Saturday, December 8, 2007

Michigan not able to close the deal on a coach

It seems that U of M is just not able to close the deal on getting a new coach to replace Lloyd Carr. Here is an interesting article from Bill Dufek, the son of a U of M assistant coach. He has called the search for a new coach "a debacle extraordinaire."

Dufek and another former teammate, Mike Leoni, said they believe Carr sabotaged the pursuit of Miles because of personal animosity, or "petty jealousies," as Dufek said. Dufek said he, too, feels that Michigan still may be able to bring Miles to Michigan and begin healing the wounds of search process gone awry. "This is an embarrassment to the Michigan alumni family nationally," Dufek said. "It's gonna take a while to get over.

Apparently Rutgers coach Greg Schiano was just using Michigan to boost his standings with Rutgers. Fifteen minutes after saying at a news conference, “I haven’t spoken to anyone about any job,” Schiano was speaking to the Wolverines about theirs. Schiano turned down Michigan's offer to stay at Rutgers. The search continues.

How do you close a deal? Perhaps this video will refresh your memory.

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