I would want spread 'n shred, but I would settle and kind expect someone who is going to try a NFL-style passing spread.ethangl said:So what kind of scheme do y'all want this time?
bowiac said:I would want spread 'n shred, but I would settle and kind expect someone who is going to try a NFL-style passing spread.
Nope. Nussmeier.bowiac said:Cam Cameron sounds likely from what a few sources on twitter are reporting. Will apparently be announced tomorrow.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/writer/bruce-feldman/24402908/michigan-hires-oc-nussmeier-away-from-alabama
.Alabama OC Doug Nussmeier will become the new Michigan offensive coordinator, a source told CBS Wednesday. The move was driven by a strong recruiting effort by coach Brady Hoke and Wolverines AD Dave Brandon that included a robust financial commitment to Nussmeier, who now will be among the five highest-paid coordinators in college football, according to the source
There’s no question that the offense has opened up more under Nussmeier. Alabama’s bread and butter in the passing game are still shallow and intermediate routes, designed to attack the linebackers in space, but their use of vertical passing concepts has increased under Nussmeier. As a matter of fact, I actually wrote about this before the season. Nussmeier really seems to favor three verticals, typically with all three receivers (or two receivers and a tight end) lined up on the same side of the field. It has been tremendously effective, both due to the execution on the field and the timing of the play call. From a play calling standpoint, Nussmeier really seems to have a great sense for when a team is vulnerable on the back end, and that has proven quite valuable during his two years here.
As you made mention of, it’s certainly true that all of this is made possible because of the progress AJ McCarron has made as a quarterback. The 2011 version of McCarron would have a difficult time throwing the ball down the deep middle of the field, but the 2012 and 2013 versions have thrived in this area. He still lacks elite arm strength, but his mechanics are much improved – along with ability to go through his progressions and deliver the football on time, even to his third or fourth option. Once again, it’s nothing more than a guessing game when it comes to trying to determining how much of his progression is due to Nussmeier. Some natural progression is to be expected, and, over the summer, McCarron has a quarterback coach. But Nussmeier, as the quarterback’s coach, works very closely with the quarterbacks during the spring and throughout the season, so I certainly believe he deserves some amount of credit.
sachmoney said:This seems to be the best thing I've found thus far: "Nussmeier really seems to favor three verticals, typically with all three receivers (or two receivers and a tight end) lined up on the same side of the field. "
bowiac said:They should have sent a poet.
trotsplits said:Inconsistent and bizarre play calling - even during the 2011 season (see, Iowa, MSU). I'm now worried that Hoke gets his "MANBALL" OC after all.
An honest question: Why is one of the best manball OCs?Zososoxfan said:
From everything I've read, I agreed with this sentiment. There's a lot of value in running spread and hybrid offenses in the college game, but since they just plucked one of the best manball OCs, it's hard to be dissapointed ATM.
Nobody asked about this. Journalism is dead. PR is the new equilibrium.sachmoney said:I really hope somebody asks him about what he plans to do with the blocking scheme tomorrow at his press conference because it's kind of important. Alabama wasn't all power-O. In fact, they ran a lot of outside and inside zone. I hope that we do this because I think that it simplifies things and power blocking, pulling guards, etc are things that you can incorporate as guys get experience. WIth zone blocking, we can have guys get hat on hat, double team, or get to the second level. I think it would benefit this young line a lot. Again, I want the players to be positioned to be successful. Zone blocking is simpler but very effective.
sachmoney said:Hoke always says there's competition for everything, so I wouldn't read too much into it. Barring huge strides from Shane or, god forbid, an injury to DG, I doubt Shane's the starting QB come this fall.
Sold. $100?WayBackVazquez said:Pretty sure he said the opposite last year, but I'll make a friendly Jimmy Fund bet that Shane is the starting QB game 1.
Weird that Borges, who had the smarts and coaching aptitude to adapt his offense for Denard Robinson was apparently blind to the fact that he needed to simplify his blocking schemes for a very young and inexperienced interior line.Dick Pole Upside said:Bosch's quote about there being "just ONE call, not one call... with an adjustment to that call and a potential adjustment to THAT call" leading to three guys going one way, two guys going the other on any given snap made me shake my head.
Excited to see him at Michigan, but wish it was under better circumstances. I feel like he's at the place he should have been in the first place.WayBackVazquez said:Well, we won the Ty Isaac sweepstakes. That should help, assuming they let him play this year.
I like Bacon and read a few of his books, including the recent Big Ten one, but his ongoing contention that Brandon is over-marketing Michigan is becoming overplayed. Yes, Brandon does at times fail to account for the fact that Michigan is different from a typical product you market in the private sector, but Bacon tries to ascribe every attendance issue or other showing of declining fan interest to Brandon's tactics.sachmoney said:In other news, John U Bacon basically murders DB.
Agree with this 100 pct. Just think Bacon is beating the drum too loudly and too often. Some of what Brandon does is over the top and makes him seem tone deaf. Some of it, however, is just the inevitable change and prowess associated with modern college sports. Those new facilities - which student athletes find attractive - don't build themselves.sachmoney said:It's certainly not just a DB problem, but you can't say that he hasn't helped make things worse. The team is the most important factor, but as you said, it's a lousy economy and he's raising ticket prices on everyone. He just seems to be out of touch and is more about the razzle dazzle than the fundamentals of what will make things better. College football gets a bad wrap for exploiting its players, but DB wants to exploit the fans as well. Michigan shouldn't be run like a professional franchise that relies on marketing to maintain its identity. Michigan should be Michigan. The team should be great and the experience should be special.
We probably wouldn't even be talking about this if the team was actually good. We'd be talking about football.
I just moved to Northern NJ and was debating where I could pull this game off (my wife just gave birth to our first so I'd be using one of a small number of Fall get out of the house bullets)...think you just made the decision for me.Dgilpin said:So Rutgers is apparently really trying to cash in on joining the Big Ten , just went to buy tickets for the Michigan-Rutgers game . $210 a piece for upper level sideline !