Here's what the athletic and chris vannini says about WMU and EMU:
What the hell is WMU doing? Also, why doesn’t Chris Creighton get more traction for job openings? I’m not complaining. As an EMU fan I want to build a statue of the guy. But still? — Dan T.

I know some folks were surprised by Western Michigan firing Tim Lester, but I wasn’t. Lester did a perfectly fine job, with just one losing season and three bowl games. But he didn’t get to the MAC championship game and let the division slip away late in the season several times. It’s understandable that athletic director Dan Bartholomae has higher expectations, given that WMU is one of the better-resourced teams in the MAC. Since WMU last made the MAC title game in 2016, nine other MAC schools have reached the game. It’s on Bartholomae to find a better coach and reach those higher expectations now. The search right now is focused on some coordinators, but Michigan assistants like Sherrone Moore, Jay Harbaugh and Mike Hart could get in the mix.

What holds Creighton back, fairly or not, is that his overall record at EMU is 45-61, and he hadn’t won more than seven games with the Eagles until an 8-4 season this year. Now, I understand the context to all this, especially as someone who grew up in southeast Michigan. The program was probably the worst in the FBS when he arrived, and the eight wins this year are the program’s most since 1987. To bring consistent winning to this place is incredible. But those top-line numbers can be a hard sell to boosters and administrators. A coach needs a big season that pops. His best shot at a bigger job is probably one that needs a real rebuild.