Michigan's hire of Shemy Schembechler, the son of legendary Wolverines head coach Bo Schembechler, for a recruiting job felt like your standard feel-good homecoming story, up until a group of fans discovered some wildly problematic activity on the man's Twitter account.
, but Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh addressed how his program made the hire in the first place while speaking at a football camp on Thursday., Harbaugh said he took responsibility for the failed hire, but noted that a third-party human resources company cleared Schembechler. Michigan has reportedly since changed companies for its social media vetting:
"I'll take responsibility for that. If somebody can find that in a day, then we have to be better ourselves." Schembechler, who previously worked in the NFL as a scout for more than 20 years, announced his resignation on May 20. Hedisavowing the viewpoints of some his liked tweets and saying"I was wrong."
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