Assistant S&C coach Justin Tress is being promoted to succeed Ben Herbert
This probably deserves its own thread. Sam Webb is reporting this as well. Hopefully Tress can keep the train chugging right along.
January 29th, 2024 at 2:06 PM ^
Not so fast.
What was the argument about?
January 29th, 2024 at 2:28 PM ^
Whether or not to fire Warde
January 29th, 2024 at 3:52 PM ^
Of course, your wife is always right. Especially if she wants to fire Warde.
January 29th, 2024 at 2:00 PM ^
Whatever time is left with Herbert in AA should be spent learning the stare.
January 29th, 2024 at 2:02 PM ^
Now's his time to step up to the next level. If he worked for Herbert, I'm sure he'll be up to the challenge.
January 29th, 2024 at 2:03 PM ^
Great news. Hopefully there will be little drop off with the same system. Not sure this guy can match Herbert's intensity, but should be able to use the same techniques.
January 29th, 2024 at 2:20 PM ^
While It is tough to see Coach Herbert leave, I'm encouraged that this is an internal promotion and that the hire happened quickly which tells me there was a plan in place.
January 29th, 2024 at 2:21 PM ^
Well since he had 5 years to learn from the best, I am encouraged as well.
January 29th, 2024 at 2:58 PM ^
This is going to be a young staff, hungry to prove themselves
January 29th, 2024 at 2:29 PM ^
We've had a lot of S&C coaches at Michigan that we were convinced are amazing - RR's guy, Sanderson, Herbert. I don't think it's an easy job, but maybe not nearly as hard to find a good one than the head coaching position.
January 29th, 2024 at 2:30 PM ^
Any player reaction? It could be good or . . . less good.
January 29th, 2024 at 2:36 PM ^
Great opportunity for this guy. I hope he rises to the occasion.
January 29th, 2024 at 2:57 PM ^
Does he roll deep?
January 29th, 2024 at 3:31 PM ^
Next man up!
January 29th, 2024 at 4:27 PM ^
Justin has been doing all the heavy lifting anyway
January 29th, 2024 at 4:27 PM ^
Pull it down..
January 29th, 2024 at 6:34 PM ^
Everyone needs their shot! Go fuck shit up Tress...and I mean that in the best of ways.
January 30th, 2024 at 8:01 AM ^
Controversial Take....
S&C coaches are not as hard to replace as you think. It's all about how the coaches all fit together and then the S&C coach (as long as they are decent) intensifies that culture.
Mike Barwis was smart, a leader, and damn good at his job. They were not good under him. Urban Meyer had a strength coach that was literally a moron...I mean this guy was a walking turd and he did great.
I've been working in sports med/ortho but around major college sports so long I don't know really how to explain it. I'm not saying Herbert is just easily replaced but what I am saying is it's the nature of the job that a lot of S&C coaches are great and get a bad rap. Hell herbert was here to start 2018 and it really wasn't until 2021 until we saw how great he was but the catalyst was harbaugh driving the culture change and that amplified what herbert was doing.
I know of some S&C coaches at horrendous teams that if you put them at UM you'd think they were ben herbert. On the other side there are dudes that can barely walk and chew gum at major winning programs and people think they are great.
Make no mistake, Herbert IS one of the good ones. But it all comes down to SM. Lot of pressure on him to keep this ship afloat.