With the previous administration, there was always a flawless transition with point guards. Michigan basketball discovered its perfect mold for the floor general and they never deviated, moving from Trey Burke to Derrick Walton to Zavier Simpson. There was rarely a question as to who would take over.
Even though new faces began calling the shots, the mold had already been well-established, and the responsibility to become the next primary ball handler was going to fall to the guy who fits the mold to a T.
Until it didn’t.