CHICAGO -- Michigan's player contingent didn't arrive in Chicago this week to trash the past.
When Brady Hoke was let go last December, a large majority of the roster was crushed. They genuinely cared for their now former head coach, as he was the person who brought most all of them to campus.
But at the same time, they weren't blind.
Nothing was working. The team never found a way to win big games, and it began to find itself losing middle of the road games, too. More importantly: Guys weren't improving at an acceptable rate.