Michigan Football: 3 Reasons offense will be better in 2020

Experience always helps

Calling plays isn’t easy and last year was the first time Gattis did that. Before he was co-offensive coordinator at Alabama but he wasn’t calling the plays. He admitted that it was a learning experience and it sounds like he has already gained some valuable lessons.

"“You can gain a ton of information and a ton of knowledge about yourself from studying yourself and just looking for ways to improve,” Gattis told the Detroit Free Press. “That’s been huge — going back and studying ourselves. It’s things we can control, it’s not things opposing defenses are doing. It’s things we can control, things we can eliminate to help be more successful.”"

Gattis said he was focused on getting better with his second-down calls. Another focus of his for the entire offense was the red zone and doing a better job of turning good drives into points. Here’s more from his interview with the Detroit Free Press:

"“We were about 4% off from being in the top 10 in touchdown drive percentage. We had 16 drives last year where we ended up in the red zone that we didn’t score touchdowns on. We had to settle for field goals. And then our scoring drive percentage, we were another 3.5% from being in the top tier of top-10 teams.”"

The fact that Gattis has been self-scouting and spending this time meeting with players tells you all you need to know. None of that is unusual, that’s to be expected, but Gattis gets it and he will be a better offensive coordinator in 2020. No doubt.