Thursday, January 12, 2017

Michigan Thursday: Will WMU Fish Out of Jimmy's Pond?

When I heard PJ Fleck was leaving for the Golden Gophers, my first thought was which Michigan assistants would interview for the Western job.   

It seems that Michigan has two assistants that are or could be in the interview circle.  

#1 is Tyrone Wheatley:  Coach Wheat is known as a great recruiter and RB coach.  He is a legend in Detroit, has NFL playing experience, and also coached in the NFL.   I think this would be an interesting choice but his lack of a coordinator role might make this jump to big of one.

#2 is Tim Drevno who of course is Michigan's OC and just signed a 5 year $1M a year contact with Michigan.  Tim has been up for other head coaching roles and I believe would be a serious candidate if Western interviews him.   I think Tim will leave Ann Arbor in a couple of years for a head coaching job anyway, so why not WMU?

Another guy I would have looked at is Pep Hamilton if I was making the decision for Western. With him taking the Michigan job (even though it hasn't been officially released), I think this is probably a long shot.

Western is a much better job now that they are ranked and just played in the Cotton Bowl.   I wouldn't be surprised if they paid a coach over $1M a year, which is pretty high for a MAC school.  

You would think Western would need to move fast with signing day a couple of weeks away, but it seems that are taking their time to make the right decision.

  • Jimmy and his wife welcomed another child on Wednesday.  His name is John Harbaugh, which is obviously named after his famous Uncle.  Congratulations to coach and his entire family!

  • Jimmy is visiting WR Nico Collins today and using his 1 and only in home visit.   Today is the first day after the dead period. 

  • Michigan Basketball dropped another Big Ten game last night.  I have little to no interest in this team right now. 


from The BIG HOUSE Blog http://mbighouse.blogspot.com/2017/01/michigan-thursday-will-wmu-fish-out-of.html

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