We've got another Expected To tweet that hovers between news and not news, but this one is not about a foregone conclusion so here it is:
Brendan Quinn confirms the previous tweet and has Howard's first assistant hire:
Losing Yaklich sucks for a couple different reasons. Michigan was 3rd and 2nd in defensive efficiency during his two seasons in Ann Arbor, and that was all his show. Some of that could be chalked up to Yaklich walking into two of the best defenders Michigan's ever had. But three-fifths of the starting lineup in 2017-18 was Moe Wagner, Duncan Robinson, and Muhammad Ali Abdur-Rahkman. None of those guys were plus defenders individually. Wagner had a 2% block rate!
Also Yaklich was the primary recruiter on Jalen Wilson and getting him back in the fold is a longer shot now.
[After THE JUMP: transfer talk]
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