Mike Bajakian Named Massachusetts Football Offensive Coordinator - University of Massachusetts Athletics
AMHERST, Mass. – University of Massachusetts head football coach Joe Harasymiak has announced the addition of Mike Bajakian as the program's offensive coordi...
Football: Winter Transfer Tracker - University of Massachusetts Athletics
Head coach Joe Harasymiak and his staff will be adding players through the transfer portal
I don’t think this has been discussed, but it adds a little bit to the 2024 season post mortem.
I though Bajakian’s playcalling was absolute butt cheeks. Worst I’ve seen under Whittingham. But I take this as a very, very clear indication that Bajakian was at least smart enough to be completely off the Wilson bandwagon. This seems like very clear evidence that playing Wilson was NOT a Bajakian decision.
Ludwig got picked up as TE coach at Wisconsin, but I can’t take much from Wilson not heading to UW because:
1) Wilson clearly isn’t good enough to be a P2 transfer
2) as TE coach Ludwig likely wouldn’t have the pull to bring “his guy”.
Wilson getting another shot at UU tells me that KW was certainly complicit in having Wilson be “the guy”. But I still don’t have any feel for whether or not Ludwig supported Wilson. Honestly, I have a nagging feeling that Ludwig sort of got screwed with KW firing his long-time OC rather than giving Ludwig autonomy to make a QB change- only to relent and let Bajakian pull Wilson’s plug a few weeks later.
