Posted on 10/31/2014 12:19:12 PM PDT by C19fan
The Dave Brandon era in the Michigan athletic department officially ended Friday afternoon. The university's 11th athletic director handed in his resignation earlier this week amid a storm of controversy.
A string of athletic department mishaps over the past several months dominated headlines around the Michigan campus and served as a regular distraction at sporting events.
"Dave feels that it would be in the best interest of our student-athletes, the athletic department and the university community if he moved on to other challenges and allowed the important work of the department and the university to continue without daily distractions," said Mark Schlissel, the university's president.
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I wonder if this increases the chances of bringing one of the Harbaugh brothers in once Brady Hoke is formally fired. In this case the brother can pick an AD he is comfortable with.
He also jacked up football ticket prices to the students and poorly handled the situation where his quarterback was cleared to return to a football game when he failed the concussion test.
Old school traditionalists? What the heck do you think his pushing Rodriguez out in favor of Hoke was?? Come on!
That’s your real reason . . . the football team was struggling to sell tickets.
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