The Don wants even carries next season

I think that's the right strategy.  Even touches, but Donovan's should be 50/50 catch/carry.  

Yes. DE catches + carries = BC carries + throws. 

Commented the same thing before I saw this, whoops. More catching opportunities would be great for Edwards' NFL stock. As would reduced tread for Corum's. 

this.  the two guys have distinctly different skill-sets, both of which put pressure on opposing defenses.  Utilize both skill-sets in fairly equal proportion, and I think it's a recipe for keeping both players happy...and likely winning a lot of football games.

Let's think about the numbers therein.  If Blake gets 20 carries per game, and Donovan gets equal touches, then that's 40 plays per game between those two players.  In 2022, Michigan ran 70.5 plays per game (ranked 61st out of 131 teams).  Is 30 plays per game spread amongst all the other players meeting the standard of "spreading the love"?  Or do we try to run more plays and go more up-tempo?

EDIT:  I don't have an opinion, just stating a hypothetical mixed in with facts from last season's offense.

Goal: 3 players on the stage in NYC. 

I honestly feel like we were building up to that last season for the OSU game and playoffs, but then Corum got hurt.  I think in one of our red zone trips that worked we ran something with Mullings and Edwards, but with the two of them in the backfield opposing teams would be screwed.  Especially since Corum can catch screens and make you pay (as can Edwards) but Edwards can flat out run WR routes.  

I think we will see some packages during Big Ten season where Edwards is in the slot and Corum is in the backfield, but for the biggest games (PSU, OSU, msu) we might see some really exotic packages.  Would love to see on second and short a package of OL and JJ, Corum, Edwards, Loveland, Barner, and a WR (Wilson, Johnson, Cleamons).  Good luck.  

In the michiganinsider article that came out this weekend, he stated that he plans on leaving next year.
 

The article said “I’m just trying to go to the League after this year,” he said. “Trying to get drafted first round after this year. It’s in God’s plan for me — whatever that may be. If I have to come back another year, that’s God’s plan for me. My plan right now is to go to the NFL after this upcoming year.”

“I’m excited (for him) — but at the same time, it has its positives and negatives,” Edwards said of Corum’s return. “I wanted to see him go to the NFL; I didn’t want him having another 250-plus carries on his body. That’s putting stuff on him. I don’t want to see that. I want to see him get paid right away.”

To me, this is the part that is open to interpretation.

That’s my concern with Edwards. He gets banged up. Him and Corum aren’t very big

And lack of trust in the RB3 on the roster.  As seen by turning a LB into a RB as option 3. 

Playing starters and key players too long in blowout games is a Harbaugh staple and it can be costly.  There is no evidence that Corum suffered any kind of injury in garbage time against Nebraska but Morris certainly did and he never really returned to himself.

Hopefully both Jim and Mike Hart can learn from overworking Blake Corum. Donovan can get more carries and then Cole Cabana can get some meaningful snaps. What the coached need to learn is the season is a marathon, it's 12 regular season game plus the B1G game, assuming they get there and then there 1 or 2 CFP games for a 15 game season.

It will be important early in the season when the game is at hand to give both Blake and Donovan a rest. There's enough plays for both of them to eat. They can both be stars and have gaudy stats this coming season.

"a) the creativity of the staff"

From a run game standpoint, that's awesome.  But from a pass game view, ugh...  There is no pass-centric coach on staff, so this worries me some.  Both Moore and Weiss are run game specialists.  I think only Bellamy - having been a WR - has any pass experience, and he doesn't seem up to coordinating a pass game.  Maybe I'm wrong, but I haven't been overly impressed with his WR's yet - I like 'em all, but there isn't a standout at any position.  Maybe that's the player, maybe its the coach.  Lot of players have come around since he became the coach...

I do think they missed some of the cohesion between run and pass they could've had with a pass-coord.  It's too bad that Gattis couldn't work with the guys, he had some really fun concepts that have never really been developed.  (Heh - they weren't developed at Miami, either...)  Hopefully, a pass game coordinator will be added prior to Spring practice.  I'd love to see a well developed passing game integrated into the awe-inspiring run game.

You don't have to throw deep, though!  There are so many ways to throw the ball while avoiding 2-deep covers...  Short throws - slants, outlets, screens.  There are intermediate throws down the seam, curls, drags, wheels...

All of these are available with JJ's arm - and they can be thrown to any WR, slot ninja, TE, or RB Michigan routinely puts on the field!  Integrate those concepts with the run game, run them from running formations and run from throwing formations.  This offense - the parts that JH has assembled - would be straight death if he opened it up in a controlled way.  No need to go 'bombs away' all the time, like a Big 12 outfit.

Henning ain’t it! He shouldn’t get touches