(edit) Article: NFL Quality Control Coach or Jay Harbaugh's old job
Being curious as to what an NFL Quality Control Coach does but, never having reason enough to add it to the myriad of items on my "Surefire ways to waste infinite amounts of time" list, The hiring of Jay Harbaugh now gives me said reason.
(edit: due to what was probably a way too obscure title and longwinded OP, I edited to get the focus more on the article and less on Jay Harbaugh)
January 20th, 2015 at 11:26 PM ^
Seems like Jay will be more heavily involved in recruiting than anyone else. He's been breaking down film for a living for the last couple years, is young and relateable, has already travelled between Maryland and California on recruiting trips and he's like a week into the job. Didn't he visit like seven recruits just this morning? Not to mention Drevno and Baxter have extensive experience coaching TEs.
January 21st, 2015 at 9:09 AM ^
He'll also spend a lot of time assisting Drevno as the TEs work with the OL, and assisting Fisch when the TEs work with the WRs, assisting Wheatley as the TEs work with the RBs/FBs, a likely getting assistance from Baxter as he has experience with TEs.
Don't get it twisted, I hate when coaches get called "glorified recruiters", because regardless of the position coach there is a lot of coaching that goes on. A lot of people complained that Jackson, as a RB coach, was essentially a glorified recruiter, but then complained that the RBs didn't develop, for instance. I don't agree that he isn't a significant coach, he has a lot of things to teach RBs from where to take their eyes (both in the run game and in protection), footwork both before and after the handoff, routes, blocking, etc, there is plenty of coaching at the position.
Jay Harbaugh won't be a glorified recruiter. He'll be consistently working with the TEs. But he will consistently be working with other coaches too. As a TE coach, he's essentially an offensive assistant, hell, he may even work with the QBs from time to time when the TEs and QBs are working together. TE is a very multiple position, which is why young guys more often than not have a role rather than being tasked with doing it all. And that's also why it needs a dedicated coach, despite typically working with other coaches.
January 20th, 2015 at 11:36 PM ^
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January 20th, 2015 at 11:41 PM ^
January 21st, 2015 at 12:02 AM ^
I'd love to see Tom Crean brought on as a tackling dummy.
January 21st, 2015 at 12:04 AM ^
I've always felt everyone was overreacting to this anyway. So he's young with not a lot of experience, everyone has to have a "first job"
January 21st, 2015 at 12:12 AM ^
agreed but, I can understand the concern. It comes form shellshock related to the past season and the other coaching searches.
but realistically, what a place to have your first position coaching job. He's got a hell of a staff to learn from. This should be great for him
January 21st, 2015 at 8:10 AM ^
If people can't understand the difference between the way this search was conducted and past searches, they can't be helped.
January 21st, 2015 at 12:29 AM ^
January 21st, 2015 at 12:53 AM ^
Without looking it up, how many people can name the previous TE coaches that served under Hoke, RR and Carr.
January 21st, 2015 at 9:14 AM ^
But overall I do agree with you. Moving up from an NFL offensive assistant to a position coach, particularly a position coach at the college football level, isn't all that unusual of a promotion. Is it a homerun hire? No.
Then again, Brian Ferentz was an offensive assistant and then TE assistant before becoming the TE coach for the NE Patriots. He then took the OL coaching job at Iowa, where he has been relatively successful (produced some high draft picks in his time).
Again, the move isn't all that big of a jump.
January 21st, 2015 at 12:10 AM ^
I'm not sure providing a link at the beginning of the post excuses rambling for three paragraphs without communicating a single piece of information...
January 21st, 2015 at 12:26 AM ^
information wasnt the point. was laying out my reason for posting the article. It got wordy, but hey, I'm a rookie. It happens
January 22nd, 2015 at 11:55 AM ^
I was just being snarky. It's definitely better now, anyway.
January 21st, 2015 at 12:37 AM ^
How about we wait for NSD before we start celebrating his recruiting chops?
January 21st, 2015 at 12:48 AM ^
well since you wanna expand that statement way past where it should have been taken, lemme explain:
how is commenting on how he did well ths past week celebrating recruiting chops. he has no recruiting chops. he hasnt recruited anyone. but from what we've read over the past week or so, these things might be a sign of future success. If he turns out to be an ace recruiter, then we can look back at this time and say he got off to a good start. tis all
(The OP was loing enough, did I really have to explain that)
January 21st, 2015 at 2:52 AM ^
OK, since he hasn't had time to do any substantive coaching yet, what exactly were you referring to when you said "he's acquitted himself quite well over the past week?"
January 21st, 2015 at 8:34 AM ^
January 21st, 2015 at 2:21 AM ^
Your avatar reveals a preoccupation with death. Get outside. Lose the tension. Breathe.
Peace.
January 21st, 2015 at 2:50 AM ^
Questioning assumptions that are based on scant evidence ain't tension, nor is it an indication of breathing problems, or a sign of being inside too much.
January 21st, 2015 at 4:09 AM ^
"Interesting article. Thanks. We really don't have enough evidence to know how Jay will work out, but I agree he's hit the ground running."
But that wouldn't suit your agenda. You are very clever at taking part of a person's statement, giving it your own twist to mischaracterize what they actually said, and then dumping your bad attitude into our sports conversation.
I'm reading you like a book, Don. You've chased people out of your own life with that bad attitude. Now you're trying to chase people away from MGoBlog with your unhealthy negativity.
Give it a rest.
Peace.
January 22nd, 2015 at 12:01 PM ^
You're kind of pushy.
January 22nd, 2015 at 2:17 PM ^
So is Jim Harbaugh.
January 21st, 2015 at 1:08 AM ^
January 21st, 2015 at 1:23 AM ^
Some people just like to bitch. No worries W V.
January 21st, 2015 at 2:24 AM ^
yeah, I got no problem with people bitching, but I did have to edit because I thought it was an interesting article too. And I'd actually like to see if anyone has an opinion on it or something to add.
January 21st, 2015 at 4:42 AM ^
While MGoBlog does a good job of correlating information, the spelling bee freaks, grammar nazis and negative ninnies try to suck the fun out of this place. They do this under the pretext of trying to maintain some empyrean standard, but it's primarily an excuse for uptight people to bitch or act tough behind a keyboard.
There's people like Space Coyote, Magnus, Wolverine Devotee and numerous others who provide useful information and interesting perspectives. Slogging through the negativity is a chore, but I suppose that's what happens when you leave the door open and anyone can walk in.
I was never certain what a "quality control coach" did, and that article was informative.
Thanks.
January 21st, 2015 at 5:19 AM ^
Been a lurker around this blog for a long time before I even made an account. I've navigated the waters through many a message board/forum/blog. there's always a trial and error approach when starting to post on each one. Skin is plenty thick
January 21st, 2015 at 7:01 AM ^
The position as we know it in modern day football was created by Mike Holmgren in 1990 when he was the Offensive Coordinator for the San Francisco 49ers. Mike needed someone to transcribe the Niners Playbook and copy it to a computer. That someone was Jon Gruden. The job also included analyzing opponents, breaking down statistics, tracking and charting plays during games and fetching coffee. Gruden earned a salary of $500 a month, turned 18 hour days and often spent his nights on a cot in the office drawing up plays on his computer.
You know, for it to grow from this to a point where individual coordinators have their own QC assistants in some cases and that QC coaches are now getting their own agents shows you how indispensible having someone like this can be. I actually didn't think about it much before, but when you see the names who got their NFL start doing this, it makes a lot of sense.
January 21st, 2015 at 7:55 AM ^
January 21st, 2015 at 8:33 AM ^
article thanks for sharing!
January 21st, 2015 at 9:23 AM ^
Gotta start somewhere.
January 21st, 2015 at 9:37 AM ^
It's always exciting to watch what happens when craft industries start to migrate "stuff in Bob's head" to structured data. This is a great example. (Now if only healthcare would follow suit.)
January 21st, 2015 at 10:57 AM ^