Hypothetical ideal OC candidates?

Submitted by corundum on

Not saying that Borges will be fired, but who are your ideal candidates if it were to happen? If this post is too close to a snowflake thread, feel free to delete.

MGoStrength

November 9th, 2013 at 8:25 PM ^

Why do we continually have to deal with coaching problems?  Is finding a decent coaching staff really that hard?  When OSU goes through coaching changes they don't seem to skip a beat.

MGoStrength

November 9th, 2013 at 9:05 PM ^

They didn't hire anyone, they were forced to fire Tressell.  They had one bad year and have not lost a game since.  If we went 6-6 in 2008 and didn't lose a game after that I'd take that any day!

JT4104

November 9th, 2013 at 8:27 PM ^

If they could pull him from the west coast....what about Jeff Tedford? He has done well with QB's and if he could change this offense into somethiing positive he could get back on his feet as a HC.

It would probably only be a 2 or 3 yr fix but at worst the job would be appealing to someone else.

MichiganFootball

November 9th, 2013 at 8:32 PM ^

Can we just make a large offer of money to the Stanford offensive coordinator and see if he bites. It's unlikely but you never know unless you ask.

Alternatively we can make a similar offer to the Alabama offensive coordinator. I doubt we can outbid Alabama but you never know unless you ask.

Loefflor hasn't really done much as an offensive coordinator. I wouldn't be against him returning as a QB coach .

I'd be all for Cam Cameron but I don't thin he'll come.

The real problem is there aren't that many great pro style offensive coordinators out there in the college game as most of the best offensive coordinators are all spread guys. And I don't know if we want to go through and offensive transition again.

There's always Lane Kiffin. Just kidding.

jsquigg

November 9th, 2013 at 8:28 PM ^

Finding a good coaching staff is already difficult enough without a factioned administration who is stuck to an identity that peaked in 1997 and also poo poos one of the most successful offenses in football.

m83econ

November 9th, 2013 at 8:47 PM ^

That hurt just to mention.  Although he failed as a head coach, he put together some pretty effective offenses and managed to develop quarterbacks.

elm

November 9th, 2013 at 8:53 PM ^

Types of coaches likely to move to Michigan: out-of-work former OCs and HCs; OCs at lower tier schools; Position coaches at equivalent schools.

In the last category, Cristobal is OL coach at Alabama and could be a good fit as he tries to work his way back up from the disasterous ending at FIU.

Taafe at UCF fits in the second category, but he's pretty old and may not be a long-term solution.  

Brent Pease at UF may soon fit the first category and while he hasn't been great this year, you can blame that on injuries and he did well at Boise State before that.

IPFW_Wolverines

November 9th, 2013 at 9:03 PM ^

Ya I am sure he wants to leave Arizona, a place giving him full support, in order to return to the school that ran him out of town after making it well known he was not a "Michigan Man."

UMfan21

November 9th, 2013 at 8:56 PM ^

Doesn't even matter, anyone would be an improvement. Look at Jim Bollman. That hire made MSU a laughingstock for an offseason. But at least his offense improved as the season went in, instead of regressing.

The correct answer is "anyone".

IPFW_Wolverines

November 9th, 2013 at 9:01 PM ^

I mentioned it a few weeks ago but my dog is still available for hire. There is no way he calls a worse game than Borges. He can simply place his paw on the playsheet. Will the offense have any kind of coherency? Nope. In other words it would be no worse than it is now. In fact, it may end up being a bit better due to my dog having no loyalty to manball.

Naked Bootlegger

November 9th, 2013 at 9:58 PM ^

Thanks.

I had posed the question earlier about who the hell would call plays if Borges was fired mid-season.   I completely forgot the Fred was our OC in the mid-90's.   Shame on me.   So he called the magical Tim Biakabutuka 313 yard game against OSU?  

 

JTrain

November 9th, 2013 at 9:08 PM ^

Our blocking could make any coach look dumb. Unfortunately, I don't think we can put it on the kids anymore. 90% of the time our RB touched the ball he's dropped 2 yds in our own backfield.
The best is listening to the announcers two about how great Nebraskan players are playing tho. C'mon guys. Anyone could look like an all American against our line this year.
Spielman had to be just giddy inside.

elhead

November 9th, 2013 at 9:19 PM ^

I'll bet that Spielman was thinking WTF? all afternoon. He loves his team, but the guy isn't a tool. There are plenty of OSU faithful who want Michigan to do well.