Mr.TaterSalad

So he wanted to play with a mentally ill coach and a serial philanderer but Whittingham was a step too far?

Oh, yesterday was SOL's greatest hits. Turnovers, fumbles, interceptions, bad coaching, having a unique thing happen to the team with the passing yards stat, losing up a third string QB. You can't deny the game yesterday was SOL.

The other thing I'm happy with is they didn't hire a Michigan Man for the job. Nothing worse than hiring someone just because one time, somewhere in the distant past they had some affiliation with the program. Oh his father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate once coached for Bo, let's hire him. They hired a guy based on the needs of the program and his qualifications for the job. They did not hired based on who he once knew in the past and any prior Michigan affiliations he might have had. I hope the Michigan Man things is dead and buried. With it, they can bury the legacy of the guy that potentially ran cover for a pedophile in Bo and Dr. Anderson.

Wittingham seems like a legitimately solid human being. He seems to be an ethical, honorable man, who leads young men and runs a football program the right way. He has been free of bad culture, recruiting violations, scandals, etc. during his time at Utah. I hope he'll be able to carry it over to Michigan and clean up things in their program and really the entire department.

What an amazing hire. I'm still in shock it got done.

I was worried they were going to give Poggi a one year interim deal or simply settle with hiring Brohm. Wittingham is a superior hire to Brohm and the kind of hire you make if you're serious about turning the culture around at Michigan.

Wittingham seems way too squeaky clean for Warde to have hired.

I hope not. Warde still needs to go and Michigan needs to clean up its culture in his wake.

Holy **** Michigan hired Wittingham. What a great hire. I am stunned they did it.

Well OK then. I really didn't think there was anything to him resigning when he did at Utah, but maybe where there is smoke there is fire. This would be about as good a hire as Michigan could expect to get at this point.

Admitting you are wrong is one of the harder things to do in life. Hard because it sucks to be wrong about something and have to acknowledge it. But also hard because of the psychology of the human ego and mind. Some people lack the capacity go admit they are wrong because their ego has them jaded and certain about their decisions. For others, they may see what they are doing is wrong but are to arrogant, afraid, or proud to admit they are wrong. I don't know if any of this applies to Brad, Dan, or the front office. This offseason will tell us for sure. As you said, they need to do some soul searching and reevaluate their plan of action as far as roster construction goes. They need to recognize the mistakes they've made in talent evaluation in the draft. They need to recognize how aggressive they've been in trading up and that it hasn't always worked. In some cases, it's been to their detriment. They need to understand that just as you can't build a team entirely through free agency, you can't expect every draft pick to hit either. You're going to have to shore up your roster holes (and even acknowledge where the holes are to begin with) through free agent signings. It doesn't mean you go crazy, blowing money on the marquee talent that's available, but pieces will assuredly have to be added. If Brad goes out and gives another one of those receipts press conferences again after this subpar ass season, there will be a lot of people who turn on him. They need to eat a big slice of humble pie, be introspective, understand where things went wrong, and admit that to themselves, if nobody else.

I don't think they see the need at DE as most in the fanbase do. They really seem to like Marcus Davenport for some reason, even though it's been 3 years since he's shown any kind of productivity on ur field. I agree it's a huge need, but do they?

No surprise that when you support a ****ing loser, you start losing.

I hope that smartest guy in the room Brad Holmes realizes that his next man up approach doesn't always work and you need talent to win football games. I hope he realizes that sometimes that talent comes from outside the organization, not just the players you draft.

Brad Holmes can stick his reciepts and his condescending attitude up his ***. This team is pathetic right now and he put this roster together. This game is peak SOL.