Day is screwed, Moore stole third base.

I think they should stay in house to try and keep the culture. I get it. However, if a bunch of guys left, I'd probably go after Kalen DeBoer, who has been lights out at every stop. 

In the bittersweet but possible event that Jim Harbaugh moves on to the NFL, a coaching search will have to be opened. As a public institution, the university is bound to, at the very least, appear to do so. It would be an opportunity for a national search, which if done wholeheartedly, would give established head coaches like Jedd Fisch an opportunity to present their best cases.

My only concern about Sherrone Moore revolves around the complexities of managing a large organization like the football program, where many people have off-the-field but crucial roles. A competitive search would give him the chance to plan and outline how he would take on the variety of roles that a head coach faces. And possibly encourage Moore to find a Biff Poggi of his own, should he get the job.

We'll see how events unfold.

Lance Leipold would be my first choice….   DeBoer would be great.  Moore is good if we are promoting a coordinator, but the step from coordinator to head coach is as precarious and unpredictable as drafting a QB for the NFL.  DeBoer and Leipold are known winners at the head coach position.  A 3 game sample isn’t enough to assess head coach capabilities, there was a lot of momentum going that sustained the team through the 3 games.  Still love Moore though, a hero to our program, just not sure if he is the best choice for a head coach right now.  If he goes off to the MAC or some other league and kicks ass, by all means bring him back.

In the pro column for Sherrone, he did a solid job filling in for Harbaugh this year and he'd have the best shot at maintaining the current team culture and keeping guys from transferring if Harbaugh leaves.

With that as your baseline, there are very few external candidates that are enough of a home run that they'd be an obvious upgrade over Sherrone Moore.

Tier 1: Kalen Deboer and Chris Kliemann are the only ones who have won a Power 5 championship and would be the most likely to step in and be able to win games immediately.

Tier 2: Lance Leipold, Jedd Fisch, Eli Drinkwitz had great seasons this year but prior to 2023 none of them had won more than 6 games in a season at a Power 5 school. They may have a better track record than Sherrone Moore but I wouldn't say they're a substantially safer bet to be able to maintain Michigan's status as a top-5 team in CFB.

Tier 3: With virtually anyone else you'd have to assume there'd be some attrition and the new coach would have a hard time winning more than 8 or 9 games in year 1. I'd prefer Moore or Minter over pretty much anyone outside the top two tiers.

People neglect the fixed cost of a coaching change; there's a small chance an outside candidate improves things immediately, but that's more likely to happen when things have been BAD than when things have been good.  That's just regression to the mean.

More likely the coaching changes and recruiting burps and adjustments takes some time to bear fruit.  

(Ask yourself: how much fun is Saban's replacement going to have in the next couple of years?)

We LIKE the culture now, it fits us, we are happy.   We have a chance to build on what makes us special, or throw it away. If we need a new coach, Sherrone minimizes the fixed costs of the changes and improves the possibility of a smooth transition.  

Y'all looking to get into a bidding war for some fancy name.  Giving the man a shot is low risk compared to that.

If Mike MacDonald gets a head coaching job (he had a Falcons interview) how long will Minter stay with Michigan even if Harbaugh stays?