Ohio State officially announces Mike Yurcich as new QB coach
One day after OSU secures the Rose Bowl and caps off their 13-1 season, what do they do? They hire Mike Yurcich as their new QB coach/passing game coordinator. I interpret that this means Day may be shifting away from the type of Urban Meyer offenses that rely more on QB's who can run but not throw in favor of more pro-style QB's.
And what do we do after we end the season with two major face plants? Nothing. Pep is still here along with all the uncertainty of whether Harbaugh is going to revamp the offense by bringing in an OC.
January 3rd, 2019 at 7:04 AM ^
Actually motives, you might want to step back and ask yourself why you’re telling people on a football message board that they need a shrink for posting a concern about the football team.
Unless I’m missing some sort of inside joke...
January 3rd, 2019 at 5:51 AM ^
Doesn’t this mean they don’t have room for Al Washington?
January 3rd, 2019 at 6:15 AM ^
I assume there will be some attrition as Day makes the staff his own.
January 3rd, 2019 at 11:08 AM ^
No, Bill Davis will be fired if they get Al Washington. If they don’t get Al Washington, Bill Davis will still be fired. Being the best man at Urbans wedding got Davis the job but he is absolutely not going to survive this offseason. His only skill set is making 5* linebackers play like they belong in DIII.
January 3rd, 2019 at 5:53 AM ^
I don't think this means they're aiming for more pro style QBs. It really just emphasizes OSU's transition to Air Raid offense. They're modernizing their offense which means they'll be that much harder to deal with. I think Don Brown will have to think of some new wrinkles to take care of what OSU is shelling out. Maybe look into playing zone more often.
January 3rd, 2019 at 6:49 AM ^
Don't worry, he will think them everyday.
January 3rd, 2019 at 8:10 AM ^
Yes, not all passing offenses are created the same.
Ryan Day already told us what he's going to do, right in he first 10 minutes of his intro press conference. He said "We are going to spread the field, and make the defense defend every single yard of it."
He's going full Big 12. He's not going to play in a phone booth.
We better be able to keep up on offense. No matter what our defense does, OSU is still going to score 30+.
January 3rd, 2019 at 5:53 AM ^
UNACCEPTABLE!!!! HARBAUGH IS OVERRATED AND THE GAME HAS PASSED HIM BY! WONT MAKE NECESSARY CHANGES!
UNWILLING TO MAKE CHANGES TO BE ELITE LIKE BAME, CLEMSON, OSU!
I DESERVE MOAR WINS, I AM ENTITLED TO BETTER THAN THREE 10 WIN SEASONS IN 4 YEARS FROM A COACH PAID SUCH A SALARY...I DON'T CARE THAT HE INHERITED A SHIT STORM.
NO MORE APOLOGISTS. I DESERVE VICTORIES AGAINST OSU AND THE PLAYOFFS, AND ANYBODY THAT DISAGREES HAS LOW STANDARDS.
PATHETIC THAT THE WHOLE OFFENSIVE STAFF WAS NOT FIRED AFTER THE LAST GAME...SABAN AND MEYER NEVER LOSE BIG GAMES!
UNACCEPTABLE!!!!
January 3rd, 2019 at 5:58 AM ^
YES! UNACCEPTABLE! I BOUGHT UM GEAR FOR CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR! I AM ENTITLED TO BETTER BECAUSE I SPENT $250. HOW DARE HE NOT FIRE EVERYONE NOW!
HARBAUGH OVERRATED, UNACCEPTABLE!!!!!
January 3rd, 2019 at 6:00 AM ^
At least we can beat MSU teams with a combined 10-15 record?
January 3rd, 2019 at 6:35 AM ^
Right on, only the wins against teams that are ranked the end of the year count, as long as those wins are double digits / cover the spread or else it’s a crap win
/s
January 3rd, 2019 at 8:28 AM ^
I'm so sick of this. What were the combined records of the Michigan teams MSU beat?
January 3rd, 2019 at 7:56 AM ^
CALM DOWN AND ENJOY THE RIDE
January 3rd, 2019 at 7:00 AM ^
Beat Penn State!
January 3rd, 2019 at 7:04 AM ^
Beat Iowa!
January 3rd, 2019 at 8:16 AM ^
Beat Rutger.
January 3rd, 2019 at 7:08 AM ^
Looks like another long few years ahead ... If Harbaugh doesn’t win this years game in AA he needs to get fired
January 3rd, 2019 at 7:39 AM ^
Can you be fired as a “fan”?
January 3rd, 2019 at 1:13 PM ^
He’s only been a board member for a couple days, so he’s following the lead of the other noobs...
January 3rd, 2019 at 9:10 AM ^
Sorry to break it to you but guys like you who can only afford one Michigan T-shirt from Walmart don’t really have a say in who coaches the Wolverines.
January 3rd, 2019 at 12:47 PM ^
Bullies are resorting to Sparty jokes now?
January 3rd, 2019 at 7:18 AM ^
I would be surprised if Pep is still with the team by the start of spring practice. There's some wisps of smoke that he's sniffing around and/or being pushed out. Harbaugh has had good track record of repairing and addressing issues with his staff.
After Durkin left and he went out and looked for "the best DC available" which he flat out said was his only criteria when making the hire. He made it. He pushed out Drevno when it was clear he had dropped the ball in recruiting and developing talent and couldn't make it work with Frey. He brought in a guy who's widely considered one of the best O-lIne coaches in the country (Alabama has been in touch with Warriner this year, if you need more evidence). He needed to pick up recruiting and brought in Al Washington (recruited Trente Jones, Kalil Branham in '20 class, Erick All) and Sherrone Moore (recruited Dax Hill, Mazi Smith, Keegan). Now everyone's freaking out that OSU might poach Washington.
Harbaugh is far from perfect, makes plenty of questionable decisions, and is sometimes slower to make changes (Drevno), but he's generally made the right staffing decisions. Give it a few weeks. If Pep stays, which again I'd be surprised, they can still make changes to the offense. If he goes, you're looking at a new pass game coordinator which means a new system and a new learning curve, so it's not like that's gonna be an instant fix. It'll just make us feel better because we have a shiny new thing to crucify later when we don't like the product on the field.
January 3rd, 2019 at 8:37 AM ^
I think this is a pretty good level headed summary of things. Just sit back and let the head coach do his thing, then we can start complaining again come late summer.
January 3rd, 2019 at 10:24 AM ^
The weird thing to me is Harbaugh never fires assistant coaches. He apparently asks them to look around. What if Pep doesn’t get a job elsewhere, then he just stays?
January 3rd, 2019 at 11:55 AM ^
Could Drevno be considered a "fire"?
January 3rd, 2019 at 12:44 PM ^
Based on the agreement, it was a "mutual-parting" - he sure as hell didn't just quit for funsies. He didn't leave for another job - he wasn't picked up by USC until March 5th and there was no mention of USC in any of the "Drevno resigns" articles from late February.
If he quit under his contract he owed Michigan $150,000K unless he was taking a head coaching job. They didn't ask for the money and in fact paid him out a portion of his salary.
January 3rd, 2019 at 11:33 AM ^
Michigan could hire Mike Leach as OC and nothing would change bc the offense is Harbaughs baby and he is too fucking stubborn to modernize. He’ll talk about it, hell he may even install some RPO concepts, but once the game kicks off it’s MANBALL BABYYYY.
January 3rd, 2019 at 3:19 PM ^
Another hawt take!
January 3rd, 2019 at 11:37 AM ^
Daddy, I want a squirrel!!
January 3rd, 2019 at 7:32 AM ^
Ok... cool....Go Blue!
January 3rd, 2019 at 7:53 AM ^
The 1%ers get richer.
BTW, we're a 1%er too. But we keep all our money under the mattress and termites have eaten a lot of it.
January 3rd, 2019 at 7:58 AM ^
This board cracks me up. Most on here hate all these Twitter type news hounds that throw shit at the internet walls to see if it sticks and then come on here and do the same. Whiffs of smoke, rumors, rumblings. Throw enough false misleading shit out there and hope its somewhat right.
Wait, I got one. Harbaugh has “apparently” lost the team. There is grumblings of “lack of offensive innovation”. Ummmm, I saw Tarik Black, or someone, on the sidelines, look disinterested. There will be turnover this offseason. Al Boges will take over for Pep. We’re getting the band back together again. Just what I heard anyway. Brian Bosworth didn’t use steroids.
Am I doing this right?
January 3rd, 2019 at 8:04 AM ^
Am I doing this right?
More use of all-capital letters would be nice. Throw in the occasional bold font for entire sentences. :-)
January 3rd, 2019 at 8:22 AM ^
Ahh shit! Looks like its back to internet shit slinging 101 for me.
Thanks Don. ?
January 3rd, 2019 at 12:34 PM ^
Funniest thread of the year. (Too early?) Oh wait, I did that wrong.
However, I am looking forward to the next sharpie so I can learn some more football.
January 3rd, 2019 at 8:31 AM ^
Actually Harbaugh and Brown almost did lose the team. The team voted Devin Bush as captain for the Peach bowl. Harbaugh and Brown got pissed and overruled them making Chase the captain. There’s a reason why Chase wasn’t voted captain in the beginning of the year. The players didn’t vote for him
January 3rd, 2019 at 10:00 AM ^
Huh? Devin Bush was already the captain and declared for the draft and didn't travel with the team for the Peach Bowl.
January 3rd, 2019 at 8:11 AM ^
From wiki- “Some of the prominent players Yurcich has helped develop include Trevor Harris, Zach Zulli, J. W. Walsh, and Mason Rudolph.”
Can someone remind me why people are pissing their pants over this? His offense managed to put up 17 points against TT and 12 against K St last year
January 3rd, 2019 at 9:56 AM ^
Not pissing. This is Dye getting the transition holes in his offensive staff secured. It is not the same as JH looking to transition the direction of his offense.
Give Yurcich Osu qb talent and the points will show up.
January 3rd, 2019 at 8:24 AM ^
New coach, new staff. It’s not surprising Day wants to get his guys on the team. Not really the same as firing Pep. I’d like to see Pep replaced, but firing him just to fire him isn’t going to help. You need a better replacement.
January 3rd, 2019 at 8:31 AM ^
And that replacement needs to be allowed to run his stuff.
January 3rd, 2019 at 8:34 AM ^
Definitely. And they need to fit well with the existing staff.
January 3rd, 2019 at 8:42 AM ^
Well, I was hoping that Michigan would get Yurich, so it does feel like a kick in the pants. He's fielded top 10 S and P offenses nearly every year at Oklahoma State. He would have been a similar hire to Brown as DC at Michigan. :(.
January 3rd, 2019 at 9:16 AM ^
I would be careful not to fawn all over OCs in the Big 12 that put up big numbers. The defense isn't exactly the gold standard over there.
January 3rd, 2019 at 9:24 AM ^
Big 12 vs SEC
Big 12 offense averaged 36.25 ppg and went 3-1 against them. SEC is known for their defense yet got shredded by the Big 12 offenses. Maybe, just maybe, Big 12 defense isn't bad. It's more likely that the Big 12 offense is so good by spreading them out and pass all over the field.
Look at Oklahoma, they put up 34 points on Alabama without breaking much of a sweat especially in the 2nd half. It's a good thing that Alabama got out to a big lead quickly or the game would've gotten more interesting
January 3rd, 2019 at 9:28 AM ^
With the Heisman Trophy winner and a month to prepare. Talk to me when they can do that week after week with 5 days to prepare.
January 3rd, 2019 at 9:47 AM ^
Fact is Big 12 offense can put up points on anyone. Bama had a month to prepare and they have the best defensive coach in Nick Saban.
Your excuse is hilarious
January 3rd, 2019 at 10:38 AM ^
So you’re stating that Oklahoma was able to do what experts thought they could against Alabama. I guess it is easier for folks like you to ignore that Bama had just as much time to prepare for Murray and company, but that he made the Tide’s Top 2 defense look beatable is not inconsequential.
January 3rd, 2019 at 10:57 AM ^
Sigh. They scored 14.4 point below their average ppg (48.4) against 'bama. I'm saying their stats are inflated because of the defenses they are playing against, that's all. It took the best QB in the country to even get to 34.
'Bama held them to their second lowest point total on the year (Army 28 (?!?!)). All i'm saying is I wouldn't look at a high scoring team's OC in the Big 12 and immediately anoint him the savior of Michigan football.
Believe whatever stat you want.