Social media reactions: Michigan football steals OSU RB coach

Some days it’s better to be a Michigan Wolverine than others and today is a great day. Michigan football needed a running backs coach and on Wednesday, after a jaw-dropping hire was teased by insiders, Tony Alford of Ohio State informed the Buckeyes he will be joining Sherrone Moore’s staff to replace Mike Hart.

Alford was literally on the practice field this week with Ohio State before informing Ryan Day he’ll be joining Michigan football as the running backs coach. It was first reported by Football Scoop and Alford brings an experienced hand. Pete Thamel, known Buckeye lover, later confirmed it.

Sources: Ohio State RB coach Tony Alford is expected to be the next running backs coach at Michigan. He's informed OSU officials that he's leaving. Football Scoop first reported him as a target.

— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) March 13, 2024

Hart has been stellar with the Wolverines over the past three seasons. He helped Michigan put together a dominant running game as run-game coordinator. Yet, Alford is elite on the recruiting trail. He’s also been the run-game coordinator and assistant head coach (for offense) at Ohio State. He was on staff there for nine years meaning this is a huge hire for Sherrone Moore.

Here are some social media reactions.

Social media reactions to Michigan football stealing the Buckeyes’ RB coach

There have been some great social media reactions to this hire by Michigan football. This one by The Wolverine might take the cake. It will be hilarious to see the discourse from the Ohio State side of things as they try to explain this one away.

Turns out, Michigan had an assistant coach in-person scouting Ohio State practices. https://t.co/LEBHCOrOkF pic.twitter.com/1UERVuVjv3

— TheWolverine.com (@TheWolverineOn3) March 13, 2024

One might call this a hammer-dropping hire https://t.co/ifVLay9F4k

— Zach Shaw (@_ZachShaw) March 13, 2024

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

— Sam Webb (@SamWebb77) March 13, 2024

Tony Alford watched three days of Ohio State spring practice and realized he needed to get off that sinking ship

— Beat (@michigan_beat) March 13, 2024

The shock of the rivalry aside, Alford is a good coach who has helped recruit quite a few big name backs to Ohio State. It’s a great addition for Sherrone Moore and the offensive staff. https://t.co/CGLnqo9p4i

— Tom VanHaaren (@TomVH) March 13, 2024

Pete writing this https://t.co/jWdEdOi57p pic.twitter.com/cmGKjFouQw

— Josh 〽️ (@UMFanJosh) March 13, 2024

Oh yeah that’s the stuff pic.twitter.com/2E6ltvYhnt

— Championship Connoisseur (@UMvsEveryone) March 13, 2024

Tony Alford is leaving for #Michigan because he knows the NCAA is about to drop the hammer on the #OhioState program. https://t.co/JzRnmwE7AK pic.twitter.com/3Zx9dLGXOO

— Message Board Geniuses (@BoardGeniuses) March 13, 2024

Broke: Jim Harbaugh taking Michigan’s coaches to LA

Woke: Sherrone Moore taking Ohio State’s coaches to Ann Arbor https://t.co/Asb6Q1lBNV

— Michigan Truther (@scumbag_unit) March 13, 2024

https://t.co/kcDYRrlhLN pic.twitter.com/p3oCOIA2D9

— Tanner Wooten (@tannerwutang) March 13, 2024

Hey @PeteThamel, is there an arbitrary NCAA rule that Ryan Day can cry about for hiring a member of his staff that knows all their offensive signals?

— Tanner Wooten (@tannerwutang) March 13, 2024

Ohio State admin- “It’s either win a national championship this season or the entire coaching staff is fired.”

Tony Alford after watching the QB’s practice one time this spring- pic.twitter.com/hZegmpxUaw

— MGo🫘 (@MJoeBean) March 13, 2024

TFW long time Ohio State RB coach Tony Alford leaves Columbus to grab the Michigan football RB coach opening pic.twitter.com/rnvwBCfgqX

— Swanky Wolverine (@swankywolverine) March 13, 2024

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