Maurice Linguist/George Helow hires announced, defensive staff finalized

We already Nua 'bout that

Harbaugh kept the two position coaches whose units regressed the most.  Now we understand why McGrone, who isn’t ready for the AAF, declared for the NFL draft. 

You’re an optimist.  

I don’t know if these are terrible hires, but you would think a head coach who just took a 50% pay cut in order to pay assistants more money would have at least hired a coordinator who has actually coordinated a defense before.

Troll

Toby Flenderson...how do you know these are terrible hires? They may be, and I don't know that they're not...how do you know? Who the fuck are you?

Shut up, Toby!

Ha! 3-9 seems more likely. 

Where is everyone negging this? Is it not an improvement over this year?

....and we also did educational trips around the world, and wow, sure didn't yield what we all had hoped for.

The losing. The losing is where it went wrong. 

Maybe low key hires and off-seasons will yield more on-field success. Shit, who knows? 

Great question. We can point to all the usual culprits but to me the one mystery is where did that guy go who brought all that energy??  Players were ranked after each and every practice, competition thrived, Harbaugh brought excitement and there was like a force field of positive energy around him.  Tom Brady, Woodson, Michael Jordan were all honorary captains. It felt like the midwest version of Showtime with Magic. We've all speculated on every possible cause, no sense re-hashing them. But if I'm Warde the #1 thing I ask of Jimmy for 2021 is bring back the electricity. If you go out, go out throwing haymakers. But don't go quietly into the night, that's not the Harbaugh we all viewed as the program's savior 6 short years ago. 

Disappointing QB play starting in November 2016

I don’t really follow potential coaches.  Are there examples you have in mind of coaches that would fit the description of highly sought after and we’re building something here?

Thanks.

You are clueless.  I suggest you talk to John Harbaugh. 

Stephen I usually agree with a lot of what you say or if I don’t agree I at least think you make a valid point. But man do I think you’re off here. Do you think when OSU hired Brian Hartline they were just shuffling deck chairs? Today’s game requires elite recruiting. Mo is an absolutely elite recruiter and the stuff he has done with multiple different teams speaks for itself. Mike has been around some of the best defenses in college football and the NFL and has learned from the best. Brian Jean-Mary had helped lead some very solid defenses and he also learned under some elite guys. 
 

A lot of college football is about elite recruiting. Between Moore, Mo, Gattis, and Jay Michigan has some absolutely elite recruiters. I am going to assume Hart will be at least good as well but just with the 4 mentioned above Michigan could go from 10-20 ranked classes to pushing towards the top 5. Michigan needs to land some more 5 star talent to find some playmakers. Mo is already getting right on that and Gattis is doing a heck of a job bringing in playmakers. But specifically defense wise, these dudes will bring in some very good talent. Yes Michigan has recruited well in the past, but more playmakers could make the difference of helping become a playoff team. 

Hiring a thirty-something NFL assistant to bring a 3-4 base D here, and two more thirty-somethings replacing Shoop and Zordich, is pretty much the opposite of reshuffling the deck chairs. 

Stick to the pulpit.

Brian Jean-Mary and Maurice Linguist.

Why on Gods green earth would any Michigan fan think college football is all about recruiting at this point? This program with the exception of Penn State sometimes finishes #2 in the Big Ten in recruiting and has ONCE finished higher than 3rd in the East division.