For right now (this season), I think Harbaugh needs to take firm and total control of the offense from here on out. It's not clear if there actually are some kind of split play-calling duties or not, but if there are, that needs to be ended today, and he should take control of that role until at least the end of 2017. Same with laying out the vision and organizing the preparation for game plans, etc.. We're not going to be lighting teams up this year at this point no matter what, but we can definitely get a lot better than this. Let's figure out what these players can do, and then go out and have them do it. We can still win the vast majority of the rest of our games by getting to 21 points... perhaps even one or two of the Big Three games left on the schedule.
For moving forward... I think Harbaugh needs to forever drop this idea of assembling an NFL-style offense at the college level. I won't take the statement any further than that, except to say that I think it's time to facilitate at least one of the major offensive assistants moving along after this season, and then doing exactly what he did on the other side of the ball after the 2015 season with Don Brown—going out with a deep wallet and poaching an offensive coordinator from another program who is recognized as an offensive genius at the college level. It obviously won't be a total apples-to-apples situation, because Harbaugh will continue to exert more influence over the offense than I presume he does with Don Brown's defense—but it's time to create some coherence with what we're trying to do offensively, while also making sure that this vision aligns with what works in college football in 2017.
For moving forward... I think Harbaugh needs to forever drop this idea of assembling an NFL-style offense at the college level. I won't take the statement any further than that, except to say that I think it's time to facilitate at least one of the major offensive assistants moving along after this season, and then doing exactly what he did on the other side of the ball after the 2015 season with Don Brown—going out with a deep wallet and poaching an offensive coordinator from another program who is recognized as an offensive genius at the college level. It obviously won't be a total apples-to-apples situation, because Harbaugh will continue to exert more influence over the offense than I presume he does with Don Brown's defense—but it's time to create some coherence with what we're trying to do offensively, while also making sure that this vision aligns with what works in college football in 2017.
