Mixed reports and speculation out of Ann Arbor indicate Michigan Head Coach Lloyd Carr could retire on Monday, after Michigan’s regular-season finale at home against the hated Ohio State Buckeyes.
Notre Dame, Ohio State, and USC fans weep at the thought . . .
November 13th, 2007
If that happens, the question becomes whether or not Michigan will pony up a signing bonus to get Les Miles out of his LSU contract ($1.25M buyout I believe).
It’ll be sad to see the last direct link to Bo Schembechler leave if it does happen, but I think Carr’s time has come to go.
November 13th, 2007
The string of high profile coaching changes that Carr’s retirement could cause would be fascinating to watch.
November 14th, 2007
He doesn’t seem that old to me. Perhaps “retire” is a euphemism for “agreeing to a buy-out?” According to Wikipedia, he’s only 62. Maybe he’d want to come to DUKE??
November 14th, 2007
Maybe he’d consider Duke if Greg Paulus agreed to QB