What's taking UDM so long to hire a coach?

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Just ribbing you. I’m eager for news myself, but assume they are going through their process.

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Michigan assistant coach Bacari Alexander is the prohibitive favorite, even though Michigan State associate head coach Dwayne Stephens and former Texas Tech assistant Vince Taylor have interviewed. Former Saginaw High coach and current Northern Illinois assistant Lou Dawkins also could get an interview this week. NBA star Draymond Green, who played for Dawkins at Saginaw, has tried to reach out to Vowels since McCallum was let go.

Vowels has said that he’d like to have a coach in place by the end of the week

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I think BA is refusing to keep Jackson on staff and that is the holdup

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Yep. That is exactly it.

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Bacari to Detroit, per Jeff Goodman.

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We ever play Detroit?

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My question is has anyone interviewed and will JB name an assistant before the weekend or will we be shorthanded a staff member on the road recruiting?

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I imagine we’ll hire at least one new assistant rather quickly. Chris Hunter can fill a recruiting role until a second assistant is hired.

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I see JB hiring his soon. It could happen quickly and the connection is obvious.

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When is this going to be official? BA is on his classic tweet blitz right now tweeting all kinds of Michigan stuff

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I heard at 11. It is probably one final Michigan thing he is doing.

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7 year deal? Holy cow. Good for Bacari.

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Dang. 7 years?! $450 - $475K per year. Nice work, BA!

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With much compensation goes much responsibility.

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I think the money is why the hire took so long. I think BA was the #1 choice from the start. It is interesting to see Kampe is making $288,000 (base w/out bonuses) at Oakland. I think BA would have stayed at Michigan if U of D didn’t pony up and make a commitment to him financially. The only other rumored hold up was keeping Jermaine Jackson on staff. It will be interesting to see how that plays out. I thought him and Jermaine played at Detroit together and were very good friends. Did anybody see what Lavall’s contract at UW-Milwaukee was?

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Not sure, but I believe I saw an article that Jeter made 450k before Jordan – so potentially the same ballpark.

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I would think so…I think I read he was making well over $200K at UM. $450K+ just sounds like a lot of money though! Good for those guys!

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Believe the last raise had U-M assistants around 230k.

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It’s official