He won’t coach Michigan within the Citrus Bowl this week, however new coach Kyle Whittingham joined the Wolverines in Florida to start his first and most urgent mission.
Particularly, he is combating to win over gamers earlier than they choose to enter the switch portal following the bowl sport in opposition to Texas on Wednesday.
“School soccer is all in regards to the gamers. When you’ve obtained good gamers, you have obtained an opportunity,” Whittingham stated Sunday.
Whittingham was launched in Orlando the place interim coach Biff Poggi is answerable for the bowl preparation and sport day in opposition to the Wolverines.
Whittingham stated he met with quarterback Bryce Underwood, the No. 1 recruit within the Class of 2025 who’s wrapping up his freshman season and undecided about staying in Ann Arbor to play for a brand new teaching employees. Whittingham stated his message to the 18-year-old Underwood was stressing his excellent match within the incoming offensive system.
“The offense we’re bringing right here, I feel, goes to go well with him to a tee,” Whittingham stated. “And I feel he will actually, actually excel and have an incredible expertise right here.”
Underwood flipped his dedication from LSU to his dwelling state of Michigan throughout his senior season at Belleville Excessive
“A quarterback’s obtained to have an ‘it’ issue, and he is obtained it,” Whittingham stated.
Whittingham, 66, was employed final week to take over at Michigan and signed a five-year contract 16 days after Sherrone Moore was fired with trigger after two years as head coach. He was 177-88 as head coach at Utah and stated he could not flip down the prospect to re-establish Michigan.
“I might depend on one hand the variety of jobs I might have stated ‘Sure’ to and Michigan was one in every of them,” Whittingham stated. “I imagine in household. We have an adage as coaches ‘we love the gamers and gamers love one another’ … if you may get that achieved, you are midway dwelling.
“There’s no one above the group, and you bought to have everyone purchase in — and everyone, together with myself, lead this group.”
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