Gattis now a Broyles finalist
Along with two other potential playoff DCs (Lanning and Knowles) and OCs from Wake and Baylor. Can’t imagine Saturday didn’t factor heavily into this.
https://footballscoop.com/news/broyles-award-announces-their-five-finalists
November 29th, 2021 at 12:15 PM ^
Question is, now that he and Harbaugh finally look in sync on the offense, how do we feel about retaining him for a few years? I can’t remember if his contract is up or not but he could become a commodity this offseason with all of this turnover.
November 29th, 2021 at 12:16 PM ^
If he keeps calling games like this then he's a keeper.
November 29th, 2021 at 12:48 PM ^
If he keeps calling games like this, he’s a goner
November 29th, 2021 at 1:34 PM ^
I think the question is...how does HE feel?
Of course we feel great, but I don't know his ego or how he truly feels about the fact that Harbaugh made him change his style to Harbaugh's style and got Sherrone Moore involved as co-OC.
If he's truly comfortable, let's rock...this could be the start of something GREAT! If it's been too much, I'd understand and trust that Harbaugh has a backup plan in place (likely Matt Weiss).
November 29th, 2021 at 1:35 PM ^
It feels like they have fully mind melded now, and the resulting offense is beautiful and at times must be terrifying. I hope we are able to keep Gattis here for a long time to see where this can go year in and year out.
November 29th, 2021 at 12:17 PM ^
Isn’t Gattis a candidate for the Hokies?
November 29th, 2021 at 12:29 PM ^
Hope not, but if he did, could Matt Weiss step up into that role along with Moore helping out as well? Maybe Hart? I think the game plan is pretty much there now, it’s about balancing out the play calling. That 3rd and 2 pass play where we got a pi on Burke was a gutsy call for us. If that ball isn’t underthrown there isn’t a pi call there and then we would’ve been facing 4th and 2.
November 29th, 2021 at 12:52 PM ^
OSU jumped offsides so that was a free play. It's a built in read to the offense.
November 29th, 2021 at 1:23 PM ^
No, that was the pass play to Anthony after they jumped offsides. This was an actual 3rd and 2 from the 29 where Haskins has just ran. We hurried tempo and threw a pass to Wilson and Burke laid all over him. That was a gutsy call. It was about 10:30 left in the game.
November 29th, 2021 at 1:24 PM ^
No, that was the pass play to Anthony after they jumped offsides. This was an actual 3rd and 2 from the 29 where Haskins has just ran. We hurried tempo and threw a pass to Wilson and Burke laid all over him. That was a gutsy call. It was about 10:30 left in the game.
November 29th, 2021 at 12:50 PM ^
I don't think so but his name keeps coming up for Duke.
November 29th, 2021 at 1:03 PM ^
If Gattis takes a head coaching job, they should move Bellomy to WRs and bring in Dante Williams to work with Clink.
November 29th, 2021 at 1:43 PM ^
I’m interested in who isn’t being mentioned from the staff for this gig if Gattis were to leave… JayBaugh. Though I might not be surprised if Jim didn’t want to set him up as a target if things went south next year for whatever reason.
But it’s possible he may have to move on to make that next step up.
November 29th, 2021 at 12:20 PM ^
The only two teams in the country with more scoring drives than Michigan this year are Pittsburgh and Western Kentucky
We scored 6 TDs, including 5 in a row, against OSU
All of us who wanted him fired are not fit to run a CFB program
November 29th, 2021 at 12:30 PM ^
Also, most of us who didn't want him fired are still not fit to run a CFB program.
November 29th, 2021 at 12:53 PM ^
I wanted him fired almost immediately, and I wasn't thrilled with the hire in the first place, but two things have turned my opinion around.
It seems like Harbaugh has a much bigger hand in the offense than he did in previous years. When Gattis first got here we couldn't run the ball, like at all, for a while there. Speed in space sounds cool until Army is almost beating you. Now that they're on the same page the offense looks fantastic. Like a modernized version of what Harbaugh has always won with.
Second. it seems clear to me now that our biggest problems were on defense. Turns out you don't have to beat OSU by scoring 63 points, you can actually hold them under 30.
November 29th, 2021 at 1:05 PM ^
You can hold their best offense EVER under 30* FIFY
November 29th, 2021 at 12:31 PM ^
Some love for MacDonald too. Not renowned enough during the season to get lots of national attention but he did a job too.
November 29th, 2021 at 12:39 PM ^
If the Detroit Lions are smart they give him a look to fill their OC spot.
November 29th, 2021 at 12:54 PM ^
What the hell, did Josh piss in your cheerios, why do you hate him so much and wish bad things for him??? Think about his kids!!!
November 29th, 2021 at 1:11 PM ^
"A fate worse than death" I believe it's called
November 29th, 2021 at 2:16 PM ^
LOL!!!! As a Lions fan, I fully understand your position on what I posted. I really want him to stay at Michigan, but I feel he may have worked his way into a better position.
November 29th, 2021 at 1:00 PM ^
He should be considered a front-runner for this award. That game plan for OSU was a significant masterpiece. Aside from being downright outplayed to the point of all but giving up, the first few drives had OSU's collective head spinning around. They had no idea where the ball was going! Later in the game, he was just throwing punches to their face, and they knew it. Still couldn't stop it.
That was Ali's rope-a-dope on a football field. It was dad showing you a twirling right hand saying 'here it comes', and then slapping you with his left.
But the effort was more than just the OSU game. They developed this offense in game situations, play by play. Evolved it to swap out blocking schemes for new ones when necessary. Set up counters after a full season of prep.
He earned this award - even if he had some big help from Harbaugh's run game.
November 29th, 2021 at 1:07 PM ^
A bit worried that Gattis is going to land a HC job when this season ends especially if we make the NT game.
November 29th, 2021 at 1:14 PM ^
Keep your eyes on Dave Clausen. If he takes a bigger job, Wake is Gattis' alma mater.
November 29th, 2021 at 1:18 PM ^
Those in the "Fire Gattis" crowd also may have forgotten this was his first solo offensive coordinator job. His closest thing to this, prior, was his stint at Alabama serving as co-coordinator with Locksley. Which, we almost lost the opportunity for Gattis because he planned on heading to Maryland. Harbaugh swept in at the 11th hour and gave him this solo opportunity.
So, while he may have not been the prodigy people we're hoping for off the bat, you can see how he's really progressed over the course of this season. I'm glad Harbaugh gave him that chance and it's paying off dividends. Something cool about seeing a guy who was largely unproven, rise up against adversity, the same adversity that had Harbaugh's back against the wall, and watch them transcend to this moment where Michigan broke an OSU team that had the #1 offense in the country.
While this board has moments where we disagree on coaches, playcalling, and what players should be playing in times of strife, I think we can all appreciate the moments, together as fans, where we see it all pay off and put aside our petty squabbles.
We are fans for moments like these and I hope we can all remember that at the end of the day, and enjoy the spectacular season we're having.
November 29th, 2021 at 2:14 PM ^
I told a friend on Sunday that The Game made him a finalist. Living in Little Rock, I’ll be at the LR Touchdown Club for this event.
November 29th, 2021 at 2:41 PM ^
Mike Macdonald should be on this list too.
November 29th, 2021 at 3:46 PM ^
Josh Gattis' game plan for the game was masterful. He's done a wonderful job all season and deserves all the accolades and attention he's getting. We need to show our appreciation and let him know we want him to stay$$$
November 29th, 2021 at 6:34 PM ^
I was dead wrong about Gattis, that was an amazingly called game.