Wolverine Wednesday: What To Do On Day 2?

Jim got through all his public speaking engagements yesterday with half a voice.  He strikes me as a guy that doesn't really enjoy that part of the job and is much more interested in rolling up his sleeves and getting to work.    As we know there is plenty of work to be done.  

Step 1:  Call the recruits and commits:  Jim started on that on Monday.  I know he has contacted all the commits and even spoken to Mike Weber's family and spoke live with TE Chris Clark.   I believe the strategy will be to contact all the guys that de-committed.   They already know Michigan and de-committed because the coaching staff was removed.  Getting them back on board might be easier then a player who doesn't have any background with the Wolverines. 

Many of the top kids are at the Under Armour or Army sites preparing to play in those games.    So it might be difficult to get in touch with them right away.   With the dead period in effect until mid January, Jimmy and staff will have to put together two large visit weekends to Ann Arbor.   It's going to be fun to see how this develops in the next 34 days before signing day.  Michigan probably has about 10 spots to fill in the 2015 class.  5 star CB Iman Marshall (big USC lean) will take an official visit to Ann Arbor in January.

Step 1A:  Get a staff in place.  DJ Durkin has turned down A&M and now UNC, he seems to be a lock to come to Michigan.  He is the interim head coach at Florida and they don't play their bowl game until 1/3.  So we might have to wait a bit on that one.   There are mixed reports on Greg Roman coming to Ann Arbor as the OC.   Others that could be in line for an OC role are Ty Wheatley and Andy Moeller as well.

Would love to see Jimmy keep Greg Mattison, Roy Manning, and Curt Mallory from the current staff. 

Step 2: Is get your life straight outside the job.   Where are you going to live?  What is your family going to do for the rest of the school year?  We sometimes forget this part of the job can be very stressful when your taking a new job across the country. 

Step 3:  Watch tape of the current team.  I assume Jimmy didn't spend a ton of time watching Michigan games while he was preparing the 49'ers to play the next day.   My guess is he needs a ton of time to watch film and get an idea of this teams strengths and weaknesses.

There is plenty to do and a short window to do it in.  I hope we hear some news on the staff as early as this week as Jimmy will need help filling in the blanks on recruiting.  

We got our guy, now the recruiting and staff fun begins.