Enos hired as (possible) OC
SOURCE: #Michigan is hiring former #Arkansas OC Dan Enos, a former #MichiganState asst and ex #CMU head coach.
January 5th, 2018 at 2:01 PM ^
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January 5th, 2018 at 2:46 PM ^
Eh. Their offense was never much to write home about.
January 5th, 2018 at 2:56 PM ^
Enos was QB coach for Hoyer, then he moved to RB coach, did not coach Le'Veon Bell.
January 5th, 2018 at 3:07 PM ^
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January 5th, 2018 at 3:01 PM ^
This does not look amazing:
"Enos took the Arkansas OC job in 2015 after he left the CMU head coaching post of his own volition, and led the Razorbacks to the 29th rated offense, the 54th offense and the 94th offense in his three years in Fayetteville"
January 5th, 2018 at 3:16 PM ^
What about Sterlin Gilbert?
Tulsa, 2015
Texas, 2016
South Florida, 2017
All great offenses, particularly rushing offenses.
He likes to run Veer & Shoot, which is a Smashmouth-run hybrid of the spread offense, using the spread to create more space than you ordinarily get for a bunch of power-run/play action stuff. Basically, it's some of the philosophical stuff that we've been trying to do, but using the spread to make it legitimately feasible.
Texas and Illinois recruiting pipelines.
What's not to like?
January 5th, 2018 at 3:19 PM ^
Veer & Shoot (Sterlin Gilbert's offense) from footballstudyhall.com
"veer and shoot takes the idea of a power run/play-action spread offense to its logical extremes.
The WR splits make for intense spacing, the passing game focuses on attacking deep or wide with screens and vertical routes, and the run game is filled with down blocking angles and two-back lead runs. Even the personnel are chosen for their extremes, veer and shoot teams target the biggest OL and the fastest WRs they can find so that teams are really punished for failing to use numbers to stop either the passing game or the runs."
January 5th, 2018 at 4:32 PM ^
It seems Harbaugh will go get the best guy for Defense but not on offense. NO way Enos is the best option you have for Michigan Off Coord.
January 5th, 2018 at 4:36 PM ^
I haven't seen anyone mention OC for Enos other than on this board. The speculation is quarterbacks or receivers.
But for O coordinator, for D he's looking for an island who's going to run D on it's own. On O it's a different standard, it's about hiring a guy who's going to run a system he's part of. But yeah, the guy who fits that will get paid what's required.
You really want an OC who's going to tell Harbaugh to get stuffed if he wants to jump in? Not me, I want Harbaugh deeply involved in the offense
January 5th, 2018 at 4:45 PM ^
always runs the vision of the HC. Harbaugh isn't stupid, I would like to see him get someone who will add to what he is doing and expand it. You want an OC who is bringing fresh ideas and good gameplans. Studying the best way to put your players in position to succeed. Harbaugh isn't calling plays and Enos calling plays doesn't get me all nice and tingly inside, lol. You aren't going to win in College with an old school style of football, you have to adapt. Look at the playoffs and NC game on Monday.
January 5th, 2018 at 3:17 PM ^
Actually, that's not too bad considering the talent and the competition.
January 5th, 2018 at 4:09 PM ^
You would be satisifed with us peaking at the #29 offense, then slumping to #54, and plummeting into the 90s?
Three of their four wins this year were Florida A&M, New Mexico State, and Coastal Carolina. Against these three schools came 1,432 of their 97th ranked 4,481 yards.
In their other 9 games, they averaged 339 total yards. That would have been good for 109th in the nation.
I'm not sure where the threshhold is for "not too bad," but that's WAY below my threshhold for "do want."
January 5th, 2018 at 4:35 PM ^
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January 5th, 2018 at 5:14 PM ^
The fasination with 'creativity' is a bit out of control around here.
Teams win with talent and execution not by being more creative than their opponent. In fact, I can't think of one lose during Harbaugh's 3 years that came down to a lack of creativity.
January 5th, 2018 at 5:57 PM ^
This is false. Misdirection is a HUGE part of offensive football. And our execution has been terrible by the way. So yeah, creativity is important and has been lacking.
January 5th, 2018 at 9:07 PM ^
Do you recall the first half of the Wisconsin and OSU games, during which we played approximately competent offensive football? Me too. Much of that was misdirection based, and a lot of that was counter runs out of the backfield. Our backs looked like their jerseys were made of Crisco.
While this doesn't address "how Harbaugh lost", offensive creativity is a fact and necessity.
January 5th, 2018 at 2:19 PM ^
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January 5th, 2018 at 2:27 PM ^
go look at msu's recruit list the past few years, then ours...and youll see half of theirs are from Ohio, and none of ours, are..... Enos is a very strong recruiter in Ohio. THAT, is what he was thinking...
January 5th, 2018 at 2:56 PM ^
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January 5th, 2018 at 4:36 PM ^
Can we get over this whole Ohio thing. You aren't beating the Bama/Georgia's of the world by focusing on Ohio. Urbs is going to get his guys before Michigan even has a shot. I don't see Enos winning alot of recruiting battles for top ranked players. I've never heard that about him before. Michigan has to recruit nationally, which Harbaugh has been doing to win. The talent in Michigan and Ohio isn't going to beat Ohio st let alone Penn st, Georgia, Alabama.
January 5th, 2018 at 6:00 PM ^
Well that constant stream of Ohio players that seem to be ending up in East Lansing have done pretty well against us. How about we focus on beating them and winning our league first before we jump the gun on the whole Bama/Georgia thing.
January 5th, 2018 at 2:28 PM ^
January 5th, 2018 at 2:36 PM ^
It is Friday afternoon and my typical office nap time, but did you just use Mike DeBord as an example of a great coordinator? Sorry, my sarcasm meter has been out of calibration this week.
January 5th, 2018 at 3:41 PM ^
The mention of Mike DeBord makes me leave my desk, run left for about three yards and then fall over even to this day. I dare say even Greg Davis was a smidgen more imaginative on some occasions anyway.
January 5th, 2018 at 4:22 PM ^
You would've made it 7 yards if Jake Long was your office mate to the left.
January 5th, 2018 at 2:38 PM ^
my disagreement would be that Mike DeBord wasn't a great coordinator
January 5th, 2018 at 2:38 PM ^
You used "Mike Debord" and "great coordinator" in the same sentence???
January 5th, 2018 at 2:47 PM ^
"is not a"
January 5th, 2018 at 2:50 PM ^
Now THAT would work.
January 5th, 2018 at 3:00 PM ^
You realize it was the defense that won most of the games in '97, right?
January 5th, 2018 at 4:37 PM ^
right, this must be sarcasm.
January 5th, 2018 at 2:49 PM ^
I'm guessing you don't have a corporate style job so you've never seen a great employee promoted and be a terrible manager? Not saying that is the case with Enos, but there are horrible failed HC (Wade Phillips, Rod Maranelli) even at the NFL level that have returned to surccessful coordinator or position coach levels. Sometimes people just get promoted past their level of competence.
January 6th, 2018 at 9:17 AM ^
He was atrocious at CMU. I have no faith.
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January 5th, 2018 at 2:20 PM ^
That took a little work but the pay-off was supreme. Maybe saved otherwise meh news.
January 5th, 2018 at 2:49 PM ^
January 5th, 2018 at 2:02 PM ^
I wonder what this means for the other coaches....
January 5th, 2018 at 2:06 PM ^
January 5th, 2018 at 2:11 PM ^
I'd feel great about it. He has coached some really good offensive lines. Maybe not the best play-caller, but let him do what he does well. Who are we going to hire with a better track record for OL?