re: Jim Harbaugh hires Don Yee as agent

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I'm out of the loop. Why would he want to leave for Michigan? What's his tie to Michigan?

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Kelly coached at Grand Valley St from 1987-2003 (Allendale, Mich)
He coached at Central Mich from 2004-2006
His long time DL coach Mike Elston who has moved with Kelly from 2004-2021 is now the DL coach at Michigan

Kelly's a NE guy, from Mass., but coached mostly in the rust belt states (Ohio, Mich, Indiana).

My counter to that though is Kelly left ND to come to the SEC because he knew he was not going to win a NC without the access to SEC level talent. Michigan isn't going to be any different than ND. Make the playoff, but lose to the SEC. See Ohio St and Penn St for examples of B1G vs top SEC teams.