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How in the hell does Warde Manuel still have a job today?

Posted on 12/12/25 at 9:14 am
Posted by grizzlylongcut
Member since Sep 2021
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Posted on 12/12/25 at 9:14 am
That’s absolutely fricking crazy.
Posted by tiggerthetooth
Big Momma's House
Member since Oct 2010
64061 posts
Posted on 12/12/25 at 9:19 am to
Civil rights lawyers are waiting for it.
Posted by lepdagod
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
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Posted on 12/12/25 at 9:21 am to
He ain’t getting fired until everything the athletic department involved with is made public… You keep the fall guy until the fall over
Posted by Honkus
Member since Aug 2005
56574 posts
Posted on 12/12/25 at 9:22 am to
Is someone gonna post this thread every day?

Lets see how it plays out.

They apparently are trying to make the hire before canning him. This was yesterday's update. Try to keep up maybe
Posted by LSUFreek
Greater New Orleans
Member since Jan 2007
15880 posts
Posted on 12/12/25 at 9:29 am to
I remember when that dude was a national bluechip from New Orleans in the mid-80s. He brushed off LSU and went to play for Bo Schembechler. It was my first experience as a newbie recruiting fan of a local star giving the Tigers the cold shoulder. Go to hell, Michigan.
Posted by baldona
Florida
Member since Feb 2016
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Posted on 12/12/25 at 9:36 am to
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He ain’t getting fired until everything the athletic department involved with is made public… You keep the fall guy until the fall over


Makes sense, but here’s the issue. They have to hire another HC asap. Do you really want him involved in that? Any top HC is going to want to have a good relationship with the AD
Posted by nicholastiger
Member since Jan 2004
53941 posts
Posted on 12/12/25 at 9:42 am to
I bet this isn't the only gal Moore has been involved with
They gonna pounce and see that michigan $ as a potential windfall for the victims
Posted by TigerLunatik
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Jan 2005
104230 posts
Posted on 12/12/25 at 9:44 am to
If you know where the bodies are buried, you either get a pass or you become one of the bodies.
Posted by grizzlylongcut
Member since Sep 2021
14381 posts
Posted on 12/12/25 at 9:59 am to
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If you know where the bodies are buried, you either get a pass or you become one of the bodies.


The athletic department since he’s been in control has been a shitshow.
Posted by Mingo Was His NameO
Brooklyn
Member since Mar 2016
36871 posts
Posted on 12/12/25 at 10:19 am to
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He ain’t getting fired until everything the athletic department involved with is made public


Correct, if the coverup is as bad as it plausibly could be, they’re waiting to fire him until they have all the info. I have a feeling this thing is going to get messy and frick
Posted by St Augustine
The Pauper of the Surf
Member since Mar 2006
70869 posts
Posted on 12/12/25 at 10:19 am to
Brother Martin Crusaders in the House!!
Posted by lepdagod
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
5495 posts
Posted on 12/12/25 at 10:24 am to
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They have to hire another HC asap. Do you really want him involved in that? Any top HC is going to want to have a good relationship with the AD


The money people involved and in control now… these the people any HC nowadays need a good relationship with
Posted by TigersJump
In a land far far away
Member since Feb 2018
3562 posts
Posted on 12/12/25 at 11:15 am to
Something like the hue of the skin or something…..
Posted by Domeskeller
Astrodome
Member since Jun 2020
9685 posts
Posted on 12/12/25 at 11:21 am to
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They apparently are trying to make the hire before canning him. This was yesterday's update. Try to keep up maybe


Which is the absolute worst thing to do. Like almost anyone else, coaches want to know who's their boss and how long will that boss be there.

That's why LSU quickly made Verge the full-time AD and clarified that after there was confusion about whether he was really the full-time AD.
This post was edited on 12/12/25 at 11:23 am
Posted by rsbd
banks of the Mississippi
Member since Jan 2007
23275 posts
Posted on 12/12/25 at 11:38 am to
Admission of guilt if they fire him.. it ain’t cause that want him there
Posted by RemouladeSawce
Uranus
Member since Sep 2008
17092 posts
Posted on 12/12/25 at 10:43 pm to
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How in the hell does Warde Manuel still have a job today?
Michigan's AD hiring / firing is done by their 8-person Board of Regents with consultation with their President

This thing came to a head quickly and the Regents are actually elected by the people of Michigan in biennial elections. They probably have no fricking idea what the frick just happened or what the right approach is. It might not even be clear to them that they even need to "do" anything. His scandals are embarrassing but if they want to terminate for-cause (the right way, not the Brian Kelly way), that's not always a 24-hour process. Particularly if counsel needs to put an investigation together over what happened yesterday

Also, said Michigan President is an Interim. He's an environmental engineer who was the President at UM-Dearborn for 7 years, and he left to take the Interim role. The likelihood he's incentivized to move quickly (or even give a frick) is small

In short, there currently isn't the political will / consolidated decision-making required to do something quickly. It is almost certain he is on his way out, but the levers aren't there to do it in 1 day
This post was edited on 12/12/25 at 10:50 pm
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