December 16th, 2020 at 1:59 PM ^
Long over due IMO
December 16th, 2020 at 2:04 PM ^
Good for him.
December 16th, 2020 at 2:07 PM ^
I miss Jedd.
I'm all for "revolutionizing" offenses, but his was neither clunky nor stone age. I preferred his to what we've seen since.
December 16th, 2020 at 2:49 PM ^
It wasn't his offense it was Harbaugh's. He did a good job of teaching it.
December 16th, 2020 at 3:51 PM ^
When Jedd left, whoever's offense that was also left. You can call it a coincidence if you want, but the JH/JF offensive effectiveness has not been seen since.
December 16th, 2020 at 4:09 PM ^
If you are looking at the fancy stats, that is simply not true. Pep Hamilton's 2nd year offense was better and last year Gattis first year offense was also better even though the start of the season was an absolute clunker. That offense in 2016 feasted on lesser opponents putting up 63, 51, 78, 59 on Hawaii, UCF, Rutgers and Maryland. But against Wisconsin, Iowa, Indiana, and Ohio St we only scored 14, 13, 20, and 17 not including the overtime. Should have easily been an undefeated season had the offense been even acceptable against Iowa and OSU.
I feel like Jedd get a lot of love here based off of the "good shit Jedd" gif.
Nothing against Jedd. He may very well be an outstanding coach and I hope he gets the job, but numbers wise. our 2018 and 2019 offenses were better.
December 16th, 2020 at 4:14 PM ^
This is the correct assertion. Make one memorable, classic gif and everybody loves ya. Although I do think he had some QB/WR whisperer experience Gattis hasn't yet shown. Either way it should be Harbaugh making these connections as well.
December 16th, 2020 at 7:36 PM ^
People need to stop relying on advanced stats for everything. You seriously want me to think an offense that put up 14 on Army in regulation, 14 against Wisconsin, 10 against Iowa, 21 against Penn State, and 16 against Alabama was better than 2016? We missed 3 field goals against Wisconsin and IU O'Korn had to play in the snow. Butt, Chesson, and Darboh were our best group of receivers since Breaston, Avant, and Manningham.
2018 maybe, but it was still slow and plodding a lot of the time with no ability to hurry up against ND or OSU. It had more of a reliable run game than 2016 which they used to pound Penn State and Wisconsin, but they thought they could do the same thing against OSU and they obviously couldn't.
December 16th, 2020 at 2:09 PM ^
Jed Fisch is "listed" as a job candidate for every college job every year. Yet, he never gets one. In fact, he hasn't even landed a Coordinator gig yet. Sounds like to me he's got an agent that''s been bending the ears of reporters and not the decision-makers themselves.
December 16th, 2020 at 2:13 PM ^
He was the OC at UCLA for a year before their head coach got fired. FWIW they had the #10 SP+ offense that year. I wouldn't be upset if we hired him to be co-OC with Gattis. Jedd gets QBs and Gattis gets WRs.
December 16th, 2020 at 2:28 PM ^
With Josh Rosen as his QB. I don't understand this fan base's infatuation with him. I'm trying to be nice, but there's a reason why his name is always tied to jobs, but he never gets them. You woulda thought he was the OC for the Rams or the Pats the way everyone talks about him.
December 16th, 2020 at 2:40 PM ^
I'm not a slappy by any means. I think the 2016 offense is wildly overrated. It bludgeoned the hell out of awful teams and got completely stoned against the only good defenses we played. With that said, you can't doubt that our quarterbacks improved a lot under his tutelage. He also coordinated a good spread offense and spent time learning from Sean McVay after he left. We could do worse if we want someone to work with Gattis and replace McDaniels.
December 16th, 2020 at 3:09 PM ^
That's because Harbaugh tends to turtle in the biggest games and pretty much always gets beat. That was a good offense.
December 16th, 2020 at 3:17 PM ^
Then there was the Okorn/OSU game when the offensive scheme was fantastic but the QB could not execute.
December 16th, 2020 at 3:25 PM ^
That's literally the only game I can think of where he went balls out.
December 16th, 2020 at 3:33 PM ^
Do games like '16 PSU, '18 Wisconsin/PSU and '19 Notre Dame count as big?
I think the better criticism is about our record in close games, especially against teams with comparable talent. That has a lot to do with our consistently bad 2-minute offense.
December 16th, 2020 at 2:46 PM ^
Idk, he did pretty good with Rudock and Speight in '15 & '16 respectively. You probably know more than I do, but I recall Speight specifically mentioning how much Fisch helped him develop, then he seemed to drop off a cliff in '17 after Fisch had left, as did the passing game which he was said to be the architect of.
I get there were other factors involved, losing other offensive starters and all that. Definitely not saying Fisch is "the answer", but he seems to be a pretty good coach overall and those 2 seasons were the best of the Harbaugh era so fans tend to gravitate towards what changed since then as the answer for the offensive woes.
December 16th, 2020 at 2:29 PM ^
This would not be a bad idea at all. Jedd is the kind of guy who can work with anyone else’s system.
December 16th, 2020 at 2:36 PM ^
Not happening. He fits everyone's system because he's been trying to constantly hop to the next job that will get him hired as an HC. Nothing wrong with that, but he hasn't stayed for more than 3 years in any job in his career.
December 16th, 2020 at 5:30 PM ^
If he can fit every system, why doesn’t he get a HC job?
December 16th, 2020 at 11:15 PM ^
That was tongue in cheek. He’ll be whatever you want him to be to get the job.
December 16th, 2020 at 2:12 PM ^
Good shit Jed
December 16th, 2020 at 2:14 PM ^
I bet he does well.
December 16th, 2020 at 2:22 PM ^
Our offense hasn't been as good since he left. I'm guessing he doesn't much care for JH's quirkiness as I always hoped he would come back.
December 16th, 2020 at 2:33 PM ^
Here's a little tip for folks when it comes to coaching searches when reporters put out stories. The first few names are viable candidates, but the names on the bottom are always fed by agents to drum up interest. "Sources say they are also looking at X", or "Coach X has done a great job building up QB Y," which means the agent is asking the reporter to put his client's name out there for him. Just look at all of Feldman's columns and see the names that seemingly pop up for everything, even if they don't quite fit.
December 16th, 2020 at 2:45 PM ^
GOOD SHIT JEDD!
December 16th, 2020 at 2:47 PM ^
Flaming hot take coming in.
if harbaugh is gone in The 2021 season (fired, leaves etc), and Jedd Fisch gets a 7-8 win season at Arizona in 2021, I have little issue with Michigan giving Jedd a look at HC.
December 16th, 2020 at 5:52 PM ^
I am with you on that idea. Some would disagree, but I think he’d do very well.
December 16th, 2020 at 2:59 PM ^
Arizona has no money, they were basically forced into firing Sumlin because you can't lose the AZ State game by a million like that, but they don't really have the money to make a proper hire. So it's either going to be an ambitious assistant like Jedd who hasn't built the resume for a HC job or a MAC/Mountain West guy who wants a chance at a P5 job and is willing to take a low salary to get it.
December 16th, 2020 at 3:01 PM ^
It's no coincidence that the offense fell off a cliff when he left. In hindsight, he pulled a rabbit out of a hat in fielding a decent offense in 2016 and making Wilton Speight look serviceable. We couldn't run the ball to save our lives that year, and he devised a passing game that obscured our issues with the O-line and our running game.
December 16th, 2020 at 3:41 PM ^
Good shit, Jed.
December 16th, 2020 at 6:39 PM ^
One of the best assistants that Jim has had in his six years here. Maybe the best
December 16th, 2020 at 7:29 PM ^
Hot take guy on Mgoblog.
"I don't know what the infatuation is with him anyway. Also I think Gattis could be a good OC if he was given a chance."
Strange world.