Let's talk about the wisdom of having a successor in place before a long-time coach retires. I was looking at the remainder of Michigan's schedule today and realized that there are no definite wins left. If, as happened last year, UofM goes into a tailspin, I'm convinced that RichRod will be gone. I assume, if that happens, the university will attempt to hire a coach that is more in the Michigan mold (if not family, e.g. Les Miles or Jim Harbaugh). If THAT happens, Michigan football will go through its second fundamental transition in 4 years. There is no way that they're going to be back on top in the next two years.
All of that has me wishing the university would have had a successor to Lloyd Carr in place, a la Florida State. First of all, this may have prevented the slip in talent that was evident the year after Lloyd left (did he recruit anyone his last couple of years?) and secondly, It would have been so much cleaner to have the the program transition from like to like. Now, this successor would have had to be open to a more progressive offense, but they could have hired an offensive coordinator to do that.
Ugh. Thoughts?