We are talking to Wolverines Wire editor Isaiah Hole about the Michigan football team before UM goes up against USC this Saturday. We asked Isaiah about the things this Michigan coaching staff needs to achieve, win or lose, against USC and for the rest of the season. Fans are very unhappy in Ann Arbor, and there’s a lot of restlessness surrounding the direction of the UM program with USC coming to town.
“To me, the biggest thing is putting players in the best position to succeed,” Hole said. “That’s a mantra of the coaching staff, but I haven’t always seen that – even under Jim Harbaugh. Donovan Edwards is a big receiving threat that rarely has lined up outside since 2022. Alex Orji is an enigmatic quarterback (that we don’t know much about arm-talent-wise) but Michigan has only featured him as a wildcat runner. Semaj Morgan could be used in the quick game, and has usually just gotten end arounds and the occasional downfield throw. We’ve seen formations with Edwards and Kalel Mullings on the field at the same time but it’s usually been a straight handoff to Edwards. There are a lot of options that have long been on the table that Michigan has just refused to use. It tries to stick to scheme instead of taking what players do best and making those the focal points. With Orji starting this week, perhaps that mentality is changing. Sherrone Moore has his back against the wall already early in his career and is making a big change. Now we need to see he knows what to do with his toys. Because where Michigan was good at driving SUVs like SUVs, it needs to use its sports cars like sports cars.”
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