You know knew it was coming, but still sad to see.

Now who can they go get?

No idea.

Feels like whoever we get needs to be a scheme guy more than a talent acquisition guy.

I just don't see the academic department loosening their rules, so it's going to continue to be an uphill battle to get guys in the portal.

With the admissions problem and being behind on the NIL front I just don't see why any big time coach would ever want to come to Michigan. They all wanna recruit/acquire talent the same way Howard wants to and they all saw what happened to Howard.

This is why I laugh heartily every time I read a candidate list that includes guys like Will Wade. No disrespect to Wade, but that’s him - collect talent and roll out the ball.

I’m not convinced that they’re that far behind on the NIL front any more, other than the baked in disadvantage that they won’t straight up offer big bags of cash to sign. There are always exceptions - they can be outbid a la Dickinson, but that’s true for any team and I think for most players they’ll be competitive.

With the Love and Shannon situations being public you would think anyone coming in would be aware of the admissions issue and the need to account for it when constructing the roster but … shrug. You have to be at least a little narcissistic to be a head coach.

Can’t say that I’m looking forward to the message board bitching if they hire a scheme/development guy and the roster starts getting filled with Gritty McGritsteins who aren’t five stars or instantly playable. But that may well be the route they decide to go.

Don’t think it will be a splash hire unless someone just really wants a big paycheck.

May as well see if the grass is greener elsewhere. No surprise. Don’t think he’ll be the last either.

I was very modestly whelmed by the hire when the news broke, but the more I read about it the more I'm fine with it. I do think that you have to have more of a player development model with guys who are going to stick around for three+ years at Michigan, and I think May gets it. I think he'll have a clearly identifiable way of doing things and get four plus years to prove that it works at the high major level.

I definitely expect better roster construction, though next year's will of course be a mishmash of whatever he can scratch up to field a team. Will any of the FAU guys follow him? Who knows.

Seems like a homerun hire so I'm happy. Need FAU guys for any tournament chance next year. Plz god.