Sherrone & Players at MBB Game
I know some were worried about a perceived absence of support from current players on social media. Nice to see some players (especially star defensive players) come out to the game to support Coach Moore.
There are other players/coaches/staff members in attendance not shown above.
January 27th, 2024 at 5:46 PM ^
He is the only sensible hire. We are in much much much better shape than Hoke or RR.
January 27th, 2024 at 6:29 PM ^
RR was not a bad hire at the time. It wasn’t his fault half of Schembechler Hall looked to purposely torpedo him. I actually feel bad for the guy, but would never want him anywhere close to AA.
Hoke was just a lovable Fred Flinstone hire. Way over his head…but living his dream.
January 27th, 2024 at 6:53 PM ^
Yeah in hindsight Rich Rod was clearly a flash in the pan, but he got utterly screwed by UM. No coach deserves to be undermined like that AND also held to the fire for the inevitably poor results.
January 28th, 2024 at 2:12 AM ^
So we’re just going to ignore the way RichRod (or “Dick Rod” as he was known at the time) behaved around women? That’s how he made enemies here - and even more at Arizona, where he got fired for sexual harassment.
January 27th, 2024 at 6:58 PM ^
RichRod was a bad hire at all times. First time I heard him give an interview, I cringed a bit. First time I heard Coach Moore give an interview (after the PSU game), I jumped up and wanted to run through a wall. There was zero doubt in my mind he would be successful as our head coach when I saw that. I was just hoping it might be a few years from now.
Players need, and feed on, sincerity and emotion. Plus he's 37. He could do this for 20 years and still be younger than Harbaugh right now. Dare to dream?
January 27th, 2024 at 7:52 PM ^
I agree with 1408. Seemed like RR was comfortable coaching as an underdog and went to great lengths to make the winningest college football program into one. For sure, the administration didn't do him any favors, but he was not the right man for the job.
January 27th, 2024 at 9:20 PM ^
Rich Rod was a terrible hire then and would be a terrible hire now.
Not that he can't coach. But there's a culture fit that just doesn't work at Michigan.
Rich Rod had a staff of guys who were your small town type football coaches. Like Bud Foster, remember him at VT?
He never landed a HC job, a big reason is he was a football coach by day and a local townie by night. Shutting down bars with the boys and living a simple life. A can of dip and a cold budweiser and he was set. Nothing wrong with it, but definitely not for Michigan.
Couple that with the fact that Rich Rod didn't want to build relationships with HS coaches in Michigan and it was a shit show from day one.
I also thought that if you put Rich Rod at like a South Alabama, he'd turn them into glory days Boise St. or UCF.
Michigan was too big for Hoke. He is a simple man, but for other reasons. He just wants to coach, and that's it. He's a DL coach at heart.
Hoke would have built a powerhouse in the MAC, I'm sure of it.
The Michigan job requires a bit of CEO, you have be okay knowing the demands and influences around the program. Harbaugh is just a football coach at heart, he wears clears to bed...but he also began to view the program holistically and understood that it's more than just football at Michigan.
January 27th, 2024 at 10:38 PM ^
I would think anyone who doesn’t believe in having a great defense does not belong at Michigan.
January 27th, 2024 at 5:48 PM ^
Was Ben Herbert there? Joking (mostly)
January 27th, 2024 at 5:49 PM ^
The Sexy Squad! Always looking sexy at events, at least that’s what the Don told me.
January 27th, 2024 at 5:49 PM ^
Greg Crippen, who got a mention during Moore's press conference.
January 27th, 2024 at 5:52 PM ^
Those are all “dudes” sitting with Coach Moore tonight. Watch out 2024! Here we come again.
January 27th, 2024 at 6:30 PM ^
Unless we get a QB, next year could be challenging.
January 28th, 2024 at 6:00 AM ^
Maybe. We’ve got options in house who weren’t exactly dog food coming out of high school. If Orji can do no more than complete 5-10 yard passes and the occasional Hail Mary, we should be fine. Especially with a D that may be just as good. Assuming Moore makes the right hire.
January 27th, 2024 at 5:53 PM ^
Nice to see those guys there, and the fact they are all the upperclassmen. Keeping that player led vibes and unity going.
January 27th, 2024 at 5:55 PM ^
Those particular players are really nice to see too - all team leaders - hopefully also means that there will be minimal portal entries.
January 27th, 2024 at 6:36 PM ^
This might actually help with portal entries. There’s a list of 5 or 6 more guys who could transfer but Moore is selling them on waiting to see how they fill out the staff. Most likely you’ll end up seeing a player or two go just because they’re so far down the depth chart and want a chance to play at a smaller school. Don’t worry about the big name guys. Rod, Makari, Mason, Grant, and Will are all actively making sure guys will stick around and not listen to any offers from teams trying to get them to transfer.
Most teams coming for Michigan’s guys are after the ones I named and they’re the ones helping keep the team together. Not much interest in offensive guys from other teams. There are a lot of holes on the offensive line to fill and a lot of guys who would then be next up, so trying to convince any of them to go will be next to impossible. Plus their position coach was just promoted to HC, so they want to stick it out for him.
Offensive guys that teams could go after hard are Marshall and Semaj. Marshall is committed to being a Wolverine and making a statement in the next few years. The RB see Moore being promoted as very good for them. He’ll want a great run game and will rotate 3 guys in for the most part to help keep everyone fresh.
A year ago there was some chatter that Denegal could potentially transfer but he ends up sticking around and becoming a national champion. We’ll see what happens this spring after the QB battle and where everyone shakes out on the roster. The team was extremely happy Denegal stuck around and want him to finish his career here but they also understand that guys want a chance to play. If Orji wins out or Tuttle gets another year and starts or Davis looks great then things could happen there. There is also another RB who most of the staff believed would transfer last year, on top of Stokes, we’ll see what happens now for that as well. Both of those guys would be like Stokes in that the team would love to keep them but also would understand if they want an opportunity elsewhere to get some time.
January 27th, 2024 at 8:42 PM ^
I hope Denegal stays. He's the QB with the most upside to me. Unless Orji suddenly can throw the football that is.
Pretty sure we have a decent floor with Tuttle and/or Warren. The upside potential lies with Denegal in 2024.
January 27th, 2024 at 8:50 PM ^
Good chance Denegal has a degree after 3 years. Orjii too. both would have two seasons, left if they want them.
personally, I hope they roll with what they have. I don’t want Michigan ever to be in a position similar to Ohio State and Ryan Day, where the feeling is they have to win every game or they are failures.
January 27th, 2024 at 5:55 PM ^
They need to play My Shrona(The Nack song) when they introduce him.
January 27th, 2024 at 6:03 PM ^
I believe Oh, Sherrie, is his walk-up song.
January 27th, 2024 at 5:58 PM ^
Since Rod Moore is not there should I be freaking out?
January 27th, 2024 at 6:03 PM ^
He was there, just not shown in that photo.
January 27th, 2024 at 6:03 PM ^
There's a one Moore limit
January 27th, 2024 at 6:04 PM ^
Rod Moore is currently on the court with them at halftime.
January 27th, 2024 at 6:06 PM ^
Thank you. I feel better now.
January 27th, 2024 at 6:12 PM ^
I think the rest of the team is hidden behind Grant.
January 27th, 2024 at 6:03 PM ^
Well, the broadcast showed us that he was speaking...but not letting us hear.
January 27th, 2024 at 9:23 PM ^
He had some kind words for Harbaugh and Ono, then lumped Warde in with the regents for a generic thank you.
January 27th, 2024 at 6:05 PM ^
Add Donovan Edwards and Rod Moore to the list.
January 27th, 2024 at 6:10 PM ^
SMASH
Yay, we have a new thing.
January 27th, 2024 at 7:49 PM ^
I was in the minority who thought that with the best active coach in the country leaving, Michigan should do a thorough search and try to pick off the top name available. Watching the presser this morning, and seeing the way that the players seem to love Moore, I am fully on board and starting to get hyped for this season. Replacing a guy like JH is impossible. He’s a legend and a unicorn. Alabama is about to find out the same thing. But I have a ton of confidence in Moore to get it right and continue the success. #SMASH
January 27th, 2024 at 8:46 PM ^
I wanted them to do a real search too, but who would even look at right now?
Might as well roll with Moore and hope Shaw is the floor for Harbaugh annoited successors.
January 27th, 2024 at 9:26 PM ^
I would have listened to this search business if DeBoer and Fisch were out there. It's not an accident those are the two coaches that got snatched up immediately following Saban's retirement.
Once they were off the table, it made no sense to look at anyone other than Moore. The lists that were out there were Lance Leipold, Brian Kelly, Matt Campbell, or if you go to the NFL some coordinator like Monken (and who knows if he'd even want the job).
The best coach on that list is Kelly and that's a total non-starter. In fact, he's the only worthwhile coach. What would be the point of brining in Leipold and having major attrition? Best case scenario he'd have us back to above average Big Ten team right before his retirement.
Moore was literally the only option.
January 27th, 2024 at 10:45 PM ^
I fall into the if you have a program on a hot streak and you have developed leadership, the best and most smooth way to keep it going is to hire within and dont make huge changes.
January 27th, 2024 at 6:13 PM ^
I am the only one thinking of buying a puffer vest?
Also, Grant is impossibly large to run like he does.
January 27th, 2024 at 6:35 PM ^
It's amazing that if you zoom in on the picture to the point that only Sherrone, Grant, and Graham are in the picture, Grant makes Sherrone and Graham look small.
January 27th, 2024 at 6:13 PM ^
Crisler crowd was arguably louder than at any other time this season. Place was pumped when Coach came on the floor!
January 27th, 2024 at 6:17 PM ^
I’m here as well. It was rowdy!!!
January 27th, 2024 at 6:59 PM ^
Got a few pics and a video. I'll have to try and upload them later. MBB is going like I expected, but super happy to be here for Coach Moore!
January 27th, 2024 at 6:19 PM ^
This is a great sign!
January 27th, 2024 at 6:20 PM ^
We just saved close to 10 mill per season by not resigning Harbaugh. If I'm the AD I'm putting that back into the football team by sitting JJ down tomorrow...with coach Moore. I'm going to put an offer together that makes it difficult for him to say no. Worse case scenario I'm allowing the meeting to leak so that any QB across America knows that as soon as spring practice over.
Yes, I'd also sit down the current QBs on the roster and let them know if they win the starting job come fall then they get some of the pie too.
Michigan just saved a lot of money so why not use some to get behind Moore?....we can do better than what we've done for Juwan which is my fear with Moore. If the fans don't make noise though Michigan will take the save money route.
January 27th, 2024 at 6:34 PM ^
So blatantly violate the NCAA rule by paying JJ millions of dollars directly from the athletic department?
January 27th, 2024 at 7:36 PM ^
So what-Ohio State blatantly violates NCAA rules.
Oh wait-you’re saying if Harbaugh buys a recruit a cheeseburger during the completely fucked up Covid year it’s a violation that requires your head coach to be suspended for several games, but when Ohio State openly purchases Caleb Downs, Judkins, and Justin Sayin with financial inducements it’s just business as usual and perfectly ok? Not to mention hiring a PI firm to investigate your rival being acceptable? Gotcha…
January 27th, 2024 at 9:30 PM ^
I'm saying we shouldn't have a line item in our athletic department budget that reads "illegal NIL payment from school to player" and then also make sure we broadcast it to the media so everyone knows about it.
Do you seriously feel like that would end well for us?
January 27th, 2024 at 6:37 PM ^
Well, technically that’s pay for play and with the hard on the NCAA has for us I’m sure they’d reference your blog post if JJ came back
January 27th, 2024 at 6:41 PM ^
That's not legal.
Now, if you paid a carpet cleaning company $10M annually to clean the carpets at Schembechler Hall ... and then those carpet cleaners independently decided to start paying Michigan players millions of dollars for tweeting out advertisements for their carpet cleaning company from the players' personal Twitter accts ...
January 27th, 2024 at 6:53 PM ^
I know a guy with a vacuum repair business. Ex-military guy, a bit strange, but die hard fan.
Might be able to pull it off.
January 27th, 2024 at 10:52 PM ^
Just tell him To stay away from public Venmo transactions!
January 27th, 2024 at 6:24 PM ^
Can Will or others put on a basketball uniform while they're there?