Roy Roundtree to Coach WR's as Grad Assistant
Per Josh Henschke at 247.
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February 1st, 2018 at 1:13 PM ^
Apparently this is in lieu of a dedicated WR coach. Been in the works for a couple of weeks.
February 1st, 2018 at 1:18 PM ^
What would our 10th coach do then? The only position group not covered is WR.
February 1st, 2018 at 3:14 PM ^
I would assume now that Enos is gone that Warinner will be coaching the OL.
February 1st, 2018 at 11:52 PM ^
what would Drevno do?
February 2nd, 2018 at 11:18 AM ^
Wash uniforms.
February 1st, 2018 at 1:48 PM ^
I don't understand why we don't have a wr coach? Route running is a science, how are you not going to coach that? I know Harbuagh runs a more ground based attack. Has Harbuagh ever coached a team with an 1,000 yard wr in college? Andrew Luck only got Doug Baldwin to 800 yards
February 1st, 2018 at 1:55 PM ^
Keep in mind, OSU has Zach Smith as their WR coach. Clearly you don't have to be a genius to do it.
February 1st, 2018 at 2:03 PM ^
Yeah, but their receivers suck. You still have to be a smart WR coach to properly develop wide receivers.
February 1st, 2018 at 2:18 PM ^
February 1st, 2018 at 2:42 PM ^
This is true. However, the lack of development of OSU receivers has, in the minds of OSU fans, cost them a playoff bid this year and played heavily into their depantsing against Clemson. If our goal is to win a national championship, every coach has to be great. If we just want to win the Big Ten, then it's fine.
February 2nd, 2018 at 12:04 AM ^
And yet that same guy coached their receivers in 2014 to a national title, so either he is a great coach or its not true that every coach has to be great to win one.
February 1st, 2018 at 2:51 PM ^
Yeah and OSU has a bunch of 5 star wr's that can't get open against a physically overmatched brandon watson (he plays good technique, he isn't talented enough to really shut down an elite wr). My OSU friend complains constantly about the inability of OSU wr's to get open on their own.
Just seems like a bit of a negative when your current philosophy can't turn one of the best wr classes in the country into a more productive unit than MSU's freshman and clearly failed in the development of two highly regarded wr's in Crawford and McDoom.
February 1st, 2018 at 5:34 PM ^
February 1st, 2018 at 3:19 PM ^
Zone 6 tho fam! /s
February 1st, 2018 at 3:19 PM ^
Zone 6 tho fam! /s
February 1st, 2018 at 3:56 PM ^
February 1st, 2018 at 6:00 PM ^
We do, his name is Roy Roundtree, we just can't call him a coach and we pay him less.
February 1st, 2018 at 1:15 PM ^
The Roundtree snake oiling wasn't for 4 years but for life.
February 1st, 2018 at 1:15 PM ^
Recruited by Rich Rod, coached by Hoke, works for Harbaugh. Welcome back Roy!
February 1st, 2018 at 1:20 PM ^
Edit: Oops. Don't know how I missed that in the OP. Replacement:
Hopefully he coaches 'em up like this.
February 1st, 2018 at 1:33 PM ^
The first down signal he does at the end is definitely the best part of this.
February 1st, 2018 at 2:44 PM ^
He caught that pass right in front of me. I was sitting in the 4th row.
Epic moment.
February 1st, 2018 at 1:16 PM ^
February 1st, 2018 at 1:23 PM ^
February 1st, 2018 at 1:54 PM ^
I don't think three years of experience coaching at a small school with a terrible football program qualifies someone to be the WR coach at Michigan. We're also not talking about someone who had an extensive professional playing career. We saw how having a GA coach the WRs worked out last year. It wasn't good.
February 1st, 2018 at 2:00 PM ^
I'd be underwhelmed if he was brought in as the WR coach too. As a GA, he seems more than qualified.
We can still hire a WR Coach too, ya know.
February 1st, 2018 at 2:40 PM ^
If we do that then I take back my criticism entirely. From information available in this thread, it sounds like Roundtree is being hired to coach the WRs in lieu of a dedicated WR coach, though. I think he'd be a great hire as stricly a GA.
February 1st, 2018 at 4:02 PM ^
Ope. Pep Hamilton is that WR coach.
February 1st, 2018 at 2:14 PM ^
February 1st, 2018 at 2:38 PM ^
Yikes. Don't insult me.
February 1st, 2018 at 1:53 PM ^
that actually playing a position is completely unrelated to one's ability to coach said position.
February 1st, 2018 at 1:23 PM ^
IDK man, I'd much rather have 2 OL coaches, coaching 2 completely different blocking schemes. BUT I think youre onto something
February 1st, 2018 at 1:40 PM ^
At this point I wouldn't mind 2 WR coaches. As we have seen, with an OL that needs to function as one unit it can be a bad thing to have multiple voices telling them how to do things. With WR's if one can teach some routes and another teaches some others they might actually know how to run more than a couple routes.
February 1st, 2018 at 1:49 PM ^
What if we had 2 QB coaches, 1 teaching them how to throw the ball and the other teaching them how to hand it off? Maybe even add a 3rd to teach them how to read a defense and make calls at the line. Or maybe go back to 2 coaches, 1 for physical mechanics and 1 for mental mechanics? Just spitballing here but I think this board is really onto something.
February 1st, 2018 at 1:53 PM ^
No, what you have seen is an OL that struggled at the same time as having two OL coaches.
The inference of a causal relationship between having 2 coaches and the struggles on the field is something that you've pulled entirely out of your ass.
February 1st, 2018 at 3:18 PM ^
You're right. I pulled it entirely out of my ass that the OL was apparently being taught two very different schemes by two coaches, and that it didn't work out.
My bad.
February 1st, 2018 at 6:11 PM ^
The part that you pulled out of your ass is the inference of a causal relationship between having two coaches and the struggles of the OL.
You can say with certainty that they had two coaches. You can say with certainty that the OL struggled. You cannot say with certainty that the reason for the struggle was having two different OL coaches.
So yes, I am right. You did pull it out of your ass.
February 1st, 2018 at 9:12 PM ^
Much in the same as everyone who says Drev & Pep can't coach are pulling it out their ass.
February 1st, 2018 at 2:16 PM ^
Problem is that nobody makes their career coaching WRs. Anyone who demonstrates quality as a WR coach will move on... to coach something else with more responsibility and prestige.
February 1st, 2018 at 2:36 PM ^
That's fine. Hire somebody you just described for this upcoming season and if they leave when it's over, there's nothing you can do about that. At least our young WR corps had a year of excellent coaching and development.
February 1st, 2018 at 3:09 PM ^
Erik "Soup" Campbell would like a word with you in his WR Coaches Office.
February 1st, 2018 at 2:34 PM ^
February 1st, 2018 at 2:37 PM ^
+1 Insightful
February 1st, 2018 at 2:50 PM ^
Pep was previously a WR coach with the Jets and Stanford. He spends time with them individually, also with them when they're with QBs (just like Jedd prior). Harbaugh and others coach them up live and in film, too.
It's like some of you think they're sending these dudes off to a separate field with a random grad student.
DPJ's growth as the year went along was really encouraging and they were able to get Tarik Black contributing right away. Don't think this was/is a problem area.
February 1st, 2018 at 1:16 PM ^
February 1st, 2018 at 1:19 PM ^
i blew it and left early
February 1st, 2018 at 1:21 PM ^
You should never admit that.
February 1st, 2018 at 1:29 PM ^
And then never do it again. I get really annoyed at all the fans that don't watch the whole game. You only get 8 (or sometimes 6) times per year to watch them live. Why would you short change yourself??
February 1st, 2018 at 4:10 PM ^
On the plus side, if you're someone who hangs around until the end, space opens up and it's actually comfortable to sit in the stadium.