Hoke still needs to find a replacement. And those who say that literally anyone is better than Borges...well, you're wrong, frankly. There are several candidates out there who on paper look like a very bad idea. 

Let's not forget that the last time a MIchigan coach fired a coordinator, GERG was the replacement. We all know how that worked out.

 

So will next year be another "rebuilding year" that is written off as the offense learning a new system under a new OC? Is 2015 the new target? 2016? If they get someone really good, then I think that person's impact should be felt immediately. I am not too keen on another year of excuses.

Holy. Shit.

After the bowl game, Drew Dileo was interviewed on camera, and was asked a question about the playcalling. While he didn't throw Borges under the bus, he certainly didn't defend him either. To me, that was the tip that the team wasn't completely with him. When Dileo shrugged his shoulders and said (paraphrasing), "I don't know - that's what was called and so we did it." 

got an early birthday present!

from this program in a while. Hoke knows he must win next year. If he performs the same way in 14 as he did in 13 he's gone! The seat is warm for Mattison as well. This past year was the worst in Michigan history. Not talking about the record here. Talking about the lack of progress and the obvious regression of the team in a facets of the game. Good for Hoke. He realized that Borgess philosophy wasn't working to the level it should have. Whom ever he decides to hire need to utilize the talent that is present. This experiment must produce results this year, or the Hoke show will end next January.

I liked Al and I wish him well.

He is a smart guy and a great offensive play designer.  However, he did not seem to be that good of an offensive teacher at the college football level.

I think he would actually do quite well on a pro team where all the players are capable of running his schemes right away.

 

Probably a hire from within

So many posters on this board, including myself...

 

I am somewhat surprised, but also somewhat happy Hoke made this decision.

I actually step away from MGoBlog for a couple hours to, you know, earn a living, and this is what happens.

Question (apologies, I didn't read through every single post to see if this has been asked and answered):  what does this mean for the offensive assistants?  Are they gone as well?  Or is a new OC supposed to work with the pre-existing staff?  If the answer to the latter is yes, that sounds like a recipe for GERG.  OC should get to bring in his own staff to the extent the HC signs off on the hires.

Support the move (because obviously) but now that it's happened, I actually feel kinda bad for Al.  I always liked him personally, and the impact on the families of the position coaches (if they're out the door as well) is rough.  Wish Al and any others the best of luck.

Whenever my phone is inexplicably buzzing out of control, MGoServers crash....Crazy.

I get that a change was preferred by most fans.  But I think that the players probably believed in him.  Hope this doesn't induce Derrick Green or the young o-linemen to rethink their futures.  They signed up to play for this guy, in his offense.  Damien Harris can be re-recruite, and if needed, replaced.  We can't afford to lose the guys we've already invested in.  

Will be nice to have some other football stuff to look forward to instead of just NSD.

He's a guy who has spent the better part of 10 years coming up with pro style takes on common spread concepts. Aka, what Borges has spent the last 3 years trying and failing to do. 

The only school with comparable resources as Michigan who had an OL as inexperienced was UCLA. They won 10 games in a stacked Pac 12. Yeah, that would be a kick ass hire.

I don't think you can get rid of Borges and keep Funk around.

About this. I don't think Borges was entirely to blame, but hard to argue with the disaster this past second half of the year. Mgrowold -- what are your thoughts??

I can say I didn't push for it but I can also say I won't shed a tear or lose any sleep. 

 

Bye bye Borges!

Look what he did at Clemson. Gardner= Boyd, funchess=a taller but slower watkins. we already had 2 of the highest paid coordinators. pay him 1.7 and watch the points fly. added bonus, he beat osu. total pipe dream, but one can hope and imagine

Nice guy and represented the university well but by golly am I happy he's outta here. Never showed the ability to make in-game adjustments/offensive regression in every year since he arrived. Very happy to hear the news and looking forward to seeing who our replacement is and how that may affect the offense! 

though I must admit, it is hard to celebrate someone being fired.

all the "Yeah!" responses above give me the wrong vibe.

Hopefully the next guy will be better.

 

Given the year the offense had, this was probably inevitable. I thought he had a flawed set of tools to work with, but none of his "fixes" seemed to work. Best wishes Al.

Now that that's done, I don't think a big change to a spread hurry up guy is smart. We need to limit the transition costs and find someone who can use the guys we have well and not cost us recruits. The new OC has to succeed. Another GERG hire would be disaster.

I hope they already have a guy lined up. We do not need a "process."