Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Wolverine Wednesday: Just Waiting For The Ink to Dry

Tuesday was a roller coaster ride.  I went to bed on Monday night thinking that Ed Cooley was in the mix and could have even been offered the job.   Then it became clear on Tuesday afternoon, Ed was using the Michigan interview to get a raise and an extension at Providence.  

Then  a few hours later a Miami Heat web site, breaks the Juwan Howard to Michigan news.   The problem was, none of the Michigan insiders could confirm the information.

Bleacher Report picks up the story from the Heat Fan web site and then DWade and LeBron tweets support for Howard.   Talk about an endorsement, from NBA royalty.   That is big time right there. (mostly when we know LeBron is a Buckeye fan)

Rivals Chris Balas is now reporting that the deal is basically done.  Since we haven't seen it from Sam or even ESPN's Wojo, I'm excited but still a little apprehensive that nothing seems official yet.  Chris is also saying that Michigan is expected to give Luke Yaklich a big raise to stay and not go to Texas.   Which would be a big win for the program.

Let's hope this gets done today and then I will owe Warde an apology.

  • This is a strange one to me, but Ben St-Juste has transferred to Minnesota.  Michigan put him on medical scholarship, which means he can stay enrolled but can't play football again at Michigan.  Ben graduated and now can grad transfer with 3 years to play.   Not sure why Michigan would put a talented CB in a position of need on a medical if he really wasn't seriously hurt. 

  • Iggy announced he was staying in the draft, which was always going to happen and probably didn't need an announcement.  What's interesting is Jordan Poole didn't scrimmage during the combine and most insiders believe that didn't help his draft ranking.    Matthews did scrimmage and was considered one of the top defenders at the entire combine, so he might have helped himself. 

  • Allen Trieu thinks McGregor decision comes down to a Michigan - ND battle on 7:00PM Friday. 

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