Assistant Coaches who have left
September 23rd, 2019 at 3:43 PM ^
Going to a team that's regularly competed for B10 titles, been in the hunt for the CFP and
Mattison was making $525k and is now making $1.1 million
Washington was making $375k and is now making $500,000.
September 23rd, 2019 at 3:55 PM ^
This thread could have been locked after this comment.
September 23rd, 2019 at 3:57 PM ^
Seriously. This is a very very stupid thread.
September 23rd, 2019 at 4:03 PM ^
There's been no shortage of those......
September 23rd, 2019 at 4:23 PM ^
Agreed. We need more threads about frat boys running amok, being destructive. And where did you buy that "E"?
September 23rd, 2019 at 5:20 PM ^
Ahh...those were the good old days of the culture wars.
I think they ended up convicting a bunch of out of state students and a kid from Bloomfield Hills for malicious destruction of property less than $200. None of them had a criminal record.
And Treetops got a makeover from their insurance company.
So, the only lasting thing is the dumb kid's new criminal records.
THAT was justice worth fighting for!!!
P.S. - Do you think those kids trashed the place because they knew something was wrong in the Michigan locker room? They were signaling the chaos of this Harbaugh team?
September 23rd, 2019 at 4:05 PM ^
I feel like the board needs to be locked
September 23rd, 2019 at 5:00 PM ^
I actually think big, embarrassing losses probably help Brian's bottom line. This place has been very busy the last couple of days. So keeping the board open with little to no moderator involvement may just be a good business decision despite all the carnage.
September 23rd, 2019 at 3:44 PM ^
Mattison was a career DC coaching a DL for DL coach money. OSU doubled his salary.
Simple as that.
September 23rd, 2019 at 4:32 PM ^
Didn’t i just see both of you on the post office wall of notorious posters?
September 23rd, 2019 at 3:45 PM ^
They left bc you ask stupid questions... so please stop
September 23rd, 2019 at 3:45 PM ^
Can't agree with this notion. I think the d-line and linebackers taking a step back so far is because of the talent they lost, not the coaching changes.
September 23rd, 2019 at 5:03 PM ^
Correct. It's not that complicated. You lose two top 12 picks and an all-american and replace them with...not much (which is a past recruiting/retention issue) and you're gonna have a bad time.
September 24th, 2019 at 12:52 AM ^
Yup. And Mattison likes saw the writing on the wall & knew the DL bottom would drop out in the 2019 season.
So.....on one hand, double his salary to $1.1M. On the other, forego that raise & also have to deal with a total rebuild at his position group due to a lack of recruiting/retention that he was largely responsible for.
Aside from the whole Benedict Arnold dynamic, it’s a pretty obvious choice.
September 23rd, 2019 at 3:45 PM ^
I doubt it. Mattison has left places to coach at rival before. He coached at ND. He coached under Meyer. He coached at UM under JH. He wanted to be a coordinator again...can't blame him there. Washington was always an OSU guy. It may be effecting the team, but it's hard to blame them for leaving.
September 23rd, 2019 at 3:46 PM ^
I think bigger than the absence of Mattison is the absence of defensive tackles. That will make everyone else on the defense look worse. Mattison left because he was offered a promotion and a raise. Al Washington was born and raised in Columbus. I'm not sure there's much more to those two moves than that.
September 23rd, 2019 at 3:51 PM ^
Let's just shut down the message board for the week. The threads are intolerable.
September 23rd, 2019 at 3:56 PM ^
at this point, OT threads about gravy, while still having hope for a great season, would be a nice change.
September 23rd, 2019 at 4:00 PM ^
Sausage gravy or brown gravy - Which do you prefer?
September 23rd, 2019 at 4:05 PM ^
Nervous bird.....
September 23rd, 2019 at 4:39 PM ^
That gif is sublime.
September 23rd, 2019 at 4:07 PM ^
Sausage gravy from Bob Evans
September 23rd, 2019 at 4:19 PM ^
The Apologist has posted.
September 23rd, 2019 at 3:54 PM ^
Not sure Mattison’s departure is contributing that much to our issues - I think it’s more about our DT recruiting
September 23rd, 2019 at 4:07 PM ^
The defensive line lacks talent. Has nothing to do with Mattison or Washington.
Why doesn’t Michigan recruit more true DT?
September 23rd, 2019 at 4:16 PM ^
Well, it has a little to do with Mattison, since he was the DL coach when we were whiffing on DTs.
September 23rd, 2019 at 4:49 PM ^
a couple of DT transfers and a couple more injuries can kill your depth. hopefully, one or both of those freshmen can get up to speed pretty damn quick.
September 23rd, 2019 at 7:18 PM ^
Because the coaches fucked up. They have recruited lots of defensive lineman who either aren't any good and can't see the field, get injured or transfer.
This is becoming a trend with this coaching staff. Many players ending up being highly overrated ( Solomon, singleton, Jordan Anthony?? ) are just a few examples.
Part of being a good coach is bringing in the right guys.
September 23rd, 2019 at 4:09 PM ^
I don't blame the mods for just calling it a week and letting everyone get it out of their systems, because this board is just full of winners since Saturday.
September 23rd, 2019 at 4:18 PM ^
What happened with all the existing DTs transferring out? I don't follow the board as closely during the off season. Did they leave because Mattison and Washington left?
Day sure as hell know what he was doing.
September 23rd, 2019 at 4:23 PM ^
Obviously mAttison wanted to be the top DC With his system not under Browns. And Harbaugh sold Washington to come here yet fully knew he was all OSU
September 23rd, 2019 at 4:27 PM ^
I don’t understand what is even being implied here. Lack of faith in Harbaugh?
September 23rd, 2019 at 4:56 PM ^
Active moderators would be such a good thing to have. This isn't a "message," it's an idle musing that could have been buried and forgotten in any one of a hundred of these miserable threads.
September 23rd, 2019 at 6:54 PM ^
I tell people that I'd love to be more active, but between work and everything else, not to mention the user-unfriendly way in which the place has to be moderated now, it's sometimes easier to let people vent. That said, a few threads have disappeared in the last couple days.
September 23rd, 2019 at 7:00 PM ^
Appreciate your post.
September 23rd, 2019 at 7:50 PM ^
Remember Don James?
September 23rd, 2019 at 10:25 PM ^
Harbaugh should be fired. We need to have higher standards as a fan base.
September 24th, 2019 at 6:43 PM ^
They left because you touch yourself at night.