SBNation analyzes Harbaugh's offense

What will be interesting is seeing what JH will bring back to the college level based on what he learned the last four years in SF.

I bet someone sends it to him.

We just need a QB who can do a good impression of the Alvarez/Bielema Wisconsin QBs. Solid, unspectacular, but enough to keep the defense off balance and avoid critical mistakes.

Read this earlier today and was going to post it. Glad someone did. This really excites me and makes me look forward to watching this team play under Harbaugh and what looks like a GREAT coaching staff. I believe we have talented players and what Hoke and Co. weren't able to develop, Harbaugh will. Once Harbaugh gets some of his recruits in, we'll see this team really make strides.

understand Harbaugh, and his approach to the game, watch him while he quaeterbacked Michigan; look who he threw TD's to, look how he played as a quarterback, a guy who could make plays when needed but who operated in a power run offense and threw a lot down the middle or to wingbacks like John Kolesar.

Harbaugh, like all of us, is the sum of his  life experience. His basic coaching philosophies are the result of learning the game from his dad, Bo and his Michigan experience and 14 years as a pro quarterback.

I always like it when people talk about Bo and his basic approach to the game. That's right. It was about fundamentals and doing the right thing on the three A's, alignment, assignnment and adjustment. You win by being better in the trenches than your opponent. Every game is won there and by staying ahead of the sticks and leveraging stituaitons with big plays. That's how you win, most of the time.

Watch Harbaugh as Michigan's qb in Wolverine Historian's tribute to him, and you will get a great understanding of his offensive philosophy: why? Because it worked then, and still does now, whatever label you want to give it. 

To me, one of the great lasting lessons about Bo was that he never settled on a particular offensive system. It wasn't that crucial to him or how he perceived on-field success. It was just a way you adjusted to your personnel and application of ability to its maximum benefit. You win by beating your opponent, by outnumbering, manuevering or punishing the other poor bastard to the punch at the snap with fundamentally sound execution no matter what you run.

So, you want to know what Michigan's offense will look like under Harbaugh? It will look a lot like what he ran while quarterbacking Michigan.

understand Harbaugh, and his approach to the game, watch him while he quaeterbacked Michigan; look who he threw TD's to, look how he played as a quarterback, a guy who could make plays when needed but who operated in a power run offense and threw a lot down the middle or to wingbacks like John Kolesar.

Harbaugh, like all of us, is the sum of his  life experience. His basic coaching philosophies are the result of learning the game from his dad, Bo and his Michigan experience and 14 years as a pro quarterback.

I always like it when people talk about Bo and his basic approach to the game. That's right. It was about fundamentals and doing the right thing on the three A's, alignment, assignnment and adjustment. You win by being better in the trenches than your opponent. Every game is won there and by staying ahead of the sticks and leveraging stituaitons with big plays. That's how you win, most of the time.

Watch Harbaugh as Michigan's qb in Wolverine Historian's tribute to him, and you will get a great understanding of his offensive philosophy: why? Because it worked then, and still does now, whatever label you want to give it. 

To me, one of the great lasting lessons about Bo was that he never settled on a particular offensive system. It wasn't that crucial to him or how he perceived on-field success. It was just a way you adjusted to your personnel and application of ability to its maximum benefit. You win by beating your opponent, by outnumbering, manuevering or punishing the other poor bastard to the punch at the snap with fundamentally sound execution no matter what you run.

So, you want to know what Michigan's offense will look like under Harbaugh? It will look a lot like what he ran while quarterbacking Michigan.

The author speaks of Bo having a "pro-style tradition" on offense.  That was only true for the second half of his tenure.  Through the 1970s Bo was an option guy.  In 1975, Rick Leach completed 32 passes - for the entire season.

 

  It wasn't even that long so my ADHD wasn't even a bother.

  Thanks for posting, hombre!

I believe that the perfect offense is a hybrid system where you can beat your opponents many different ways. As a defense, preparing for a successful hybrid offense is maddening. Harbaugh does a little bit of everything 5wr sets, 4wr sets, trey sets, 3wr sets, deuce sets, traditional 21 personnel sets, out of which he runs a variety of schemes, plays, and concepts. From power and counter to zone read and speed option, Harbaugh's play book and personnel are a nightmare to prepare for. I literally can't wait for the seaon. UFR's are going to be awesome. I plan to do some in depth graphic style UFR's in some diary's as his concepts and the season begin to unfold.

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