I find it interesting that D$ or Pete.....

[The Franchise]

@TheFranchise Exactly. There needs to be some real investigation work and find out who the other names are on this list. I've heard about Strong and Butch and all the other usual suspects ad nauseam. I want to know who has interest in the job and who is "outside the box." Patterson, Rodriguez, Dantonio, Dykes, Petersen, Holgerson, Smart, Vernables, Leach, etc. Let's hear about it. This is the news that I want. Who are the other folks?

I get the feeling we'll never know who was on that list. I'd love to know too, but UM has been successful at one thing in the past ten years, and that's keeping this coach info very quiet. It's uncanny how there are no leaks when it comes to these coaching searches. I guess you get good at it when you do it every 4 years.

 

[UMFarArcher]

Listen to your boy's silence.

Pete usually posts a hundred times a week. No posts at all since he mentioned Butch. Tells me it's likely a done deal. I've been thinking Butch was hired a week ago and they're just playing huckabuck with this search firm. Smoke and mirrors.

Listen to your boy's silence. Listen calmly and listen acutely.

Aye, that's a good indicator for certain.

Petey was NEVER a fan of Butch Davis. Every opportunity was taken to plug other former UM personnel - although Pete WOULD usually mention a disclaimer - sharing that this particular info was what he WAS TOLD.

I suggested that Birds of a Feather Like to Flock Together - and that maybe his sources were also not fans of Butch.

I'm sure it's happened, but I don't remember so many coaching positions being open so early before the end of the season - meaning a scramble to find a hire and beat the rush.