Interim coach Biff Poggi reveals Michigan players are feeling betrayed following Sherrone Moore’s firing.
College football loves drama. It feeds on it. And Michigan just got a fresh serving. Interim coach Biff Poggi recently said the players feel “betrayed” after Sherrone Moore was fired. The reason, according to reports, was an alleged affair with Paige Shiver. Yes, that Paige Shiver.
Poggi did not sugarcoat it. Eeverything isn’t not fine with the players.
One day you are running drills. The next day your coach is gone. No warning. No long goodbye speech. Just gone. That is not exactly great for team vibes. The players are now stuck asking questions nobody wants to answer.
Poggi said he has spent the last week speaking with and listening to players, having multiple video calls with parents and trying to treat everyone with kindness and empathy.
“It has been a tumultuous time,” Poggi said. “A lot of … first disbelief, then anger, then really, what we’re in right now is the kids, quite frankly, feel very betrayed, and we’re trying to work through that.”
Poggi said he has tried to help players with “lots of arms around shoulders, lot of listening, lot of telling them that you love them, but showing it, because words are cheap, and that takes a lot of time. What it really takes is you being willing to listen.”
So here we are. Michigan football. New coach. Hurt players. Loud rumors. And a fanbase holding its breath.
College football never disappoints. It just keeps finding new ways to be messy.
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