Coaching Climate Survey
Hey all,
At several times this season things have gotten pretty heated, and it seemed to reach a peak after the MSU game. Personally, I am of the opinion that Hoke is an excellent coach, and that Borges is an above average OC. Regarding the blocking, I know we are very inexperienced in the middle, but I'm not enough of a coach to know what is really ailing our line. Here is where I turn to you. Lately I have noticed some people who are completely outraged about the staff, but I have a feeling that such people comprise a vocal minority. I put together a Google Form to determine how the majority of MgoBlog readers actually feel about the season and the coaching staff. Please take the time to complete this, and I'll report back with the results.
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https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1R3wGgOofAoGmFLC1aB0dqRxb7_u2quWI8E24Cm…
November 7th, 2013 at 7:30 PM ^
Thanks for doing this. It'll be interesting to see the results.
November 7th, 2013 at 7:37 PM ^
It might have been nice to have an option like "position coaches should be evaluated at the end of the season by the head coach and their coordinator." From the outside I don't feel anywhere close to competent to evaluate a position coach's work. We see the end result but it's the people in contact with the day-to-day work that need to make the call.
November 7th, 2013 at 10:10 PM ^
There wasn't really as satisfying answer for the last quesiton. Something like "all offensive position coaches and OC jobs examined closely.
November 7th, 2013 at 7:38 PM ^
There was a random box after the blame game section in which we can input text, but no question above it. Was something supposed to go there?
Looking forward to seeing the results!
November 7th, 2013 at 7:38 PM ^
I'd consider taking out of the OP your opinions/assumptions/rationale (about which I agree with you) in order to decrease sampling bias. Neat idea, though.
November 7th, 2013 at 9:30 PM ^
Nitpick - you misspelled influential as "influencial."
November 7th, 2013 at 9:42 PM ^
Pretty hard derp there. Not sure why I did that. I fixed it, but the data for those questions is lost. Crap. Still, I'm guessing there will be over 1,000 results tomorrow.
November 7th, 2013 at 9:37 PM ^
An "I don't know" or "No opinion" or "Don't Care" option would be a good on most questions.
November 7th, 2013 at 11:18 PM ^
November 7th, 2013 at 11:57 PM ^
I chose "get rid of OC and assistants" because that's mostly how I feel at this moment, but given that there's 5 games left that could possibly change...
November 7th, 2013 at 11:23 PM ^
November 8th, 2013 at 7:51 AM ^
I think all the complaints everyone is making are valid. With that said, there are over 230 responses right now, and those would be lost if I changed the form. I already lost over 100 responses the first time I changed a prompt, so please just pick the response that is closest to what you feel. Also, the empty box was originally for general comments, but I got distracted while making the form, and forgot to write anything for it. Either ignore it, or use it as an opportunity to air your grievances.
I'll post the results here around 4 or 5 when I get out of work.
November 8th, 2013 at 10:38 AM ^
When did you make the first change? I took the survey pretty close to when you first posted (I remember there being no comments yet, so before 7:30). I can take it again if the original was lost
November 8th, 2013 at 10:42 AM ^
I changed it right before the comment to which you just replied, so your data was most likely lost. Feel free to take it again.
November 8th, 2013 at 8:30 AM ^
Hoke's definitely our man. He's the man we want leading the program. He's not just building a football team but a culture as well. He's a Michigan Man. All that being said, if things don't change, he might have to get better at coaching. Plain and simple.
November 8th, 2013 at 9:14 AM ^
I can't get to the doc to answer questions, my work blocks all.
I like the whole coaching staff, but I am not all that impressed with Borges and his body of work. He seems like he is constantly tinkering but never ever getting a finished product. He has no consistency, he does not seem to be developiing the QB's. I just can't feel much excitement when from week to week, year to year, we have no idea what the offense will do or look like.
November 8th, 2013 at 9:56 AM ^
Same here no google docs access at work - I'll fill it out this evening.
November 8th, 2013 at 2:26 PM ^
I was thinking of something like this earlier in the week, but I completely lack the skills to make it a reality. I'm glad you have them.
November 8th, 2013 at 3:49 PM ^
November 8th, 2013 at 4:03 PM ^
But you have to take into account situation and circumstance with him as well. I thought he did a good job at his previous stops and I still think he has the potential to be great at Michigan. It's hard to tell with various degrees of success at previous stops. For instance, Boise St coaches have been great there and terrible elsewhere. Why? I doubt they changed much. At the same time, Mo was awful at Illinois and I think was a guy that could have won a national title at Michigan. Why?
So I don't think, as far as being great at previous stops, it's all that easy. Outside of a Nick Saban, so many things change from place to place. Rebuilding changes, culture changes, position coaches change, other requirements change, the coach probably changes to a degree... there is so much other things. It's not really that the coach forgot or learned how to coach in that time, it's that, in reality, circumstance and luck (and not just luck like the bounce of a football, luck all around) have a lot to do with things too.
November 8th, 2013 at 6:49 PM ^
November 8th, 2013 at 4:54 PM ^
The coaching on the O-Line appears to be a ,major issue. If it is not the coaching and we recruited the wrong players...well who did the GD recruiting? Same guy or guys. The players seem lost in any semblence of ccordinated action and this could be partially the fault of the lack of a real center. Thank god they didn't throw Kugler into this mess. Is he a potential center for 2014? I only see them getting better but what do we do about the Tackles next year with Schofield and Lewan gone? is it another built in excuse to really suck.
I give Gardner a partial pass because, in reality, he is 8 games into his college QB career. The absurd switch to WR last year set him back a full year so I hardly count the 5 games last year. Compund that with the terror of throwing another INT and a bum rush up the middle directly out of The Longest Yard and you get what you saw last Saturday.
Speaking of soft center...why do we make every O-Line look like they have 3 NFL prospects from guard to guard? If we had some push in this area the defense would be on the very of very good to great in the near future. This is where Hoke's coaching could be called into question and are we missing Mongomery that much? I think not but it certainly needs to be addressed as it is the fastest way to improve pressure is up the middle. I think we need McDowell more than Hand.
I think we will handle Nebraska at home but lets hope for a beeter road presence at NW.
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