Would Mattison go to OSU ?
There is actually a post over at Bucknuts hoping that Michigan cleans house this week so that they can hire Greg Mattison as their Defensive Coordinator. At first I laughed at this idea, but I know Mattison worked for Urban Meyer back in Florida and are probably still friends.
I think there is a good chance this might happen if/when Hoke gets fired and if the new Coach does not retain him. OSU seems unhappy with their defense and what better way to solve their problem and stick it to us at the same time.
I am hoping he goes back to the NFL or decides to retire rather than ending up in Columbus
November 30th, 2014 at 9:53 AM ^
Retired coaches do quite will running an occasional clinic.
November 29th, 2014 at 10:05 PM ^
By all means go to OSU. 7 games where the other team scored with less than 2 minutes before half? He's married to the prevent. Good riddance.
November 29th, 2014 at 10:12 PM ^
Not in the same league as Narduzzi, but his body of work speaks for itself. The defense was awful and he and Hoke made it respectable. Sure, it hasn't exactly been dominant, but there are a lot of things that factor into that. I'd hate to see him go to OSU and then shut us down.
Of course, this is at the very bottom of my list of things to worry about with respect to the "anticipated" coaching change.
November 29th, 2014 at 10:15 PM ^
Respectable isn't good enough.
30 to Minnesota, 35 to MSU, 26 to Rutgers, and 42 to OSU isn't good enough.
Oh and so much for the ''the defense gets tired because the offense always goes 3 and out'' argument after today.
November 29th, 2014 at 10:19 PM ^
...not once, but twice!
November 29th, 2014 at 10:20 PM ^
34 in 2011 even though we won we were damn close to losing.
November 29th, 2014 at 10:24 PM ^
November 30th, 2014 at 2:03 AM ^
included a pick six or a fumble return for a TD.
November 29th, 2014 at 10:42 PM ^
November 29th, 2014 at 10:14 PM ^
highly doubt it, but wouldn't really care if he did.. he's good, but unfortunately we have way too much to worry about for ourselves before we even begin to care about this.....
November 29th, 2014 at 10:05 PM ^
so much for their pass rush getting home with only four guys.
November 29th, 2014 at 10:06 PM ^
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November 30th, 2014 at 12:17 AM ^
enough with this guy.
His defenses were entirely unscary when he was at ND.
His defenses here are only the least worst thing about a complete dumpster fire.
November 29th, 2014 at 10:09 PM ^
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November 29th, 2014 at 10:11 PM ^
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Mattison has said in a few interviews now that he came back to Ann Arbor to work with Hoke and to be close to his family, his daughter living in Tecumseh and now having grandchildren and all that. He has also expressed disenchantement with the nomadic lifestyle of being a coordinator, so I would imagine he would lean toward hanging it up and retiring. If he took one more gig, of course, I don't know how anyone would fault him for it necessarily.
November 29th, 2014 at 10:27 PM ^
I tend to agree with you. He said the only thing to get him to go to UM was Brady asking. He seemingly was not looking for that change. The man has some mojo on the recruiting trail though.
November 29th, 2014 at 10:13 PM ^
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November 29th, 2014 at 10:18 PM ^
When he leaves the teams win a championship the following year.
Michigan 1997
Florida 2008
Ravens 2012
Hopefully this trend continues...
November 29th, 2014 at 10:18 PM ^
Well, if that happened all we'd have to do to kick OSU's ass is getting a QB who can sorta run and play any sort of spread concept.
November 29th, 2014 at 10:20 PM ^
November 29th, 2014 at 10:21 PM ^
I am sorry I am not sure this would be much of a loss as I am sure we all expected a lot more from our defence this year, given that it was GM's 4th year back with the program. While I know the offense did little to help the situation, but the defense only got 5 picks this year and only recovered 5 fumbles, and this was while playing in the B1G!
November 29th, 2014 at 10:22 PM ^
The Offense gave the D no help. This defense would have been very strong had the offense even been respectable.
November 29th, 2014 at 10:31 PM ^
How can you use that argument after today? The offense moved the ball all game long today and the defense still gave up 35 points...
November 29th, 2014 at 10:36 PM ^
were caused by shitty offensive execution. An Interception leading to a short field and a fumble by our QB. How can you overlook that ?
November 29th, 2014 at 10:41 PM ^
You do know it's possible for a defense to stop an offense from scoring a touchdown once and a while even with a short field right? That's what good defense do.
November 29th, 2014 at 10:45 PM ^
If you like to look at one game as gospel,even Sparty's defense gave up 49 to OSU. All I am saying is that even with its deficiencies the D was still the best part of the team and would have been even bettter had the offense helped.
November 29th, 2014 at 10:53 PM ^
Cool. How many other times did MSU give up 30 this year?
Also if you're okay with Rutgers throwing 400 yards against us, Jeremy Langford and David Cobb running for 200 yards against us, failing to stop Maryland late in the game last week, 400 yards given up today, and touchdowns near halftime by the other team 7 times this season then perhaps you're rooting for the wrong team.
November 29th, 2014 at 10:53 PM ^
if MSU had Michigan's offense.
November 29th, 2014 at 11:06 PM ^
They had a shitty offense in 2012. They never gave up more than 28.
November 30th, 2014 at 1:35 AM ^
Once again, they only got 5 picks and 5 fumble recoveries. Since the offense was bad, the D was on the field more and still got only 10 turnovers.
November 29th, 2014 at 10:41 PM ^
November 29th, 2014 at 10:44 PM ^
Gary Nova
November 29th, 2014 at 11:19 PM ^
The offense moved the ball... right up until Drake got hurt.
November 30th, 2014 at 8:15 AM ^
Noone wants to believe you, but you are correct.
November 29th, 2014 at 10:30 PM ^
Acurate on the interception stat but losing Jabrill hurt and we had Manning coaching the secondary. This was a very weak part of the defense.
November 29th, 2014 at 10:40 PM ^
One player would not have made this defense as good as it needed to be. Especially considering Jabrill didn't even start a game.
November 29th, 2014 at 10:23 PM ^
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November 29th, 2014 at 10:27 PM ^
If he doesn't retire this would keep him close to Ann Arbor where his daughter lives, a big motivation for him to come to Ann Arbor four years ago. He likes Urban Meyer and has worked with him in the past. He is also clearly irritated with the treatment Hoke has received from parts of the Michigan fan base.
That said, I don't know that he would want to alienate this fan base to that extent.
November 29th, 2014 at 10:43 PM ^
Not sure how the hell GM can be "irritated with the treatment Hoke has received from parts of the Michigan fan base." as we Muggles should be, and are, livid with the coaching and results on the field from Brady Hoke & Crew. While BH is a nice man, and good father figure, etc., he has been a failure in his 4 years - wins 11-8-7-5. If GM does not see this, then he must have forgotten what Michigan football use to be.
November 30th, 2014 at 10:00 AM ^
Why would he care IF he "alienated this fan base"? What are we to him? We fire his ass and he owes us something? NO
Good luck to GM wherever and whatever he does.
November 29th, 2014 at 10:29 PM ^
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November 29th, 2014 at 10:37 PM ^
If Harbaugh does come here, hopefully he brings Vic Fangio with him.
November 29th, 2014 at 10:36 PM ^
He can go if he wants. I certainly wouldn't miss him. His defenses consistently got carved up by teams like Notre Dame, OSU, MSU. Oh, and 400 yards to Gary Nova. See ya Mattison