Michigan has a message for players

These are turbulent times inside the Michigan football program.

Jim Harbaugh’s departure to the NFL led to the promotion of Sherrone Moore as new head coach, a move that was sold as bringing continuity to a team that is coming off three straight Big Ten titles and a national championship.

Easy, right? Not so fast. In the last week, the Wolverines have lost their defensive coordinator (Jesse Minter), special teams coordinator (Jay Harbaugh), defensive line coach (Mike Elston) and strength coach (Ben Herbert) to the NFL. Three of the four have elected to join Harbaugh in Los Angles.

As you might expect, the mounting losses on the coaching staff have some behind the scenes worried about potential player defections. Asked this week, new Michigan offensive coordinator Kirk Campbell has a message for those players considering the transfer portal.

“The grass is not always greener,” Campbell said on this week’s “In the Trenches” podcast. “They’re case-by-case situations, but it doesn’t mean a place may present you a better opportunity.”