OC: better to be upstairs or on the sideline?

Depends

This is a great question.  You should ask Gattis.  Or another OC, whoever that might actually be. 

I take it back.  This is not a great question.  In fact, it's a terrible question.  

I take it back.  This is not a terrible question.  It's a half-asset shot at the OC, who is, in fact, Gattis.  Take your trolling elsewhere.

I think it depends on what side of the ball the head coach comes from. If the head coach is an offensive guy, the OC needs to be up in the booth to give him a different perspective. If the head coach and coordinator are from different backgrounds, do whatever the coordinator feels more comfortable with. 

A well disguised troll of Gattis.

Personally, I don't care who the OC is, or where he sits during a game.  As long as Michigan continues to play like they did Saturday evening, I'm good with it.

I doubt it matters much. If he's in the press box I would imagine there are other coaches on the sidelines and vice versa. 

There isn't one answer. Its what works best for that OC and how he communicates with his players. Some need to be on the sidelines to talk with their guys and fire them up. Some need to be in the press box so they can better survey the field and have a place to communicate clearly to their QB. Especially if its a big road game in a deafening environment where you need to be able to hear yourself talk. 

People will bitch about it either way. 

This is a Brady Hoke headset type of question.

Forget for a moment that it your kid's dessert, not yours, what's better ... vanilla or chocolate ice cream?

Forget for a moment that it's just grandpa dreamin', who's sexier ... Mary Ann or Ginger?

Forget for a moment that it's just hyperbole, where do you want the meteor to strike ... The Horseshoe or Breslin?

Forget for a moment that it's the internet, and any moran can pretend to be knowledgeable, why do I crave strangers' opinions ... Am I actually just a poorly disguised troll, or, do I need a hug realz bad? 

Should be at a gathering of MGOBLOG'ers. So we can tell him what plays to call.

Upstairs. He can see everything.

In the booth getting the live “all 22” view is probably best in the majority of cases.

Before some of the staff changes I think Gattis needed to be down on the field to be the leader/energy guy on the sidelines.  Mike Hart fills that role nicely now and JG can stay upstairs.

Hasn’t this been discussed 80 billion times?

besidss

how would we know?

Joe Moorhead coaches from the sidelines.  Joe Brady coached from the booth.  There is no right or wrong answer.

Dunno, but there was a moment that the QB checked to the sideline and they panned to Gattis in the box. Wasn't talking, gesturing, just watching.

I know it means nothing, but the optics of it were. Let's call a run play. Check to the sideline. Ok run the other run play. OR just see what Harbs wants.

Meh

Such a simple problem.

1 - think about where you are posting.

2 - if he's upstairs he needs to be downstairs. If he's downstairs he should be upstairs.

I thought they probably moved him upstairs so that the noodles would stop saying Jim was making the calls. So that didn't work. . . 

It’s like not wearing a headset. It you win, nobody cares. If you don’t, it must be the cause. 

This is really dependent on the staff and roles within the staff. I’ve been apart of organizations where the OC was on the sideline and the QB coach was in the booth and the inverse. 
 

I’ve been a high school DC and spent a season in the booth. As a LB position coach and DC I found it better to be on the sideline because it’s easier to draw up what we’re seeing with a whiteboard than have someone else communicate it. 
 

If I was an OC especially and did not have a background on the OL I’d love it. All 22 while you have a trusted OL and running backs coach down there would be great to me. But it’s all about preference. With the amount of analysts, GAs, and assistants on a staff you shouldn’t be too worried about where they’re at on game day. We’ve all seen it’s much more important during the week if position groups have coaches who are present and accounted for. 

Gattis mentioned in an interview that he really likes being up there. I think it could be helpful seeing the all-22 view of the game on every play for strategic purposes. You might sacrifice a bit of the connection with the individual players during the game, so you have to trust the position coaches/GA's to fill in there. It's important for the OC to feel comfortable, so for that reason I like Gattis being in the booth during games.

At least upstairs Gattis can put his hand on his head and look frustrated as hell without being noticed too much…except when the cameras catch him doing it twice in one game.