Mailbag question: With Boren leaving what does that do?

Coach and Eroc,

With Boren leaving how will this change the offensive line along with the possible freshman having to play this year? I really like Coach Rod, but not sure, of everything he is doing now right now with the players? Seemed like all Michigan needed was a "tweaking" of things such as the S&C program, but not a complete overhaul? What do you think?

Thomas
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Thanks for the question. Loss of Boren causes multiple problems. Biggest (IMO) is lack of bodies to practice against day to day. It takes a certain number of offensive linemen to run drills, scrimmage against #1 defense, etc. Next problem is losing the top and most experienced offensive linemen. This will have profound consequences for next two years. You just do not replace your top three offensive linemen in one season without a drop off in performance. What I wonder is does this mean that Schilling finally moves inside and plays Boren’s spot. Next concern is depth. Does a untested, not ready freshman get forced into playing? This can cause a long-term and short-term effect. Kid having to burn his red shirt and an extra year of development and maturity.

As for tweaking or complete overall, this is excessively late to worry about because Eroc and I have been warning any one who would listen that this was going to happen. That Coach Rod for better or worse was going to rebuild this from ground up. You do not bring in “read option staff” to “run pro-style offense.” I knew something was up when Manningham, Arrington, and Mallett left. It told me all I needed to know. That Coach Rod was going to tear this program down and rebuild from ground up. Not saying anything is wrong with that because he is the head coach and the guy in charge and he can do it his way, but just trying to point out that he had several top asst. coaches here already for a pro-style offense and decided to bring all his staff that wanted to come with him.

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