2023 Michigan Season Thread

[Mdot21]

Michigan's former DB coach Vance Bedford talks about Michigan's 2023 defensive class. Recruited/coached the great Charles Woodson. He gushes about CB Jyaire Hill and ATH Jason Hewlett. Thinks Hill could be a day one starter and Hewlett has star potential due to his athletic ability at his size. He also thinks DL commit Brooks Bahr will eventually flip to OL because of lack of athletic ability. Hill and Hewlett were also my favorite 'croots in this class. Hill is a FAST CB prospect with size and just a football player. Makes plays everywhere at QB/RB/KR/PR/WR/CB/S. Hewlett is very similar in that he plays everywhere for his high school team, and he's 6'4, 220 and FAST. Dude has serious burst and speed for a guy his size, think he's going to grow into a heck of an edge rusher. He looks athletic enough to play MLB but I think you want that quickness/burst rushing the passer imo. 

He also thinks CB DJ Turner and Gemon Green should both return and try to improve their stock. Says he doesn't think Green is anything more than an UDFA and Turner probably 3rd or 4th rd pick- and that's if someone likes him. Says Green hasn't shown much and Turner hasn't show any ball skills. 

Pretty much agree with Vance 100% on all this.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQKn9YInzUw&t=431s

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also: in that video there's a great little story that explains how stupid these rankings are and how clueless recruiting "analysts" are...they are not former coaches. they are nerds. most of them don't know even really know football. some underwear stain over at 247Sports who is a "recruiting analyst" named Cooper Petanga was questioning Greg Mattison offering Aidan Hutchinson at the time Michigan offered him (which was in his frosh year of HS) and Mattison went off on him and told the guy he doesn't know wtf he's talking about.

Surprise surprise, one of the great recruiters and DL coaches in CFB over the last 30+ years was right and some sh*tstain "recruiting analyst" was way off. Lol.

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“insiders” at the M slappy boards continue to say and suggest that Blake Corum is leaning towards coming back for his SR year. His mind isn’t made up, but it’s leaning that way. Corum + Edwards in ‘23 would just be absolutely nuts.

JJ should only get better as well. One thing not discussed enough about him is the fact that he missed all of spring ball with a shoulder injury and missed all of summer 7on7s/workouts- huge for a young QBs development and building chemistry with his WRs.

When JJ was finally able to come back healthy for fall he was in a battle with Cade for the starting job and was splitting the 1 reps all fall. None of that should be the case this off-season. JJ will have the bowl practices getting all the #1 reps, spring ball, summer workouts, and fall camp getting all the #1 reps and building that chemistry with his WRs. I think JJ is gonna take a big jump next year. And if he has Corum + Edwards to hand that ball off too, man that’s a huge luxury for any QB.

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rumors/innuendo picking up steam from “insiders” on the M board that Corum is leaning towards returning for his senior year. 

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The Harbaugh to the NFL rumor mill is up and running again.  And there may be something to it.  

[MrNubbz]

He's got it made in AA at least in the foreseeable future. In the LEAGUE that might not be but he doesn't have to spend every waking hour to recruit

[ELA]

Why Denver though?

[FearlessF]

the hippy lettuce?

the intense love of John Elway???

[MrNubbz]

Ha ya the Jazz Cabbage for medicinal purposes like Michael Phelps and his swimmers ear 

[Mdot21]

He's got it made in AA at least in the foreseeable future. In the LEAGUE that might not be but he doesn't have to spend every waking hour to recruit

My guess is that as well- not sure Jeem really loves to recruit. Can't blame him. And he's not particularly good at it- cause: he's a fkn weirdo. His son Jay is an ace recruiter but the best recruiters he ever had were Greg Mattison and Chris Partridge and they have both been long gone. If one of those two coaches were after a kid, they landed that kid more times then not. 

Jeem also is very competitive, his brother has a super bowl, he wants to win a super bowl. He's stated that fact many times before. He's also a prideful guy. He knows everyone wanted his ass fired after the disaster of 2020 and I'm sure he's still none too pleased with getting his salary cut in half. 

Would make sense for him to walk away now. He's won the B1G two years in a row, he's beaten Ohio State two years in a row. He took a broken Michigan program that was floundering and turned it around in a huge way and would be leaving it in a much better place and if Michigan AD makes the right hire the foundation is there for more success going forward. Big key....IF they don't make a sh&t hire. 

Personally I think if the rumors are true about Corum leaning to come back, Jeem should probably stay 1 more year. He'll be the odds on favorite to win 3 B1G titles in a row and if he does that- then he can leave knowing he did all he can at Michigan.

[847badgerfan]

Why Denver though?

He wants to whisper at Russ?

[Mdot21]

He wants to whisper at Russ?

Lol. Jeem don't whisper. And that relationship would be amazingly awful and really funny to watch. Russ is a weirdo and Jeem is the king sh&t when it comes to weirdos.

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if Jeem leaves, who do they hire? Me personally, I'd like to see them hire a guy that won't be having NFL interviews/chatter/offers every fkn god damn year.

What's Urban Meyer doing? No one gonna hire him ever again in the NFL. 

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