Since Jimmy arrived in Ann Arbor, he has clearly been winning the off season. He was doing football camps all over the US, signing the #1 player, doing signing of the stars, and taking his team to Europe. All these things made headlines when college football needed something to discuss.
How is this off season going? Not great, Bob. Not great.
Michigan has signed a nice class of athletes in December and will round out the rest of the class early next month. The class has good players but lacks a 5 star. The expectation is a top 5 to 10 class and this one is falling short of that. They also lost DT Tyler Friday last week that was a strong lean to Michigan for most of his recruitment to Ohio State.
Michigan looked terrible in the Outback Bowl and got beat by a poor South Carolina team.
Jimmy has been losing staff and doing some hiring. His two highly paid offensive coordinators Pep Hamilton and Tim Drevno are still on the staff. Dan Enos he hired as a new coach, now seems to have left his role at U of M only weeks after taking it for a similar role at Alabama. Dan we know is a former MSU QB. Jimmy has also offered a position to former OSU OC Ed Warriner that he has yet to accept and maybe has turned down.
His season opening starting QB for the last two years, has decided to transfer and now is considering coming back. That leaves more questions then answers.
The highlight of the off season is the signing of former 5 star QB and Ole Miss transfer Shea Patterson. Whether he will be eligible next season, still sits with the NCAA. So there is a level of risk there.
This off season is still young and has not been trending in the right direction for Michigan. Jimmy can save it with a couple 4 star offensive lineman on NSD and finding Pep and/or Tim new jobs.
On the other hand, MSU had about the worst off season you can have last year and played better football then expected. So maybe Jimmy loses the off season this year and wins the regular season? That would be a nice change.
Did I mention, Michigan has the hardest ranked schedule in college football next year?
from The BIG HOUSE Blog http://mbighouse.blogspot.com/2018/01/michigan-friday-jimmy-not-winning-this.html
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