Our football coaching staff is a Top __ staff
I was reflecting on a quote from Three & Out regarding a comment from Dufek saying we have a Top 10 (HC) job and not having a Top 25 coaching staff (under Lloyd). I then started thinking about what our staff has been able to do (particularly on defense) and if that statement still holds. If you assume "results based charting", I guess this is a Top 18 or 20 staff depending on the poll. However, I think their ceiling is still much higher than that based on early data points.
What are your thoughts?
November 17th, 2011 at 8:25 PM ^
November 17th, 2011 at 8:45 PM ^
Mattison is a top 5-10 defensive mind from what we've seen. He is implementing his schemes with perfection. I'd say his schemes will be more advanced than most teams but I don't think that necessarily has a positive correlation with how well a defense performs.
Borges is in the range of top 50 offensive mind. I haven't been a huge fan of his to be honest.
Hoke is interesting because we don't really know how much coaching he does. We know he controls the team, motivates them, recruits, etc. but we are putting the blame/praise of both sides of the ball on their coordinators (and for good reason). I don't even know how to rank him because I don't really know what he's calling (if anything) and what he's coaching/changing/controlling. No rank for him, but I'm really impressed with the motivation of the team and the way recruiting is coming, so no rank is not an insult.
November 17th, 2011 at 9:34 PM ^
1. Why the underscore between 'top' and 'staff?'
2. "Tremendous"
November 17th, 2011 at 10:00 PM ^
it has to be base on potenial. The potenial is sick,going forward Hoke & staff will bring order back to the state and conference. However,like others in this thread...rather wait for the *whole body of work,*before giving out a ranking.
November 17th, 2011 at 10:01 PM ^
If even half the stories of Mattison's recruiting acumen are true, his production out of this unit and his elite resume make him a top 5 DC (and to be honest, I'm not sure who I'd take over him. There may not be such a man).
Hoke is largely an unknown, but I think the most important thing a head coach does is bring in great coordinators and great recruits. Hoke is A+ in 2/3. This recruiting class is killer and he gets credit for GMAT. Right now he appears to be a top 50 coach on the precipice of top 10. That may seem counterintuitive, but right now it seems he's done almost everything he can do right except having done it longer.
Borges, I can't say is any better than maybe top 100. To be frank, I don't think replacing him with an OC picked at random would be detrimental (and could easily be positive). He's negative VORP (VOROC?). If you pose the question: "name some good things Mattison has done?" one could talk for hours. If it were "name some good things Hoke has done?" one can pontificate on recruiting. For Borges? I got nothin'. But he's not legendarily bad like GRob either.
Total, the staff is top 30ish. If Hoke proves himself a bit more and replaces Borges with a plus OC, it's top 1.
November 18th, 2011 at 2:41 AM ^
We are 14th in offensive S&P and 11th in offensive FEI. It's Borges' first year on the job, he's got spread guys trying to transition to a West Coast Offense, and we're still a top 15 offense. What more do you want from the guy? Bubble screens?
November 18th, 2011 at 3:11 AM ^
Also, special teams are killing our FEI rating right now. We're like 80th in special teams. I know we sucked last year too. Is Dan Ferrigno a good coach? Has Brady Hoke had good special teams in the past? How do you get good special teams (besides recruiting Space Emperors).
November 18th, 2011 at 6:54 AM ^
What I'd like is not sacrificing wins to transition for the sake of transitioning. Specifically, let's not blatantly waste 10+ snaps a game in the I form. And FEI is a less than credible stat. You'd have to be demented to think Michigan's 2011 offense is superior to Oregon, Stanford, LSU etc.
And on a personal level, I think the bubble screens is a legitimate question that deserves more than "you can't handle the truth!"
November 17th, 2011 at 10:05 PM ^
is a Top Motherf**king Staff, that's what it is.
LIKE A BOSS.
November 17th, 2011 at 11:03 PM ^
Mattison and Hoke are definitely top 5 but I just find Borges' in game play calling similar to that of myself playing NCAA on the game cube---it is just whatever play looks cool at the time.
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