That's a pretty safe move
Glad he landed on his feet.
Glad he landed on his feet. Va Tech is a fine program. His year at Auburn might not have been the best indicator of his ability, since that program was a train wreck last year. Hope he's able to put up big enough numbers to be considered for OC at Michigan when Borges decides to hang it up.
I agree
I would love for him to land back in Ann Arbor. I remember this being QB university. He had something to do with that. I hope he does well and then finds his way back home.
If you have to ask twice it means that you didn't get it the first time.
This was QB University? I
This was QB University? I don't remember that...
I remember having good pro-style QBs complemented by strong RB play...but QB University?
BYU?
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Touchdown Billy Taylor!
Touchdown Billy Taylor!
I'm pretty sure almost every
I'm pretty sure almost every quaterback who started for michigan over an almost 20 span eventually drew a check in the NFL. Suit yourself, but I take no issue in proclaiming us as QB-U.
Here's 1990-2013:
Elvis Grbac
Todd Collins
Scott Dreisbach
Brian Greise
Tom Brady
Drew Henson
John Navarre
Chad Henne
Ryan Mallett
*Steve Threet*
*Nick Sherridan*
*Tate Forcier*
Denard Robinson
Devin Gardner
*Exceptions (of course).
Also I think safe to say both Denard and Devin will eventually make it into the NFL
I think what blue blood meant
Was that under Loefler's tutoledge, young men named Driesbach, Griese, Brady, Henson, and even a guy who broke all their records, John Navarre, were groomed to make starts in the NFL. Scot had a pretty good string if success here as a grad asst and eventual QB coach after his injury.
At one time Michigan had 6 QB's in the NFL
Harbaugh
Elvis Grbac
Todd Collins
Scott Dreisbach
Brian Greise
Tom Brady
At least 3 maybe even 4 were starting at the same time. (Harbaugh, Grbac, Greise, and Brady)
Dreisbach was a legit bench warmer but Collins saw a lot of action for a backup.
Seems right down Beamers
Seems right down Beamers alley....run the ball and play tough D. Surprised he got ath VT job after the dumpster fire down in Auburn.
Loeffler was our QB coach and
Loeffler was our QB coach and (de facto) passing game coordinator. I'm not sure he's really a ball-control guy. At Auburn, he may not have had the freedom to do what he wanted.
He's a run-first OC: "I
He's a run-first OC:
"I don’t know what pro-style is anymore. Whenever you watch pro football on Sundays, you're seeing empty, you're seeing three (receivers on one side of the formation) by one (on the other side). You still see some two-back. I don't know what pro football is. I don't know what spread football is. What everyone's trying to do is simply this: they’re trying to find a way run the football. If you can run the football, it sets up your play-action game, and if you've got a run game and a play-action game, it forces the defense to be on their heels on first and second down.”
With his emphasis on running the football and protecting the defense, I think Loeffler is a good fit for Virginia Tech. Beamer Ball is back?
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This.
This is an A+ quote. So true on so many levels.
good for him
solid hire.
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Congratulations to Mr.
Congratulations to Mr. Loefler. VT is getting a good representative for its school and program. I wish him the best of luck in all games he coaches unless it is ever against us.
DO YOUR THING SCOT!!!
DO YOUR THING SCOT!!!
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This made me laugh way harder
This made me laugh way harder than it should have.
This is the greatest damn
This is the greatest damn thing I've seen all day.
i'm stingy with my fucks so i never gave one.
I just can't stop watching. I
I just can't stop watching. I start to keep reading but my eyes stray back.
"Anyone who isn't confused, really doesn't understand the situation." - Edward R. Murrow
Where did you find that?
Where did you find that? That is gold Jerry....pure gold.
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"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk
Congrats...
He gets to face Bama first game of the year.
If I say a duck can pull a truck, shut up and hook the sucka up!
Kind of a big deal.
Players coached
Loeffler has served as position coach for a number of prominent players over his career. Loeffler was the college quarterbacks coach to future NFL Draft picks Tom Brady, Tim Tebow, Brian Griese, Chad Henne, Drew Henson and John Navarre. The players have started over 300 regular-season NFL games and garnered a combined four Super Bowl rings as pros.
“True loyalty is that quality of service that grows under adversity and expands in defeat. Any street urchin can shout applause in victory, but it takes character to stand fast in defeat. One is noise — the other, loyalty.”
Having a senior moment here...
I know Brady has three of those rings, but which guy has the fourth? Obviously, none of them as a starter.
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"Fix the cigarette lighter."
Griese must have been the
Griese must have been the backup (or 3rd string) on the second Broncos Super Bowl team.
Griese
He won one with the Broncos.
They had some guy named Elway, but he was on the team. But can't knock Brian, he was a Pro-Bowler in his career, many people don't know that.
“True loyalty is that quality of service that grows under adversity and expands in defeat. Any street urchin can shout applause in victory, but it takes character to stand fast in defeat. One is noise — the other, loyalty.”
Griese, with the Broncos in 2000
Was the 3rd-string QB win they beat Atlanta in Elway's swan song. [EDIT: Sorry, hadn't refreshed the page in a while, so I didn't see that 2 folks beat me to the punch until after I posted.]
I'm still firmly in Loeffler's corner to return to UM...
Many have jumped the bandwagon, but if he turns VT's horrible offense into something, I'd be all for Loeffler returning to Ann Arbor.
I saw VT 3 times this year in Blacksburg, Logan Thomas was horrible and the offense was even worse. If he can turn it around, I'll be driving the bandwagon for SL's return.
“True loyalty is that quality of service that grows under adversity and expands in defeat. Any street urchin can shout applause in victory, but it takes character to stand fast in defeat. One is noise — the other, loyalty.”
More than anything this
More than anything this serves as evidence how truly broken and incompetant the entire staff at Auburn must have been. There must have been a lot of sandbagging in the interview on Loeffler's part to be able to nab this job (even though he has the pedigree).
Good luck
Hopefully he succeeds at VT and his services will not be needed in Ann Arbor for a very long time if at all.
Sounds Like A Good Move...
This is a pretty good move by Virginia Tech and this program and its personnel and far more suit Loeffler and the run-first style that he seems to favor in his OC stints. In 2011, Temple finished seventh, I believe, in rushing yards in 2011 and 39th in scoring offense, which provides some evidence that Auburn simply was not a fit given the situation and personnel (especially when it was a transition from Malzahn's offense). He's also worked with some pretty good QBs, as we are well aware, and the diverse resume undoubtedly helps too. This last year, Virginia Tech was 79th in rushing offense and 81st in total offense - but I think he'll have the tools and freedom to do good works with the offense in Blacksburg. Good luck to Scot.
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I think he will do well.
he recruits well and he can develop talent.
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Wonder if this could make
Wonder if this could make Derrick Green rethink and stay closer to home?
.
I seriously doubt it.
"I have three kids and no money. Why can't I have no kids and three money?"
VT isn't recruiting him anymore.
Certainly they'd take him, but they've got a RB in this class and they've been trying to get a top back in the area that is in the '14 class.
VT is out of the picture.
IMO Auburn is the only comp.
“True loyalty is that quality of service that grows under adversity and expands in defeat. Any street urchin can shout applause in victory, but it takes character to stand fast in defeat. One is noise — the other, loyalty.”
Looking forward to seeing
Looking forward to seeing Scot at Lane. I was at their FSU and UVA games this year and man was the offense hard to watch. I think with injuries on O-line and loss of Coale and David Wilson they didn't have many chances to score.
Nice hire.
I'll take a Michigan grad to coach my alma mater any day.
Youre going to hate him
by this time next year. May be a great guy, but he is an awful OC. This will be the hire that gets Beamer canned.
Scot roomed with my friend at
Scot roomed with my friend at UM, so I hung out with him on many occasions many years ago. Class act, in my opinion. Best of luck to him, except on the off chance of playing them again.
Go Blue, Beat
Go Blue, Beat Ohio...
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Beat Ohio!
5 4 3 2 1 Touchdown!
Touchdown Billy Taylor!
Touchdown Billy Taylor!
Lucky to be getting a big time second chance!
Let's see what he does in a vey average ACC.
Interesting to note, for
Interesting to note, for those who don't know, that it was Loeffler, who Lloyd Carr picked, over Jim Harbaugh, to coach QBs... and I think this eventually was the emotional fire that caused Harbaugh's quote about our academics.
Ask yourself, if Harbaugh came here as QB Coach... don't you think he'd have eventually been the head coach, and that this past lost decade wouldnt have been lost?
This is a great fit for
This is a great fit for Loeffler and VT. I think this should breath new life into them offensively.
That's a pretty safe move for Va Tech. Not very exciting, but safe.
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