Sam Webb reports Greg Frey in AA for formal interview
Hearing Indiana OL coach Greg Frey spotted in Ann Arbor. Hearing he's here for formal interview. Will let you know if/when something breaks
January 23rd, 2017 at 4:10 PM ^
is lowest on the coaching totem poll I could understand a move to promote him to RB coach. But, in that same line of thought I can't imagine Frey or Drevno becoming the TE coach, not with their resumes. I would rather see someone with RB coaching experience become our new RB coach.
Now that Jay has been around the system for a couple of years, maybe he becomes WR/TE coach and can get some help from the OL coach with the TE's. Maybe Frey takes over OL and Drevno becomes OC without a positon groups and assists with all offensive positions, that way Jay is getting assistance with his new role, from someone who knows exactly what he wants out of the offense.
Then with the extra position bring in a strong RB coach and I think that would give us a strong offensive staff.
January 23rd, 2017 at 3:01 PM ^
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January 23rd, 2017 at 5:55 PM ^
he's basically the co-op on the football team. He's getting trained by one of the best staffs in football and he's now got experience at ST, TE, and probably RB. He's got a really solid resume for a guy in his 20's. Next stop might be a FCS/DII OC or something like that
January 23rd, 2017 at 6:22 PM ^
Even HC at DII is a step down. Maybe a G5 OC in a few years.
January 23rd, 2017 at 2:53 PM ^
January 23rd, 2017 at 2:58 PM ^
It's the rumor going around.
EDIT: Also, Greg Roman was the TE/OT coach at Stanford under Harbaugh, so Harbaugh has done this kind of thing before.
January 23rd, 2017 at 3:19 PM ^
Yes, I was going to mention this as I saw it when I started building my Harbaugh Coaching Tree spreadsheet.
At Stanford Harbaugh had Drevno as TE coach, Oline was Chris Dalman. After two years Dalman left, Drevno took over O Line and Greg Roman came in as the TE coach. Taggart was the RB coach the whole time. So this is a structure Harbaugh is familiar with.
January 23rd, 2017 at 3:09 PM ^
January 23rd, 2017 at 3:14 PM ^
You could have said the same thing about tight end and special teams.
But we had a very good special teams unit, blocked a bunch of punts, he coached a Mackey Award winner, etc.
Not that he deserves all the credit, but you can't look at him so far and say he's done anything other than a good job.
January 23rd, 2017 at 3:52 PM ^
January 23rd, 2017 at 4:03 PM ^
with Jay?
Considering how much responsibility an OL coach has, especially when also the OC, it makes sense to have two. I am glad to see our OL will be getting some extra help in the spring. I can't think of a higher priority.
January 23rd, 2017 at 3:19 PM ^
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January 23rd, 2017 at 3:21 PM ^
There are plenty of successful position coaches who didn't play the position they coach, and plenty of crappy position coaches who did play the position they coach. As far as I know, there isn't a correlation between success as a position coach and having played the position as a player.
January 23rd, 2017 at 4:08 PM ^
to CBs will always annoy me.
January 23rd, 2017 at 3:38 PM ^
that said that he could coach any sport because, well, he's a coach.
Also, Jay is good at Madden so there's that.
January 23rd, 2017 at 4:47 PM ^
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January 23rd, 2017 at 4:57 PM ^
January 23rd, 2017 at 5:37 PM ^
Partridge works with the SAMs. Having an OC or DC that does nothing else is rare in college. I'm not in favor of having Drevno on staff and not using him to coach on the OL. Seems like a complete waste with Jim Harbaugh and Hamilton on the staff helping run the offense.
January 23rd, 2017 at 7:54 PM ^
Shit, man, I can't believe that Jom hasn't thought of that. You should tweet him.
January 23rd, 2017 at 2:49 PM ^
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January 23rd, 2017 at 2:55 PM ^
Drevno and Frey will battle out each week in the Thunderdome, with the winner getting the opportunity to coach the OL!!!!!
Or maybe some other plan....
January 23rd, 2017 at 2:59 PM ^
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January 23rd, 2017 at 3:11 PM ^
Is it weird that I would actually pay to see that?
January 23rd, 2017 at 3:18 PM ^
My guess is that if Frey comes aboard, he'll become OL coach while Drevno will be relieved of OL duties and focus on playcalling exclusively. Harbaugh will either hire a dedicated RB coach or assign RB duties to Jay Harbaugh.
January 23rd, 2017 at 2:48 PM ^
January 23rd, 2017 at 2:48 PM ^
January 23rd, 2017 at 2:48 PM ^
Unto the breach, into the Frey.
Eventually, the Michigan OL Frey'd the Buckeyes D-Line, persistently taking it to the second level.
Etc.
January 23rd, 2017 at 3:35 PM ^
I responded to the wrong guy. It was a bad joke anyway. Hope all is well.
January 23rd, 2017 at 7:56 PM ^
I just want dude to wear the stupid leather hats the Frey's wear in GOT. That would be tremendous.
January 23rd, 2017 at 2:49 PM ^
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January 23rd, 2017 at 2:50 PM ^
Jaybaugh, most likely.
January 23rd, 2017 at 3:51 PM ^
January 23rd, 2017 at 5:11 PM ^
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January 23rd, 2017 at 2:50 PM ^
January 23rd, 2017 at 2:51 PM ^
is the best guess right now. He is the Jay of all trades.
January 23rd, 2017 at 2:49 PM ^
Another site made it sound like he had already started and that's why he was around AA. I think I'd trust Webb more on this though.
January 23rd, 2017 at 3:31 PM ^
Harbaugh probably requires interviews of candidates with whom he doesn't have a history. Frey has the advantage of having previously coached at Michigan, but he's never coached under Harbaugh. There's also the potentially awkward fact that during his previous Michigan stint, Frey worked for a head coach who was fired and thought of as a total outsider, so Harbaugh probably wants to talk with Frey and make sure he's a guy who can be on the same page with the rest of the current staff.
January 23rd, 2017 at 2:50 PM ^
in my mind, that Harbaugh could have one coach handle tackles, and the other coach handle the interior, G/C. They are different positions, and it would be similar to how coaches will delegate two coaches to Linebackers, Inside and Outside backers. With a young OL, more one on one time would be very beneficial.
Maybe since its split, one of Drevno/Frey would also take RBs?
Again, pure speculation, but I've experienced this in college to different degrees.
January 23rd, 2017 at 3:00 PM ^
January 23rd, 2017 at 3:23 PM ^
can he recruit ?
January 23rd, 2017 at 2:52 PM ^
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January 23rd, 2017 at 3:01 PM ^
Frey will coach and Drevno is the OC, so I'm pretty sure the OL will block in whatever style he wants.
January 23rd, 2017 at 3:07 PM ^
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January 23rd, 2017 at 9:42 PM ^
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