and O-line play up to Harbaugh's standards and I don't care who is coaching the other teams. Bottom line is we will win because our defense will be better next year.
We have a huge advantage allready IMO so the offense once again and even more so will decide whether Michigan wins the big ten and a NC. Yes gentlemen the defense will be that good. Upgrades at safety and linebacker with more size, speed and experience across the board.
Yes barring injuries Michigan should win the NC IMO. They will be ranked in the top five to start the season, but I hope they are not. QB inexperience could knock us down but I have a feeling. I want to see where we rank compared to osu, but I think we are better. They lose some o and d lineman and linebackers. Love to see some more attrition with guys leaving early but they don't have the talent this year like they did.
Winovich you need to come back for the run. They need to switch Gary to the weak side so he can crush QB's without all the run responsibility's. If not look for Villain on the weak side and Gary getting doubled and having to contain. Either way we got you, but winovich needs to come back.
November 28th, 2017 at 11:39 PM ^
November 29th, 2017 at 6:44 AM ^
This offense looks no different, and maybe that's more a product of JT Barrett's limitations, but the passing game (against decent defenses) has not evolved.
November 29th, 2017 at 11:02 AM ^
I think that its about 50/50 Barret/1st yr.
Even though OSU was populated with the kind of players Wilson wants, it was probably going to take more than 1 season to to really get up to speed with what Wilson wants.
November 28th, 2017 at 11:43 PM ^
Uhhh... Nick Holt, Purdue DC.
That team could be problematic in a couple years.
Kevin Wilson can go too. OSU's offense with Haskins at the helm gives me nightmares already.
November 28th, 2017 at 11:41 PM ^
November 28th, 2017 at 11:44 PM ^
Honestly, Schiano can stay. We had WRs running free everywhere Saturday and ran pretty well on them.
If not for JOK, Schiano looks a lot worse today.
November 28th, 2017 at 11:50 PM ^
November 29th, 2017 at 12:00 AM ^
I'm agreeing with you way too much today.
Schiano seems like a good DC, but it's not exactly challenging to coordinate a defense with that talent. It's kind of a devil-you-know situation at this point.
November 29th, 2017 at 12:47 AM ^
November 29th, 2017 at 4:10 AM ^
and they tear themselves apart. Consider if we had beaten OSU 13 out of 15 times. They would be on a head coach & staff every other year I bet.
The beatings have already started, we just didn't quite get there the last 2 seasons. But the road is being paved albeit with bricks that are set slowly and carefully.
November 28th, 2017 at 11:48 PM ^
I'd be more afraid of who Urban would hire to try and match Harbaugh getting Don Brown.
I think a lot of Big Ten coaches will be very happy when Mattison retires.
November 28th, 2017 at 11:48 PM ^
November 29th, 2017 at 12:04 AM ^
November 29th, 2017 at 1:28 AM ^
November 29th, 2017 at 1:41 AM ^
November 28th, 2017 at 11:47 PM ^
Could replace Schiano and Wilson with ham sandwiches and OSU would still be good.
November 29th, 2017 at 12:31 AM ^
Hell, I could replace Urban Meyer at OSU and they would still be good. It's pretty easy to win lots of games when you have multiple 1st round NFL picks on your team year after year. I don't know a trap from a draw and I am confident I could "coach" OSU (ala Paterno in the press box with no headphones) to 9 wins a season.
I am still amazed that John Cooper lasted at OSU as long as he did with the mediocre results he put up through much of his tenure. He wouldn't last 4 years at OSU these days.
November 29th, 2017 at 12:59 AM ^
November 29th, 2017 at 7:07 AM ^
November 29th, 2017 at 2:22 PM ^
actually in his prime
'93 they were number 5, in 95 and 96 they were number 2, in 97 they were number 4, and they were in the Top 5 in 98...
November 28th, 2017 at 11:56 PM ^
Probably Kevin Wilson. Meyer's offenses have been limited at times because he sucks at developing comptent passers. With Wilson that could change.
November 28th, 2017 at 11:52 PM ^
from Wisconsin.
November 28th, 2017 at 11:55 PM ^
November 28th, 2017 at 11:59 PM ^
I can easily envision him at a major P5 program within 5 years.
November 29th, 2017 at 12:13 PM ^
Definitely see him as the long term replacement for Chryst. He'll coach a MAC team or a low level Power 5. To me, he preaches aggression in the same way Don Brown does, but with less complexity to the scheme.
November 29th, 2017 at 12:00 AM ^
compared to previous coordinators.
November 29th, 2017 at 12:14 AM ^
in 3 years at Wisconsin and they just keep rolling. Aranda, Wilcox, now Leonhard. Seems like they'd find another if Leonhard moved along, but he seems like a guy that would stay in that same position for 10 years waiting to take over for Chryst.
November 29th, 2017 at 12:19 AM ^
Wisconsin has endless defensive coordinators and linebackers.
November 29th, 2017 at 8:39 AM ^
The strangest thing about Wisconsin's staff that is that virtually all of them either played for Wisconsin or have long ties to the program through other means. You do not see a lot of programs nowadays where the staff is full of home-grown talent to the same level as Wisconsin. That alone makes for an interesting football culture in Madison, to say the least.
November 29th, 2017 at 12:24 AM ^
to Leonhard, they haven't played an offense with a pulse this year. If he can hold down Ohio State and say Oklahoma or Clemson, the reality will start to match his stock.
November 29th, 2017 at 12:05 AM ^
November 29th, 2017 at 12:34 AM ^
No, that would be the answer to "Which B1G coach does a team's fanbase want to see hired outside the conference?".
November 29th, 2017 at 1:00 AM ^
Meyer.
Not close.
He's crushing the league year in, year out.
November 29th, 2017 at 1:05 AM ^
November 29th, 2017 at 10:00 AM ^
That's like Chauncey or Kobe or Steph at the line automatic
November 29th, 2017 at 5:40 PM ^
He really understands how to win at the college level.
November 29th, 2017 at 2:27 AM ^
yes I said it
November 29th, 2017 at 4:01 AM ^
I'd like to see entire Purdue's defensive staff charged, tried, and convicted for conspiracy to commit assault and battery and/or attempted murder.
November 29th, 2017 at 5:52 AM ^
November 29th, 2017 at 6:19 AM ^
November 29th, 2017 at 9:06 AM ^
We're on an even field with them. Just went toe to toe to the wire without a viable QB, one WR worth covering, an OL still in re-work, and the least experienced roster in the world by 3 country miles.
Buncha'shit happened the last couple of years, but Harbaugh has the boys playing level with them despite some officiating shenanigans.
November 29th, 2017 at 10:02 AM ^
We were also at home, in a rivalry game, with nothing to lose, still fuming from last year
November 29th, 2017 at 10:52 AM ^
Not at Wisconsin...
November 29th, 2017 at 10:24 AM ^
Brian put it pretty well in his Gravestone post from Monday that lately, whenever Michigan is playing a close game with OSU, that means that the team is playing above it's head. We're not on an even field with them.
If we were we wouldn't be losing 15 of the last 17 tries. Meyer wouldn't be a perfect 6-0.
November 29th, 2017 at 11:08 AM ^
Brian gets a lot right, but I can form my own opinions, as well. Besides, I didn't get that message from Gravestone.
What I've seen on the field the last two years are teams that were, more or less, equal. Last year was straight up - if not slanted in our favor but for officiating.
This year, we had a lot of crap going on and should not have been competitive against them. However, I saw a Michigan offense that ran the ball decently, and threw for 195 yards - despite some abysmal QB play. Defensively, they held up well until Haskins came in and changed the dynamic. But give us solid QB play, I'm not sure Haskins makes such a difference. I was very encouraged with that performance given where this team started and the injuries it had to work through.
Separate 2015 and back from 2016 and 2017 and you should see a different message. Losses suck, but we were legitimately competitive in the last two games - on an even field. And I don't see any reason we won't be again in the next several games...
November 29th, 2017 at 7:34 AM ^