Someone please talk me off the ledge….. When current Michigan offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier left Alabama for Michigan, many wondered why. Though there was speculation that he and Alabama coach Nick Saban had differences of opinion, neither spoke of them. That was until this week, when Saban talked about his current offense under coordinator Lane Kiffin, which has recorded at least 538 total yards in all four games and is on pace to set program passing records. "I've been begging the offensive coordinators around here to open it up ever since I've been here," Saban said during his Tuesday news conference, the video of which was posted on al.com<http://www.al.com/alabamafootball/index.ssf/2014/09/nick_saban_lane_kiffin_alabama.html>. "Jimbo Fisher (at LSU) was the best offensive coordinator I ever had that did what I wanted to do. And everybody always wants to run the ball." Saban quickly said that, at Alabama, "we always had the team to run the ball and we always had a very good defense, and it was really smart to play the way we played. Now we have more skill players." Alabama won national titles in 2009, 2011 and 2012 (the latter under Nussmeier) and was a special teams gaffe away from playing for another one last year, Nussmeier's second season. But with Nussmeier having worked under Saban the past two years, he certainly would be included in the group referred to this week. "My philosophy hasn't changed at all," Saban said. "I've always asked for this. 'Why don't we throw the ball on this look instead of running this play where we can't block everybody?' Which is what we do now. It's a pro philosophy, and Lane's got experience as a pro coach. That's his background, that's what he does." Nussmeier came to Michigan and has said that he wants a physical offense that establishes the run, just as U-M head coach Brady Hoke has always said he wanted. So far, that hasn't worked well this year. The Wolverines rushed for 350 and 276 yards against lower FBS opponents but were stymied in the losses at Notre Dame (100 total rushing yards) and against Utah (118).
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jay Cicone Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2014 4:20 PM To: '[email protected]' Subject: [gatortalk] Reportedly... Doug Nussmeier (former Bama and Mich OC).. is now the Florida OC He and mac coached together at Mich St 03-05 -- -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us<http://www.gatornet.us> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us<http://www.gatornet.us> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
