From within

Today Michigan fans finally found out about their new Safeties/Outside Linebackers coach. The response wasn't very positive.

It's tough to say very much about a hire from within the program.. especially when Rich Rodriguez has been discredited very often for "hiring his guys". The new guy, a young gun by the name of Adam Braithwaite, will be responsible for directing one of UM's most under-performing units of the last two seasons, the safeties (though he'll also help with the OLB's).

For those of you who haven't read the presser, here's a brief list of his past jobs:

• Michigan Quality Control Coach - 08'-09'
• Hampden-Sydney College Defensive Coordinator - 07'
• West Virginia University - Graduate Assistant - 05'-06'
• William & Mary College - Safeties Coach - 04'
• West Liberty State College - Wide Receivers and Special Teams Coach - 03'

So yeah, not a very impressive record. Everywhere he's been though, Braithwaite (it's going to be a pain in the ass to write that) has been very successful and won a lot. He's a former defensive back (97'-01') at William and Mary so he knows the position. And he does have some talent to work with in Troy Woofolk, Carvin Johnson, Marvin Robinson, Ray Vinopal, Mike Williams, and Jordan Kovacs. So let's give him a chance, and hope to hell he can coach (and recruit) well. Otherwise he, and probably the rest of Michigan's staff, will be out of a job soon.