Can/should Michigan become a 1 year analyst gig for recently fired coaches a la Alabama?
Why not? I think this has helped Saban open his eyes and heart to different wrinkles. (I think it also gives a lot of guys an opportunity to learn from Saban on how to manage a program.) I don't think it would hurt though to bring in guys to be analysts and get some different voices in the room. Some recently fired coaches: Tom Herman comes to mind. Doc Holliday at Marshall, Mason from Vandy, Malzahn, Sumlin, Muschamp. Those guys all have valuable football knowledge and since they won't be in a coaching role, but purely an analyst position, I can't see how it wouldn't be a plus.
Side Note that's not worthy of it's own thread. Likely NFL Rookie of the year Justin Herbert, Chargers.
66.6 Completion %, 4336 yds, 31 tds vs 10 Ints. His QB Coach? Pep Hamilton.
In hindsight, maybe Pep wasn't the problem.
January 7th, 2021 at 9:34 AM ^
Ain't nobody wanna analyze this mess.
January 7th, 2021 at 9:46 AM ^
I would be that there's so ego involved that might motivate some guys to do it.
January 7th, 2021 at 9:48 AM ^
It doesn't matter if the head man doesn't listen to them.
January 7th, 2021 at 9:35 AM ^
Are you saying the Football program is in need of help?!
January 7th, 2021 at 9:38 AM ^
I’m not sure bringing in anybody on the staff fixes the current mess. Perhaps removing somebody from the staff...
January 7th, 2021 at 12:05 PM ^
Amazing how many people have forgotten about Einstein's definition of insanity
January 7th, 2021 at 11:38 PM ^
Amazing how many people believe he defined insanity as ‘doing the same thing and expecting different results’. He never did
January 7th, 2021 at 9:38 AM ^
Yes. Get as many good coaches on staff as possible whether it'd be as analyst or position/coordinator spot.
Not sure if going to UM as an analyst would be as attractive as being an analyst at Bama.
January 7th, 2021 at 10:17 AM ^
Yeah, the reason gets all those coaches is that Bama/Saban is well known "rehabilitation" program for other coaches to step into other coaching positions. UM has no such track record. Getting these coaches would prove to be very difficult.
January 7th, 2021 at 9:39 AM ^
We would have to have a coach that guys knew they would learn a ton from, Harbaugh is not Saban.
January 7th, 2021 at 9:43 AM ^
Have to also have a coach that is willing to listen, and to change styles if needed.
Both Alabama and OSU have subtly, effortlessly, morphed from run-heavy power offenses to pass heavy spread offenses in the last three years.
January 7th, 2021 at 9:45 AM ^
No, but he isn't an idiot. He does have a good bit of knowledge and experience.
January 7th, 2021 at 10:04 AM ^
You're right...but on what planet do you live on that you think successful ( or at least on par with ours) coaches are going to want to come here to "learn"...Harbaugh is NOT considered one of the best coaches ever.
January 7th, 2021 at 9:39 AM ^
I see no problem with that, but would they really want to come here?
January 7th, 2021 at 9:43 AM ^
I would imagine so. For a 1 or 2 year gig while looking for a new job, there's no downside really. Especially if you don't get hired anywhere else. And for a guy like Sumlin for example, or Tom Herman who may not want to take a G5, this is their chance to stay P5. And inevitably when guys get fired midseason, they are available next year. Plus, every can't go to Bama
January 7th, 2021 at 9:40 AM ^
LOL!!! The whole hindsight thing... I don't know if Pep was the problem, if he merely contributed to the problem, or if he wasn't part of it. What I do know, though, is that the same problems we saw in 2017, 2018, and 2019, also manifested themselves in 2020. Since 2017, offensive coordination has been handled by some combination of Tim Drevno, Ed Warinner, Pep Hamilton, Josh Gattis, and Jim Harbaugh.
Which one of those five has been around all four years?
January 7th, 2021 at 9:42 AM ^
That is an excellent idea but unfortunately I can't blame any of them if they said helllllll no.
January 7th, 2021 at 9:42 AM ^
On the side note, maybe Pep just isn't OC material...could be a good QB coach, but not a good game planner or play caller.
January 7th, 2021 at 9:49 AM ^
Muschamp is going to UGA to be an analyst. I believe he has a kid on the team.
January 7th, 2021 at 9:56 AM ^
Has our head coach won 5/6 national titles?
January 7th, 2021 at 9:59 AM ^
Saban doesn't have a heart. He has a lump of coal.
January 7th, 2021 at 10:15 AM ^
That's not true. Of course Saban has a heart!
I admit that it's not his, and he's built a special vault in his house for it so that no one can steal it and take away all his powers. But he has a heart.
January 7th, 2021 at 10:00 AM ^
No. What Saban does when he hires these coaches is called mentoring and his leadership in this fashion basically is like a rehab and they go on to become head coaches. Harbaugh can’t lead himself let alone other coaches
January 7th, 2021 at 10:10 AM ^
I love the world that we as Michigan fans live in that we think JH is somehow in the same zip code let alone universe as Saban or that he is viewed in the coaching world like some kind of genius. Saban is like going to Harvard or Wharton to get your MBA...Saban teaches you how to be a Head Coach and how to lead...On second thought maybe JH should head down for a year or two under Saban
January 7th, 2021 at 10:27 AM ^
If watching the rest of the football world isn't enough to convince Jimmy scoring is important and you can't win every game with your defense, I don't know what an analyst is going to do to change that.
January 7th, 2021 at 10:35 AM ^
I mean, Saban is the greatest college coach of all time, overseeing one of, if not the, most sustained level of program success of all time and while he does change, he's still far and away the man in control of that program.
I don't think Michigan can try and replicate a guy who happens to be the GOAT. Rather, their best path to success is the Wisconsin model, same system, mostly same coaches, repping things over and over so that by the time they're juniors and seniors they can largely plug and play and maintain a high quality, low error level of play. Constantly throwing new guys in the blender for one year rehab stints, and therefore their systems and terminology and calls isn't something that works in that framework.
January 7th, 2021 at 12:01 PM ^
sure, why not
January 7th, 2021 at 12:28 PM ^
Didn’t we do something similar with that shark fucking chap?
January 7th, 2021 at 1:04 PM ^
Newsflash.
The Michigan Football program is not even on the same planet as the Alabama Football program.
NO.