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Michigan Football 2026: Rebuilding, Rebranding, How to Be What You are: an Elite Program.

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MichiganCardinal
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I laughed.  

buddha
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its a good short term hire.  probably the best short term hire they could get given the circumstances. he runs a similar style program that should fit the talent on the team.  he doesnt have anyt

GalagaGuy
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Dude coached in Utah, if there were any shenanigans going on, they would have booted him years ago.  Unless he has 3 wives, that's totally cool.  

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Looks like they will get the DC from Utah.  Tony Alford (responsible for recruiting Hiter) is staying and he was a major "get" and they are sending Whit to Orlando to work the roster to get players to stay with the program. 

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21 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

The Utah DC is Scalley, and he is taking over for Whittingham next year.  He is not coming to Michigan.  

Guy who is coming is a fellow named Jay Hill who was the "new DC" i'm guessing? 

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This is interesting content from the fellows at MGBLOG

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Who might come with him? DC Morgan Scalley is the new head coach and won't. The rest of the Ute coaching grouped into probably, maybe, and probably not.

PROBABLE

  • OC Jason Beck. Ton of time spent in Utah but just one with Utah itself, so he's not super attached to the school yet. Also he is an offensive coordinator who is looking at the chance to coach Bryce Underwood. Gotta figure that's tough to pass up. UPDATE: Matt Zenitz says Whittingham is going to try to bring Beck.
  • TE coach/RC Freddie Whittingham. Freddie is Kyle's brother.

MAYBE

  • OL coach Jim Harding. 12 years at Utah under Whittingham and a guy who's probably torn between staying and going; Michigan has ~five experienced, good young OL who came up under Grant Newsome—who seems like a Whittingham kind of guy through and through. Also if Beck does come to Ann Arbor, Harding might be promoted to OC at Utah. Best case scenario might be Harding as OL coach, Newsome back to TE, and Freddie Whittingham back to a GM-type role he previously had at Utah.
  • WR coach Micah Simon. Came with Beck from New Mexico. Just three years as a full coach; BYU WR from 2015-19. Ron Bellamy brought in Andrew Marsh and keeping Marsh has to be a major priority. There doesn't appear to be a compelling reason to bring Simon unless Beck just loves the guy.
  • LB coach Colton Swan. Seven years at Utah; before that a ton of time at Weber State. Very much a Utah guy but not a Ute. Don't think Jean-Mary will be a priority to retain for Whittingham, but neither is he an obvious guy to move on from.

PROBABLY NOT

  • RB coach Mark Atuaia. RB coach various Mormon-ish places (BYU, Virginia under Bronco Mendenhall, Washington State (an exception), Utah. Atuaia may be a fine coach but he does not have a running back room set to add Savion Hiter because of Tony Alford; Alford should be a priority to retain.
  • DT coach Luther Elliss. Former Ute All-American, first round pick, and Detroit Lion. Has been with Utah since 2022 and probably sticks with Utah.
  • DE coach Lewis Powell. More or less the same thing: Powell is a Utah program alum who's been with the Utes for 11 years.
  • CB coach/ST Sharrieff Shah. Ute alum, 14th season with Utah, has a son on the team.

 

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6 hours ago, romad1 said:

Looks like they will get the DC from Utah.  Tony Alford (responsible for recruiting Hiter) is staying and he was a major "get" and they are sending Whit to Orlando to work the roster to get players to stay with the program. 

Alford recruited Hiter by securing him a bag. 

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3 minutes ago, Mr.TaterSalad said:

So he wanted to play with a mentally ill coach and a serial philanderer but Whittingham was a step too far?

He didn't commit to the cheater. He committed to the guy that had everyone fooled.

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7 hours ago, RedTeamGo! said:

Alford recruited Hiter by securing him a bag. 

 

6 hours ago, Deleterious said:

I'm so old I remember saying someone got a bag was an insult.

The thing that offends me about all of the Michigan talent is that its possible its Paramount/Ellison/Emirati/Saudi money and part of the unconscionable stink of stuff that belongs in the political forum.  But If our tiny nation state of Michigan is going to survive in this chaos, then we'd better build our own nuclear weapons by hook or by crook. 

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4 hours ago, romad1 said:

Very interesting commentary on Biff Poggi going rogue.  Hmmm...

I don’t see him as going rogue as much as I see him telling the truth. I take him to be a straight shooter. They named him interim for the bowl, that comes with a media circuit, he was asked hard questions, he answered with the hard truth. Play Where’s Waldo with The Regents and Warde, except it’s a transcript of Poggi’s comments and the game is Where’s the Lie.

If there was some media narrative line he was supposed to toe, he’s probably not the guy for the job. And all of that aside it’s not like Michigan was likely to do better than Whittingham (at least not from the moment Alabama came back against Oklahoma).

Poggi has said all the right things since not getting the job. I’m sure he won’t be on Whittingham’s staff, but I hope he lands on his feet.

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Whit's presser lessons learned.  

He's been a college football coach for long enough not to answer directly the question about Sherrone Moore beyond saying it was a series of unfortunate events. 

Smooth.  Knows how to talk to people quickly and without insulting them. 

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I liked when they tried to ask him about Orlando and he turned it into a story about how Orlando is the greatest city on earth with the warmest most genuine citizens of any place.  

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1 hour ago, romad1 said:

I liked when they tried to ask him about Orlando and he turned it into a story about how Orlando is the greatest city on earth with the warmest most genuine citizens of any place.  

as someone who has been to orlando for work quite often, i disagree with that assessment.

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2 hours ago, buddha said:

as someone who has been to orlando for work quite often, i disagree with that assessment.

a couple adjectives were fraudulent.  

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