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Michigan search update
By Scott Roussel on December 5, 2014
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Last night and this morning I reached out to sources in the profession to
attempt to understand where Michigan is with their search. The consolidated
answer, from the sources I checked with, continues to be confusion.
Per sources, in the past two days Michigan has again reached out to both NFL
and college coaches to gauge their interest in the position.
Some at Michigan believe that Jim Harbaugh is a viable option and are
pushing Jim Hackett to wait until the NFL season is over to formally
approach Harbaugh. On that end, we understand that Harbaugh’s most recent
response to Michigan was along the lines of, “I’m currently under contract
and can’t discuss anything until the season is over.” We understand that
other NFL coaches have been discussed among the Michigan administration as
well. If Michigan were to wait until January to chase Harbaugh only to see
him ultimately remain in the NFL (which our sources believe he will), this
prolonged search could have significant impact on the Wolverines’ ability
to secure a top class in early February.
In the college ranks, per sources, Michigan did reach out to Tennessee’s
administration to request approval to speak with Butch Jones. I reiterate
what we have told you all along, sources have told us and continue to tell
us that Butch is very happy at Tennessee and will not entertain the Michigan
job. Michigan has checked sources regarding Boston College head coach Steve
Addazio and there are some we have spoken with who believe Utah head coach
Kyle Whittingham, who we understand has been approached by Michigan in the
past, could become a target of this search. Based on our checks, we are
quite certain they have looked into several other coaches as well.
Insert> Since we wrote this, Jimmy Hyams has reported that Butch Jones will
sign an extension at Tennessee. Butch is very happy.
Some in the profession have asked us at FootballScoop if Gary Pinkel is or
should be a candidate. Gary is a very good football coach, who is very
happy with his lifestyle at Missouri. Gary has rebuffed Michigan in the past
and I don’t see that changing now.
Gil Brandt offered today that he hears Michigan is high on Greg Schiano, an
assumed, logical option all along. Greg wants to get back in and perhaps
this will be his opportunity. A week or so ago we reached out to source
close to Greg, who offered, with respect to the Michigan opening, “If they
didn’t like Rich, it might not be a great fit with Greg. He has a lot of
the same mannerisms Rich does.”
We understand that Colin Cowherd went big on the radio yesterday stating
that Michigan would make a “huge, splash” hire this weekend. Cowherd said
the hire is someone completely off the radar, that no one has mentioned at
all. Maybe, Cowherd is correct; however the sources we have spoken with say
the administration at Michigan continues to seem to be looking in many
directions.
In our opinion it is far more important to get it right than to move too
quickly. With the recruiting window closing in about a week, Michigan is
likely to largely miss any opportunity for a new staff to communicate with
nearly any recruits already. Thus, if they don’t have their guy now, they
should take their time until they believe they have found the next great
leader of Michigan football. Assuming they do not hire a new head coach
before the recruiting window closes at the end of next week, the new
Michigan staff will have a few weeks in January and days in February to
evaluate their current roster and then pull together the 2015 class. | Y******e
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