Michigan football added a quarterback coach to his team after Brian Jean-Mary left and Matt Weiss from Ravens will take over.
It’s been a low season for the Michigan football team and things have taken another interesting turn this weekend, as the Wolverines will sign Matt Weiss from the Baltimore Ravens as a coach for defenders.
The change was first reported by Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network on Twitter:
Apparently, the movement is not so surprising. Michigan was trying to add some offensive minds to the team early in the off-season and it didn’t really work.
Therefore, the addition of Weiss, who trained defenders, receivers and running backs in Baltimore, would not be a big shock if it was announced a month ago with other moves.
What makes this stand out is that the Wolverines just lost Brian Jean-Mary as the linebackers’ coach to Tennessee.
This would make it look like the logical move would be to replace him with another defensive coach, as it is the last available spot on the team, at least for field coaches.
The immediate reaction is what is happening here? If things continue this way, Michigan football would have just four defensive coaches going into the next season and Mike Macdonald, the defensive coordinator, would need to train the linebackers as he did in Baltimore.
Maurice Linguist, the defensive co-coordinator, will train the cornerbacks, while George Helow will be the safety coach. One possibility is just to appoint Linguist as a secondary coach, making him work with defensive sides and corners, while Helow trains linebackers as well.
Either way, Michigan must rely on Macdonald, Linguist and Helow to be able to control the secondary and linebackers on their own. In addition, Wolverines have also hired several analysts, which can help to contribute.
I admit I was excited about Harbaugh’s prospect training quarterbacks, especially five-star recruit JJ McCarthy, but I think Weiss was hired to do more than just train quarterbacks and maybe he can add some new perspectives to an offense that needs some new ideas.