No Schiano for You.

Martin interviewed Schiano. This is exactly the process that Martin identified on Sunday night. Schiano was obviously among the top 3-5 candidates for the job. Unlike back-channel talks with Les and Ferentz, the details of a proposal were never discussed. Schiano considered whether to further follow up, and declined, removing his name from consideration in a press release today.



Interesting that 100% of this information is coming from New Jersey. The only real information we have is this:

An offer was never formally made to Schiano, nor were specific contract details discussed, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.

And this:

"I was contacted earlier this week about the Michigan coaching vacancy, but I have decided to remove my name from consideration," Schiano said in a statement. "I look forward to our third straight bowl game and to bringing a national championship to Rutgers and the state of New Jersey. I will have no further comment."

The Star-Ledger reported Thursday night that Schiano met with Michigan athletic director Bill Martin "for quite a while" Wednesday in New York City to discuss the Big Ten school's coaching vacancy. Those talks were described by a person who speaks regularly with Schiano and confirmed by a second party.

That may or may not have been an interview that could have resulted in an offer. Martin has already conducted interviews of Ron English, Mike DeBord and Brady Hoke, none of whom are first string candidates for the job. Given that those are the only interviews to have taken place, none of whom have been given an offer, why do we assume he was going to receive an offer? I would liked to have seen an offer -- I think Schiano would have been a good hire. He's in my top 5 candidates. But, it looks like Bill may be stalling to me.

Michigan Contacts 2006 Coaches of the Year

Greg Schiano

I really like the look by Bill Martin to Greg Schiano. Classy guy. Great academic success with his team at Rutgers. I think he would make an outstanding coach. I actually like him better as a coach than Les. And, the upside is significantly better, including that Schiano is only 41, 13 years younger than Les. With Schiano, we'd be looking at a 20 year type hire conceivably. Apparently, Bill is looking to hire his own Bo. He won the 2006 coach of the year award.

Fittingly, here is an interview with Kirk Scoop Herbstreit:



In football terms, Schiano would carry on with the pro style offense, which allows Michigan the opportunity to keep winning with our current skill position talent. Namely, Ryan Mallett or Steven Threet. His offenses will also run the ball a lot, which is nothing new.

You probably know that one of Schiano's catch phrases is "keep chopping", as in chopping wood. If hired, our little brother may never see this again:



Sean Payton

And, we have now contacted NFL coaches: Sean Payton. Gruden likely has also been contacted by now. Payton, like Schiano is in his early 40's and could coach for a long time. He was born in San Mateo, California, the hometown of Tom Brady,and grew up in Naperville. This is a very big contact, as Payton probably is making a little more than 3 million a year. As you know, the Saints went to the NFC conference championship last year. Payton was the 2006 NFL coach of the year. He is known as a quarterback guru. He likes guys that want to win:



Martin is going balls out. He didn't want Miles.