2022 Michigan Offseason Thread

[ELA]

No surprise, David Ojabo declares for the Draft

[Mdot21]

yeah, would've loved to have him back, but he's being projected as a top 10-20 pick. You have to cash in on that. I think any good coach worth a damn would encourage his player to go get his money. Selfishly would love to have him back, but if he has a serious injury or a down year- he'd have cost himself millions. 

[ELA]

Hey, it's 2016-2018 all over again!


https://twitter.com/nickbaumgardner/status/1478463635324387329?s=20

[Mdot21]

Hey, it's 2016-2018 all over again!


https://twitter.com/nickbaumgardner/status/1478463635324387329?s=20

they'll come calling....again....but I don't think he leaves. He grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan football is in his blood, he worships Bo, his son Jay is on the Michigan staff, and his father and mother live next door to him and watch his kids all the time.

The guy took a 50% pay-cut to stay at Michigan. When reporters asked him about it he said something of the lines of, it's just money, I'd do this job for free. 

Michigan will give him a fat raise and he'll probably stay. Just my two cents.

[ELA]

I still think the portal is going to make a lot of these guys reconsider.  I don't know why any coach, with options, would choose to stay in college.  The money is great at the top, but so is NFL money

[betarhoalphadelta]

I still think the portal is going to make a lot of these guys reconsider.  I don't know why any coach, with options, would choose to stay in college.  The money is great at the top, but so is NFL money

That's true, but as Mdot says, Jim is a weirdo. I think he's got the mindset to be a college coach. He's too weird to be an NFL coach again... He rubs WAY too many people the wrong way. 

I personally can't imagine how someone would want to deal with groveling to HS kids trying to beg them to come to your school for 80% of the year, as opposed to the NFL. But I can't imagine most of what I hear about Harbaugh, so maybe it works for him?

[Mdot21]

Michigan DL coach Shaun Nua reportedly going to USC. 

[ELA]

Chris Hinton going pro as well

[EastAthens]

I still think the portal is going to make a lot of these guys reconsider.  I don't know why any coach, with options, would choose to stay in college.  The money is great at the top, but so is NFL money

Dealing with idiot 17 year olds is a pain in the ass, so is dealing with idiot owners and entitled millionaires in the NFL.  Pick your poison.

[MrNubbz]

CFB recruiting takes way more time because of convincing,selling, begging talent to come.NFL just grab what's yours

[Mdot21]

Chris Hinton going pro as well

that one is a bit of a shocker. thought for sure he'd be back. 

[Mdot21]

CFB recruiting takes way more time because of convincing,selling, begging talent to come.NFL just grab what's yours

I'm with you here. I'm not begging some snot nosed 17 year old punk with shitstains in his underwear to come play for me, and then begging him to stay when he's upset about not playing or homesick and wants to go crying home to his mommy in the portal.

If you've got the option, give me the NFL all damn day long.

[CatsbyAZ]

[MaximumSam]

I actually think the worst part of the NFL isn't the millionaires, it's the bottom of the roster guys. You don't get much depth in the NFL, and injuries always happen. So you end up signing guys off the street to fill holes, sometimes the week of the game. Can you imagine being in such a high pressure, high stakes job, and you are putting in a left guard who you just met and who was working at Piggly Wiggly last week?