Report: Mississippi State going after Pep
https://247sports.com/college/mississippi-state/Bolt/Michigan-Wolverine…
Granted yesterday it was Arizona State. With the large number of big name vacancies open, colleges are going to have to dig deeper into the assistant ranks to get what they want. Pep's NFL experience may give him a leg up over others.
November 27th, 2017 at 11:02 AM ^
November 27th, 2017 at 11:33 AM ^
Why? And what coach could have done a better job masking the issues of a passing game that started three different quarterbacks, and had had to play true freshman wide receivers extensively?
November 27th, 2017 at 11:37 AM ^
November 27th, 2017 at 11:50 AM ^
I think bring wheatley back and keep Hamilton, make them both Co-OC's
November 27th, 2017 at 11:53 AM ^
Soooo Drevno is leaving in this scenario? Someone would have to go.
November 27th, 2017 at 12:02 PM ^
IMO anyway...... We get an extra asst coach this year too, right? Maybe Devin Bush SR?
November 27th, 2017 at 12:02 PM ^
November 27th, 2017 at 11:59 AM ^
November 27th, 2017 at 12:40 PM ^
In 2014, Jedd was fired as OC of a 3-13 Jacksonville team, where his offense averaged 15 pts/game, was 31st in passing and 21st rushing . That, after finishing 31st in total offense in 2013.
So what's your point about Cleveland?
November 27th, 2017 at 12:45 PM ^
Leonard Fournette + Fullback = Improvement
Aside, bring back Coach Wheatley and pay him one of the million being passed around.
November 27th, 2017 at 12:49 PM ^
Look at UCLA's stats without Josh Rosen in the lineup this year. Might be an issue for the Fisch fans. Who knows though? Might have nothing to do with it. Forget it, I'll just let Coach Harbaugh make this call. Seems he's more adept.
November 27th, 2017 at 11:38 AM ^
November 27th, 2017 at 11:46 AM ^
November 27th, 2017 at 12:14 PM ^
November 27th, 2017 at 11:48 AM ^
Dude only got his reputation because he worked with Andrew Luck and to be honest, based on his pedigree, that may have been more Luck's talent and intangibles than coaching, so that covers their time together and Stanford and with the Colts. He then went to the perpetual dumpster fire of the Cleveland Browns, then came to Michigan. Just because he's Harbaugh's buddy that did well at Stanford doesn't make him some kind of passing game god, but more importantly, it sure as hell doesn't earn him a seven figure salary here.
November 27th, 2017 at 12:09 PM ^
We could use some good luck.
November 27th, 2017 at 11:55 AM ^
I would think God is not "most people" and might actually know more than the coaches do.
November 27th, 2017 at 12:05 PM ^
What coach could have done a better job masking the issues of a passing game that started three different quarterbacks, and had had to play true freshman wide receivers extensively? Oh I don't know, maybe Ohio State's coaches who just plugged a freshman QB in when Barrett went down who then proceeded to march an offense loaded with mediocre receivers up and down the faces of one of the best Ds in college? Bye Pep, don't let the door hit you on the way out.
November 27th, 2017 at 12:09 PM ^
The offense was awful at the start of the season, with the same QB and RBs from last year and an OL that wasn't any worse than last year. There was a drop in WR talent, but that doesn't account for how bad the offense was.
What else changed? The passing game coordinator. Whatever NFL things he was doing, wasn't translating to this team.
I would rather have a college coordinator run the offense than an NFL guy.
November 27th, 2017 at 12:39 PM ^
November 27th, 2017 at 12:42 PM ^
So y ou want Harbaugh to give up his offense, and let someone without his track record take over? Okay...
November 27th, 2017 at 12:35 PM ^
He had to call plays for 3 QBs becuase his long developing pass game kept getting QBs hit. He got ran out of Indy because he kept getting Luck hit.
November 27th, 2017 at 11:02 AM ^
Were Greg Robinson and Al Borges unavailable?
November 27th, 2017 at 11:03 AM ^
I know people are looking for various offensive coaches to blame for our not-so-good offense, and then hoping for those coaches to be reassigned/fired/whatever... but I can't help but wonder if stability might be more valuable. Is it better to hang onto a B- coach for a few years and actually have players who have been taught by the same person?
November 27th, 2017 at 11:04 AM ^
bring Jedd back...
November 27th, 2017 at 11:23 AM ^
And how about hiring an actual WR coach?
November 27th, 2017 at 11:35 AM ^
coaching some jv canadian powder puff team lately?
we could use him with this young receiver corps
November 27th, 2017 at 12:03 PM ^
i'd thank you not to refer to Princeton that way
November 27th, 2017 at 11:47 AM ^
I can't speak to either coaching style or knowledge, but there seems to be agreement from insiders that Jedd is the better recruiter.
November 27th, 2017 at 12:39 PM ^
What I learned from watching games this year vs last year is that our offense scored more last year than this year. The main coaching hire difference is Pep was here this year and Jed was here last year. As a result, my definitive conclusion is that Jed is better than Pep for our offense. There are no other variables that likely had any effect on the offense's performance.
November 27th, 2017 at 12:10 PM ^
Good shit, GordonG.
November 27th, 2017 at 11:09 AM ^
November 27th, 2017 at 11:20 AM ^
A better coach isn't going to make players worse, exactly... although it's not always easy to really know if your'e getting a better coach or not. There are only so many Don Browns in the world.
I'm just wondering, who's going to be better? A senior offensive lineman who has had the same good-but-not-great line coach for 4 years, or the same lineman who has had 3 different coaches teaching three different techniques, even though the last one is a great coach?
November 27th, 2017 at 11:22 AM ^
November 27th, 2017 at 11:47 AM ^
What does isn’t good but not great even mean. You guys - Our Qb? Obvious troll is obvious
November 27th, 2017 at 11:55 AM ^
November 27th, 2017 at 11:54 AM ^
made by our offensive linemen over the last couple of years, consistency in coaching and offensive scheme is very highly valued by the players. Of course that doesn't necessarily mean that the result on the field in that fourth year will prove superior.
November 27th, 2017 at 11:50 AM ^
QB and WR position groups generally sucked this year. Who coaches those 2 groups? Case closed.
November 27th, 2017 at 11:09 AM ^
This seems like a bit of cognitive dissonance here. Everyone laments how bad the QB play was (it's not like O'Korn looked any better under Fisch) and the black hole at right tackle. And yet somehow we can't move forward without a better offensive coordinator?
November 27th, 2017 at 11:18 AM ^
November 27th, 2017 at 11:21 AM ^
November 27th, 2017 at 11:27 AM ^
Yeah I never got this argument. Somewho Pep hoodwinked Jim Harbaugh into hiring him?
November 27th, 2017 at 11:34 AM ^
November 27th, 2017 at 11:45 AM ^
So, your problem with Pep is that his system is too complex for the youth of the 2017 team. And you want to get rid of him now that those players are more experienced and have a year of learning the system?
November 29th, 2017 at 6:32 AM ^
November 27th, 2017 at 11:33 AM ^
November 27th, 2017 at 3:28 PM ^
I guess I don't understand why you refer to it as "Pep's offensive strategy." I'm willing to listen, but how do you distinguish Pep's offensive strategy from Harbaugh's offensive strategy? Arent they the same thing?
November 29th, 2017 at 6:33 AM ^
November 27th, 2017 at 11:20 AM ^
I personally blame Pep for our OL recruiting the last couple years here. How many senior WR and TE do we have on the roster? ZERO. Who's supposed to be the passing game coordinator? That's right. Pep.