Brian wrote a post covering this. Many of these players were mentioned and he gives his viewpoint on how likely they are to consider portaling to Michigan.
It seems like the Louisville connection may have played a role here although Sherrone's time there doesn't line up with Alfrord's. It's a great sign that Sherrone is focusing on guys who can recruit. Get that NIL money cannon loaded up and LFG!
He seemed over the entire experience of having guys leave early for the NBA. I think it was Jordan Poole leaving early that pretty much convinced him he didn't want to continue on with the college game. Throw in the fact guys he recruits could get offered <del>a bag</del> NIL by other programs and the fact he would likely lose guys to the portal and I don't think he'd want to put up with the current version of college basketball.
Yeah, that really sucks. What is the benefit to being a season ticket holder if you can't get first priority on big games like tournaments? I don't know if the B1G has control here, but if so it's yet another sign they are a poorly run conference. It would be easy enough to allot a certain number of tickets to the home and away teams and then open everything up to the general public. But then you have to remember that this is a sport that prefers to have playoff games in empty arenas rather than on campus arenas that would be packed and make for a great atmosphere.
This website, which is based entirely on covering the main UofM sports teams, has a recurring bit where they do everything possible to avoid talking about the basketball team. That should tell you all you need to know about the total lack of interest in the team right now.
Yep, 8-20, dead last in the B1G, defensive play ranks in the 300s, there's nothing for people to get excited about. Don't forget during the Brandon/Hoke era there was a time when you could get football tickets for 2 sodas. It's all about the product being put out, and right now that's on Warde Manuel and Juwan Howard. If we were the #2 ranked team in the country the place would have been filled with Michigan fans.
He's won everywhere he's coached, he had a very successful run in the NFL before coming to Michigan. Now to be honest, I was kinda done with Harbaugh like many were after the 2020 season. Don Brown got got, Harbaugh didn't seem to have the same intensity that made him an elite coach, and during that 2020 season it just felt like he no longer had that 'attack each day with an enthusiasm unknown to mankind' disposition. With the help of Biff Poggi, some awesome recruits like Mike, Blake and JJ, and a staff reboot, Harbaugh found his way back. The rest, as is said, is history.
Sadly, there's nothing elite about Juwan. He's probably a solid Xs and Os coach, but his recruiting isn't great, his roster composition is horrific, he has anger issues, and the defense is just unbelievably bad. Last I checked, we ranked #324 in defensive efficiency. It's atrocious.
I love Juwan, but there's no part of his time coaching Michigan Basketball where you can say you build around X (great offense, great defense, great recruiting, etc). At least with Beilein he was a genius with offensive design. Get him a great defensive coach like Yaklich and you have the makings of a really entertaining and competitive team.
The football coach I use as a comparison for Juwan is Brady Hoke: great guys, both parts of a legendary time in program history, but just totally incapable of coaching a program like Michigan.
JJ, Will Johnson, and Donovan Edwards were all 5 star prospects. You need 5 stars. Not all of them hit, and you can occasionally find guys like Kenneth Grant and Mason Graham who are going to end up having 5 star production, but you need difference makers.
If you aren't going to pay for talent, you are putting yourself at a big disadvantage.
Translation: everyone is using NIL as compensation for services provided, time for the NCAA to get with the times. Warde Manuel, you understand that, right?
Does Barnhart project to playing center in the NFL? Seems like his mobility and intelligence would be key traits for a center. He obviously never played center at Michigan so perhaps he sticks at guard.
Great advice. Also to echo the first poster, keep the debt as low as possible. Big debt means little to no money post-college and little flexibility. If he can graduate with low debt and lots of connections he should be able to figure out the job thing and do well for himself. Control the controllable and let the rest work itself out.
The Harbaugh coaching tree seems pretty great. Newsome has spent his entire coaching life under Harbaugh, who has very strong feelings about OL play and seems to be a big fan of Grant.
“Grant has been a positive, motivating force within our coaching staff since he joined us as a student assistant,” head coach Jim Harbaugh said in a statement. “We have had a front-row seat to Grant’s development as a coach and are excited that he has chosen to accept our offer to become a full-time assistant. He is a future star in this profession, and our players really respect what Grant is teaching on the field and the insight that he shares from life experiences.”
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I can definitely see Kalel reprising DeVeon Smith's role of wearing DBs like a cape as he rumbles through the defense like Godzilla laying waste to a small fishing village.
I wouldn't call this 'cool' but it is pretty clean and doesn't have HOU in obnoxiously large letters like most of the shirts at the MDen. So I ordered one.
Riffing off something Kirby Smart said about Michigan stealing their signs, there is nothing I remember about George Helow’s time at Michigan that would concern me about him working for Alabama.
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Brian wrote a post covering this. Many of these players were mentioned and he gives his viewpoint on how likely they are to consider portaling to Michigan.
That's great, thank you - and thanks Alex and Dave.
This guy gets it.
It seems like the Louisville connection may have played a role here although Sherrone's time there doesn't line up with Alfrord's. It's a great sign that Sherrone is focusing on guys who can recruit. Get that NIL money cannon loaded up and LFG!
He seemed over the entire experience of having guys leave early for the NBA. I think it was Jordan Poole leaving early that pretty much convinced him he didn't want to continue on with the college game. Throw in the fact guys he recruits could get offered <del>a bag</del> NIL by other programs and the fact he would likely lose guys to the portal and I don't think he'd want to put up with the current version of college basketball.
I legit hope we forfeit our game in the B1G tournament. I know we won't but it would be the correct thing to do.
1. Skyfall. Feels like a better fit for our current times, plus Javier Bardem is a supreme villain.
2. Rick from Rick and Morty. Back to the Future is very dated, so like #1, Rick and Morty seem more relevant.
3. Heath Ledger as the Joker. Again, modern times.
4. No fucking way. The universe is far too vast to be explained by the Hokey Pokey.
Go Blue, f**k the Bucks.
I'm pretty sure that's how he completed that double pass in the Rose Bowl.
Yeah, that really sucks. What is the benefit to being a season ticket holder if you can't get first priority on big games like tournaments? I don't know if the B1G has control here, but if so it's yet another sign they are a poorly run conference. It would be easy enough to allot a certain number of tickets to the home and away teams and then open everything up to the general public. But then you have to remember that this is a sport that prefers to have playoff games in empty arenas rather than on campus arenas that would be packed and make for a great atmosphere.
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This website, which is based entirely on covering the main UofM sports teams, has a recurring bit where they do everything possible to avoid talking about the basketball team. That should tell you all you need to know about the total lack of interest in the team right now.
Yep, 8-20, dead last in the B1G, defensive play ranks in the 300s, there's nothing for people to get excited about. Don't forget during the Brandon/Hoke era there was a time when you could get football tickets for 2 sodas. It's all about the product being put out, and right now that's on Warde Manuel and Juwan Howard. If we were the #2 ranked team in the country the place would have been filled with Michigan fans.
The Sherrone culture thing seems to be real. Only losing Sabb is a great sign.
Sounds transformational to me.
In one word, Harbaugh is 'elite'.
He's won everywhere he's coached, he had a very successful run in the NFL before coming to Michigan. Now to be honest, I was kinda done with Harbaugh like many were after the 2020 season. Don Brown got got, Harbaugh didn't seem to have the same intensity that made him an elite coach, and during that 2020 season it just felt like he no longer had that 'attack each day with an enthusiasm unknown to mankind' disposition. With the help of Biff Poggi, some awesome recruits like Mike, Blake and JJ, and a staff reboot, Harbaugh found his way back. The rest, as is said, is history.
Sadly, there's nothing elite about Juwan. He's probably a solid Xs and Os coach, but his recruiting isn't great, his roster composition is horrific, he has anger issues, and the defense is just unbelievably bad. Last I checked, we ranked #324 in defensive efficiency. It's atrocious.
I love Juwan, but there's no part of his time coaching Michigan Basketball where you can say you build around X (great offense, great defense, great recruiting, etc). At least with Beilein he was a genius with offensive design. Get him a great defensive coach like Yaklich and you have the makings of a really entertaining and competitive team.
The football coach I use as a comparison for Juwan is Brady Hoke: great guys, both parts of a legendary time in program history, but just totally incapable of coaching a program like Michigan.
JJ, Will Johnson, and Donovan Edwards were all 5 star prospects. You need 5 stars. Not all of them hit, and you can occasionally find guys like Kenneth Grant and Mason Graham who are going to end up having 5 star production, but you need difference makers.
If you aren't going to pay for talent, you are putting yourself at a big disadvantage.
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Jimmy building out that coaching tree. Good to see Kovacs working his way up the coaching ranks.
For Aaliya, the amount was $1,155.
Death to the NCAA.
No shirt, no pants, no problem. LFG!
Translation: everyone is using NIL as compensation for services provided, time for the NCAA to get with the times. Warde Manuel, you understand that, right?
Does Barnhart project to playing center in the NFL? Seems like his mobility and intelligence would be key traits for a center. He obviously never played center at Michigan so perhaps he sticks at guard.
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Great advice. Also to echo the first poster, keep the debt as low as possible. Big debt means little to no money post-college and little flexibility. If he can graduate with low debt and lots of connections he should be able to figure out the job thing and do well for himself. Control the controllable and let the rest work itself out.
IIRC, Harbaugh asked for the skinny M as an homage to Bo. I got a fitted jumpman one back in the day and I'm glad I did.
The Harbaugh coaching tree seems pretty great. Newsome has spent his entire coaching life under Harbaugh, who has very strong feelings about OL play and seems to be a big fan of Grant.
The Rose Bowl one was pretty great, particularly when Brian made it clear he would accept no Rose Bowl or Keith Jackson slander.
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Technically it counts. If it was the only trophy they won it would be small consolation, that's for sure.
Europa …
He's won all of them before other than Europa so it would be nice to see him claim that one but the Premier League would be the best of the bunch.
It starts at the top: Sheila Ford Hamp.
The Jim Harbaugh vast network of advanced scouting. This would be the official name of the department for all the coaches who serve as analysts. LFG!
I can definitely see Kalel reprising DeVeon Smith's role of wearing DBs like a cape as he rumbles through the defense like Godzilla laying waste to a small fishing village.
Totally agree. Then add in Mullings and Edwards as receiving options. LB'er hell.
Yes, 100%. I am very confident with Ono leading the charge. There is no doubt about his support for Harbaugh.
Speaking of self-indulgent, how many times did Alex get fired in that final segment for being young?
..and the Sklar brothers! All kidding aside, it was a great listen. They have built something truly great and they should all be very proud.
We have ourselves a winner. Well done.
Yeah, I remember getting a chuckle out of that line. Thanks for sharing.
I wouldn't call this 'cool' but it is pretty clean and doesn't have HOU in obnoxiously large letters like most of the shirts at the MDen. So I ordered one.
Tell Tony to get his shine box and go run what was once known as the Pac 12. He doesn't belong in big boy athletics.
The network is vast and it is spectacular.
100%, they are the most miserable fanbase in America.
Riffing off something Kirby Smart said about Michigan stealing their signs, there is nothing I remember about George Helow’s time at Michigan that would concern me about him working for Alabama.
The Michigan Wolverines stuffed everyone into a locker.
Goodbye Henri, the otter of ennui.
Go get it boys, Go Blue!
A thumbs up for cackling with knowing glee. Enjoy the day MGoBlog crew.
Awesome work Alex, these are a great read and I may just need to start laminating them.