With today’s announcement of Urban Meyer’s retirement, one of the first things I wondered about, like I’m sure many others did, was how this affected Zach Harrison’s recruitment.
There are arguments to make that it could have little to no impact, or a huge one. It’s still early to tell what is going through Harrison’s head, but let’s explore some possibilities.
The reason the effect of this coaching change could be minimal is Harrison’s strongest relationship isn’t with the head coach. In fact, Meyer had been seemingly keeping a distance from the Harrison recruitment. The Michigan Insider’s Steve Lorenz has reported there may have been some disagreement between Meyer and Harrison over how he runs the program ($).