Wolverine Wednesday: Baseball Has Been Striking Out

When Michigan's Baseball coach Erik Bakich more than doubled his salary to go to Clemson, Warde had a new top priority.   Things did not go as smoothly as Warde had hoped.   Michigan's first choice Chris Fetter, former Wolverine and Detroit Tigers Pitching Coach removed his name from consideration last night.  So did UConn's head coach Jim Penders that Warde worked with years ago in his former job.    

Finding candidates and having them turn down the opportunity is not new; the issue is that Michigan is losing a ton of players to the transfer portal and to Clemson.   I'm sure Dabo can't believe another Clemson program is leveraging the transfer portal.  

Still the program needs to move fast to hold the recruiting class and the current team together.  Here are a few more candidates:

• Michael Brdar - San Deigo Padres assistant coach and former Wolverine
• Jordan Bischel - CMU head coach - Has done a nice job in Mt. Pleasant and has been looking for a new opportunity with more $$$. 
• Rob Vaughn - Maryland's head coach and where Michigan hired Bakich from.
• Eric Snider - Louisville assistant coach and coached 16 years at Illinois. 

Warde makes me so nervous about his hiring ability but always seems to make the right decision in the end.   I hope he understands that he needs to move faster than he currently is.

• Tomorrow night is the NBA Draft and a chance for the former Wolverines to prove me wrong.  Most mocks now have Caleb in the 2nd round (a few in the first) and Moussa not being drafted.

• Johntay Cook an elite 4-star WR from Texas (heading towards 5-star range), seemed to have a very good early week visit to Michigan.  He has been tweeting things like the Big House is different and that he loves A2.   Yes, please!!  OSU got two 5-star WR's in a couple days, now it's Michigan's turn! 

Personal Note: Heading on a golf trip on Thursday and Friday, so content might be slim, late, or non-existent.  I just wanted to give our loyal readers a heads up.