Austin Gayle

It kind of feels like if you don't look at the head coaching candidate pool and how it's affected by bringing in John Harbaugh, then there's all this stuff with like Stephen Ross is like one of the biggest.

Donors in Michigan football history is a big Harbaugh fan.

Like you could see it make a ton of sense for them to kind of want to go get John Harbaugh.

But there's also been some reporting today that has come out about how the GM search is more important than even how they're feeling about the head coaching search.

And they want to figure that out, too.

And if you're Harbaugh and you're going to probably have your pick of any of the vacancies, I think a lot of the teams are going to be looking for Harbaugh to come in.

I think the GM hire that they do make, if they don't make, is going to be a big piece of this, right?

So I do think with Mike McDaniel, they felt like it was maybe time to move on.

They're looking for a change of pace in terms of how that locker room is led and how the team is led overall.

Baltimore and Washington because they have, you know, two very athletic quarterbacks.

Lamar Jackson, a two-time MVP.

Jane Daniels, I think, can be that if healthy.

And, like, just seeing the kind of offense Mike McDaniel would create for a quarterback that can move with their feet, it's not what he had in Tua Tungavailoa.

And, like, two things that you mentioned there.

I think the biggest dings

Mike McDaniel and his head coaching was his decision to really commit to Tua Tungabailoa and just not being able to make it work with Vic Fangio.

And I think moving forward, like how he makes decisions on the personnel and how he can build a staff are going to be important kind of evaluating pieces to whether he gets another head coaching job.

As for an offensive play caller, I think he made everyone better in Miami and kind of broke people's brains.

Remember when he initiated the cheat motion and every coach was like, oh my God, I need to add that to my playbook.

I still think