The Michigan Wolverines' 23-16 loss to the Maryland Terrapins in Saturday's home finale leaves a proud UM program on major life support when it comes to its postseason hopes this season.
In addition, the loss has already rekindled calls for head coach Brady Hoke's job. According to one writer, the defeal should also the signal a call to action for the university to get the football program back on its feet with one feel firing swoop.
As Pat Caputo of the Oakland Press sees it, the Wolverines have no time to dawdle when it comes to ushering in a new era of Michigan football:
The college football world moves very quickly. Michigan can’t afford to move slowly. Otherwise, Michigan will get left out. Also, Michigan must name a full-time athletic director before hiring a football coach. Honestly, if they opened up the process, would Hackett really be considered remotely as a top candidate? Would any new AD brought in honestly consider retaining Hoke as head coach?
This is where Michigan president Mark Schlissel cannot afford to be naive, and the Board of Regents must be proactive, not reactive.
Being "proactive" for Caputo means bringing in a new AD and a new coach post haste. At this juncture, it appears Hackett will have the ultimate say in Hoke's 2015 future - something Caputo sees as counterproductive.
To Caputo, neither of those figures should be in their current positions as the Michigan football program retools itself following the toughest of tough years in Ann Arbor.
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