Update: Offensive Coaching Staff Overhaul

Submitted by MichiganSports3 on

Reading more and more that Dan Enos and Greg Roman will likely be the newest additions to the Michigan coaching staff, replacing Drevno, Pep, and Frey (all of which rumored to have accepted jobs elsewhere). This basically confirms what our "insider" MGoBlog accounts have been posting throughout the day with regards to the coaching changes. In bringing in Greg Roman, it appears that Harbaugh is planning on switching to the pistol offense that he ran with Colin Kaepernick in SF. He's got the QB's for it in Patterson, McCaffrey, and Milton, as well as athletic WR's in DPJ, Black, and Collins. Let's hope it revitalizes the offense for next season.

Note* Nothing is confirmed but I highly doubt that every UM Insider who's been tracking these moves is wrong 

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GoBLUE_SemperFi

January 3rd, 2018 at 9:33 AM ^

Peters running any sort of RPO, considering my comment during the game that he looks like Navarre 2.0. The comment was not so much a comparison, but a focus on him having ZERO ability to avoid pressure or be mobile in the pocket.

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SWFLWolverine

January 3rd, 2018 at 2:42 PM ^

There were a few zone reads...the one I recall specifically he rode for a while before giving it. I think our QBs may have pulled on a zone read once this year....I believe it was against Ohio State.

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Fezzik

January 3rd, 2018 at 5:22 PM ^

Not certain but I think you are referring to our zone read where the QB is supposed to have the option to hand it off or run it himself. Not quite a run pass option. 

We did this wth Speight and O'Korn as well and I'd guess maybe 3% of the time the QB has actually kept it.

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BallCoachDubb

January 3rd, 2018 at 9:00 AM ^

Is an offense mainly consisted of having the RB directly behind the QB who is in shotgun. It's a down hill running attack with many triple option variations. You can effectively run zone, power, trap, wham, the whole book out of it. It fits best with an athletic QB who is a run option.   Watch 49ers with Kap or Nevada with Kap and you will see exactly what it is.  I would welcome it 100% if Shea Patterson or Joe Milton is the QB. Don't really seeing it fitting Peters as QB.  I think Harbaugh has been wanting to get to it but didn't have the QB. But he's gone after guys in the past and missed that would fit it perfectly.  .He may finally be able to do it now that Shea/Milton are on campus.  

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Prince Lover

January 3rd, 2018 at 9:41 AM ^

If/when he plays, I guarantee people will complain that he’s not being utilized enough because they’re not calling for him to run the ball ever. He’s not a dual threat qb!!! I’m starting to think no matter how many times it gets said, people will still think he is because of skin color.

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Whole Milk

January 3rd, 2018 at 2:16 PM ^

I looked up his stats and watched his film, which show that he ran the ball in high school far less than Mccaffrey and even less than peters. If you actually did any research whatsoever, you would recognize that Mccaffrey (who also should not be considered dual threat) will probably be more mobile than Milton. I am not trying to insinuate that Milton is incredibly stoic or downplay his athleticism, but he is constantly mentioned on this blog as this guy who will be able to bring mobility to the table, but in reality, nothing he has done in his football career has shown that to be likely. 

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BossHawgzGoinHam

January 3rd, 2018 at 1:37 PM ^

You should look at a players combine times before u insinuate he is slow. Milton will be the fastest QB on our roster next year he runs a 4.80 laser timed. Patterson supposedly ran a 4.55 according to a source from Sam Webb but I think that source was exaggerating a lot! His Army combine time was way slower than that.

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BallCoachDubb

January 3rd, 2018 at 9:00 AM ^

Is an offense mainly consisted of having the RB directly behind the QB who is in shotgun. It's a down hill running attack with many triple option variations. You can effectively run zone, power, trap, wham, the whole book out of it. It fits best with an athletic QB who is a run option.   Watch 49ers with Kap or Nevada with Kap and you will see exactly what it is.  I would welcome it 100% if Shea Patterson or Joe Milton is the QB. Don't really seeing it fitting Peters as QB.  I think Harbaugh has been wanting to get to it but didn't have the QB. But he's gone after guys in the past and missed that would fit it perfectly.  .He may finally be able to do it now that Shea/Milton are on campus.  

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TheJuiceman

January 3rd, 2018 at 9:00 AM ^

It means the QB will line up a couple of yards behind center (similar to shotgun, but closer with the RB mostly behind him)and more triple options, veer concepts, and RPOs (run pass options). Its spready yet still a run first scheme. Most of the time. In SF it was.

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MGoStrength

January 3rd, 2018 at 10:30 AM ^

I'm ready for a change, but poor Brandon Peters.  I don't think he'd be successful in that system.  He's going to be the next Shane Morris.  CMU is really improving their team with our transfers.

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Fezzik

January 3rd, 2018 at 5:39 PM ^

And to think, it was such a short time ago a large portion of the fan base didn't want Shea to come because how Peters might feel about it. Now the scheme could change to not fit him as well.

Always take talent!

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LSAClassOf2000

January 3rd, 2018 at 8:36 AM ^

I guess this hits on what would be one of my biggest complaints about the playcalling - I can point to moments in every game this past season where it seemed muddled and clearly a hodgepodge of styles. That in itself made the offense seem ponderous. Consistency in playcalling by itself would be a huge plus coming into 2018.

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Prince Lover

January 3rd, 2018 at 9:22 AM ^

My question is, why did Harbaugh never trust Drevno? I’m not saying I’m a Drevno guy, but wasn’t he JH’s OC everywhere he’s been, including pros? Why’d he bring in other co-OCs? My other general question not related to much, if next year is a struggle, are we going after new coordinators again, having to start over again? Speaking of consistency, don’t we need to stop the carousel of coaches that has taken place almost every year of JH’s tenure so far? I don’t know.....I just want to stop being the lions.

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pescadero

January 3rd, 2018 at 9:33 AM ^

"I'm not saying I’m a Drevno guy, but wasn’t he JH’s OC everywhere he’s been, including pros?"

 

No.

 

USD -

2004: Drevno

2005: Drevno

2006: Drevno (David Shaw passing game coordinator)

 

Stanford -

2007: David Shaw (Drevno TE coach)

2008: David Shaw (Drevno TE coach)

2009: David Shaw (Drevno OL coach)

2010: David Shaw (Drevno OL coach)

 

San Francisco -

2011: Greg Roman (Drevno Co-OL coach)

2012: Greg Roman  (Drevno Co-OL coach)

2013: Greg Roman  (Drevno Co-OL coach)

2014: Greg Roman (Drevno OL coach at USC)

 

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The Pope

January 3rd, 2018 at 12:35 AM ^

It could explain a poor game plan for the bowl game. They were already checked out, and were thinking about their new jobs. Is Roman's background as an OLine coach? Who would coach the WR group? Excited to hear the answers Harbaugh comes up with.

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Wendyk5

January 3rd, 2018 at 12:35 AM ^

So if Drevno has accepted a job elsewhere already, this has been in the works for while. And if that’s the case, I have to question those coaches’ commitment to this bowl game. When Durkin left, I thought that affected his game prep for the Ohio State game that year.

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