What about keeping coaching staff basically in place?

Dont we get to add a coach for the 2018 season?

I'm with you. We had an incredibly young team with a new offensive coordinator. We had multiple injured receivers, a terrible set of tackles, were down to our third string QB, injuries to the OL and RBs, etc. Pep and the staff are at fault for some things, but not all. Consistently changing coaches because they don't immediately produce year 1 is a recipe for disaster. Narduzzi would have been fired way to early if that was the case. Both on field performance and play calling improved as the year went on. I'd rather we have some continuity and let the players and coaches continue to develop.

Rushing is up to 8th in S&P. Passing is still at 76th, but 3rd string QB and freshman WR/best WR hurt caveats apply. Offense overall is 72nd. I am not of the impression that the coaches are the reason that the offense has struggled, and I think the improvement and potential is evident. Next year I would bet rushing stays top 15 and passing moves solidly into top 40 to give us a top 35 S&P offense. I wouldn't be irate if Jim stayed put with the current offensive staff.

Some god damn stability around here.

I’ve been an advocate for letting Drevno go on the basis of offensive line production and losses in recruiting. But if Jim Harbaugh keeps Drevno on, I won’t be angry or disappointed. Anyone who has coached or played football knows that your offense is only as good as your offensive line. We are one game away from the completion of year three, and yet in all three seasons we have had a qb miss game(s) from taking a beating. In all three seasons we have had trouble picking up simple blitzes, stunts, and twists. In all three seasons we have lost a highly touted offensive lineman in recruiting who had previously been committed. Those are my frustrations, and I’m sure I’m not alone. Drevno has a good track record so part of me wouldn’t mind him getting one more year. At the same time, our schedule is brutal, and the OL needs to be up to task if we are to compete for a big ten crown.

Stability is good but offensive playcalling was 100% a factor in the msu loss and wasn't great at Wisconsin either so if there is some slight shakeups I don't think it would be the end of the world.  A RB coach who can help coach RB blocking and blitz pickup would be helpful.  I'm still not convinced by Drevno, interior OL improved at run blocking during the year but couldn't handle simple slants or stunts at all and that was with a player who had been coached by Drevno for 3 years and he isn't a huge recruiting plus either so think you could upgrade that spot without disrupting offensive playcalling.

PSU took their jump on offense because they brought in Moorehead, elite coaches can still have immediate impact because their schemes are good enough.  Look at Michigan's offense in year one, old players adjusted to a better scheme and vastly outperformed the previous year despite similar players and a vastly different coaching staff.

Other offenses around the country are ranked higher than 72nd in S&P with both lesser and younger talent. Hell, Toledo almost averages 500 yards per game. Do we really think Army, Troy, North Texas, UL-Monroe, Ohio, Appalachian State, Tulane, Buffalo, FAU, New Mexico State, Bowling Green, etc all have better talent than Michigan.

Personally, I would like to see Maizen hired as an offensive coordinator. 

Yes to many things above . . . 

• Yes to coaching stability. I especially want this right now for the OL. Don't do a thing with Drevno or Frey. Things have improved, and will continue to improve.
• Yes to keeping Pep Hamilton, for multiple reasons. The WR and the QB need this stability for route running and development. For those unhappy with Pep, you get to see how he is thought of by the fact that multiple teams want him. I think that Pep himself realizes that another year (with great improvement) will only help his resume.
• Yes to Harbaugh deciding. JH knows who he works well with, and who he doesn't. He knows who really needs a promotion. I wouldn't be surprised if there is a coaching change, and if it isn't what we expect.
• You only need to look to the defensive side of the ball . . . Brown and Mattison are awesome, and are helping to anchor the defense. I'm thrill that this is a final destination for both of them, and that they are having a ball. The defense will only get better. With the offense finally improving, you will see the defense be better able to close out games.

The Drevno experiment is over !!!!!! Horrible and predictable

Even if they've figured out the Harbaugh/Pep/Drevno/Frey communication issues, it seems glaringly obvious they need a true WR coach. No position group underwhelmed more, and that's saying something with this offense.

I don't know what the answer is but whoever is responsible for calling play action passes when down 11 with 3 to 4 minutes to go or in earlier games when it was 3rd or 4th and forever, needs to address that. 

If that is Jim, whatever. He needs to change that because it isn't fooling anyone. 

As far as staff goes, that is up to him because going forward in year 4 there won't be any blame that should rest with coordinators. The buck stops with the man at the top. Keep whoever you want but start winning against teams with winning records. Only MIchigan and Missouri did not beat a team with a winning record this year. Yikes

On the defensive side of the ball, Harbaugh hadn’t worked with Brown, Mattison or Zordich. Yet he identified them as great football minds and went out and hired them. On the offensive side of the ball, it’s the “homeboys network” with Drevno, Jaybaugh, and Pep. They all have ties to Jim, and are protected by him in someway shape or form. He has to hire the next Lincoln Riley, or someone who is forward thinking to help challenge and be an asset to his stronger side of football knowledge.

I do think some changes are coming, but I can't predict which or where.  Maybe it's just internal reporting structure, or simplifying of the entire offense?  But either way, I do think something will be done.

But I'll stop short of advocating anything, because I don't have a seat in the room.  I don't know how well they communicate; I don't know the exact org structure; I don't know who's teaching what.  And neither does anyone else on this board.

What I do know is that Harbaugh isn't going to clean house and take down the Harbaughffense by bringing in some yahoo that runs a 'college offense'.  He'll get this thing going, and it'll roll like Alabama does.  Only Harbaugh's will be a more modern NFL offense with a heavy dose of manball on the side.  But I do think there will be some small change/turnover in offensive coaches each year.

I'm fine with that, but Pass Blocking has got to get solved.  So whatever it takes to do that should be done, otheriwse I'm fine with the staff staying stable(along with the addition of a WR coach as the 10th coach when that gets approved).

I think there was scuttlebutt earlier about Frey leaving. I don't know if that is still a thing or not. 

I'm not sure it matters what we think.

They are not consulting with us either way.

2016 was the year.

I don't know who is saying 2018 is the year.

Next year will not be THE YEAR because we will still be too young and thin on OL and QB. 2019 is THE YEAR, or should be. If BP and teh OL turn in a great performance for the bowl game, I'll believe stability is the right call. If not, I'd like to see some changes made on O. 

OC - Pep

OL - Frey

RB - Alfonso Smith (this year's "intern")

WR - Open to suggestions

I'd like to see Drevno move on to new opportunities. It also seems crazy to declare Pep a bust when he had to make do with three different quarterbacks and an extremely young receiving corp. I don't really have any problems with Jay but doubt he sticks around another year.