Who as a Michigan insider can we trust the most?

I've said it before and I'll say it again, as much as I respect the mods' decision to disagree: Gregg Henson was in the Detroit media market long enough to cultivate a number of reliable sources on Michigan athletics. What he does with those sources is another thing altogether, but he's not Ace Williams.

And to address criticisms of John Bacon, I've gotten a chance to get to know him over the years from taking his classes and hanging around office hours enough to become a minor nuisance. And I can tell you that one big thing I've taken away is that what he says on the radio is about 25% of what he knows. Some things you can talk to him about one on one, and other things you know what he probably knows, but he's not going to tell you. This guy is extraordinarily well connected, but often has information he just can't disclose because either it was told in confidence or it isn't verifiable to the extent one can report. That's the stuff we'd all love to hear on WTKA, but that's not the kind of journalist he is.

I guess you can say Bacon is the 180 from Henson, in that he doesn't share everything and anything he knows just to get clicks--and as a result, people attack him as out of touch or out of the loop.

And to those who complain that he's on the radio too much, it's a function of his success that he can be called upon on such a regular basis by media outlets looking for another voice on Michigan athletics. He's articulate and knowledgable, and can be counted on to give a great interview. His job and livelihood are doing things like that, even if he can't go out and drop the smoking gun/blockbuster information people want to hear. He knows enough not to put his foot in his mouth with half-baked information or speculation passed off as fact. He's up front about what he does and doesn't know.

That's easy.

BKFinest.

I have two really good inside sources.  One source has his family name on one of the buildings on campus (most of you know the building).  Last year, they told me that a sizable portion of donors were getting "antsy" with Brady Hoke, enough so that Brandon started putting out feelers for a new coach before this season.  (in a similar fashion he did for Nuss).  I told the board this, and I got negged to Mexico City (not quite Bolivia).  According to them, Brandon's leash was getting short and he ABSOLUTELY could not mess up the next hire (if it came to that).  One guy told me about a week before DB's "resignation" that he was going to be let go in the next couple weeks.   What I'm trying to say is that these guys know some juicy tidbits and they have been right about several things in the past.  I trust them. 

So, what are they telling me now regarding our current situation.  Bubcus!  One guy says he doesn't know much, and the other clearly knows something but won't tell me.          

JUB

I'd trust Morgan Freeman's character Redd from Shawshank Redemption...

and he ain't talking.