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Brian Jean-Mary

I was very excited when we landed Henry To’o To’o in the 2019 signing class and even more excited when I saw his athleticism in the fall camp videos that August. Here’s the thing though, after Daniel Bituli left and Henry had to take over the QB duties for the defense we ended up with the worst defense that we’ve had in at least the past 12 years. How does that happen? I mean the QB is supposed to provide some leadership right? Make everyone on his side of the ball better? smh.

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In all fairness to Henry, Pruitt did run off his linebacker coach and figured he could get by with Brian Niedermeyer handling the job. I think Pruitt probably planned to help Brian out but he was already coaching some of the DBs, supposedly. Then he fires his DL coach the 2nd game into the season and now we’re down to 3 assistant coaches on the defensive side or maybe not even that from a qualification standpoint. Pruitt is the ultimate, if you want a job done right or 5 jobs, you do it yourself. What a cluster****. jmo.

I don’t want to be too hard on Henry because the truth is if anyone would have listened to me after the Georgia State debacle we would be maybe 2 years ahead of where we are right now. But no, Fulmer will help out behind the scenes. We can’t afford for Pruitt to fail. smh. (This paragraph is just me being a smart ass) lol

Can anyone really blame Henry for considering a better development opportunity elsewhere? I mean he has his own life and career ambitions and we completely and royally screwed him over. I think he would be justified in feeling that way, if he does. jmo.

So now we have 2 new linebacker coaches to rebuild our room and on behalf of our beloved university regain the respect, trust, and confidence of the young men who have elected to stay on board with us, but, given the nature of the ILB position and it’s criticality to the whole of the defense, I think it’s Jean-Mary who is the man of the hour for this crisis moment. jmo.

I’m still digging into Brian’s career history and I still have some questions, like why did he interview with Urban Meyer and the Jags after only one year at UM. Did he just not like it up there? I’ve lived in Ann Arbor. I liked it. Well, for 15 months. I guess he and I have about the same tenure there. I suspect that the Jags didn’t want to spend a half-million dollars or whatever to buy out his UM contract. No problem with us here at Tennessee, we have FU money. lol

So here is what the folks up north had to say about Brian’s departure:

“He’s been through the fire,” The Michigan Insider’s Brice Marich said of Jean-Mary. “He’s had several coaching stops. He’s seen a lot, and he’s also recruited a lot. To lose someone like him, I would say it definitely does sting, but with the collective group they’ve assembled in terms of their coaching staff, I think they can embrace the loss of him going to Tennessee.”

Although Jean-Mary spent just one season in Ann Arbor, his recruiting acumen paid dividends for the Wolverines, especially during a tumultuous offseason.

The veteran coach, who has strong recruiting ties in Florida after serving as defensive coordinator at South Florida from 2017-19, helped ink two in-state prospects in the 2021 class: Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas four-star linebacker Jaydon Hood and three-star cornerback Ja’Den McBurrows, who both were reportedly on the fence about their commitments just before the early signing window.

Jean-Mary also was instrumental in landing four-star linebacker Junior Colson, the Wolverines’ highest-ranked defensive recruit in the class at No. 89 overall.

But Jean-Mary’s departure will most likely affect Michigan’s recruiting efforts in Florida, a hotbed of high school talent that the Wolverines have combed throughout Harbaugh’s tenure in Ann Arbor.

The Wolverines also will have to build relationships that Jean-Mary had already established, namely Traverse City Central four-star linebacker Joshua Burnham, the No. 115 overall prospect nationally in the 2022 class and No. 2 in Michigan.

“He is a guy I know Jean Mary-really recruited early on and made a good connection with the family and the kid,” Marich said. “He’s someone that the family and kid really enjoyed talking with, and they really liked the vibe with him, so that obviously doesn’t help.

Another element to Jean-Mary leaving is the impact on wide receiver recruiting. The Wolverines were in the mix for several top players at the position, such as Portland (Ore.) four-star Darrius Clemons, La Grange Park (Illi.) Nazareth Academy four-star Tyler Morris, East Detroit four-star Tay’shawn Trent and Birmingham Groves four-star Gaden Mangham.
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Clearly Brian is a top recruiter but I'm also interested in his coaching prowess. So far I've got that while on Strong's staff at Louisville, coaching linebackers, the Cardinals had the #1 defense in the nation their last year there. I don't figure you can do that without good linebacker play. jmo.
 
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Vfl2407 said:
Mrs Winners was the best fast food place ever.
Dolly Parton sized breasts.
greatsides, biscuits and cinnamon rolls.
I wept for weeks when they went oob.
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I knew a couple of gals that worked nights at our local one back in the day. They would come over after closing with a sack full of chicken and biscuits about 3 times a week. I think I gained 20 lbs during that period!
 
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