https://michigan.rivals.com/news/michigan-wolverines-gattis-confident-responds-to-locksley-comments
“I have a tremendous amount of respect for Mike Locksley. He called every play … there were never any other comments about that,” Gattis said. “I’m 100 percent confident [I can do it]. Mike Locksley can say I watched him call every play, but ask him where the game plans usually came from?
“So I’m fine with that. He did call every play, and I’ve got a notebook upstairs with all the game plans written down in them. But I’ve got tremendous respect for him, obviously.”
He called Locksley a mentor and added former PSU coordinators Joe Moorehead and John Donovan as guys he’s also learned from. Being taught by coaches who helped develop ownership and entitled and empowered everyone helped shape him, Gattis said, and he plans to do the same with his staff.
He also made it clear he's played a very important role in every offense he’s coached for as a result.