EXIT: Pep Hamilton, McDaniels QB coach
February 5th, 2019 at 4:19 PM ^
You may be right, but this is the first time that we've had a dedicated OC without split duties. Gattis was going to be the OC at Maryland and I doubt he comes to Michigan if there weren't some expectation of autonomy, especially given that coming in and running Harbaugh's offense isn't going to get him anywhere.
The other part of this change is the expectation that playcalling will change, not just the playbook. A shift to more high percentage throws that get athletes open in space and away from running into a stacked box on first down would mean that the playbook doesn't have to change all that much.
February 5th, 2019 at 3:55 PM ^
Finally the stink of 2017 is gone completely.
February 5th, 2019 at 3:57 PM ^
2017 was the worst year of my life, both personally and for my team. So, I'm fine with simply erasing it from the history books completely.
February 5th, 2019 at 3:58 PM ^
Speaking solely of the team in 2017, it was worse than 2008/09/10/12/13/14?
February 5th, 2019 at 3:59 PM ^
Contextually, yes
February 5th, 2019 at 4:15 PM ^
Here's to 2019! Pretty sure it's the year of the mullet so things have to go well for you.
February 5th, 2019 at 10:00 PM ^
Except for that whole defensive coordination...
February 5th, 2019 at 3:56 PM ^
I wonder if the fans are paying for the buyout.
February 5th, 2019 at 3:57 PM ^
Now folks will have to select a new whipping boy for whatever ails the offense on any particular day.
February 5th, 2019 at 3:57 PM ^
It's cool. We still have Jay.
February 5th, 2019 at 9:18 PM ^
other than just the perception of pure nepotism, I do not understand the vitriol towards Jay.
Very good recruiter, solid production from his units both at TE (Butt won the Mackey fergodsakes), and RB (first 1000 rusher since '11, top 10 rushing offense).
Yes, he is Jim's son. He is still a very good contributor to this program. It's not like the Harbaugh coaching lineage is suspect.
February 6th, 2019 at 5:52 AM ^
Because it was pure nepotism. Jay was not deserving of a position coach at a Power 5 school like Michigan who has only so many positions available. Many didn't like it when he put him on staff. All that said, he has been OK. Not bad, not great, but OK as a position coach and recruiter. We have seen a good many experienced (Drevno, Pep) do less for a lot more money.
February 5th, 2019 at 4:04 PM ^
There are no more excuses. This thing should work now.
If it doesn’t and we still see the same idiotic playcalling, we’ll now know the problem.
if the keys are truly turned over to Gattis, it will be different.
February 5th, 2019 at 10:14 PM ^
I'm worried about what the board is going to do to fill space without Pep around to complain about.
February 5th, 2019 at 3:57 PM ^
Muppets
February 5th, 2019 at 3:58 PM ^
Seriously though, no one actually knows how much Pep is responsible for because of all of the committee stuff. Good luck to you Pep.
February 5th, 2019 at 3:59 PM ^
Late birthday present for me.
I'll take it.
February 5th, 2019 at 4:00 PM ^
McDaniels had been expected to be the new WR coach after McElwain left, correct? I wonder if this means Gattis is going to be more hands on with the receivers in addition to his coordinator/play calling duties, or if there's more shuffling to be expected.
February 5th, 2019 at 4:07 PM ^
That's what I hope. No disrespect to Ben, but Gattis has coached award winning WRs.
February 5th, 2019 at 6:46 PM ^
The PSU WRs were awesome when Gattis was there and practically fall off a cliff when he left.
February 5th, 2019 at 4:22 PM ^
No question that Gattis will coach the receivers; it would be insane if he did not.
February 5th, 2019 at 4:05 PM ^
Any word of if he was fired, resigned, or took a new position elsewhere?
February 5th, 2019 at 4:14 PM ^
Parted ways.
February 5th, 2019 at 4:06 PM ^
All this is window dressing. Harbaugh is the OC and QB coach.
Moderate /s
February 5th, 2019 at 4:11 PM ^
Well we all pretty much got what we wanted. A young and upcoming OC who will run a modern offense. Pep is now gone. Time to beat OSU and win a damn BIG Championship. No more excuses.
February 5th, 2019 at 4:07 PM ^
I'm surprised no one has mentioned Ben hails from Bo's hometown (Barberton, OH). Maybe I missed it in a previous post.
February 5th, 2019 at 4:19 PM ^
....and that is good because????
February 5th, 2019 at 5:08 PM ^
Karma? I don't know. I'd probably be pumped if we signed a 1-star CB from Fremont, OH.
February 5th, 2019 at 4:07 PM ^
Wheatley's new OC?
February 5th, 2019 at 5:10 PM ^
Can't believe that same dude was House.
February 5th, 2019 at 4:08 PM ^
But wasn't he nice on the amazon doc series!?!?!?!
February 5th, 2019 at 4:10 PM ^
I promised myself I wouldn't cry.... But I'm just so happy
February 5th, 2019 at 4:10 PM ^
Disappointing that it didn't work out here with Pep because I believe he's a good guy and a fairly good football coach. However his offenses really struggled against the teams it mattered against most and this was a change that had to be made. All the best to him.
February 5th, 2019 at 4:18 PM ^
Yeah, he seems like a good guy, and the players seemed to like him, but I can't think of a single positive thing that he did, and I've never seen anyone else point to anything either. You can argue about just how much influence he really had, but the fact that nobody can point to anything good, combined with some truly WTF passing concepts, just about says it all...
February 5th, 2019 at 4:49 PM ^
Maizen with a non-obnoxious comment?? *head asplode*
Have an upvote for that.
February 5th, 2019 at 6:47 PM ^
Wow!!! Never though I would see the day.
February 5th, 2019 at 4:14 PM ^
BPONE until i actually see these things change.
February 5th, 2019 at 4:17 PM ^
It wasn’t Drevno or Pep. Harbaugh is the one dictating how he wants things done. This is still a team that takes dumb penalties, has trouble getting routine plays off in time, and is not capable of running a hurry up offense or a two minute drill. Michigan will come in to November out of gas and nursing injuries as usual. Who will be the whipping boy when Michigan loses to first year coach Ryan Day in November?
February 5th, 2019 at 4:20 PM ^
I vote that it be YOU! Are you o.k. with that???
February 5th, 2019 at 4:26 PM ^
Have some faith, Ty. It's a new era of Michigan football.
February 5th, 2019 at 4:19 PM ^
McDaniels seems to have some Ohio cred. Hopefully he can recruit there against O$U.
February 5th, 2019 at 4:20 PM ^
So now there's an opening. I'm hoping to see a big name, splash hiring like Ed Warinner and Jim McElwain were.
February 5th, 2019 at 4:38 PM ^
I’m fairly certain there is no room. I believe McDaniels will be the 10th assistant, officially, now that Pep is gone.
February 5th, 2019 at 4:47 PM ^
Wow, great gif
February 5th, 2019 at 5:10 PM ^
Not sure what I'm looking at.