Michigan Football: 5 keys to a successful 2019 for the Wolverines

Transfer of power

Tyrone Wheatly joined the Notorious B1G Recruiting Podcast with hosts Allen Trieu and Steve Wiltfong recently and spoke about his time coaching at Michigan and what’s holding Michigan Football teams from winning a national championship.

"“They’re close every year, every year they’re close,” Wheatley said, “I think, right now, the biggest issue that they have, it’s not really so much an issue, I just think everybody always blames the coaching staff. I just think it’s young men coming together and truly understanding that they have to outplay the coaching. What I mean by that is, I’ve been in the huddle myself as a player and a call will come in or a play will happen, the coaches can’t always put you in the best situation possible. This is the reason why they recruited me to come to the University of Michigan. To make things happen. To play far beyond the play call.” I’m not blaming anyone, I’m just thinking our guys have to play outside and beyond the coaching, the talent is there. I was there. I know those guys. Hell, I recruited half of them. The talent is there. The coaching is there. Our guys just have to really ascend past them just saying ‘okay, this is what is called. This is what is asked of me.’ … At the end of the day, a lot of those young men have the things in them that you can’t coach. We need to see that more every Saturday.”"

If coach Harbaugh and offensive coordinator Josh Gattis allow these players the freedom to make decisions and learn from their mistakes, it could take them over the edge. If what Wheatley is saying is true, unleashing the beast could take this organization where they have never been; the college football playoff.