Now Official: Singletary out as Player Personnel Director

Submitted by Moe on

LINK. Looks like this move was made right after the spring game.  Best of luck to Chris in his future endeavours.  

DrMantisToboggan

May 15th, 2015 at 12:52 PM ^

I wonder if this was long in the making or if there was an issue around the time of the spring game.

Chris was a great guy, as many can guess from his responsiblity as recruiting coordinator. Very friendly, very funny, loved Michigan.

A lot of people questioned his eye for talent, which may have led to his removal, but he certainly made an impression on the talents that were brought in on visits, etc. Good luck to Chris in the rest of his career.

justingoblue

May 15th, 2015 at 1:03 PM ^

Since there's not an immediate plan to replace his position it might have been inevitable from the time Harbaugh was hired. It's certainly not out of the realm of possibility that Harbaugh structures his staff differently than Hoke and there was redundancy/Harbaugh wanted a different skillset.

Best of luck to Singletary, obviously.

Moe

May 15th, 2015 at 1:10 PM ^

Definitely not British, was just reading up about the weekend Premier League games from writers across the pond and it slipped into my subconscious.  

LSAClassOf2000

May 15th, 2015 at 1:05 PM ^

One source informed Wolverine247 that there are no current plans to replace the role that Singletary occupied. Michigan has expanded their recruiting operations under Jim Harbaugh, hiring recruiting coordinators Chris Partridge and Matt Doherty along with Gwen Bush, whose role is perhaps most similar to Singletary's.

Perhaps with other people coming on board, this was part of a preconceived progression as it does seem that they were bringing on people to essentially fill portions of Singletary's role. Not really sure how much we'll really know, but I wish him luck wherever he lands. He weathered a lot of change in Ann Arbor and did so well - there's something to be said for that. 

Big_H

May 15th, 2015 at 1:12 PM ^

Yeah, I think it was a plan all along for him to be let go/replaced. He was the recruiting coordinator. It makes complete sense to keep him on staff for awhile until coaches and other assistants get on the ball with recruiting and caught up on the present players on the team. Once that has been mostly established you start phasing him out. I do remember some recruits bringing his name up, so most likely didn't want to let him go from the start and lose connects to certain recruits until some new guys got with it.

 

Seems like that all would make sense.

BlueinOK

May 15th, 2015 at 2:24 PM ^

If he doesn't fit in with Harbaugh and what he wants, it makes sense to get him out of there. The recruiting staff at Michigan will hopefully continue to grow. 

Perkis-Size Me

May 15th, 2015 at 5:18 PM ^

No offense to Singletary, but this has may have been a long time coming. Not a whole lot of disputing that there has been zero to minimal player development at Michigan over the past 3-4 years. While it certainly wouldn't be all his fault, its not out of the realm of possibility to question Singletary's ability to identify talent.