2011 Michigan Recruiting

• WebFire

  bigkahuna;629823 wrote:I heard on ESPN this morning that the 49ers offered Jim LESS than Michigan was prepared to offer him!
  
  I looked it up, and Saban and Brown are the 2 highest paid coaches at 5.9 and 5.8 after all compensation (bonuses and what not). According to John Clay of ESPN, the 9ers were going to be less than Michigan, which means Michigan was prepared to make Harbaugh the 1,2,or 3 highest paid coach in College Football. Rich Rodriguez came in the top 15 at 2.5. Les Miles came in at 3.9. So, will Michigan be willing to pay Les almost 2 million more a year than LSU? To me, that'd be hard to say no to, especially it being your alma mater.

  
  Brandon has already made it clear that Michigan is willing to pay and will not be middle of the road on the pay scale anymore. They are more than willing to pay fair market share, and maybe slightly above for the right candidate.
• dave

  bigkahuna;629823 wrote:I heard on ESPN this morning that the 49ers offered Jim LESS than Michigan was prepared to offer him!
  
  I looked it up, and Saban and Brown are the 2 highest paid coaches at 5.9 and 5.8 after all compensation (bonuses and what not). According to John Clay of ESPN, the 9ers were going to be less than Michigan, which means Michigan was prepared to make Harbaugh the 1,2,or 3 highest paid coach in College Football. Rich Rodriguez came in the top 15 at 2.5. Les Miles came in at 3.9. So, will Michigan be willing to pay Les almost 2 million more a year than LSU? To me, that'd be hard to say no to, especially it being your alma mater.

  5.2 was the number for Jim. I doubt they go quite that high for Miles though, but I bet it's near 5.
• bigkahuna

  It's going to have close to the same to lure him away from what he's got, especially since he makes almost 4 now.
• dave

  I don't think it's going to be about the money. It's whether he wants to coach at Michigan or not.
• WebFire

  Hearing some grumblings that Les's agent is asking LSU for an extension. If he gets it, he stays. If he doesn't, he goes to Michigan.
• ytownfootball

  

  Michigan wouldn't be staring option number three in the face again had they not botched the last go around.
  
  I don't know why LSU wouldn't extend his contract, he has won despite the sometimes questionable method.
• WebFire

  ytownfootball;630050 wrote:Michigan wouldn't be staring option number three in the face again had they not botched the last go around.
  
  I don't know why LSU wouldn't extend his contract, he has won despite the sometimes questionable method.

  
  Correct and correct.
• bigkahuna

  WebFire;629998 wrote:Hearing some grumblings that Les's agent is asking LSU for an extension. If he gets it, he stays. If he doesn't, he goes to Michigan.

  
  When is his current contract up?
• bigkahuna

  Who was option number 2 last time?
  
  If I remember correctly, after Carr retired...
  
  1. Les Miles
  2???
  3. Rich Rodriguez
• WebFire

  UM wanted Greg Schiano and he flat out declined.
• ytownfootball

  

  Probably a good thing for UM Schiano declined. He has seemed to have struggled since losing a senior laden class (I think). His ship has sailed it appears. He should have taken the bait no doubt.
• Baseball

  Schiano would have been fine at UM its tough to get a program going at Rutgers much less maintain it....
• WebFire

  I'm doubting Les Miles is coming. Sounds like Jon Gruden is interviewing.
• WebFire

  Although one of the Rival mods, who is usually as reliable as can be, says he thinks it will be Miles and expects we'll know by Monday. Man I hope so.
• bigkahuna

  Me too. Since Jim's announcement, I've literally been checking this site to see the latest that you've heard as well as ESPN and any Blogs I can find to figure out what's going on.
  
  Probably because of the timing, but I don't remember being this anxious when Carr retired and we were looking for Rich Rodriguez.
• Trueblue23

  

  WebFire;630140 wrote:Although one of the Rival mods, who is usually as reliable as can be, says he thinks it will be Miles and expects we'll know by Monday. Man I hope so.

  
  Which one said that? CB?
• WebFire

  Trueblue23;630323 wrote:Which one said that? CB?

  Yes.
• WebFire

  From Joe Schad's twitter - Michigan has expressed desire to interview Les Miles; expected to happen, sources say.
• WebFire

  bigkahuna;630274 wrote: Probably because of the timing, but I don't remember being this anxious when Carr retired and we were looking for Rich Rodriguez.

  Their seems to be a feeling of desperation. I think it is because we are hiring a coach after a failure and some very bad football years. The wrong hire here could put the program in a state similar to that of Notre Dame.
  
  That is the sole reason I do not want Brady Hoke. I think he would be a great coach if he were succeeding a retiring coach, like Carr or Bo. But I don't think he has the firepower to come in and save this year's class, and that would hurt us for a while. Not to mention we would be switching back to pro-style offense, and we would see kids transferring out. With Miles, he can utilize what we have and make the transition so much easier.
• bigkahuna

  http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=6003504
  
  That's the article I read on ESPN stating the same thing.
• jordo212000

  

  ytownfootball;630083 wrote:Probably a good thing for UM Schiano declined. He has seemed to have struggled since losing a senior laden class (I think). His ship has sailed it appears. He should have taken the bait no doubt.

  
  Funny how Schiano used to be the "sexy-hire" guy who all the interviews. His stock has hit rock bottom now. He really overestimated himself haha. Ray Rice and Brian Leonard aren't walking through that door
• WebFire

  BTW, did you guys catch Braylon Edwards' introduction tonight?
• bigkahuna

  I missed almost that entire game. What happened with it?
• WebFire

  bigkahuna;630536 wrote:I missed almost that entire game. What happened with it?

  
  When he said where he was from, he said "Lloyd Carr's University of Michigan."
• WebFire

  Here is an interesting read from the last coaching search. Pretty much supports the theory of Carr sabotaging Miles' return to Ann Arbor. Even mentions Brandon defending accusations that he helped Lloyd do so.
  
  http://blog.mlive.com/wolverines_stories/2007/12/miles_old_um_teammates_are_liv.html