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Every week TMI’s Sam Webb along with former Michigan Quarterback and Emmy Award winning Devin Gardner and former All-American Daniel Horton come together for Steady Droppin’ Dimes. The Michigan stars breakdown the happenings in Ann Arbor and the sports world. They use their vast experience to break down and discuss the week’s top topics. In the video excerpt from this week’s episode below, the crew shot down erroneous reports about Brian Kelly being in the mix to be Michigan’s next head coach, discussed why Sherrone Moore is the favorite to replace Jim Harbaugh, and where Jesse Minter fits into the conversation. At one point during the episode Sam and Devin had a discussion about a veteran-like coaching trait that sets Moore apart from other young coaches.

I don’t even think that the comparison with David Shaw is accurate because you got a chance to see (Sherrone try out as a head coach before hiring him). And you got a chance to see it in more adversity than I think any interim head coach or replacement coach has had to deal with. You’re coaching at Penn State an hour after you find out your coach wasn’t going to be there. And then you get in the game, and you’ve got to change the game plan halfway through the first quarter. Then in week two of your tenure, your quarterback can’t put weight on his front leg. What are we going to do in this game? And oh, by the way, now in the last game it’s Ohio State. And you (Successfully) navigated all three of those games.” Devin Gardner: “On other side of the coin you can say, well, when you really look at it, Penn State’s offense was pedestrian. Why were (the Wolverines) able to play that way? Because of the defense?” Sam Webb: “But as a coach you’ve got to recognize that, don’t you Devin?” Devin Gardner: “Well, yeah, absolutely. But are we giving credit for saying, ‘hey, our defense is so good that we’re just going to run the ball every play and punt?’ That doesn’t take a genius to figure that out.”

Sam Webb: “Here’s what I mean? I’ve seen this (issue) with a lot of coaches. They have a way that they think (things are going to go). ‘This is what I’m going to do when I’m in control.’ You’ve got a plan, then you get in the fire and the plan about how you think are supposed to go ain’t working… what do you do? A lot of these coaches get caught up. I talked to Josh Gattis about this, and he said, ‘I had to learn this (lesson) on the fly. I had all these things I wanted to do offensively, and then it’s not working. It looks right, but the players keep messing it up. Well, if you’re calling something, and it looks like it’s supposed to work, and it’s open, but the players keep messing it up, is that a YOU thing or a THEM thing? He got to the point where he said, ‘okay, that’s a YOU thing, not a THEM thing. If I I’m calling it, and the design is right, and the plays are open, but they can’t hit it, then I need to call a different play.’ That’s something that he said he had to learn. Sherrone had a game plan. This is how it’s supposed to look against Penn State, but we can’t block these dudes! I’m not going to get caught up in how it’s supposed to look. I’ve got to figure out what I’ve got to do right now to win this game. Talking to a lot of coaches, that ain’t an easy thing to do.”

Devin Gardner: “I think that Sherrone Moore’s biggest strength. His ability to put his pride aside and to not be prideful in the situation, and be like, ‘this is my baby, I want my baby to be looking like this.’ Like you said, it’s hard to put that pride aside and say, ‘hey, I didn’t get it this time. I’ve got to switch. I’ve got to pivot.’ And people can’t pivot. I think that’s most people’s biggest downfall. And not just as a coach or as a player, {just people in general). That’s why I talk about JJ and give him so much credit, because he was in the middle of Heisman race and didn’t complain when he was not able to perform. That type of mentality when you’re alpha (is rare). It’s hard to be both an alpha and somebody that can pivot that way when what you want to happen isn’t happening. And so, I think that’s Sherrone Moore’s biggest strength. I’m not saying Jesse Minter should be the coach, but you have to have the conversation of do we just allow something proprietary (like Minter’s defensive scheme) to walk. I don’t think you can just say, ‘hey, it’s Moore (who gets the job), and whatever you want to do (elsewhere), Minter (is fine). I think you’ve got to have some conversations and caveats if Minter wants to be the head coach.”