Derron Montgomery named Primary Receivers Coach

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found this on twitter. this guy is following the Miami (YTM) director of player personnel. he held this position at "the U".

 

Im proud to announce that I have been hired as the Primary WR's coach & grad assist. for the Michigan Wolverines #MichiganWolverines #GoBlue

— Derron Montgomery (@Mr_D_Montgomery) February 5, 2015

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M-Dog

February 7th, 2015 at 11:30 AM ^

Growing up in eastern PA, I still remember very fondly his dominating runs against the Cowboys in the NFC Championship game to make it into the Superbowl.

BTW, Philly really needs to return to the original Eagles green and helmet wings shown in the picture.  Their current teal and the cartoon wings are meh, meh. meh.

 

Kewaga.

February 6th, 2015 at 10:14 PM ^

I thought I remember reading somewhere that Doug Nussmeier told Harbaugh that compared to Alabama and the rest of the SEC, UofM was woefully understaffed re: recruiters and ancillary staff.  Looks like he gets it!

Mr. Yost

February 7th, 2015 at 8:01 AM ^

I'm going to bold, because a few people have asked this question and I remember reading quote from both Hoke and Harbaugh on this...AND beat writers around each.

Hoke is/was very WWBD (What Would Bo Do), the first problem is you're better off saying WWBD...in 2015. A lot of what Hoke did was very Bo 1980's. One of those things was a smaller staff. He's mentioned that he doesn't see a need in all of the extra. Bo didn't need it, why should he? SMH

Meanwhile, one of the first things I read about Harbaugh BEFORE he was even hired was that he likes a TON of staff. Particularly on offense. It's one thing I actually worried about when he was hiring assistants. I was worried we'd get too many guys on offense and have Mattison, Durkin and Jackson trying to handle the entire defense by themselves. 

I remember going on the 49ers staff directory and seeing all of the staff he had, it was A LOT. So I did some research and saw that, yes, it's an NFL thing. Saban does it too. Staff out the yingyang. Those recruiting analyst positions? Same thing. I suppose that's what Kiffin was before he was OC. 

Harbaugh is building a brand new machine. This is something we've never had. Not even under Bo. Harbaugh is changing the entire program, but with all of the background, history and tradition in mind. What was broke late in Carr's tenure, for Rich Rod and for Hoke...I think its all about to get fixed. Not just because we have coaches galore, but the entire menality. Alabama is a machine in the way they operate, it's NFL like, OSU is a machine. Oregon is also a machine, but they're like the foreign car or alternative version (see Chip Kelly's first year in Philly). 

This is the new model and the new structure. If you want the old way, I suggest you move your focus to high school football. Because that has grown to be a lot like the old college football. While we're basically a semi-pro organization.

mGrowOld

February 7th, 2015 at 9:16 AM ^

Excellent, excellent post Mr Yost. If your schedule permits you might want to flesh this out even further for a diary. I had not considered just how radical a departure the sheer quantity of this staff vs Hoke's is turning out to be. It would interesting to see just how many staff positions Hoke felt were "unnecessary" and what their projected impact will be on the field.

Great job!

ghostofhoke

February 7th, 2015 at 11:10 AM ^

You're spot on man, great post. It's exactly what's happening and it's exciting to see. Nostalgia for the old way gets you what we've gotten the last 10 years--or at least a mix of nostalgia and lack of foresight (more on the part of Carr towards the end and the handcuffs on RR not being able to spend on staff). It doesn't take a genius to see that there were a lot of things that Hoke thought were unnecessary that clearly were-- headsets are the first to come to mind



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Cake Or Death

February 7th, 2015 at 5:39 PM ^

As I read this my jaw actually dropped.  How ANYONE at any organization could look at resources available to them and say "No, I have NOTHING for those people to do" is beyond me.

This has nothing to do with the fact he's a nice guy; this is serious lapse of judgement.  You play the cards you have, and one we have is greater resources.  Again... just wow.

Acedpar3

February 6th, 2015 at 11:26 PM ^

are you buying and buying support people? i would just get a comfortable chair and just watch. once in a while work with the qb's. do any thing to make us winners.

CoachBP6

February 7th, 2015 at 1:04 AM ^

I think it is safe to say that Jim has everything covered on this staff. If you're a recruit that likes academics, Michigan is top notch. If you want to play in the nfl, Michigan has a staff with decades of nfl experience. If you want to play for the biggest crowds, Michigan has the largest stadium in America. The other amazing thing about the new Michigan football staff is the national recruiting prowess. The staff has many ties in Florida / the south, the Midwest, Texas, California, and NJ. I think it is fair to say that Michigan is going to be a very well coached team. I still have trouble believing that Harbaugh is our coach. I keep waiting for "wellllllll we had a great week of practice"

JFW

February 7th, 2015 at 1:41 AM ^

Lol. I agree. I can't wait to see just proper execution and tough play. Even if these guys currently on the roster never grade out to where they might have been solid coaching will get them playing disciplined and mistake free.that alone will get us a tough game or two.

But part of me keeps waiting to be wake up...



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White-Pants

February 7th, 2015 at 7:44 AM ^

I would say that with Hokes football experiences he was not exposed to the modern day staffing needs to run a top notch football program.  And DB was also clueless.  DB would rather spend money on marketing then pay for the support staff to match the top ten programs in the country.

ghostofhoke

February 7th, 2015 at 11:13 AM ^

It will be interesting for someone someday to sit down and have a real conversation with Mattison regarding the differences pre and post Harbaugh. I'd imagine his loyalty to Hoke will prevent that from ever really happening but man it would be cool to be a fly on the wall that has seen the inside of both regimes and experience the differences



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