Does Michigan Football need to just roll with one OC?

Lost in all of the social media reactions to Michigan football’s closer-than-expected win over Maryland was a potentially interesting issue that sometimes reared its head against the Terps.

For the most part, Michigan’s offense was efficient against Maryland, as they were able to run the ball at will with Blake Corum and we’re able to pass the ball when absolutely needed.

The thing is though, is that in certain parts of the game, the offensive playcalling didn’t make a ton of sense, as Isaiah Gash was inserted into the game on one crucial third down play, and a double reverse trick play to get Ronnie Bell the football to throw downfield that didn’t work, and a few other head-scratching decisions throughout the game.

Even FOX color commentators Joel Klatt and Gus Johnson pointed it out during the broadcast: Michigan’s offense just looked flat at times, and it looked like Michigan football was indecisive about what they wanted or were trying to do at various points throughout the game.

Joel Klatt mentioned Michigan’s co-offensive coordinators Sherrone Moore and Matt Weiss, and he said he didn’t know which one was calling plays.

Joel Klatt said he asked Sherrone and Matt which one of them had jurisdiction over the other on crucial downs, and they said they call plays together, which Joel said can be problematic.

Should Michigan football settle for just one OC?

I know people talked all off-season about Michigan’s defense and the offense, and the strengths and weaknesses with both of those units, but the playcalling can’t be ignored either.

I think Joel Klatt brought up a good point, and I do find it interesting that one individual doesn’t have slightly more power than the other in terms of calling plays because, in a close game with several options on the table, how is it determined who gets to call what?

Obviously, there were going to be growing pains just because Sherrone and Matt are both first-time coordinators, but even on top of that, both have to agree on literally every single play call and neither has more jurisdiction over the other so both live and die by their playcalling.

Would it have been easier to just let one guy call the plays and the other be an offensive assistant or an analyst of some sort? Maybe.

Given the choice between having one of the two coordinators, I would think, gun to the head, Harbaugh would choose Sherrone Moore to call the plays.

For one, although Harbaugh realizes that Michigan’s offense has to be more dynamic and progressive than it was when he first got here, Michigan football is still a run-first team and always will be under Harbaugh.

The second reason is simple: Harbaugh doesn’t want to lose Sherrone Moore to another program.

He coached the offensive line to a Joe Moore award last year and so he obviously knows about gap schemes and downhill blocking assignments, so the transition to coordinator wouldn’t be so bad for the running game.

To fend off those programs, Harbaugh gave Sherrone a raise and promoted him to offensive coordinator.

Thirdly, Sherrone is one of the best recruiters in the country, and programs have probably already been calling and offering him big positions at other programs.

Matt Weiss isn’t as good of a recruiter as Sherrone Moore, so I’m pretty sure Jim Harbaugh would prefer Sherrone if he needed to absolutely make a judgment call.

With all of that being said, in my opinion, Michigan football will be fine. The growing pains were to be expected, and as we all thought, that has occurred some throughout this young season, but I’m sure those issues will be fixed as Sherrone and Matt get more comfortable calling plays and with each other.

At the same time, there is a valid argument for just having one guy as the offensive coordinator. I see both sides.

Your turn. Michigan fans, do you think Jim Harbaugh should give one person the role of offensive coordinator? Sound off in the comments below!