The Michigan football program could not have found itself in a more disruptive moment to deal with a full-blown coaching crisis. The abrupt firing of head coach Sherrone Moore has thrown the program into instability at the exact point of the year when college football programs need to be the most organized.

The unfortunate truth to all of this (from just a college football standpoint) is Moore’s dismissal doesn’t just create a leadership vacuum — it collides directly with the most delicate stretch of the college football calendar. The transfer portal’s primary window opens on Jan. 2 and only lasts two weeks, and Michigan enters that period without a permanent coach to reassure players, guide roster plans, or engage in the backchannel relationships that define portal recruiting in today’s

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