chris partridge

The reason for Michigan's capitulation seems a bit clearer, as Warde Manuel announced this morning that linebackers coach Chris Partridge has been relieved.

"Effective today, Chris Partridge has been relieved of his duties as a member of the Michigan Football staff. Rick Minter will serve as the team’s linebackers coach."

It appears that the investigation uncovered either prior knowledge of the scheme by Partridge, active cover-up, or both. Several people at Michigan confirmed that the players were interviewed this week. Stalions reported to Partridge, but according to people I've spoken to, there was no evidence prior to this week to show that Partridge knew how Stalions was getting his signs. The timing of this strongly suggests Michigan only recently learned of Partridge's involvement during the course of the investigation, and that this was a major factor in deciding to settle with the Big Ten.

Rick Minter is Jesse Minter's father, the former head coach of Cincinnati, and two-time defensive coordinator at Notre Dame.

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[On3]

Michigan Football picked up a commitment from 4* in-state LB Jeremiah Beasley out of Belleville this evening for the 2024 recruiting class: 

Beasley was originally leaning towards MSU before Michigan's hiring of Chris Patridge helped turn the tide, establishing Beasley as a Michigan lean in the spring. Unlike Aaron Chiles, who randomly picked Florida a few weeks back, there was no funny business with this 4* LB. Beasley ranks 274th in the On3 consensus and 319th in the 247 composite, held back slightly by ESPN's nonsensical decision to rank him as a 3*. He is a top five or so player in the state and Michigan's first true ILB commit of the cycle, though a number of HSP/EDGE-ish players in the class may suit up at ILB (it seems like they plan to give Jaden Smith and Cole Sullivan a shot there). In which case, Beasley may represent the finale of LB recruiting in the 2024 class. 

Beasley will get his Hello in the coming days. There is no content after the jump. 

[On3]

The 2024 recruiting rampage continued this weekend when Michigan picked up a commitment from 3* LB Cole Sullivan on Friday night. Sullivan's commitment was trending this direction but came a bit sooner than anticipated, giving us more Hello content: 

 

GURU RATINGS

RATINGS BY SITE

247: 6'3/200

On3: 6'4/200

Rivals: 6'3/200

ESPN: 6'3/200

3*, 87, NR Ovr

#57 LB, #17 PA
3*, 89, NR Ovr

#37 LB, #10 PA
3*, 5.7, NR Ovr

#17 OLB, #34 PA
not ranked
3.66 3.90 3.71 n/a

COMPOSITE RANKINGS

247 Composite

On3 Consensus

MGoBlog

 
3*, 0.8793, #592 Ovr

#55 LB, #16 PA
3*, 88.22, #519 Ovr

#58 LB, #14 PA
3.5*, #551/788 Ovr

#8/10 HSPs since 1990
3.79 3.82 3.76

Despite being a recruit with two national powers vying for his services, Sullivan hasn't lit up the radar all too much to this point. However, based on the tape, I would not be surprised to see him as a late riser. ESPN, to no one's surprise, has never heard of Sullivan, while the others are varying levels of tepid. On3 is the highest on Sullivan, making him a top 10 player in Pennsylvania, the other two much lower. The end result is a soild 3.5* prospect, ranking 8th out of 10 in our very limited collection of players classified as hybrid space players since 1990. Everyone is in agreement on Sullivan's weight (200 lbs.) and close together on his height, 6'3" or 6'4".  

[AFTER THE JUMP: lanky, athletic, but what is he???]

another one

He was Macdonald's guy, and Michigan was oversigned.

bad news for one person, good news for everyone else! 

It's a picture of Dick Vitale and on the back it says "Don't believe his lies."

two turtle doves reputed to be leading candidate to replace him 

the Devin Gardner counterfactual has my head spinning 

Like Harbaugh, looks like Partridge's Christmas card list will be a little bit shorter this year

Chris Partridge returns to New Jersey on Saturday

Chris Partridge talks to the media.

Chris Partridge doing some coaching

Chris Partridge talks to the media