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Sherrone Moore landed Michigan in scandal. Jeff Brohm could pull it out
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Sherrone Moore started the week as Michigan's football coach. He ended the week in jail , fired and facing a felony and misdemeanor charges .
Moore, according to the prosecutor of the criminal case, barged into his former mistress' apartment after his firing, "terrorized" her, grabbed knives and a pair of scissors from the kitchen and threatened to take his own life in front of her. Moore blamed his ex-mistress for ruining his life , the prosecutor said.
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How truly pathetic.
Michigan will attempt to navigate yet another scandal . This ugly saga blows away Connor Stalions and his espionage.
Strange as it is to say, consider the opportunity the Wolverines encounter. Moore wasn't fired because Michigan couldn't attract talented players or because his program lacked the financial investment required to compete in the Big Ten.
Put yourself in a job candidate's shoes. Moore's dumb choices got him fired, but there's nothing irreparable within the program itself. A strong hire can pull Michigan out of this mess, and swiftly.
Moore's alleged conduct gave Michigan an avenue to fire him for cause, without paying his eight-figure buyout. That's cash it can spend to restore respectability to the top of the program and lure a coaching upgrade.
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Say, someone like Louisville's Jeff Brohm.
Michigan coaching candidates: Consider Jeff Brohm
Brohm is the Upset King.
If Michigan could land him, he'd be the King of the North.
Consider, a mere two weeks ago, Moore's Wolverines mustered nine points against Ohio State, despite starting a five-star quarterback.
Think Brohm could do better? I know he could. In 2018, he shocked Urban Meyer's Buckeyes, while coaching Purdue. Purdue. As in, the program that lost to Ohio State by 56 points the last time it faced the Buckeyes before hiring Brohm.
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Brohm's spent most of his career achieving more with less. He knows the Big Ten. No reason to think he wouldn't do more with more at Michigan.
In the past eight seasons, Brohm's teams are responsible for six wins against opponents ranked within the top 11.
Other names for Michigan: Jedd Fisch, Eli Drinkwitz
Other potetial candidates to consider include Alabama's Kalen DeBoer , if he's up for an Alabama exit. Make a YOLO pitch to Notre Dame's Marcus Freeman. Kick the tires on Vanderbilt's Clark Lea.
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Washington's Jedd Fisch has Michigan ties, without involvement in its past scandals, although he's been more good than great for the Huskies.
Missouri's Eli Drinkwitz probably would crawl to Michigan, even if you told him he had to go south to get there, swim through a few bodies of water, and traverse through a couple of continents. Drinkwitz's 29 wins the past three seasons flag him as a Missouri success story, but he lacks Brohm's big-game pedigree.
I keep coming back to Brohm. He has Big Ten experience, and he won at Purdue in a way no one has since Joe Tiller's retirement.
I don't know whether Michigan could persuade Brohm to leave his hometown and his alma mater, but I don't know that it could do any better than him.
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Brohm would've been an ace hire for either Penn State or Florida, too. His onward march at Louisville shows loyalty, but, even on its worst day, Michigan remains an alluring opportunity few programs can match. Even Moore's worst day cannot stop Michigan from being an elite job.
Blake Toppmeyer is the USA TODAY Network's senior national college football columnist. Email him at BToppmeyer@gannett.com and follow him on X @btoppmeyer .
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Candidates like Jeff Brohm could save Michigan from Sherrone Moore scandal
