I seem to remember that Moon was not very interested in hiring Mike. I brought it up to Dshoe at the time or shortly after and he told me that Mike had prepared a detail presentation on how he would run the program, including bringing in foreign players, to be reviewed by MU. Dshoe said it was a very detailed plan, but Moon wasn't interested in hiring Mike since he had no college experience and his coaching background was as a European pro coach. I know Dshoe was not happy about the situation since he and Mike were very close since their college days at Marshall. It would be reasonable to think Mike was unhappy with being slighted by the process?
That is my recollection, but a lot of time has passed and memory might not be that great. It doesn't really matter at this point, water over the dam.