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Message boards had it last night, Brandon Justice reported it earlier this morning, Sam was talking about it, and now Bruce Feldman has SOURCES:

…so there’s enough smoke that we should probably report the fire. Michigan’s embattled offensive coordinator Tim Drevno, by hook or by crook, appears to be leaving the program.

We had high hopes for Harbaugh’s longtime sidekick due to the regular asskickings Drevno’s wards handed out at Stanford, and there was a brief moment last year when it looked like the OL was growing into a similarly ferocious meat grinder.

Alas, nobody’s pass protection has significantly improved in three seasons, and a lot of Michigan’s problems last year and today go back to offensive tackle recruiting, which also goes back to Drevno. He was looking increasingly superfluous last year when Michigan brought in another offensive coordinator type in Pep Hamilton and another offensive line coach type in Greg Frey. With Harbaugh calling the plays, Pep still around, yet another OC type Jim McElwain joining the staff, and OL development guru Ed Warinner with the team in some capacity, “What precisely do you do here?” was slated to remain a valid question.

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Quailman

February 23rd, 2018 at 12:28 PM ^

Hmm, its almost like maybe we should've waited to see how everything shook out with the staff before all the hand-wringing and complaining about Harbaugh and calling for the end of the program.

All of the rumors and additions made it pretty obvious that things were changing and there wouldnt be "4 OC's" like people complained about. Just needed to let things shake out naturally. 

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Fezzik

February 23rd, 2018 at 7:49 PM ^

You make it sound like Drveno was fired, which was not the case. We very well could of had Drevno on staff with Warinner breathing down his neck all season long in another discombobulated attempt at offense. That could of been another Frey/Drevno too many cooks in the OL kitchen situation that we were set up for. We got lucky here the same way we got lucky to replace Speight with Patterson. 

Bringing on Warinner to Drevno is the same as bringing on Mcelwain to Pep, yet Pep is still here. So your "letting things shake out" is luck based not Harbaugh putting his foot down. It's not natural for an OC to resign from a position late February with a $1mill salary on the table. With more luck Pep finds another gig but that looks unlikely. 

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grumbler

February 23rd, 2018 at 8:18 PM ^

This is totally speculation on your part, and doesn't even sound coherent.  You are essentially arguing that you were right, there wasn't a plan, and everything turned out as though there WAS an excellent plan because of "luck."  That's just adopting the glass-half-full philosophy out of apparent self-loathing.  

If we instead make the assumption that what appears to be real is, in fact, real, then none of your arguments hold any water.

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Fezzik

February 24th, 2018 at 10:04 PM ^

How am I speculating? I am giving opinion based off reports that became available. Were the reports not made that Drevno resigned? I have not seen a single thing that said he was fired. Do we have any reports that Harbaugh forced Drevno out? I haven't seen one. The closest we have to that is that it seems Drevno and Pep both would of had reduced roles this season. But even umbig11 said our staff was final and complete just a few days ago. So if our closest thing to an insider is even under the impression Drevno will be on our 2018 team I don't see how this coaching offseason naturally shook out just how Jim planned. Hell, Jim even hired a coach that quit after 17 days. Was that part of the plan too?

My guess is that Harbaughed hoped Drevno (and probably Pep) would find new jobs so he wouldn't have to fire them. Maybe the buyout has a lot to do with this, maybe it doesn't. To assume it was Harbaugh's plan all along to know Drevno was leaving but not announce it until late Feb is speculation and seems very unlikely. 

Of course Jim had a plan but there is a zero percent chance that everything went exactly as Jim intended with our little coaching carousel. I am not saying everything turned out from pure luck. I am saying we got lucky Drevno decided to leave because Jim wasn't firing him.

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McDoomButt

February 23rd, 2018 at 12:15 PM ^

The most reasonable theory I've heard:

If your subordinate is failing at their job, but they are also your close personal friend, you might privately help them find another job so they can resign on good terms rather than outright firing em.

Incidentally this also earns you a lot of loyalty with other (current and future) assistant coaches.

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Reader71

February 24th, 2018 at 11:58 AM ^

Fair theory, but it could just as easily go another way. Your personal friend is upset about being squeezed out and probably even more upset that you forced him to quit, forfeiting the buyout that you and your close friend negotiated. This could upset other coaches, current and future,.

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WGoNerd

February 23rd, 2018 at 12:28 PM ^

I think this was a necessary event for the program.  The only downside is it could hurt our chances of getting Anderson (but he was probably always going to Texas anyway).

I wish Drev luck where ever he goes next, Lord knows he wasn't trying fail, things just didn't work out.

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Bill22

February 23rd, 2018 at 12:03 PM ^

Never ‘happy’ to see someone go, but THANK GOD! Hopefully we can finally see some noticeable improvement on the Oline and in the game planning/play calling.

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N. Campus Tech

February 23rd, 2018 at 1:25 PM ^

It was a full back hand-off in short yardage situation. The issue, that was addressed after the game, was that the wrong personnel were in the game, and Harbaugh took the blame.

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JFW

February 23rd, 2018 at 3:37 PM ^

the play where Brady when back to pass and Graham hit him and caused a fumble means Belechik isn't one of the best coaches? 

Bad plays happen. Good coaches call them. Sometimes good coaches call plays that will work if the other team doesn't execute. But they get a vote. Sometimes good coaches screw things up. We're all human. That play sucked ass but I can move on from it. 

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