Jay Harbaugh hire in review

Good recruiter, his position groups perform more than adequately. He is a an asset.

I think this question will be answered next season now that Butt is gone. It will be good to see how the other TEs have developed. Based on flimsy evidence in the bowl game, I would say Bunting has developed well which tells me Jay is doing his job. 

 

Lets not forget he brough us Jumpman so regardless of his coaching ability, he has improved the program. Just having the Jumpman on our jersey helps in recruiting and differentiates us from everyone else.

I think it's hard to say but I definitely feel like the TE group is living up to their recruiting rankings which is more than we've said for other position groups over the years. ST seemed good this year too - esp blowing up the spread punt if that was his discovery. So far so good

He's a Harbaugh.  Shouldn't be too surprising that he attacks his job with EUTM.

I feel like the TE's have developed well, Jay is pretty young still, might be a future HC, he's lerning from one of the best coaches around too.

I think special teams did well for the most part this year.  Aside from the missed FGs, the only big issues were in the Wisconsin game with several illegal motion penalties.  I believe those were cleared up as the year went along.As Brian mentioned on the front page, the late return vs FSU can't really be pinned on anyone in partiular.  Allen kicked it to the endzone and the returner hesitated then brought it out.  

He's also a good recruiter so he's got that going for him, which is nice.

keep him.

I don't think it has anything to do with jay but I was frustrated the tight ends weren't more involved besides blocking this season. Butt obviously made his plays but beyond him there didn't seem to be a lot of short passes to tight ends which I thought we would see a lot more.

TE performance, recruiting, special teams/solving the spread punt for a while, train, ability to relate to current players have all been stellar. A++ and I hope he's here for a long time. He has a bright future and is building quite the resume for when he branches out on his own.

As competitive as his Dad is, I can't imagine Jim would hire someone who wasn't ready - even a son.  Jay seems to be a good recruiter and the TE position looked strong when Butt was out for the bowl game. Yes I realize that's a pretty small sample size.  Some of that competitiveness had to have gone to Jay too. I think he's doing a good job.

There was a night and day difference in his performance during the one year with Jay.

he also has been quite creative in aiding Jim's playcalls. I think Jay came up with train too. Will be interesting to see how Bunting and Wheatley pan out.

TE group could not be stronger. Special teams were like the Bomb great. Give me more of Jay and we would be happy. Nepotism works in football as long as the apple doesn't fall to far from the tree! So here we are ... JACK to JOHN to JIM to JAY ... the F-ing four H-men. God damn, we have the Harbaugh family cornered !!! Thanks be to God.

Think he is going to do great job. Looks like a solid recruiter and this staff will continue to make him a better coach.

He's good at twitter but I honestly don't know enough about what he does...like a few other position coaches to be honest.

knows that failure is not an option. My dad worked for my grandfather at Little Caesars for 16 years. A lot was expected of him and he had to do a great job. No other choice. Jay has expectations to contend with that no other on the staff have to worry about.

Only gaining valuable experience.  Not long before he starts getting calls and will move on.  Good to see.

 

GO BLUE!!

He continue to improve and I expect one day in the future another team will hire him away as an OC. He will probably become a good coach then replace his Father as Michigan coach when Jim decides to retire in 2030.

But I could do better!

And I would settle for Drevno money, because I love the University of Michigan.

I think its good to have a young guy on the staff and for recruiting. 

Wasn't Jaybaugh credited with digging the train up out of some old film? Every time we broke out the train it was multiple TE sets.

I thought he has done a tremendous job. The true test will be next season (post-Jake Butt), but so far he has been a great member of this coaching staff.

Not trying to bring this up again, but I think this is important to mention to show his impact as a recruiter. I originally was under the impression that Wheatley was the guy that made the largest impact on Najee, but Sam mentioned either yesterday or the day before that Jay was actually the coach who brought Michigan into the fold with him. He was relentless in their pursuit with Najee, which led to nearly pulling off the miracle. Again, I'm only saying this to say that I believe Jay is perhaps our most underrated recruiter. Kids relate with him more since he's younger, and I'm extremely happy he's on this staff. His position groups haven't been lacking, so it's hard to see a negative with him.

improved this year under Jay. I mean how often has Michigan ST play been an afterthought over the years. And in a season where this program did not benefit from many turnovers, the work of ST was instrumental in capturing a lot of hidden yardage which led to easy scores, especially early in the year. Michigan not only produced a dynamite punter and kicker, but it was dangerous on all returns and forced other schools to avoid kicking to our primary return guys whether they were Peppers or others. That is a sign of respect. Of course, it certainly helps having Superman as your primary returner. But how many teams returned blocked extra points for scores this season? And when has Michigan done that before? Probably never, since the rule has only been in place allowing that for a short time.

In any case, any way you look at it, Michigan got better in ST throughout the season. And Jay Harbaugh took over a job that his dad had specifically hired a guru the year before to cover. Now, maybe Jay learned a lot in that transitional process, but he certainly showed results this year including having the best holder in the country. Of course, we did have a kickoff defense gaffe against Florida State that probably cost us big time, but mistakes happen under every circumstance. He was also the primary recruiter for Najee Harris, and while he failed to land him, he came close in landing him after he was already committed to Alabama.

 

I was like, oh a family tie hire that might be ok...turns out Jay is a stud.  Getting invaluable lessons from this coaching staff...could see him leading the way way down the road. 

honest he got the job becasue of nepotisim.  If he was not the head coaches son he never would've sniffed a position coaches job at a P5 school with his back ground. If he had been Joe Smith peolpe would've asked why were we hiring him with such little experience. Normally he would've had to start at a lower level and worked his way up.

Now in saying that I am confident he has learned a ton from his Dad and Uncle over time and may end up being as good as his Dad someday.  TE coach does get help from both the OL coach and WR coach, so that makes his transition a little smoother. 

I think he has the makings of being a top flight coach one day and shows he is already very good on the recruiting trail. I suspect he will climb the coaching ladder over time and eventually be a head coach. I like what I see from him already.

He is a great recruiting asset, as Jim's sidekick. Lots of incidental benefits here, as he is young and can relate, and do a lot of legwork on the road for Jim. A great hire. Especially nabbing Asiasi who is a star.