Mitch Albom: Sherrone Moore firing surprise, but it's not a shock
No one is above anything.
If you haven’t learned that by now in the new world of college football, learn it today. Schools aren’t above bad behavior. Players aren’t above bad behavior. Coaches aren’t above bad behavior.
The only surprise left is that anyone is surprised at anything, anymore.
The sudden firing on Wednesday, Dec. 10, of Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore – who less than two years ago was being celebrated as the right man at the right time – only proves that what you see and what you get can be two different things in college sports today.
Moore was characterized as a strong-willed, disciplined young leader, who in his introductory press conference said, “I coach hard, but I love harder.”That once admirable statement will now become a punchline, after Moore was dismissed by U-M for an “inappropriate relationship with a staff member.”
“This conduct constitutes a clear violation of University policy,” athletic director Warde Manuel said in a statement, “and U-M maintains zero tolerance for such behavior.”
With that, the coach who took over in 2024, after Jim Harbaugh shocked fans by jumping to the NFL, departs with a shock of his own.
Or maybe it’s just a shock to folks who still believed that being the leader of a major college team implied responsibility, decorum, self-discipline and role-model behavior.
Silly us.
No one is above anything.
Don't brag, gloat or judge yet
