Transparency. Consistency. Accountability.
These principles should be expected from any collective entity, from the publicly traded company on Wall Street to a local government. But why haven't we seen this from the Michigan football program and athletic department at large?
On the field, Michigan football is coming off its best run in decades. The 25 wins are the most in a two-year stretch in program history. The back-to-back outright Big Ten titles are the program's first since 1990-91 and the two-game winning streak over Ohio State is the Wolverines' first since 1999-2000.
U-M is one of just six programs over the nine seasons of the College Football Playoff to qualify in consecutive seasons; seven starters from the 2022 team who could have gone to the NFL instead opted to come back to take care of what the team is already calling "unfinished business.