Michigan Thursday: Safeties for Miles

On Tuesday Michigan picked up a 2027 Safety commit in Darrell Mattision (no relation to the former Michigan assistant coach).  On Wednesday Michigan did it again and got a commit from 2027 Safety Maxwell Miles (no relation to the former Michigan assistant coach).  Ok, that is weird coincidence. 

Max Miles is a 3-star S at 6'2 190 pounds from Vegas. Max had offers from Vandy, UNLV, Wake, Hawaii, Boise State, Wash State and others.  Welcome Max! 

• The Madness starts again tonight. 

• The Wolverines left for Chicago yesterday. 

• Rod Moore on his knee recovery: "So I think now, right now, I had a cleanup surgery right in, what was it? January. It was just cleaning up scar tissue. That's really what was kind of bothering my knee, all the clicking and stuff. And that's gone. And right now I'm just really back in and returning to play, about to be back in practice here soon. So I probably felt the best that I've felt ever since I tore my ACL. So, that's the trajectory here. Just building on what I'm at right now and then go out and play."

Wolverine Wednesday: New DB Commit

We know Coach Whitt can recruit.  He had to recruit his current roster to stay in Ann Arbor and he and the staff brought in a strong Portal class.  What we hadn't seen yet was a high school commit to the new Wolverines staff.   That is until Tuesday, when Darrell Mattision from Chicago announced his decision for the Wolverines.  Darrell is a 6'0 foot 160 pound 2027 4-star Safety who had offers from the likes of Illinois, Iowa, Mizzu, MSU, PSU, Stanford, Vandy, and Ole Miss.   If he has a Stanford offer, its clear he gets it done on the field and in the classroom.  

Welcome Darrell! 

Other breaking news is that North Carolina is moving on from Hubert Davis which means they will be targeting Michigan head coach Dusty May.  Hey Warde, wake up! 

Dusty was also on the LeBatard Show yesterday.  They of course had fun with Dusty who spent many years down in South Florida with FAU.  

Michigan Tuesday: Whitt is Going All In on His Staff

With NIL and recruiting being so important to a program's success, the Michigan Football Staff and Operations have become just as important off the field as on the field.  

I first started noticing that when Jim was here and now Coach Whitt is taking it to another level. 

In the last couple days:

• Ron Bellamy is back as the Director of Recruiting Relations
• Alayna Williamson was hired as Chief of Staff (was at Utah as well)
• Natalia Hilton Director of Football Operations
• Ben Redell Executive Assistant to the Head Coach/Director of Logistics
• Evan Roka Assistant Director of Operations
• Chris Pettit hired as an Assistant General Manager, who was the long time Director of Scouting for the NY Giants.

Michigan is a week into Spring Practice.

Michigan Monday: That is the Team I Know

I personally haven't liked how the Wolverines have been playing since the start of the Big Ten Tournament.  To me they looked tired and not really interested in playing to their full capacity 3 games in a row.  That seemed to continue in the 1st half of game 1 in the NCAA Tournament.  

That wasn't the case against a very talented St. Louis team that runs the exact same action Michigan does.  Now, STL doesn't have the talent or size Michigan has and that was clearly the difference in the 2nd half.  The 1st half was again close but I thought Michigan was focused and was ready to step it up a notch after some halftime adjustments. 

Michigan now can find it legs with nearly a week off and get prepared to face a football rival in Alabama.  Chicago hasn't been very kind to the Wolverines in the last few weeks, so lets hope the Windy City is welcoming to the Wolverines next weekend.  Tip is 7:35 on Friday on Tru TV.

• In the back of my mind, I always wondered if the new staff would find a role for Ron Bellamy if he didn't find another job.  Coach Whitt and staff did just that and re-hired Ron to a recruiting role.  If your paying the guy anyway, might as well give him a job!  This will help in state recruiting and mostly in the Motor City! 

• Congrats to the Women Wolverines who also are heading to the Sweet 16 after going 2-0 at Crisler this weekend. 

• Congrats to the Michigan Hockey team after wining the Big10 Tournament and heading to the NCAA Tournament as the #1 seed. 

• RIP to former Bo assistant coach Jerry Hanlon.   Rest in Power coach and enjoy a cold one with Bo and Elvis today.

• Iowa impressively beats reigning National Champion and #1 seed Florida last night

• Nebraska vs. Vandy might have been one of the best college basketball games I've ever watched.