Michigan Player’s Dad Mercilessly Calls Out Team Leadership After Oregon Blowout

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One Michigan player's father is not happy with the team's leadership after getting blown out by Oregon on Saturday.

The Michigan Wolverines’ first season under head coach Kyle Whittingham keeps going from bad to worse, and now the frustration has spilled over to the players’ families.

One day after a 31-7 loss to No. 18 Oregon in Eugene, Terry Hoffman, the father of senior tight end Jalen Hoffman, took aim at the program on social media.

“Leadership has failed the players who have been here for 4 years! We have experienced the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. Stayed bc it’s Michigan,” Hoffman posted on X.

Jalen Hoffman was part of Michigan’s 2023 recruiting class and was on the roster for the 2023 national championship run. He came to Ann Arbor as a preferred walk-on and stayed and worked instead of transferring, eventually earning a scholarship.

Former head coach Sherrone Moore was fired last December and replaced by Whittingham not long after. The hire was initially praised by many analysts. Whittingham was supposed to be the guy to stabilize the program as it looked to get back to national prominence.

Saturday was Michigan’s first game with interim offensive coordinator Jim Harding calling plays. Whittingham fired offensive coordinator Jason Beck on Nov. 8 — one day after a 15-6 home loss to Michigan State that also cost the Wolverines the Paul Bunyan Trophy.

“The results have not matched our desired outcome, and I felt that a change in leadership was required for our offense,” Whittingham said at the time.

The change didn’t help. Oregon led 21-7 at halftime, and Michigan’s only score came on Savion Hiter’s 70-yard touchdown run early in the second quarter. Meanwhile, Ducks quarterback Dylan Raiola threw for 341 yards and four touchdowns.

The loss dropped Michigan to 5-5 this season. Hoffman, a 6-foot-3 senior, has nine catches for 78 yards this season.

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