Michigan is hiring Georgia’s John Collins as assistant director of recruiting, a source tells 247sports. Spent the last two years at Georgia as a personnel and recruiting analyst.
Homerun hire. The only reason why Georgia was any good at recruiting. The brains behind Kirby Smart. Best analyst of all time. Etc.
/s
Honestly no idea. More Georgia recruiting influence/knowledge can't hurt, though.
Come, Collins. Go, Blue!
Sherrone is fuckin' doing it. Awesome job so far.
Now all we need is the first new commit under his watch.
You know what happens when you, "crack the seal."
Now I need to pee.
I sure am ready for a Commitmas.
Yup. Now the best part of the early signing period.
GA 5 ⭐️ preferably!
I love the hire...but unless he is getting "Georgia Resources" to do this job at Michigan, don't expect the same results he got at Georgia.
I don’t think “Assistant Director of Recruiting” is going to move the needle much either way
Assistant to the Director of Recruiting
He pours a good cup of coffee?
Carries a big briefcase?
But he was there when Kirby fielded a generational defense that pretty much shut our offense right down in the semifinal game. He can tell Sherrone how they did it at Georgia and Sherrone can explain it to Ward.
It will be interesting to see how we work to preserve our culture in the changing world of NIL.
C'mon back Keon!
"Pay for, and develop the best players."
There ya go, all the secrets revealed.
How?
Something in the vicinity of 13 players from that D have already been drafted, with more to come.
Largely 1st rounders too!
March 28th, 2024 at 12:10 AM ^
Addition by distraction. This ought to get them in twist.
AGREE.
The best way to judge a new football coach in their early days is by whom they hire. Sherrone, so far, is killing it in that department.
Look at some bad hires: Matt Patricia, Rich Rod, Brady Hoke...they all hired their friends or kept current staff instead of getting the best people. Sherrone has hired some friends, but he's also gone outside his circle to poach proven talent (Wink, Alford, Morgan) and brought back some faces that had moved on (BJM, Casula).
I'm very optimistic. While I think it may take him a couple of years to lock in his style and best practices (ie, who calls plays? what works best for him in recruiting? how does he manage NIL?) and get the machine rolling (remember, it took Harbaugh--a coaching master--six years to get there) his start looks promising.
Hired their friends? I don't think so. Rather, they worked together and maybe became friends too, and followed them. And apparently Sherrone is hiring mostly guys he's known or worked with, which is the same thing.
March 28th, 2024 at 12:10 PM ^
they all hired their friends or kept current staff
Reading is hard, isn't it? Hoke's best hire was someone he knew (Mattison) but wasn't on his staff. Rich Rod and Hoke both incorrectly assumed that their current staffs would be good enough at Michigan (since they had been good enough at previous stops) instead of looking for the best talent. Patricia hired his friends, and his staff was one of the worst groups I've ever seen in the NFL.
Sherrone took recommendations from people he trusted to hire Wink and Morgan. He largely promoted from within on offense or hired known quantities who had demonstrated success at Michigan. Alford was someone he knew, but he still had to go poach him from a rival; same with Scruggs, even though that didn't work out. He also had to go get BJM to make a lateral move.
If you can't see the difference between the way Moore has built his staff compared to Hoke and Rich Rod (and certainly to Matt Patricia), you're not honestly looking.
To be fair, I'm sure Sherrone would have liked to keep some of the guys who followed Harbaugh, but I get your point.
Thread title really does say it all! +1 to you, OP!
You stole my thunder as I was about to post the exact same thing. Didnt need to read another word on this one. Very economical use of time management.
I considered just making the title "John Collins" to mock the post below mine but decided against it.
That would have been gold! Wish you had...
The best way to mock incompetence is excellence. The juxtaposition between the two titles as is mocks the other one way better than sarcastic imitation. You made the right choice.
This is just about the most MGoBoard inside joke I've ever seen. I love it.
And not one mention of Justin Feagin here… until now.
Could have just gone with "John", "Collins" or even simply and economically - "JC".
JC comin'. How about CE?
Title is the real home run here.
It actually Kinda sounds like a home run just based on the Georgia experience alone. Glad to see Sherrone is beefing up recruiting any way he can.
"SCRANTON AREA PAPER COMPANY, DUNDER MIFFLIN, APOLOGIZES TO VALUED CLIENT - SOME COMPANIES STILL KNOW HOW BUSINESS IS DONE"
I get praised elsewhere in the comments for my title, but mocked in this one haha. I did get a chuckle out of this one, though. Real nice, Michael.
Let’s hope his middle name isn’t “Norman”.
I remember when John Norman Collins was creating fear in the Ypsi/ Ann Arbor area. You're making me feel old, Sal.
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. Fortunately, most people have forgotten about him. But not those who were students during his reign of terror in the Ann Arbor area. Fortunately, I came in to U-M after that period.
EDIT: I didn't realize Collins (now going by the last name Chapman) is unfortunately, still alive in a correctional facility in Jackson, MI.
I wonder who gets to tell John about our NIL program and admissions department?
A guy coming from Georgia is going to have his head explode when he learns how ours works compared to what he's used to.
Methinks we should still have bag men under the table.
It’s not even illegal now. You can set up recruits with people who are willing to give them money, literally nothing wrong with that. nor is what that person wants to do with their money.
Is that what I've been doing wrong? I was going to area high schools with walmart bags full of nickels, hiding under the jocks lunch tables, lurking, scouting, and waiting for my opportunity. Now that I know coaches can introduce me, I feel so silly. I'll show this to the judge and I'm sure he'll have a good laugh.
Sneak peek of John Collins on his first day.
As long as someone makes it clear to the players that they need to call an Uber when drunk..
And no street racing.
March 28th, 2024 at 12:14 AM ^
...between strip clubs and with chaperones.
...and coaches...
Too soon?
Honestly, I'm really impressed with the overwhelming majority of hires Sherrone has made so far. Obviously time will tell on whether they pan out or not, but almost every single one seems like a home run. The lone blemish is Scruggs, whose DUI issues were known before he was hired. But I'm glad that was swiftly dealt with and that he's no longer part of the program.
Congratulations on the hire now hit the ride and don’t come back until you have at least 1-2 receivers.