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Nothing new on who could be the person for the role.

Wanted to provide more context on yesterday: We were told today “it was Joe Cullen until it wasn’t” and that Sherrone Moore had told members of the program that it was happening. I think it came down to horrific timing to where word got to me about Cullen before Cullen said no got around the building.

Again, doesn’t excuse improper vetting but TRUST ME when I say I wasn’t throwing 💩 at the wall.

Which analysts / anchors are getting cut ?
Corso ? Howard? Any of the Bucknuts?

4/20 in Ann Arbor!

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I've heard it being definitive both ways.????

The Rivals Top-50 prospect has Michigan among his top contenders, he breaks it down above

And I'm not going to discredit it nor am I going to start a war of words. I respect Sam and what he does. I wouldn't be where I am without him.

Everyone has made me aware that his report differs from me and that's totally fine.

I circled back with my guys and they were adamant it's going to be Cullen, there was no backtracking when put on the spot.

I don't like being wrong, I HATE being wrong, and I trust the people I speak to wholeheartedly. But if it turns out I am, I will 100% own this one for jumping the gun. You won't see any backtracking from me.

Transparency is what we do here and you can give me all the shit you want for being wrong.

But I have yet to hear that he has turned them down or Michigan has moved on. I still heard Cullen's name.

This feels like a Missouri/Michigan battle right now:

"They see me as being a future top 10 pick and they want me on the field so I can accomplish my dreams."

Class of 2025 four-star safety Jaden Blair is feeling wanted by the Wolverines and is set to take his first visit to Ann Arbor this summer.

STORY:

Wink Martin"Chippen"dale is dead.

someone actually thought this team would be good early in the season?

ESPN had them ranked 4th....

Michigan may be bad, but I NEVER had them even ranked let along 4th in the country.

At best I thought they may be 5th or 6th in the B1G, not last mind you but thought they could be around 12th.

So given that the greatest coach in America resides in East Landfill, maybe Juwan isn't that bad.

Nah... Juwan is probably where he should be.

Just got off the phone with a source about the defensive coordinator search.

For those asking whether there’s hard feelings between both Jim Harbaugh and Sherrone Moore, there isn’t. In fact, I can confirm that Jim AND Jesse Minter are helping Moore identify fits for DC to help keep the scheme intact.

To be a fly on the wall for those conversations.

At any rate, it’s becoming clear that Joe Cullen is the guy. While there hasn’t been anything clear as to which way he’s leaning, the expectation is that he will “probably” have an answer before the Super Bowl. So stay tuned for that.

As for Wink Martindale, he is a guy that will be considered for the DC role but it’s still unknown as of this writing just how interested he would be in the role.

Stay tuned for more.

Of the 27 players signed 18 were “blue chip”. That’s a 66 percent blue chip ratio. Yes, we didn’t land a five star but that percentage is nice. Add the transfer portal guy and potential for spring transfers and all is not doom and gloom. Glass half full, we add to the QB and WR rooms, while keeping the Ravens style D, we wont be a bad team by any stretch of the imagination.

After doing some further digging, which I should’ve done more of in the first place, it’s clear that I jumped the gun. Hand up, that’s on me. I should’ve done more vetting and I regret that and apologize.

I do get the sense that Cullen was “the guy” at some point but that has obviously changed. Duh. Wink Martindale is set to interview tomorrow and should be considered the leader in the clubhouse barring the interview doesn’t flop and some crazy change of heart from Cullen (doubtful).

I am unaware if Michigan has received a turndown from Cullen officially but an interview with Martindale appears more than due diligence at its face.

Again, wanted to be fully transparent. Not hanging sources out to dry or anything like that.

Onward!

Sherrone just started following both on twitter today. Both would be great hires!

… that the use of payments at any time during the recruiting or playing careers of college athletes will continue to be the way rosters are built and maintained.

The process is pure free agency. It cannot be controlled by the NCAA because its attempts at intervention have resulted in lawsuits asserting that their rules are illegal restraint of trade which interferes with recruits and players rights to negotiate payments for their NIL. The NCAA has already lost one class action lawsuit and three others have already been filed. The complaints appear to be well founded in federal law.

The NCAA’s recent decision to permit complete freedom for players to transfer from school to school, makes the NIL free agency even more unsettling to coach’s attempts to build and maintain rosters of players in traditional ways.

There is little to be gained in attempting to resist how NIL payments have changed the process of recruiting and keeping athletic teams together since the Supreme Court of the U.S. made payments for NIL completely legal three years ago.

The developments involving players of just one position since the end of last season demonstrates what is happening. Twenty-four (24) QBs, almost all from FBS teams, entered the Transfer Portal and almost all of them quickly committed to transfer within a matter of less than a week. Was tampering by agents or offers of NIL payments fundamental to such unprecedented player movement?

Despite the apparent fact that the majority of schools have totally embraced the free agency which has resulted, some schools are undecided on whether to participate in the new practices for recruiting and maintaining rosters in team sports .

A few schools have actively resisted the new free agency, even though its legality is well established under the law. Michigan is one of those schools which is resisting, as a matter of policy. Michigan’s position does not appear to be based on any kind of official institutional decision. Rather, it’s Athletic Director has taken every opportunity to slow or block the development of programs to keep Michigan competitive with the majority of schools which are attempting to compete at a high level using the free agency created by the SCOTUS ruling regarding NIL and the NCAA’s loosening of transfer rules.

What happens next? Is the NCAA a toothless enforcing agency? Will conferences choose to take the legal risk of setting and attempting to enforce new rules? Will the most well-funded schools become even more aggressive in the new free agency? What will Michigan do? Will the Board of Regents or President Ono establish a policy position? Or will the AD be permitted to continue to block efforts to create a competitive NIL program based on his personal beliefs?

I am fully expecting Joe Cullen to be the hire at DC. I am told that a decision is 'imminent' and that he will officially take over once the Super Bowl is wrapped up.

Wolverines snap a five game slide.
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