So I've really been studying UM all season trying to figure out what exactly is going wrong. I've probably watched more of UM this year than of ND. For some reason my kids always want to jump on me, start crying, be a toddler and a baby whenever ND is on. I get naps during UM games (for obvious reasons).
Jim Harbaugh will be the head coach at Michigan in 2021 and the foreseeable future. His contract/life insurance component will be a tough pill for the buyout case. Also, NFL teams are no longer really interested in Harbaugh.
Here's what he needs to do ... a COMPLETE reset.
Remember how BK essentially did that after the disaster of the 2016 season?
Cull the heard - completely overhaul the coaching staff beginning with Don Brown.
Don Brown's defensive philosophy only works when he has an elite talent advantage on defense. He folds like a cheap card table whenever the "death by a thousand blitzes" can't withstand a competent offense that can execute simple combo routes that strand corners with no safety help. I don't know why Don Brown hates his corners so much but he sure as hell does.
Ohio State very well could put up 100 if they REALLY wanted to.
On offense, he completely abandoned his identity of a power football team and has, for some reason, embraced the whole "speed in space" concept which just doesn't work with the talent they have on that side of the football.
IF - and it's a big IF - Harbaugh can do what Kelly did and cast aside his own ego he will be able to right the ship, just like Kelly did at ND.
Jim Harbaugh will be the head coach at Michigan in 2021 and the foreseeable future. His contract/life insurance component will be a tough pill for the buyout case. Also, NFL teams are no longer really interested in Harbaugh.
Here's what he needs to do ... a COMPLETE reset.
Remember how BK essentially did that after the disaster of the 2016 season?
Cull the heard - completely overhaul the coaching staff beginning with Don Brown.
Don Brown's defensive philosophy only works when he has an elite talent advantage on defense. He folds like a cheap card table whenever the "death by a thousand blitzes" can't withstand a competent offense that can execute simple combo routes that strand corners with no safety help. I don't know why Don Brown hates his corners so much but he sure as hell does.
Ohio State very well could put up 100 if they REALLY wanted to.
On offense, he completely abandoned his identity of a power football team and has, for some reason, embraced the whole "speed in space" concept which just doesn't work with the talent they have on that side of the football.
IF - and it's a big IF - Harbaugh can do what Kelly did and cast aside his own ego he will be able to right the ship, just like Kelly did at ND.
