Chavis wins Broyles Award, beats Mattison

I agree that what Mattison did was miraculous and he should have won it, but I'm guessing the voters put too much stock in the OU game - probably the most-watched Michigan game - and assumed the defense was only mediocre.  Plus they like to blow the SEC

Eh that just gives Mattison and the defense more fire for the bowl game and next season to come out the best defense in the country. But even though Mattison didn't win the award, it doesn't mean he didn't deserve it. Either way congrats to Coach Mattison being a finalist. 

Of course they did.  That's why he was a finalist.  Should he of won?  Yeah.  I don't think Greg is going to lose sleep over it though.

I don't think I've ever seen a coordinator do more than Mattison did this year.  I still can't believe how much Michigan's defense improved.  I never could have hoped for it to be as good as it's been. 

It makes perfect sense if you remember one simple rule: the SEC is better than everyone at everything. Naturally, that applies to the coaching staffs as well.

I'm sorry Chavis has atleast 7 NFL picks on his D. Shit even I could coach them and have them ranked top 10 .

BULLSHIT!!! Also, Alabama has a better defense than LSU, if you're going to award it to the best defense.

I don't want to be a homer, but:

I get that LSU had the most insane defense in the country.  But look at the talent on that team.  You could argue that any decent to good DC could take that talent - a starting 11 almost exclusively made up of 4-5* talent, with mostly upper-classmen in the 2 deap and a 3rd string better than many teams' starters - and have similar results.  Obviously Chavis is a good DC - not taking anything away - but to me, the measure of a good coordinator is how well a team plays relative to their talent levels.

Now let's look at Mattison.  Our defense was one of the worst in the country last year.  In every metric.  Scoring.  Efficiency.  Third down stops.  Yardage.  It doesn't matter how you look at it, our defense was insanely bad.  Mattison took these same players - many of whom are 3* underclassmen - and turned them into a top 20 defense.  To me, that is the mark of a great coordinator.  Look at JT Floyd.  He looked like he couldn't cover a jar with a lid last year - this year, even with the drastic scheme change, he was one of the better B10 corners.  Our defense improved more than any defense has ever improved (at least within my 15 year recal of cfb. 

So, while I guess awarding this to the guy with the lights out best defense in years is the obvious choice, it shows how little those who decide these types of things really drill down to the nitty gritty.

Which DC has done more with less? The winner is Mattison.

I am a huge Mattison fan, but you realize that at least PART of the reason that LSU has so many guys headed to the NFL is due to coaching, right?  Sure they have a talent advantage, but LSU has one of the all-time great CFB defenses.  #OFALLTIME

Yeah, finishing second to Chavis, especially this year, is like finishing second to Usain Bolt in the 100m sprint.  There's no shame in it whatsoever.  That LSU defense is truly special.  I'm glad to see the award to go to someone who is VERY deserving.

Look at where we are, last year we had GERG, we had one of the worst statistical defenses in Michigan history, we barely made a bowl, and we lost to Ohio.

 

Fast forward to today, we have a BCS bowl-bound team, we have a top 20 defense, the B10 coach of the year, and have beaten Ohio. Relish that our complaint today is that our DC didn't get the Broyles Award, I relish that we have a DC worth the salt and that Michigan is back on the path to greatness. I hope that we will continue our progression and that Coach Hoke will win the B10.

to a previously morbid ohio offense probably didn't help.  It doesn't matter, We all know what Mattison did.  He'll just have to go and win it outright next year by ranking in the top ten in all defensive categories. 

All post-season awards for players and coaches should be awarded to SEC people at the beginning of each season. We can do away with all the rigamarole over voting and analysis and rational thinking and just make it easy on folks.

Mattison probably deserved it, but I guarantee we care a hell of a lot more than he does.

I'd love to see Mattison take LSU's players, and Chavis take Michigan's players, and have them both play Oregon, Ok State, Stanford, Wisconsin, USC, and Bosie State.

Then we'll see who the DC of the year is.  Hint:  it won't be Chavis.

 

This thread reminds me of people who don't want their country to merely be the best country for THEM, but demand that their country is recognized as the best in the world dammit. Bizarre.

The Broyles Award is just ceremonial shit. It's not what coaches coach for. Why get upset about it?

...people look at game highlights and don't actually compare the numbers (which are more important) from 2010 to 2011.

Yeah, I'm guessing that Mattison has about 750,000 reasons not to be too worried about not winning this award.

Mattison should have one in a landslide based on what he did with this year's D.  I guess the Broyles is similar to the Heisman and most other awards.  The most deserving doesn't always win as the person(s) from the best team  are given preference.

ESPN and the media talking heads have to pump up the SEC as much as possible before the BCS NC game.    Trent Richardson is pretty much a lock to win the Heisman after his big game vs shitty Auburn.     Thanks, M. Ball for almost breaking Barry Sanders record but 38 TDs is worth shit.   How many yards did Richardson put up vs Kent St?  I know, I know, the Heisman is not about stats but about the player Herbstreit is blowing.  

doesn't win the award, its not an award.

 

what a joke

Of shit!!!

but I'm not surprised that the coach of the best defense of the best team in the country wins the award.

Mattison will get this award in due time.