Drevno to Call Plays
IIRC speculation on this board was Harbaugh would handle the playcalling duties. If Harbaugh believes Drevno is up to the task, then so do I.
http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/index.ssf/2015/02/tim_drevno_will_call_…
February 27th, 2015 at 9:43 AM ^
And if you believe so then so do I.
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February 27th, 2015 at 9:48 AM ^
If Brown Bear is on board, as am I.
February 27th, 2015 at 9:51 AM ^
I broke the dam.
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February 27th, 2015 at 11:11 AM ^
I don't buy if for one damn second.
February 27th, 2015 at 11:27 AM ^
criticize deeply if this doesn't work, and say I told ya so if it does.
February 27th, 2015 at 1:39 PM ^
That is a scary sentence to read as it is basically verbatim what I said during the Hoke hire. Ever since, I have made an early judgment and committed to it with Mich football.. To each their own though.. Therefore my judgment on this decision is.....(drumroll).....: I am not a fan of it, I would like Harbaugh to call them and let Drevno work into it at such a large program or until they learn the team.
That all being said, I will trust the process, and trust the fact that I know less about football than Harbaugh has forgotten since he started. So I hope I am wrong and I will be excited to hear "I told you so" from you!
February 27th, 2015 at 10:55 AM ^
You have my axe!
February 27th, 2015 at 11:03 AM ^
Whoever Harbaugh has calling plays is going to be a huge upgrade from David Brandon.
February 27th, 2015 at 11:28 AM ^
must die. (Is that you, Dave?)
February 27th, 2015 at 5:25 PM ^
first time I have ever upvoted someone for talking about neg votes!
kudos to you sir, or madam!
jdon
February 27th, 2015 at 12:23 PM ^
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, what do you see?
February 27th, 2015 at 2:46 PM ^
PAIN!
February 27th, 2015 at 9:43 AM ^
If this was the case last year, things would've gotten funky.
February 27th, 2015 at 9:57 AM ^
I see what you did there. Sly.
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February 27th, 2015 at 9:44 AM ^
Let the headset comments commence.
February 27th, 2015 at 12:44 PM ^
Nice upvote! If you, or someone could photoshop Brady in this, it would be worthy of at least 2 upvotes.
February 27th, 2015 at 2:01 PM ^
for $200, Trebek. Apetit!
I think that's a board participant in the background.
February 27th, 2015 at 9:56 AM ^
They know each other well. They have coached together at San Diego, Stanford, and San Fran. JH will dictate what the offense looks like and will develop game plans for each opponent. Obviously, JH trusts Drevno.
February 27th, 2015 at 11:13 AM ^
And Drevno trusts JH...
"He's the smartest man I've ever been around. He's unique in a great way. I've never been around another guy like this."
February 27th, 2015 at 9:47 AM ^
Who is calling plays is generally overblown in my opinion. It can change in a second if the head coach decides he needs to take over.
February 27th, 2015 at 10:34 AM ^
When I read the really technical stuff on this blog I realize I really don't know that much about football. Still, I know a hell of a lot more than more casual fans. Yet everyone - I mean everyone - thinks they know more about playcalling than the professional coaches. I think playcalling is stylistic. Once the staff knows exactly how Harbaugh feels about the risk/reward scenarios of various playcalling schemes, it probably doesn't matter who actually calls the plays.
February 27th, 2015 at 12:27 PM ^
This x100. In general the play calling is extremely methodical. Especially in a pro style offense. You may run 3 plays over the course of a quarter knowing it's going to be a loss, just so you can set up a play action or a run out of the same set and movement. Trying to get a linebacker or safety/corner to bite on a play so you can get a big gain. Not that every play call is to set up something else, but when you see the same play being called and no gain every time it's for that reason. Opposing coaches know it as well, it's just a player will react in a split second and it may open the field for you.
February 27th, 2015 at 1:35 PM ^
That's one school of play-calling. Some teams will indeed try to establish a tendency so they can then break that tendency and hit a big-gainer. But there are different schools of thought on this. Some teams have more of a "take what the defense gives us" type of approach. And then other guys just try to score on every down.
February 27th, 2015 at 10:49 AM ^
I agree if your coach is offensive minded. If it is Hoke....
February 27th, 2015 at 11:36 AM ^
a middle school phys ed teacher?
February 27th, 2015 at 9:49 AM ^
They've worked together for so long, they'll know what to do.
February 27th, 2015 at 9:52 AM ^
The disembodied head of Herbstreit will be hovering next to Drevno
February 27th, 2015 at 9:54 AM ^
Really loving this idea because Drevno likes to RUN the ball.
February 27th, 2015 at 11:00 AM ^
With the top 2 backs from their class on our roster, both 230+ lbs
February 27th, 2015 at 9:54 AM ^
will call the plays. No way Dantonio and Urban can keep up with infinite monkeys.
February 27th, 2015 at 10:50 AM ^
as opposed to the blurst of times
February 27th, 2015 at 3:25 PM ^
My people go!
February 27th, 2015 at 9:55 AM ^
Frees Harbaugh up for spontaneous angry reaction GIFs.
February 27th, 2015 at 9:56 AM ^
Not worried, when he was the OC during their days at San Diego,the results were pretty good. 'IN HARBAUGH WE TRUST!'
February 27th, 2015 at 10:01 AM ^
Does anyone know if drevno or jh called the plays at San Diego? I was under the impression that jh has been the play caller at all stops where he has run the show
February 27th, 2015 at 10:09 AM ^
Drevno had one season at SD before Harbaugh got there, so he certainly called plays that season anyway.
February 27th, 2015 at 10:15 AM ^
David Shaw was the play caller at the beginning of Harbaugh's Stanford career, but he was demoted and JH took over.
February 27th, 2015 at 10:07 AM ^
Im good with it. Hell I'm not sure that Hoke even knew if we were on offense or defense half the time.
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February 27th, 2015 at 10:48 AM ^
Hoke was somewhat, but not fully, aware...
February 27th, 2015 at 10:14 AM ^
And will Michigan fans talk about it?
February 27th, 2015 at 10:28 AM ^
usually goes over his shoulder when he is having a meltdown for maximum awesomeness. The headset will be there. No worries.
February 27th, 2015 at 10:41 AM ^
Yes he will wear one and yes fans will talk about it.
February 27th, 2015 at 10:29 AM ^
I have no way of knowing if this is a good or bad decision but I honestly believe that if Harbaugh had just announced that his pet cat Fluffy will be calling the plays by channeling the spirit of Bo and relaying his suggestions in the form of cat turds at LEAST 75% of the board would post support of this move.
February 27th, 2015 at 10:45 AM ^
If that happened and we won, fans would be calling for fluffy to be named coach in waiting. The cat thing really sounds more like a Bo Pelini thing.
February 27th, 2015 at 10:51 AM ^
Amen. Obviously Harbaugh was the home run hire and dream hire but right now we are in the phase every move he makes is a sign of brilliance.
I just wonder what game the first "what the f*** was Drevno thinking there!!!!" will be? :)
February 27th, 2015 at 10:59 AM ^
I don't know, I haven't seen anyone on this thread refer to the move as a sign of brilliance. It's more something of note for how the team will be run. I look at it more as following Harbaugh's plea to the faithful that everyone that is for us is for us. I have no insight into whether Drevno is the right man for the job but if Harbaugh thinks he is, then I'm for it.
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February 27th, 2015 at 2:10 PM ^
The first loss, of course. Duh.
February 27th, 2015 at 11:01 AM ^
Yeah but will the cat wear a headset?
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