This makes more sense from the OSU perspective but it hurts far worse and it is just one more piece of evidence that there is something fundamentally wrong with the program.  All of these player and coach defections may not be cause for concern in themselves, but in the aggregate they are deeply concerning.

If Brown leaves, the program will be 3-3

Will need a whole new playbook against OSU now one way or the other, as they now have two defensive coaches that practiced every day against everything we currently run.  

Seems like OSU is still play the last game. Are we planning to get in the game?

Everything sucks

Coaching stability for more than 1 season may be good for the program.

Change happens.  Relationships matter.  Washington wasn't very invested in Michigan having been here for all of one season and his friend Day probably offered Washington more than a step over to Linebackers at OSU.  He will need to backfill Mattison after a year or two of grooming the new guy from the 49ers.  While Washington had ties to Brown, he's been with Harbaugh a short time.  I don't think Brown is going anywhere.  He turned Temple down as "not the right opportunity at this time" and nothing has changed.  He doesn't seem like the kind of guy to hit the road because things got tough on the job.

So, all this goes under the category of change.  We'll see who the new guys are that step in.  Michigan is still a very attractive coaching destination.  We'll know if it is a change for better or worse next season.  Maybe the new guys stepping in will have some ideas to help with the holes in the D.  There are plenty of young and hungry coaches out there looking to move up.

Lol, this is just comical.  Despite their ties, a Michigan coach ditching Harbaugh and headed to the most hated rival, is a huge slap in the face.  Make no mistake, there is smoke coming from Fort Schembechler today. 

thank all that is holy for the early signing period or we could’ve been in a Miami situation.

This is unfortunately the business.  It was his job to recruit kids to UM while he was here.  He did that, even if he would have preferred to be at OSU all along.  That's sales 101...highlight the benefits (of UM) and minimize the weaknesses.  That doesn't mean he didn't secretly like OSU better all along, he just never revealed that side of his personal preference during his tenure at UM or to recruits.  But, given the opportunity to go to where he preferred...it would be silly not to.  Just as it would be silly not to accept the offer to coach at UM just because he loves OSU.  I'm sure he would have taken the OSU job over the UM one had both been offered last year.  His love for OSU didn't prevent him from doing a good job for UM, it just meant he would be a potential flight risk down the road should the opportunity come up.  JH had to know this and hired him anyways.  I doubt many would have expected that opportunity would come this quickly, but it is what it is.  This is the real world beyond our fandom.  

Does this mean we will score 62 on Ohio State now?

Mattison and Washington know all the deep hidden secrets to Harbaugh's offense.

Now he has to change it.

Harbaugh was on the phone this morning talking to some guy named Chris Spielman about coaching Michigan's linebackers...

probably just a good career opp for washington, but i hope it doesn't portend a don brown exit as well. as in, he thinks brown is on his way out so he went ahead and took the job

I'm broken. It's now obvious that there's something dramatically wrong with this coaching staff, and for the third football coaching hire in a row, the guy we picked is inexplicably terrible at his job, worse than any other time in his career, for reasons no one could have predicted.

Only two explainations are possible. Either, it's not the coaches; it's us. Or, this program is irretrievably cursed.  Either way, drop football and join a basketball only conference. Demolish Michigan Stadium to prevent it ending up like the Silverdome. And while we're at it, move the Lions to Portland.

I'm done.

This is more about thwarting UM's recruiting inroads to Ohio versus them needing Washington on staff.  Was hoping he would stick around to take our DL job, but whatever.

With these openings Brown has the chance to revamp and invigorate his staff.  Will be interesting who he picks to fill these roles.  Personally, I would like to see Partridge move back to the LBs/Viper and Zordich to take on all of the DBs ... S and CB could be better integrated, especially if we are going to add in more of the disguised zone looks.  Clemson did an awesome job integrating zone and man concepts, which we flashed a couple of times during the season. 

I can see the influence of Meyer in stealing Mattison away. Greg has always sought to maximize his career moves  financially when offers arose, which is what he did last time he left Michigan as Lloyd Carr's DC for a lateral position at Notre Dame. Then, the move was associated with his daughter's education there and softball scholarship.

Whether he had not received a new contract from Michigan and Harbaugh and belatedly got one after OSU sought his services to help mold a new DC hire there and advance their recruiting while damaging their chief rival, this is still a big fuck-you move no matter how it wound up happening. I mean the hiring of Washington makes more sense in terms of going forward. Maybe this is ultimately payback for going after Warriner who had already left the Buckeyes and then got hired by Michigan. But Harbaugh didn't go after him until he was a free agent.

The coaching business is a revolving door and you are only as good as your next job opportunity.  The work doesn't change, just the colors and alma mater of your next employer. Maybe Greg wanted to know how the other side lived.

This reminds me of a scene from Godfather 2 when Frank Pentagele's character  meets with Michael Corleone, and Pentangele warns him during a communion party sitdown conversation while upset by by his family's  treatment that whatever their business dealings, Hyman Roth and his Sicilian messenger boy, Johnny Ola, are not to be trusted.

Doesn't matter what their personal relations are, or how they conducted business now or in the past, Roth, like Meyer and Day are the enemy. It's a zero sum game. Maybe Harbaugh will see that in these latest moves. Maybe Mattison is simply a pawn and never was the Maize and Blue loyalist and Michigan disciple he led us all to believe. 

His move just reinforced the old Godfather lesson of life and ultimate competition: keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.

Good lord, this board is filled entirely with whiny ass drama queens who think the sky is falling lately. 

"Clearly this program broke before some time towards the end of the season"...uh, nope, we had injuries all over the DL, we weren't as good as we thought, OSU was better, OSU only prepares for our game, they had a godo game, we had a bad one.

"wah wah all the coaches are leaving because our program is broken"...uh, nope, one guy who we thought was retiring in a year or two took a promotion, one guy who was here 1 year took a promotion with the school he has the most ties to.

"Mattison is a bad DL coach anyway"...yeah, no, he has always been a fantastic one.

"Our DL was our weakness this year anyway"..are you smoking crack? I twas our strength all year, even with Aubrey hurt all year, even with Rashan hurt half the year, not until Chase got hurt (and Kiwty and Dwumfour) did our DL stop being dominant.

"lb was a weakness anyway"..uh, no, god you guys are dumb.

"DB sucks anyway, he's exposed, his defense is terrible"...pretty sure he's had one of the best defenses in the country for like 10 straight years, even with us getting blown out a few times, he's the most successful DC we've ever had, but because he's not perfect he's terrible?

For the first time I agree with everyone who says michigan fans suck, you guys suck.

I have a simple question: why would I hire anyone from a defensive staff I just torched for 62 points to coach my defense?

This is actually good for us. Hear me out.....our collective dongs were already sore, what's another punch? #silverlinings

Apparently Day took Sarah Harbaugh out for a romantic dinner last week. May be the third domino to fall. 

While I find the Mattison and Washington departures interesting, I'm not worried that it will negatively effect the program.  Although I am sure Washington and Mattison were great recruiters, I suspect there are other great recruiters out there.  Caveat - this could just be ambivalence caused by the BPONE

I think you're forgetting this is a business for these guys.  Them taking a job with the "enemy" isn't the same as a fan changing sides.  It's just a business decision.

If Brown takes the Temple job, then something big will be coming down the line. JH to the NFL Dolphins?

All this coaching turnover makes me more sympathetic to Jerry's position that we're really just rooting for the clothes the athletes wear