Reports: Drevno is Out
Message boards had it last night, Brandon Justice reported it earlier this morning, Sam was talking about it, and now Bruce Feldman has SOURCES:
SOURCES: OC Tim Drevno is stepping down at #Michigan. The Wolverine Lounge first reported the news.
— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) February 23, 2018
…so there’s enough smoke that we should probably report the fire. Michigan’s embattled offensive coordinator Tim Drevno, by hook or by crook, appears to be leaving the program.
We had high hopes for Harbaugh’s longtime sidekick due to the regular asskickings Drevno’s wards handed out at Stanford, and there was a brief moment last year when it looked like the OL was growing into a similarly ferocious meat grinder.
Alas, nobody’s pass protection has significantly improved in three seasons, and a lot of Michigan’s problems last year and today go back to offensive tackle recruiting, which also goes back to Drevno. He was looking increasingly superfluous last year when Michigan brought in another offensive coordinator type in Pep Hamilton and another offensive line coach type in Greg Frey. With Harbaugh calling the plays, Pep still around, yet another OC type Jim McElwain joining the staff, and OL development guru Ed Warinner with the team in some capacity, “What precisely do you do here?” was slated to remain a valid question.
February 23rd, 2018 at 1:22 PM ^
Jim Harbaugh is, and will continue to be, the QB coach.
February 23rd, 2018 at 2:30 PM ^
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February 23rd, 2018 at 3:18 PM ^
lets go. Cant change it.
February 23rd, 2018 at 12:18 PM ^
February 23rd, 2018 at 12:22 PM ^
but is there any proof Warinner is moving?
February 23rd, 2018 at 12:28 PM ^
Hmm, its almost like maybe we should've waited to see how everything shook out with the staff before all the hand-wringing and complaining about Harbaugh and calling for the end of the program.
All of the rumors and additions made it pretty obvious that things were changing and there wouldnt be "4 OC's" like people complained about. Just needed to let things shake out naturally.
February 23rd, 2018 at 7:49 PM ^
You make it sound like Drveno was fired, which was not the case. We very well could of had Drevno on staff with Warinner breathing down his neck all season long in another discombobulated attempt at offense. That could of been another Frey/Drevno too many cooks in the OL kitchen situation that we were set up for. We got lucky here the same way we got lucky to replace Speight with Patterson.
Bringing on Warinner to Drevno is the same as bringing on Mcelwain to Pep, yet Pep is still here. So your "letting things shake out" is luck based not Harbaugh putting his foot down. It's not natural for an OC to resign from a position late February with a $1mill salary on the table. With more luck Pep finds another gig but that looks unlikely.
February 23rd, 2018 at 8:18 PM ^
This is totally speculation on your part, and doesn't even sound coherent. You are essentially arguing that you were right, there wasn't a plan, and everything turned out as though there WAS an excellent plan because of "luck." That's just adopting the glass-half-full philosophy out of apparent self-loathing.
If we instead make the assumption that what appears to be real is, in fact, real, then none of your arguments hold any water.
February 24th, 2018 at 10:04 PM ^
How am I speculating? I am giving opinion based off reports that became available. Were the reports not made that Drevno resigned? I have not seen a single thing that said he was fired. Do we have any reports that Harbaugh forced Drevno out? I haven't seen one. The closest we have to that is that it seems Drevno and Pep both would of had reduced roles this season. But even umbig11 said our staff was final and complete just a few days ago. So if our closest thing to an insider is even under the impression Drevno will be on our 2018 team I don't see how this coaching offseason naturally shook out just how Jim planned. Hell, Jim even hired a coach that quit after 17 days. Was that part of the plan too?
My guess is that Harbaughed hoped Drevno (and probably Pep) would find new jobs so he wouldn't have to fire them. Maybe the buyout has a lot to do with this, maybe it doesn't. To assume it was Harbaugh's plan all along to know Drevno was leaving but not announce it until late Feb is speculation and seems very unlikely.
Of course Jim had a plan but there is a zero percent chance that everything went exactly as Jim intended with our little coaching carousel. I am not saying everything turned out from pure luck. I am saying we got lucky Drevno decided to leave because Jim wasn't firing him.
February 23rd, 2018 at 10:02 PM ^
as the RB coach?
Let's make it a clean sweep.
February 23rd, 2018 at 12:01 PM ^
February 23rd, 2018 at 12:01 PM ^
Does anyone have any idea why this is happening now? The timing seems kinda weird.
February 23rd, 2018 at 12:07 PM ^
New offensive roles were decided for the (now/previously complete) coaching staff, guessing he didn't like his role.
His son also just committed to Vanderbilt as a PWO a couple days ago, so there's talk he'll end up there too.
February 23rd, 2018 at 12:25 PM ^
February 23rd, 2018 at 2:07 PM ^
/Enos'd
February 23rd, 2018 at 12:15 PM ^
The most reasonable theory I've heard:
If your subordinate is failing at their job, but they are also your close personal friend, you might privately help them find another job so they can resign on good terms rather than outright firing em.
Incidentally this also earns you a lot of loyalty with other (current and future) assistant coaches.
February 23rd, 2018 at 12:48 PM ^
This is the feeling I get, too. Like when OSU "fired" Tim Beck, but didn't really "fire" him so much as kept him around until he quietly landed another job somewhere else.
February 24th, 2018 at 11:58 AM ^
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February 23rd, 2018 at 12:28 PM ^
I think this was a necessary event for the program. The only downside is it could hurt our chances of getting Anderson (but he was probably always going to Texas anyway).
I wish Drev luck where ever he goes next, Lord knows he wasn't trying fail, things just didn't work out.
February 23rd, 2018 at 1:25 PM ^
so it could hurt michigans chances at a recruit they weren`t going to get anyway? how doe`s that work?
February 23rd, 2018 at 11:08 PM ^
1. Re-read the post you failed to comprehend the first time. +
2. Note qualifiers like "probably" and "could." =
3. Reading comprehension
February 23rd, 2018 at 12:02 PM ^
Since the end of last season.
February 23rd, 2018 at 12:03 PM ^
February 23rd, 2018 at 12:13 PM ^
Eh, this isn't a staff accountant making $40,000/year with kids to feed. It's a guy who's paid $1mm+ for the entertainment of fans. Part of the gig.
February 23rd, 2018 at 2:24 PM ^
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February 23rd, 2018 at 1:25 PM ^
It was a full back hand-off in short yardage situation. The issue, that was addressed after the game, was that the wrong personnel were in the game, and Harbaugh took the blame.
February 23rd, 2018 at 2:59 PM ^
The wrong personnel including the TE getting his FIRST carry of the season?!!!
February 23rd, 2018 at 1:27 PM ^
he already commented that the wrong personel was in on that play.
February 23rd, 2018 at 1:55 PM ^
stop the play and get the right personel on the field.
February 23rd, 2018 at 1:55 PM ^
February 23rd, 2018 at 2:16 PM ^
Let's turn the main down a bit there, Skid Row.
February 23rd, 2018 at 2:22 PM ^
It's basically just Monday Morning Quarterbacking. If it works: awesome! If it doesn't work: fire everyone, what a terrible play!
I think Harbaugh said they rushed the play and had the wrong position group in there. Happens to the best of them.
February 23rd, 2018 at 3:01 PM ^
Actually, I don't think it DOES happen to the BEST of them...
February 23rd, 2018 at 3:37 PM ^
the play where Brady when back to pass and Graham hit him and caused a fumble means Belechik isn't one of the best coaches?
Bad plays happen. Good coaches call them. Sometimes good coaches call plays that will work if the other team doesn't execute. But they get a vote. Sometimes good coaches screw things up. We're all human. That play sucked ass but I can move on from it.
February 23rd, 2018 at 4:37 PM ^
The Brady sack wasn't an issue of the wrong personnel being on the field. There's no way around it, that TE handoff was downright Hoke-esque.
February 23rd, 2018 at 3:39 PM ^
A coach becomes one of "the best of them" by NOT failing on the basics like having the right guys on the field and calling the right plays and not rushing things. It's the average and pretty good coaches that consistently make those mistakes.
February 23rd, 2018 at 12:03 PM ^
FFs, his name is Ed Warinner. Are you guys doing this on purpose? This is worse than Rudddock. Even Seth did it.
February 23rd, 2018 at 12:05 PM ^
His son plays for MSU so really this is just my Michiganish inability to go five minutes without throwing out some DISRESPEKT.
February 23rd, 2018 at 5:24 PM ^
We gots your back Sheth.
February 23rd, 2018 at 12:16 PM ^
Spelling coaches and players names wrong is an integral part of the fabric of this blog and the MGoBoard.
In fact, we love it so much, we'll start to do it on purpose. It's a sign of affection.
February 23rd, 2018 at 1:30 PM ^
So is pronouncing people's names. If you listen to the podcasts you'll notice that our fearless leader is one of those really smart people who inexplicably butchers people's names.
February 23rd, 2018 at 11:02 PM ^
Stoober.
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