Kenny Dillingham would have been a perfect head coach for Michigan football. He should have been the top target all along, regardless of Kalen DeBoer, who was probably never going to leave Alabama.
Instead, Michigan publicly waited for DeBoer's Alabama team to lose in the College Football Playoff, which didn't happen. Then, before the Wolverines could pivot to Dillingham, he signed an extension with Arizona State.
Some have suggested he was never going to leave ASU. Maybe that's correct, but there was plenty of buzz early on in the process. Michigan should have made him the top priority.