SI Reporting McElwain "strong candidate" to Michigan citing "Sources"
Bruce Feldman reporting
"Jim McElwain has emerged as a strong candidate to join Jim Harbaugh’s staff at Michigan working with receivers, multiple sources told SI"
Unsure if this means anything more than clickbait. Feldman citing "multiple" sources. Whatever.
Link Below
https://www.si.com/college-football/2018/02/10/jim-mcelwain-michigan-ji…
Edit: Title "Whatever Wordsmiths"
February 10th, 2018 at 10:49 PM ^
Good.
February 11th, 2018 at 12:26 PM ^
I like the idea of John Morton joining as WR coach. Better track record that McElwain.
February 10th, 2018 at 10:52 PM ^
February 11th, 2018 at 8:18 AM ^
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February 11th, 2018 at 9:33 AM ^
February 11th, 2018 at 8:55 AM ^
I think it is a little more than that now - we seem to be building a staff of analysts and position coaches on the offensive side of the ball that might necessitate the founding of "Michigan Offense, LLC" by the athletic department. What they could do is make the coordinators and Jim the board of "Michigan Football", then spin off the offense as a subsidiary and maintain controlling interest so it is semi-independent but still answerable to Harbaugh.
February 11th, 2018 at 9:07 AM ^
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February 11th, 2018 at 10:27 AM ^
February 11th, 2018 at 10:29 AM ^
February 11th, 2018 at 11:30 AM ^
His success as an offensive mind is not in ddispute. More importantly, because of his familiarity of the SEC on how they recruit, identify talent, develop talent and scheme teams it would be a huge advantage for MIchigan to have him on their staff. The reality is the SEC plays the best football and Michigan/JH can learn a lot from him.
In short, his addition will make Michigan a better football team.
February 11th, 2018 at 11:52 PM ^
February 10th, 2018 at 10:56 PM ^
February 11th, 2018 at 9:46 AM ^
He's a big star now.
I took my daughter to a Katy Perry concert. She brought him out to center stage for several songs.
He's totally gone Hollywood.
February 10th, 2018 at 10:57 PM ^
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February 10th, 2018 at 11:17 PM ^
it's going to be sturgeon
February 10th, 2018 at 11:38 PM ^
February 11th, 2018 at 1:35 PM ^
February 11th, 2018 at 11:24 AM ^
February 10th, 2018 at 10:54 PM ^
Not a terrible hire. Not amazing either.
February 10th, 2018 at 10:56 PM ^
February 10th, 2018 at 10:59 PM ^
Agree. I'll take him over Enos any day.
February 10th, 2018 at 11:53 PM ^
Agree 100%. JM has a lot of success under his belt. Enos ran CMU in to the ground. Alabama will be successful in spite of Enos.
February 11th, 2018 at 12:08 PM ^
February 11th, 2018 at 12:21 AM ^
Better than Enos and Cam. Much happier now. Hopefully AL does not need a WR coach now. Though Saban liked him as OC.
February 10th, 2018 at 11:15 PM ^
I mean people said the same thing thing about Nuss. Anybody can be good at Bama. His three years at Flroida were worse on offense than Michigan but he's a position coach so it seems ok.
February 11th, 2018 at 12:00 AM ^
No, Nuss was fired at Bama. Well, pushed out. We "hired him away" before he could be canned.
McElwain doesn't fit the "anybody can be great at Bama" quip because he built the Bama offense. In Saban's first season they were 54th in S&P Offense. Then Saban replaced Major Applewhite with McElwain and he had them up to 7th the next year. 3rd, 1st, and 4th after that. Won Saban's first two national titles with McElwain's offense. McElwain came in before they were a juggernaut, he helped Saban make them what they are today. He was the first OC they won with.
Then at Colorado State he turned one of the nation's worst offenses into one of the best. He knows his shit.
February 11th, 2018 at 6:24 AM ^
I think his biggest mistake at Florida was the handling of the Will Grier matter. I have no idea how it went down in reality, but my impression was that Grier was pissed enough to leave and sit out a year. Had Grier remained at Florida, McElwain may still be there today.
I always thought he was in over his head at a school like Florida, but the man does know his football and would add value to the Michigan staff.
February 11th, 2018 at 5:29 PM ^
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February 11th, 2018 at 12:00 AM ^
Absolutely. Even though Florida was not good, they weren't an outright abomination when he was there. They did win their division (which isn't good but whatever) the first two years.
EDIT: And that's by far the worst stop on his resume
February 11th, 2018 at 10:21 AM ^
could be classified as an abomination his 3 years at Florida. 73, 88, and 108 in S&P in his 3 years there.
They won the division because of their defense.
February 11th, 2018 at 9:48 AM ^
Check out his resume.
Should I skip over the abysmal Florida part?
February 10th, 2018 at 10:55 PM ^
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February 11th, 2018 at 2:30 AM ^
February 11th, 2018 at 11:21 AM ^
McElwain was the OC at Bama before Bama was what they are today. He was there for Saban's 2nd-5th years. Offensive rankings:
Pre-McElwain:
#56 total OFEI not available
#67 total #67 OFEI
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McElwain
#41 total #14 OFEI
#15 total #6 OFEI
#22 total #6 OFEI
#30 total #7 OFEI
February 11th, 2018 at 11:21 AM ^
Is this an example of a coach with a good resume coming to us in a bad situation?
How does the chemistry between pep, him, and Harbaugh work?
I suppose in the end the lack of clarity and the confusing organization, on top of a bad end to our recruiting and our offensive nightmare of last year, has me nervous going into a brutal schedule next year.
I know there won’t be, and maybe shouldn’t be, but I would feel great if Harbaugh came out and said these are the responsibilities of each coach.
I would like to see some of his fire return.
I’d also like to know where mama bush went.
February 11th, 2018 at 11:27 AM ^
Based on his 247 page, he doesn't really seem like he recruits too much. Here are his top lifetime commitments:
https://247sports.com/Coach/Jim-McElwain-270/AllTimeRecruits
February 11th, 2018 at 11:43 AM ^
+1 for title
February 10th, 2018 at 10:59 PM ^
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February 10th, 2018 at 11:08 PM ^
LOL you mean 2 of his DBs and his K put 17 on us?
I think this was a great hire, but the 2017 UF game is a horrible game to point to for that. He's got plenty of good on his resume you can look to.