Newsstand: Analyst set to be elevated to coaching staff in Week 1
Michigan football has some adjustments to make to the coaching staff with head coach Jim Harbaugh and offensive coordinator/offensive line coach Sherrone Moore out for this Saturday. Harbaugh’s spot on the staff cannot be replaced, but the elevation of an analyst is allowed with Moore out for the game.
According to Harbaugh, offensive analyst Nick Gilbert is most likely to assume a one-week on-field role for Saturday’s game.
“That’s what I’ve been told, we’ll be able to elevate an analyst for his role, not for mine,” Harbaugh said during his Monday press conference. “I wouldn’t be able to be replaced for any of the three games with another person. Coach [Nick] Gilbert is someone I will most likely elevate to that position.”
Gilbert’s role has been assisting the offensive line since joining Michigan this winter, so sliding him into that role is a natural fit. Quarterbacks coach Kirk Campbell will call plays on Saturday in Moore’s absence. Moore returns for the Week 2 contest against UNLV.
Despite the change to the staff for this week and Harbaugh’s three-game ban, he is still permitted to coach the team during the week. The only difference is that he will not be allowed on Michigan premises on gameday.
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But make no mistake about it, this is no break for Harbaugh.
“Day-to-day, I’ve been coaching the team. I’ll continue to coach the team,” Harbaugh said. “Some people call up and ask my wife what are we doing for the three-week vacation that we’re about to take, she has the same reaction. There isn’t one. I’m coaching every single day.
“It won’t be this Saturday, the following Saturday and the following Saturday, I won’t be able to be on the premises or at the game. How am I going to react to that, how am I going to feel at that point? I don’t know yet.”
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“Don’t want to go into how it was conveyed, but it was conveyed and I respect his decision. I’ve heard people comment it’s a slap on the wrist, [to me] it’s more like a baseball bat to the kneecaps or to the shoulder.”
– Michigan head football coach Jim Harbaugh on how it felt to be suspended three games by the school
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