Wheatley currently ranked #1 recruiter in country for 2017 class
Thanks for posting this. I hadn't thought about it previously, but I can see Wheatley being a great recruiter. In fact, as I think about the coaching staff, there are a lot of guys who stand out in recruiting, especially in their niche.
- What potential pro QB wouldn't want to be coached by Harbaugh?
- What potential pro RB wouldn't want to be coached by Wheatley?
- Drevno has a great reputation with the OL.
- Brown has a great reputation with defense.
- Zordich has experience in the NFL, helping in the secondary.
- Mattison is a legendary defensive coach, and the most "hipster" 65 year old I know.
- Tuioti brings an immediate legitimacy in recruiting Pacific Islanders.
I'll be interested to see the recruiting classes in the next two years, but I anticipate good things happening.
Mattison is about as far from being a hipster as you can get. That statement is offensive.
Misuse of term "hipster." I thought a hipster was someone who was hip. I accept being corrected. I do get the sense that the kids think Mattison is pretty funny and relatable and cool, if you will.
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yeah lets go with "hip" not "hipster"
Settled by Tower of Power in 1973:
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I just hope he, Drevno and Fisch stick with UM at least a couple more years.
I'm more optimistic about holding onto Drevno (and Brown) for a few years than I am about holding onto Wheatley and Fisch. I think Wheatley is a head coach and Fisch is an offensive coordinator in the next couple of years.
It sucks, but the last few seasons have convinced me that having other teams want your assistant coaches is way the hell better than having no one want your assistant coaches.
It's far better to lose these guys because you're doing something right than never lose anyone because you're clearly doing something wrong. Take a look at Hoke's staff. Aside from Montgomery, I can't think of anyone off the top of my head that left because they received a better opportunity. Anyone else that left was because they were fired for poor performance.
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And didn't it take most of them forever to find another job, if they even did? That staff... Aside from Mattison, it was abysmal.
Wheatley may have a while before he is a head coach. He still needs to prove himself at the coordinator level.
Personally I think Fisch is our best assistant. What he did with our passing game last year is incredible. Our QB play and WR play have really improved under him.
Fisch stick!
He still gives Husky fans the shivers.
This coaching staff wants to be #1 at everything. Harbaugh = Excellence.
at 6:50
at 0:25 and 5:40
as to Ty Sr., his views on life, importance he places on fatherhood and the values he tries to instill in Jr., and simply leaving little doubt as to correct placement of priorities in life is perhaps the greatest recruiting tool he has. These young men, and as many state, correctly so, many of today's recruits don't remember him as a player. They will have that privilege when they look up the videos.
However, based on where he came from and realizing being significant at such an early age could have produced an entirely different individual. At 16, every parochial school in the Greater Detroit area was recruiting him. In addition to being one of the greatest h.s. ball players in state history, he possibly surpassed that on the track. Then the career at UM, known simply by many as Mr. 6, enjoying a professional career. Hell, so many have made the wrong turn somewhere between the h.s. recruitment and college things just don't go right. For him and proving what a quality individual he is just by leaving no doubt whatsoever as to proper order of priorities. What parent wouldn't want their son exposed to this man, either as his position coach or simply as an influence on his life?
Yes, we got a special one here.
During his 88-yard TD run (the one at 0:25 of the second video), if you pause the video when Wheatley reaches his own 25, both Washington safeties are across the 30 and converging on him. He's so fast that not only does he split the safeties, but he's a good 15 yards ahead of them by the time he scores.
When I was nine years old, I attended my first Michigan game. My dad and I got crappy seats, high up on the visitors' side, to one of the crappiest games on the schedule. This was 1991, so that was the Northwestern game. We were crushing them late in the game, and I didn't want to leave, so we moved down to the visitors' sideline because there were seats available. Just after we moved down there, this run happened:
https://youtu.be/kuZ1GLpXGvA?t=849
It happened right in front of us, and I've never seen a person run so fast in my life.
Watching brought back a great memory. Always makes me wonder just how far the program was set back by a bad night in a Detroit area bar? Mo could coach!
3rd and 7 and we run an inside draw... those were the days.
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*snip*
I have a good feeling about Devin Bush sr. Just feels like having him on board is going to have a big impact with kids down south.
We all know that Wheatley was only hired to get his son. That's what Harbaugh does....hires wholly unqualified individuals in order to get players associated with them.
/sarcasm
Harbaugh hires outstanding coaches that, oh, may have very talented sons as a bonus. The practice of hiring Dudes to pull top high school talent (junior Dudes) would bother me if it weren't for the fact that the guys have turned out to be outstanding hires on merit. Think about it: Wheatley, Partridge, Bush Sr. So far, so great.
Even better is hiring them on the staff but not as coaches which provides an opportunity for them to prove themselves and eventually move on to the coaching staff or jump to another team. It's win/win with minimal downside. If they turn out as duds, well, the impact is mitigated by not starting them out as coaches. That has to be earned. And the hungry talented young coaching talent are already hustling just to get noticed by Harbaugh.
The best recruit he has hauled in might be his own son.
Bush Jr will be a monster for us. With the D line were going to have hes going to have open space to make plays every game.
Nope...
HE GOOD.
I hope his kid changes his attitude and starts getting along with others.
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What?
Who, and what, you are talking about.
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Still no one knows what player you are actually referring to.
In fact, Wheatley is currently listed as the primary recruiter for seven of the team's 11 pledges in the group. Four-star linebacker Josh Ross, four-star offensive lineman JaRaymond Hall and three-star running back Kurt Taylor are also Wheatley pledges
Wheatley is another reason that things can really only go up with the core staff that is now in place on the football team. I mean, Tyrone Wheatley can potentially show up at your door, for crying out loud, and while these kids were not around for his time at Michigan, that name means something, especially if you want to be an RB.
I hate to say this, but for most kids who don't live in Michigan - and many who do - Tyrone Wheatley isn't a player they know. Remember how young these kids are. A high school sophomore was about 3 years old the last time Wheatley carried a football, and Wheatley was a solid pro but not the kind of guy you hear about years later.
Fair point ... but then again, for some of the high school students today the name "Ron Daynes" or "Ricky Williams" might not ring a bell either. I wonder how much even the name "Marshall Faulk" would conjure up recognition.
Point being -- fame is fleeting.
What Wheatley brings to the table is a couple of things -- (1) he comes with the Harbaugh-aura about him, and (2) he looks like a running back. He can establish pretty quickly his RB bona fides, and from there he can leverage "Michigan" and "Harbaugh."