Memo to Bill Martin

Bill,
I believe you to be a smart guy but a guy with a huge responsibility on your shoulders. Your decision to hire the next Michigan head coach is maybe the most important of your career.

Here is the problem. You seemed to have missed out on your number one candidate this weekend by either poor timing or poor decision making by yourself. You have reportedly been working on this since September and you've gone two plus weeks only interviewing non-qualified current coordinators.

What are you doing? Are you searching for the next head coach or waiting for that guy to walk in the door? At this point, your search seems to be a mess with little results. I read this afternoon UCLA has fired their head coach and already contacted their 3 top candidates. It seems they are further along then you.

What's the delay? The season is over now and you need to be working 14 hours days on getting a new coach. The recruiting dead period is right around the corner and you haven't interviewed anyone outside the current staff.

This is one of the most prestigious jobs in college football and we don't need a Lloyd clone. We need a good coach with some fresh ideas. Look to Boise State before he gets picked up by UCLA. Call Urban and offer him 3+ Million a year (before he kills us in the Capital One). The time is now for action.

Tick, Tock, Bill. Tick, Tock.