How Warde Handles Coaching Searches [edit: Today's thread for all Harbaugh speculation]
The football coaching search parallels a different coaching search Michigan had for basketball back in 2019. While John Beilein's departure was a surprise to many, in 2018 he gave indications to Warde Manuel that he may be interested in NBA opportunities. Warde Manuel used that information to create a list of potential hires. Something he almost certainly has done for football dating back to last year (or possibly earlier).
Below is a quote, and an MLive link with some info from Warde when Michigan was in the middle of the basketball coaching search.
“I’m always prepared, try to be at least,” he said. “You hope to never have to do anything with it, but you try to prepare and think about next steps and have conversations around what that would look like and who that may be but wasn’t hoping to implement any plans.”
https://www.mlive.com/sports/2019/05/warde-manuel-surprised-by-john-bei…
February 1st, 2022 at 11:45 AM ^
Jim is on a different Level than most. Do you think if he was not who he was he would already have an NFL job??? Ownership and teams I am sure are weighing the "IS this worth it", because he is not easy to deal with. So yes everyone in sport at that level is competitive, but Jim is on a different level than most. How many guys that have achieved what he has, don't give a crap about money. Please name them. Money is on the table, he doesn't care. As I stated early he is on a different level which is part of what makes him great, but difficult to deal with.
February 1st, 2022 at 1:53 PM ^
"Tomorrow is National Signing Day, but most of the class was already signed in December, and this is still technically just the first day of another signing period, so the only people making a big deal out of the first Wednesday in February these days are those looking to create drama."
February 1st, 2022 at 12:01 PM ^
We need to retain the players - thats critical. No matter who the hire is, make sure you retain the current players and signees. This will be very hard to do if you blow up the coaching staff. This is why I think the new hire will be Gattis or Hart.
February 1st, 2022 at 2:40 PM ^
Taking this in a different direction, after watching arguably the best NFL post-season ever, can JH get back into the NFL game and compete with what we saw the last few weekends?
If winning the Super Bowl is his primary reason for a possible reentry, he has to pick an ideal situation. I am not sure he gets it done in the AFC given the playoff teams we just witnessed.
Pundits say it would be easier to win in NFL. I just don’t know.
Someone pass the Tylenol my head hurts from all of this.
February 1st, 2022 at 2:41 PM ^
Can we please hire Sean Payton? And no, I don't care if its plausible.
February 1st, 2022 at 3:02 PM ^
No need to search for a coach Josh Gattis is here.
- The players know him
- The offense will not need to change
- The Staff respects him
Sometimes you just need to take a chance
February 1st, 2022 at 4:20 PM ^
Surprised no one has posted the Brian Flores news.
Dolphins related...
Ross offered a 100k per loss incentive to Flores back in 2019 to secure top draft pick.
Ross tried to lure Flores onto his Mega yacht to have an illegal conversion with a "prominent QB".
Flores obviously has integrity and refused both.
ALL IN FOR BRIAN FLORES AS THE NEXT COACH AT UOFM!!!!!
February 1st, 2022 at 5:56 PM ^
Yes. Hire a guy fueding with one of the University's biggest donors.