Michigan coach Dusty May weighs in on Sherrone Moore situation, shooting at Will Tschetter's high school

The University of Michigan fired head football coach Sherrone Moore with cause due to an inappropriate relationship with a staff member, and the athletic department is being investigated by a third-party law firm to make sure the situation was handled properly.

In a press conference Monday afternoon, Michigan Wolverines basketball head coach Dusty May was asked about the situations surrounding Moore and the athletic department, and if he’s addressed either issue with his team, which is currently 10-0 and ranked No. 2 in America by the Associated Press.

“To be honest, I thought you were going to ask about the school shootings,” May responded, referring to recent tragedies at Brown University, Kentucky State and Stewartville (Minn.) High, the home of Michigan graduate student and forward Will Tschetter. “And when you put things in perspective, I’m coaching a child’s game every day. There’s some real life stuff happening across our planet and our globe.

“The football stuff, there were, obviously, some poor decisions made across the board. It is what it is. Everyone involved is a human being, and every decision impacts other human beings. And so, I pray for families that are impacted and their lives, and their children are impacted. I don’t really have anything other than to say that.”

The Michigan coach continued, providing his thoughts on his the role he and his staff and program play in happenings, near and far.

“I don’t have the solutions for the world’s problems, but man, if we just all just tried to be better human beings and better world civilians and whatnot, I think we’d all have a much greater impact. That’s really about it.”

May said he addressed recent school shootings with his Michigan team. Tschetter, a fifth-year player, attended Stewartville (Minn.) High, where there was a deadly shooting Friday, one day before Michigan beat Maryland in College Park, 101-83. One student was shot, before the suspect died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

“Yeah, obviously, the shootings impacted one of our players, and he was shook up,” May said. “I felt bad that we were so focused on beating Maryland, because it’s such a tough, tough thing, whenever that happens. It just seems to be happening more frequently — I don’t know if it is or not. A lot of times, things have always happened but with the media coverage now it’s just in front of us.

“But, yeah. And even the stuff across campus, we’re trying to — just like as parents — help develop independent thinkers and people that look at all issues from not only their own set of glasses but also the glasses from everyone else around.

“So, yeah, we’ve talked about all of this stuff. We have very open, honest, transparent conversations in our locker room. I think when you have a group that loves each other and a staff that loves our players as much as we do, we want them to always be thinking short term and long term. So, yeah. But most of our conversations in the locker room, we like to keep them in the locker room.”

Michigan players will take final exams this week, ahead of Sunday’s game against La Salle at Crisler Center.