'Shea can do almost anything': Patterson, UM preparing for big changes in up-tempo offense

Shea Patterson is preparing for a new look to Michigan's offense this year. (Photo: David Guralnick, Detroit News)

Ann Arbor — Michigan’s offense under new coordinator Josh Gattis will be different, that we know.

How different, however, probably won’t be exactly known until the season, but what is abundantly clear is it will be up-tempo, no huddle.

And also becoming abundantly clear — the offensive players like it.

“There are pieces that will stay the same both in the run game and the pass game,” new Michigan quarterbacks coach Ben McDaniels said last Friday. “Any time you bring a new coordinator in and there’s different ideas and you infuse what was in the building with some of his thoughts…