Exit Biff Poggi
According to Bruce Feldman: https://t.co/4jdWqfnWm7
Poggi will leave at year's end to become the head coach at Charlotte. Thanks for you contributions Coach Poggi!
November 15th, 2022 at 3:24 PM ^
7. Damn. Seconds.
November 15th, 2022 at 3:27 PM ^
Wish he would stay, but totally understand.
November 15th, 2022 at 3:46 PM ^
Agreed. Really want him to stay. Happy for him. Let's send him off with a 5-0 finish then.
November 15th, 2022 at 3:33 PM ^
This sucks. Everyone seemed to love having him around and I don’t care who the head coach is, having a guy that will keep you in check is a good thing. Bummer.
November 15th, 2022 at 3:59 PM ^
Agreed that it sucks. But, to me the question is does Harbaugh realizes he needs someone in that role and replace him? Obviously Poggi is unique and talented, but there are other people who can fill the role of consigliere if you identify to them that it is their role and you respect their opinion.
November 15th, 2022 at 5:16 PM ^
I would guess that Jack Harbaugh performed that role (albeit more informally) before Poggi came and did so more formally.
November 15th, 2022 at 7:20 PM ^
No disrespect to Coach Poggi, but it's time we got a wartime consigliere anyway.
November 15th, 2022 at 7:41 PM ^
"You're out, Tom."
November 15th, 2022 at 7:44 PM ^
If we had a Sicilian we wouldn’t be in this mess
November 15th, 2022 at 8:03 PM ^
Pop had Genco, look what I got.
November 17th, 2022 at 12:55 PM ^
I can't imagine that the article hurt his chances at getting a HC job. Coincidence?
November 15th, 2022 at 3:35 PM ^
If he wants to be a CFB coach great for him, but is Charlotte truly the best he could do?
November 15th, 2022 at 3:39 PM ^
For a 62yo who (as far as I know) has never even been a college position coach, I'd say it's a pretty good gig to get.
November 15th, 2022 at 3:40 PM ^
I had a friend go to Charlotte so they buzz in my ears every once in awhile. I believe that they've won a few bigger games the past few years and maybe went to a bowl. They also have a billionaire donar who is interested in their athletics (I forget who.) and they are a growing school as people move South.
Going from HS coach to head college coach is a huge jump. Seems like a great opportunity for Biff to build something. Imagine the recruits he could get with Cade McNamara as his QB....
November 15th, 2022 at 4:37 PM ^
"Going from HS coach to head college coach is a huge jump."
Just ask Gerry Faust.
November 15th, 2022 at 4:58 PM ^
Third all time in career wins at Akron!
November 15th, 2022 at 8:04 PM ^
my uncle, an alum (i'm surrounded by Domers) made and sold green "OUST FAUST" bumper stickers...
"$5 before the game...$10 after!"
November 15th, 2022 at 4:07 PM ^
I went to Charlotte for a year, way before there was the thought of a football program there. The campus is a hike into the City, though I hear a rail line has made it much easier, since I was there and the football program is for the lack of a better word... shitty.
November 15th, 2022 at 5:19 PM ^
I don’t know how many teams you think are knocking on the door of a 62 year old who has never coached past the high school level and is currently an off-field assistant… so yes, Charlotte is probably the best he could do
November 15th, 2022 at 3:35 PM ^
Oof. Happy for him, but man, if that article about his impact on the program is true... *tugs shirt collar* ... I'm a bit worried about a potential drop-off in the coming years.
November 15th, 2022 at 3:40 PM ^
I imagine when you're winning a lot of games, there are a lot of articles written about various personnel and their impact on said winning. There are coaches I will definitely be worried about leaving, but he isn't one of them (at least not right now).
November 15th, 2022 at 4:11 PM ^
Did you read the article?
November 15th, 2022 at 4:12 PM ^
If Biff Poggi is the reason this program has been trending upwards, we have a problem. Not saying he isn't valuable, but let's get a grip here guys
November 15th, 2022 at 3:36 PM ^
Shit. Good things don't last.
November 15th, 2022 at 3:46 PM ^
Fred G. Sanford...and the G stands for going places.
November 15th, 2022 at 3:39 PM ^
Sucks, wonder how this impacts Okie sticking around another year and our pipeline to St Frances
November 15th, 2022 at 3:40 PM ^
A new job. Good luck, coach.
November 15th, 2022 at 3:42 PM ^
Massive loss. As The Athletic article went into, he was not only a solid guy to have around regarding football but much more so behind the scenes as a communicator.
Some people don't want to believe it or hear it but Jim isn't very good at interpersonal relationships. He just isn't and you can all speculate why that is but he and his family have even joked about how it's been the case since he was a kid. He just has a way about him that can easily cause rifts & misunderstandings that eventually become issues.
You need to find another guy like him, another guy that Jim respects enough to actually listen to, a guy with the people skills to take care of issues that may arise in the program that he doesn't or can't deal with.
Because that Athletic article is just touching a bit on some of the things Poggi did at Michigan. I've heard some pretty unbelievable stories and I don't hesitate at all to say that we likely have a different HC today if Poggi didn't return when he did.
UM cannot go back to that.
November 15th, 2022 at 4:44 PM ^
Good lord, you make Coach Harbaugh sound like a gremlin. We can't expose him to water or sunlight, and we can never, EVER feed him after midnight...
November 15th, 2022 at 5:07 PM ^
Harbaugh finds his guys.
November 15th, 2022 at 8:16 PM ^
Let's hear some of the stories.
November 16th, 2022 at 2:44 PM ^
Are you Omar's brother?
November 15th, 2022 at 9:48 PM ^
Bring in Chuck Pagano
November 16th, 2022 at 3:49 PM ^
I will concede that Harbaugh can be a tough person to deal with based off his personality and the way he communicates, but I find Harbaugh to be a very organized coach and someone who constantly knows how to build a coaching staff. It often seems to be the case that whenever someone leaves, Harbaugh seems to find an upgrade (see D Brown, J Gattis, E Warriner, G. Mattison, etc.). When these guys came to our program we were all super excited about them but I wouldn't have any of them back to replace any coach we have right now. Harbaugh will figure it out.
November 15th, 2022 at 3:43 PM ^
Pretty big loss, but a well-deserved opportunity for Coach Biff.
November 15th, 2022 at 3:44 PM ^
Good luck to him; Charlotte is a tough place right now but it's a good opportunity for a guy like Biff if he can get some money and recruiting heading their way.
November 15th, 2022 at 3:51 PM ^
Is Okie going with him?
s/
November 15th, 2022 at 3:52 PM ^
Well that is a shame. Surely we could make a counter offer?
November 15th, 2022 at 3:58 PM ^
That competes with being a head coach? Don't think so.
November 15th, 2022 at 4:17 PM ^
The article also mentioned the Biff is very well off financially. This isn’t a money issue.
November 15th, 2022 at 3:53 PM ^
Good for him, good for them. Selfishly, the next question is who on staff is going with him?
November 15th, 2022 at 4:06 PM ^
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.
But good for him.
November 15th, 2022 at 4:14 PM ^
This was a great article. Thanks for sharing. Some of the Gattis comments are interesting about the offensive coordinator room last year, especially because Gaddis was the only one to leave…
Hard to say how much of this is a pluff piece, but it’s not a stretch to imagine, the fact that Harbaugh’s best two years at Michigan have come with best return . Hopefully there‘s not a drop off in culture, which had been a problem in the past.
November 15th, 2022 at 5:29 PM ^
I find it remarkable that you both correctly and incorrectly spelled "Gattis" in the same sentence.
November 15th, 2022 at 5:40 PM ^
Text to talk + laziness to change one of the incorrect spellings
November 15th, 2022 at 4:40 PM ^
This is tough after just reading the Feldman article about Biff - who basically was puppet master in the background pulling strings to keep everyone moving forward together. Impossible to replace a guy like Biff, I feel like he's probably the biggest loss to the Harbaugh coaching/development tree next to Courtney Morgan going to UDub. But congrats coach Poggi & thanks for all the amazing work behind the scenes!
November 15th, 2022 at 11:51 PM ^
Morgan wasn't loved by everyone on the staff. His impact was more Ed Warriner, who had great results on the field at a time...but he wasn't liked either.
Poggi is loved.
This is a huge loss for a program that just got back on its feet.
Let's hope we're ready to run.
As a sidenote, Hart had a similar title at IU...maybe he steps in as Assoc. HC and continues what Poggi started.