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INDIANAPOLIS — In the past five years, we’ve seen some legendary coaches leave their post while the new hotness comes in to fill the void. In some of those cases, the new head coach coming in has had much more hype than their predecessor.
When Ryan Day took over for Urban Meyer at Ohio State, he was spoken of as being on the same plain as Meyer, who had won three national championships at two schools. When Marcus Freeman took over for Brian Kelly at Notre Dame, he was spoken of as an upgrade on Kelly, despite his inexperience and Kelly’s penchant for turning mediocre teams into national contenders.
Yet, for Sherrone Moore at Michigan, he hasn’t been afforded the same lavish praise as the two aforementioned.
WolverinesWire caught up with CBS Sports studio analyst Adam Zucker at Big Ten media days, and in his eyes, he thinks part of it has to do with Jim Harbaugh being larger than life, but also says — good, Moore flying under the radar may be a good think for the maize and blue.
“I think lack of hype is good, actually,” Zucker told WolverinesWire. “And I also think that Jim Harbaugh was the magnet for praise, criticism, attention quotes, and I don’t think he purposely over-sheltered the assistants on the team, but with so much attention on everything on and off the field that took place under Jim Harbaugh, and the assistants — whatever minor roles that were with the recruiting aspect is fine — but they got to do their jobs, and now we get to see him do it.
“So, I think if anyone needs to make us make a quote about whether he’s going to be an elite head coach or not, I would just save your thoughts and watch and see him do it. He obviously won his chances last year, and you don’t just hand the Michigan head coaching job to anybody. So there’s a there’s a proving ground among the people who need to…
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Author : Wolverines Wire
Publish date : 2024-08-03 18:13:12
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