Issues were addressed, fixes were affixed. There’s a touted new offensive line coach, a touted new strength coach and other blunt acknowledgments that things weren’t working. Oh, and there’s a new quarterback, as celebrated an addition as we’ve ever seen at Michigan.
And now, even though the Wolverines have yet to win anything substantial, the expectations are renewed, even ratcheted. This is the creature Jim Harbaugh has created, a combination of pressure, potential and hype, everything that was expected when he arrived, everything except the gaudy results.
There is no hot seat, not in the traditional sense, not even close.