Michigan coach Carr to hold press conference on Monday
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It appears that Michigan lost a little more than just the game against Ohio State.
ESPN has learned that Michigan coach Lloyd Carr will hold a 10 a.m. press conference on Monday at which time he is expected to announce his retirement.
Carr led many to believe he would retire after this season when he altered his contract last winter and made sure all of his assistants were given unprecedented, two-year deals in the spring. Speculation has run rampant about 62-year-old coach's future.
"There will be a day to discuss that, and this isn't it," he said Saturday.
With a 14-3 home loss Saturday, Carr became the first coach at Michigan (No. 21 BCS, No. 23 AP) to go 1-7 over a seven-year stretch against No. 7 Ohio State (11-1, 7-1 Big Ten).
Cornerback Morgan Trent said Carr did not address his future before or after the game.
"We'll just have to wait and see like everyone else," Trent said.
Signs have been pointing toward this being the 62-year-old's 13th and final year at Michigan (8-4, 6-2). Carr altered his contract last December, allowing him to easily make this his final season as coach and still collect deferred compensation. In March, his assistant coaches were given two-year deals to pay them through Feb. 28, 2009, even if they are not coaching at Michigan.
Michigan opened the season ranked fifth in The Associated Press Top 25 but quickly fell out of the national championship discussion. Since becoming head coach in 1995, Carr is 121-40 and 81-23 in the Big Ten. He has won five Big Ten titles, one national title and led the Wolverines to a bowl game every season.
Many others, however, have been talking about his possible successor for months, if not years.
LSU coach Les Miles seems to be at the top of the list because he played for the late Bo Schembechler at Michigan. That is where Miles met his wife, and he was an assistant there under Schembechler.
Even though Miles appears to be in a great situation leading the top-ranked Tigers in a talent-rich area of the country, the school seemed concerned enough about him bolting for Ann Arbor that it put a specific clause in his contract to make it an expensive move.
In the "termination by coach" section of his deal, Michigan is the only other school mentioned. It states that Miles will not seek or accept employment as Michigan's coach. If Miles does leave LSU to coach the Wolverines, he must pay LSU $1.25 million.
After what I saw in the rain on Saturday this looks like the right move. Peace out LLoyd!
same i was there as well, tuff game and lose..so cold tho
weather was terrible. I would of rather of had it snow then that cold pissing rain.
And whats the deal with everyone standing up the entire damn game, jesus.
That offense was pathetic. I caught the second half at the new bw's in ypsi.
Carr has been a huge bust since day one at Michigan
actually was my first time in the big house, but i was in the student section and we had seats behind the osu bench..guess everyone was standing because of how big the game was plus all the seats where all wet.
i stayed the whole game, def. feeling the after effects now