ESPN's Ryan Clark says there will be no 'Bobby Petrino revive' for Sherrone Moore after Michigan firing

Following the surprising firing of Michigan head coach Sherrone Moore and the subsequent fallout with his police detainment, ESPN analyst Ryan Clark is stepping in with a prediction. The fallout won’t be minimal for Moore.

Clark was quick to claim that Moore won’t be given a second chance. Not at this level.

“In Romans 3:23, it says, ‘All have fallen short because of sin and have fallen short of the glory of God,'” Clark said on First Take on Thursday. “So Sherrone Moore will have the opportunity to be given grace by his family, by Christ, but he won’t get a Bobby Petrino revive.

“Right? He will be treated like Mel Tucker. He will be treated like Michael Haywood, who in 2010 was supposed to be the next head coach of the University of Pittsburgh. So I just don’t think we can skip over how serious this situation is for Sherrone Moore and the decision-making in this situation he put himself in.”

The fallout is yet to be made entirely clear, as details about what happened after Sherrone Moore was fired remain murky at best. But Clark believes he seriously erred.

“I think from the Sherrone Moore point of view, you have to look at his failures, as well,” Clark said. “He failed, if these things are true, he failed his family. He failed the young men he was in charge of leading and coaching. And he also failed the community of coaches who would love to follow him to get an opportunity to coach at a historically great university like a Michigan, to be amongst the names of the Yosts and the Schembechlers the Lloyd Carrs. That was the opportunity that he had that he failed at.”

Finally, Clark had a word for the alleged victim in all of this. Sherrone Moore reportedly had an inappropriate relationship with a staff member, and that means there will be residual fallout.

“And we also have to think about this young lady who was a subordinate and what these accusations or what these actions will do to her for the rest of her life,” Clark said. “So now if you’re Sherrone Moore, who was the first African American head coach at the University of Michigan, there’s also a community of coaches that would love to follow in your footsteps that will be partly judged because of your actions. He does have to own that. He does have to, at some point, acknowledge that. He has to be held accountable for that whether these things are true and someone was after him or not.

“So if you are Michigan, you’re truly coming from two head coaches in a row in Jim Harbaugh and also Sherrone Moore, that has let the university down in some way. It is not the level of excellence that we expect from that position that has a responsibility.”