Statements from Santa and Manuel
Here are the statements from them. Warde's statement is positive and hopefully makes the transition less painful.
https://x.com/UMichFootball/status/1750336193051361576?s=20
https://x.com/UMichFootball/status/1750337070944452648?s=20
January 24th, 2024 at 9:05 PM ^
Seems like the next coach will be from this staff if Warde mean what he says. Welcome coach Moore!
January 24th, 2024 at 9:07 PM ^
"We are working quickly to hire the next head coach for the program and will do everything possible to keep this current staff and team together."
This to me is very good news because it sounds like they want to promote Moore. Of course, it's coming from Warde, so I'll believe it when I see it.
January 24th, 2024 at 9:08 PM ^
He knows schools are going to come in and try to poach players… Better get that NIL figured out and soon
January 24th, 2024 at 9:25 PM ^
Don't be silly, they already have
January 24th, 2024 at 9:27 PM ^
Jim should take his bonus and give to Michigan NIL fund
January 24th, 2024 at 9:43 PM ^
right because he's never ever shared his bonuses before
January 24th, 2024 at 9:09 PM ^
Warde’s statement reads like a CYA.
January 24th, 2024 at 9:12 PM ^
I didn’t get that at all
January 24th, 2024 at 11:50 PM ^
Warde makes a bad satement: “What an idiot, Warde is a buffoon!”
Warde makes no statement: “Where is Warde? He needs to get off his fat ass and lead!”
Warde makes good statement: “Clearly just covering his ass”.
January 24th, 2024 at 9:10 PM ^
Of course Warde's statement is positive; he made sure to do nothing while our head coach was suspended for six games and our national championship season was nearly sabotaged.
January 24th, 2024 at 9:12 PM ^
That is completely false.
January 24th, 2024 at 9:16 PM ^
Found Warde's mgoblog account. Manuel Warde will be greatly known for letting too many successful coaches in Michigan athletics walk.
January 24th, 2024 at 9:28 PM ^
Or maybe the coaches were old and ready to go
January 24th, 2024 at 9:39 PM ^
There’s nothing Manuel could’ve done to keep Harbaugh. He wanted to go back to the NFL and that’s it.
January 24th, 2024 at 10:53 PM ^
I mean it’s a little strange they wouldn’t sign off on the 3 person arbitration panel clause until hours before Jim took the chargers job.
January 24th, 2024 at 9:45 PM ^
That bullshit. If someone has one foot out the door, money can only keep them around for so long. He's 60 yo. He just won the national championship. It's basically now or never for him to head back to the NFL. He has done what he set out to do at Michigan - beat the buckeyes, win the big ten, and win the national championship.
January 24th, 2024 at 9:49 PM ^
And reclaim the state while sending MSU into oblivion...
January 24th, 2024 at 9:10 PM ^
Santa - time to go deep in your bag and deliver another great gift 🧑🏽🎄🎁
January 24th, 2024 at 9:11 PM ^
Really hammering home that "highest paid coach" narrative. I'm not sure why that needed to be in the press release after the fact, but it confirms (IMO) that Warde was the one leaking that information to the press.
January 24th, 2024 at 9:30 PM ^
Leaked it and presented it after Harbaugh already had agreed to be the coach with the Chargers. BS PR move just like him saying what he did at the event they held.
January 24th, 2024 at 9:35 PM ^
And granting immunity, both of which were leaked the same day Jim was hired by the Chargers.
LOL
January 24th, 2024 at 10:28 PM ^
Yeah. Just wish him and cheer for a Michigan alumni and where he left the program. Instead that particular info sounds like PR move.
January 24th, 2024 at 9:11 PM ^
I don’t believe everything I read. But I believe both of these statements.
January 24th, 2024 at 9:12 PM ^
All I ask is that Warde and the admin make quick, smart decisions going forward.
Don't dilly dally please!
January 24th, 2024 at 9:27 PM ^
Finally, a rational, succinct post on this. Thank you!
January 24th, 2024 at 11:21 PM ^
You're welcome Wendy, I hope Chicago is treating you well!
Go Blue!
January 24th, 2024 at 9:13 PM ^
I was ambivalent about whether to fire Warde or not but his refusal to use an Oxford comma has put me firmly into “Fire” camp.
January 24th, 2024 at 9:36 PM ^
I didn't care much for a statement that was that wide. Looks awful on my foldable phone.
January 25th, 2024 at 5:26 AM ^
Why would they do that. It's terrible. Things don't scroll side to side, they scroll down.
January 24th, 2024 at 9:14 PM ^
Listen to the guy you're gushing about in your tweets. Listen to the players ...
January 24th, 2024 at 9:38 PM ^
Better Papa Moore than Papa John.
January 24th, 2024 at 10:11 PM ^
What about Papa Kante?
January 25th, 2024 at 5:27 AM ^
Papa grande
January 24th, 2024 at 10:42 PM ^
Definitely better than Papa Doc.
January 24th, 2024 at 9:15 PM ^
Hire Moore for 7M, retain Minter for 5 M, problem solved!
January 24th, 2024 at 9:19 PM ^
I'd rather have Minter as HC, and Moore as OC/OL coach. His defense won that NC.
January 24th, 2024 at 9:21 PM ^
Minter will be minting his fortune in the NFL with Jim in L.A., imo.
I am excited to see this new chapter in Michigan football. Assuming Moore is the next HC (as I believe he should be) he'll have one doozy of a season to start with that tough schedule. But just think if he and the team put together another dandy of a season and go undefeated going into the playoffs. Coach of the Year Sherrone Moore has a nice ring to it.
January 24th, 2024 at 9:41 PM ^
The only real selling point for Michigan with Minter is that coordinators in the NFL have an extremely short shelf life. I just saw tweets today about every NFL team having a new OC in the past 2 years. That's crazy. He could basically pick his contract length with Michigan -- especially with him (and Sherrone) being so young.
January 24th, 2024 at 9:22 PM ^
Minter was always almost certainly gone. The only chance was Jim returning and Minter feeling loyal while being paid the GDP of a small Caribbean nation. Jim takes him with him and if he didn't John will call when Macdonald almost definitely gets a HC job. Then if not those he would have a dozen other NFL teams calling for him. He's almost certainly gone and was before Jim left.
Moore for $7m, go hire the most proven guy you can if John doesn't have another wunderkind on hand. Then work on offensive staff.
January 24th, 2024 at 9:28 PM ^
I don't know if this is a Michigan fan thing based on years of disappointment, but this is such a loser's mentality.
What you're saying is "Even though we just won a national championship with a team loaded with young talent and we have enough money to make anyone the highest paid coach in CFB, we aren't good enough to get Harbaugh's best assistant, so we should pay his second best assistant, who has never been a head coach, $7 million a year."
Is that seriously where we're at as a fanbase? Would Alabama make Tommy Reese it's next head coach because the players liked him?
We should demand so much more when it comes to our HC search and our program as a whole. If anything, we've never had more leverage for a HC position than we do at this moment. We need to raise our expectations.
January 24th, 2024 at 9:30 PM ^
Uhhh ok your options are Leipold, Brian Kelly, or Moore. Everyone else has a team already, the cycle came and went. I’ll stick with Moore!
January 24th, 2024 at 9:47 PM ^
If you think that's the pool, you're just as short sighted as the rest.
January 24th, 2024 at 11:34 PM ^
If these were the options I'd take Leipold in a heartbeat.
January 24th, 2024 at 9:50 PM ^
I’m also not convinced Moore is going to be a good Head Coach, and merely good wouldn’t satisfy the fan base, anyway. I also agree that being popular with the players shouldn’t be a deciding factor.
That being said, just as with Urban Meyer, no one who replaces Harbaugh will be as good as he was. If Deboer were an option, I’d be all in on him, but he isn’t. Anyone left out there who’d be willing to take the job would be a roll of the dice, so why not roll the dice with a guy who is already part of the program and who has the endorsement of Harbaugh and the players? Maybe he’ll turn out to be excellent, but I also won’t be surprised if he’s fired in four years after the team’s performance slips. At this point, I think Moore is the best choice, mainly because I don’t see a better one.
January 24th, 2024 at 9:53 PM ^
Harbaugh fucked us by taking too long. He should've just said he was going to the nfl or taking a year off if no nfl jobs came up after winning the natty. We would've ended up with Fisch at the very least.
January 24th, 2024 at 9:57 PM ^
Fire Harbaugh! He really fucked Michigan, right after he won that National Championship.
January 24th, 2024 at 9:59 PM ^
Seriously? Can you read?
January 24th, 2024 at 11:42 PM ^
Sometimes (read almost always) a comment such as this one should be left at that rather than deciding to turn it into a separate post.
January 24th, 2024 at 9:16 PM ^
Not sure Warde’s words bring a lot of comfort to anyone right about now. Don’t know everything that went down but I wouldn’t want to be that guy right now.
January 24th, 2024 at 9:19 PM ^
It remains totally bizarre to me that a university president is so hands-on with athletics and athletics administration, given the long history of how that has worked out in Michigan's past. Issuing a statement when a football coach leaves for the NFL, in which Ono is explicit that he was part of this process, is not normal for these kinds of things.
Read: You want your AD to be the AD, and your president to be the president. Anything else and you're opening up the institution to a Gordon Gee "I hope Coach Tressel doesn't fire me" situation.