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He’s also officially “interim” head coach. It makes sense as a national search would’ve been rushed and a lot of the top candidates within the college ranks don’t want to make this big of a change this late in the summer. Really you can think of this as a “show me” year, if successful it’s his job and if not then they’ll do a real search.

Also, is it at all possible for a major college coaching job to open up and not have Nate Leaman listed as the early favorite for the job?

(08-06-2022 05:43 PM)moe24 Wrote:  

(08-06-2022 11:53 AM)Doo Wrote:  You’re missing the aspect that they asked him to resign before the contract expired. He refused and threatened litigation. So they had to let it all play out. I wouldn’t be shocked if Warde’s “loyalty” is just a CYA exercise.

They had all the ammo they needed in May to get past a lawsuit threat.

Obviously UM legal council didnt agree with that perspective.