Staff Questions

One of the big burning questions is who will come with Rich and who will stay on staff at Michigan. The Charleston Daily reports the following:

A team source said Magee and Gibson will join Rodriguez's staff in Ann Arbor, Mich., where Rodriguez was introduced this morning at a press conference. The source said Rodriguez is also interested in retaining defensive coordinator/linebackers coach Jeff Casteel, safeties coach Bruce Tall, associate head coach/special teams coordinator/tight ends coach Bill Stewart and strength and conditioning coordinator Mike Barwis.

Potentially Out: Debord, English, Szabo, Bedford and Moeller
Potentially in: Stripling, Loeffler, Jackson, and Campbell

The above is good news. I had hoped English could continue with the Defense.


Bill Martin Q & A: Here is an answer Bill gave to the A2 news about the search.

Obviously there was a lot of concern about why this process took so long - 28 days. You know, when you haven't replaced a coach in almost 40 years, I wasn't going to be rushed to make an early decision on this. I wanted to make absolutely certain we got the right coach for Michigan, so I took our time in this process. I didn't read anything any of you wrote. I didn't look at any blogs. I didn't pick up one newspaper. I simply focused on this process.

What? You didn't read Bighouseblog.com everyday? No wonder this search took so long. Come on Billy! :)