Michigan fans did not like that BJM was here for one bad year (2020) and then bolted to another gig at Tennessee. Brian was known as a very good LB coach and an elite recruiter. Things the Wolverine staff needed at the time. It seems BJM really didn't want to leave either:
"Even when I left, I told the guys I felt like the 2020 season was an incomplete part of my coaching career just because of COVID and the way things went," Jean-Mary said. "Even though leaving and going to another program, still felt a little bit of an attachment to the University of Michigan and was an admirer from afar.