Picture yourself as Michigans football Head Coach
January 28th, 2012 at 8:08 PM ^
Golden and Robinson?
January 28th, 2012 at 8:16 PM ^
Yet solid, no?
January 28th, 2012 at 8:29 PM ^
Hair-wise, very. They're both defensive guys, though.
You let Al Bundy dial up plays from the box and you are guaranteed at least four touchdowns each game.
January 28th, 2012 at 8:31 PM ^
A bit OT but I do not feel like starting a new thread. A buddy of mine just texted me and said he read on some message board that Willie Henry is supposedly a potential secret commit to Michigan. He is a 3 star DT from Glenville with mostly MAC offers and a few offers from other B1G schools. He is 6'3 270. Another DT would be a nice addition, imo.
January 28th, 2012 at 8:34 PM ^
If true, that sounds fine to me. I'd rather have Eddie what's-his-name from DC, but having some filler on the D-line (especially if he blows up unexpectedly like Frank Clark) is an OK use of the "last scholarship" IMO.
January 28th, 2012 at 8:39 PM ^
If we can end the class with Reeves, Grant, Diamond and/or Kozan, and this new guy, Id be thrilled. Like you said, a filler on the dline would be great, eslecially if he is an under the radar type guy.
January 28th, 2012 at 10:49 PM ^
5 star? Are you high?
January 28th, 2012 at 7:48 PM ^
Mike Debord as OC because his playcalling always kept the defense guessing.
Greg Robinson as DC because his hair is awe inspiring.
January 28th, 2012 at 8:32 PM ^
January 28th, 2012 at 7:53 PM ^
Brady OC and Woodson DC
January 28th, 2012 at 9:29 PM ^
Chip Kelly and Nick Saban.
If you're gonna dream, dream big.
EDIT: Saying Kelly and Saban would be good is "overrated." Saying no one could beat Borges/Mattison is "underrated." Holy shit this place is slappy.
January 28th, 2012 at 7:54 PM ^
Debord, haha. that's hilarious. gerg was a better d coordinator than debord was for the o.
January 28th, 2012 at 8:01 PM ^
When you watch old games in '97, you can see MD's play-calling sucked even then. There were games (OSU is one of them) where the passing game was almost exclusively jailbreak screens to the tailbacks and 4-8 yard curl routes by the tight ends.
It took what was easily one of the five best defenses in modern college football history to run the table that year. Anything less and DeBord would have been exposed as he was 10 years later.
January 28th, 2012 at 7:55 PM ^
I'd have some personal criteria, of course, like how he pointed at their pictures. You know, single, double, did he say tremendous, and whether or not he could feel football when he looked.
January 28th, 2012 at 7:56 PM ^
OC: Al Borges
DC: Greg Mattison
I would then resign on the condition that the job be given to Brady Hoke. I think he'd know how to run the team a lot better than I would.
January 28th, 2012 at 7:57 PM ^
I'd resign and make dave brandon make brady hoke and co. the coaches, the stress of the job would make my head asplode
January 28th, 2012 at 7:59 PM ^
Malzahn and Mattison.
January 28th, 2012 at 8:00 PM ^
Daisy Marie as OC and April O'neil as DC ... we wouldnt last long..might get 2 years tops..but it would be a great 2 years
January 28th, 2012 at 8:00 PM ^
I know I most people won't agree with this for obvious reasons, but Rich Rod and Greg. Rich rod would make a good offense coordinator, but defiantly not a head coach
January 28th, 2012 at 8:14 PM ^
If he fails at Arizona, his success at West Virginia will look like a mirage.
If he builds a legit contender in Tucson, the balance of his head coaching stints will tilt toward very successful and Michigan will look like horrible weirdos for railroading him.
But at this time, I agree. His strengths as a coach definitely seem OC-centric.
January 28th, 2012 at 8:43 PM ^
who already "look like horrible weirdos for railroading him."
January 28th, 2012 at 8:34 PM ^
Rich Rod is not a bad OC, but I'm happy with Borges. He's already demonstrated more of a willingness to adapt to personnel. With Rich Rod's system, it's a struggle to move the ball until he gets the right QB.
January 28th, 2012 at 8:51 PM ^
On second thought I have to totally agree with that I was always unimpressed with how Rich Rod couldn't adjust to the talent he had. He only knew one way to do things and was unwilling or unable to deviate from that. Al has adjusted well with the talent that he inherited.
Howver when Rich Rod finally got his guys in on offense it was awesome. Just not what we are use to.
January 29th, 2012 at 8:21 AM ^
There was no talent hear on offense, Schilling was the only starter with any significant game experience, when RR got hear so why waste a year before installing your system? Borges had 10 returning starters from one of the top 10 offenses in the country. Early in the year he kept trying to force the under center stuff despite the fact that it didn't work (30+ yards of O against EMU in the first quarter).
January 29th, 2012 at 11:49 AM ^
"Why waste a year?" What was 2008, then? We couldn't move the ball at all and went 3-9. Steven Threet hated the Rich Rod offense and transferred right after the season ended, leaving us back at square one with no QB.
You can rationalize it how you want, but it seems that Rich Rod either doesn't know how to run anything other than his run-based spread, or doesn't want to run anything other than it. Either way, it means that his offense will only succeed when he has the right QB (and even then you have to live in fear of his QB getting injured).
Al Borges's offense may not have functioned well for one quarter against EMU, but it also put up 40 on Ohio. It ended up scoring more than the 2010 offense. I liked the way he adapted. And I'm confident as well that he'll further mold the offense to fit Devin Gardner's talents when he takes over, whereas I'm not sure how exactly Gardner (who is much less of a running threat than Denard) would have fit in Rich Rod's system. Not to mention that with Borges, we can actually recruit pro-style QBs like Shane Morris. There isn't just one QB type that can succeed under his tutelage.
January 28th, 2012 at 8:01 PM ^
Kirby Smart as the DC and Paul Chryst as my OC. (I prefer power football to spread)
January 28th, 2012 at 8:05 PM ^
Mike Hart as OC
Charles Woodson as DC
January 28th, 2012 at 11:18 PM ^
Don't forget Zoltan Mesko as special teams coach.
January 28th, 2012 at 8:09 PM ^
Jim Bollman as Offensive Coordinator, clearly.
A stuffed beaver wearing Greg Robinson's hair as Defensive Coordinator
January 28th, 2012 at 8:15 PM ^
Bollman didn't exactly call a bad game against us this past year, did he?
January 28th, 2012 at 8:26 PM ^
You can't praise Bollman for one game when he broke all tendency and then bash DeBord, who did the same a couple of times (most notably against Florida).
January 28th, 2012 at 9:24 PM ^
I didn't praise him. Just don't know if we have high ground to mock him when the defensive coordinator that posters are saying in this very thread they would not trade for anyone struggled with Bollman's gameplan in last year's contest.
January 28th, 2012 at 8:10 PM ^
OC: Denard
DC: Lemar Woodley
January 28th, 2012 at 8:12 PM ^
OC: Brian Cook
DC: Greg Mattison
January 28th, 2012 at 8:23 PM ^
First, I'd picture myself with an apostrophe.
January 28th, 2012 at 8:37 PM ^
Rich Rod as OC, Mattison as DC
January 28th, 2012 at 8:38 PM ^
But it looks like we had a surprise visitor today....
January 28th, 2012 at 8:41 PM ^
I'd skip hiring coordinators and ask for a raise.
January 28th, 2012 at 8:42 PM ^
January 28th, 2012 at 9:09 PM ^
go to hell
January 28th, 2012 at 9:11 PM ^
What am I pointing at?
January 28th, 2012 at 9:22 PM ^
An Crystal Ball
January 28th, 2012 at 9:11 PM ^
I would clone a bunch of Ditkas for positional coaches and players too. The end result would be an army of Ditkas!
January 28th, 2012 at 9:41 PM ^
or Ditka before the heart attack?
January 28th, 2012 at 9:24 PM ^
Rex Ryan DC
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<br>Bill Billicheck OC
January 28th, 2012 at 10:48 PM ^
You do realize Belichick was a defensive coach before becoming head coach, right?
January 28th, 2012 at 9:30 PM ^
i'd throw in a few names like woodley, woodson, brady, hart, edwards, mattison and hoke for my coordinators. hoke would handle double duties with his first coordinating position, as well as director of pointing.
January 28th, 2012 at 9:53 PM ^
mike hart
January 28th, 2012 at 10:55 PM ^
I'd go with:
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<br>Bill Walsh as OC
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<br>Buddy Ryan as DC