Jim Harbaugh To Michigan

[BigdaddyQH]

To the suprise of no one, Jim harbaugh is off to Michigan after the 49er game today. He will be introduced as the new Michigan Head Coach on Tuesday at the Michigan-Illinois Basketball Game.

This should certainly help the recruiting at Michigan, but Harbaugh still has to win something i College Football. His Stanford teams never won the Pac 12 championship, much less a National Championship. I think he will have more suc cess in the College ranks than he would have had if he stayed in the NFL. His schtick wears out real quick, but the kids in college are only there for 2-4 years for the most part.

 

[r.a.]

To the suprise of no one, Jim harbaugh is off to Michigan after the 49er game today. He will be introduced as the new Michigan Head Coach on Tuesday at the Michigan-Illinois Basketball Game.

This should certainly help the recruiting at Michigan, but Harbaugh still has to win something i College Football. His Stanford teams never won the Pac 12 championship, much less a National Championship. I think he will have more suc cess in the College ranks than he would have had if he stayed in the NFL. His schtick wears out real quick, but the kids in college are only there for 2-4 years for the most part.

Well dipshit what did Harbaugh do at Stanford. In 2006, the year before he got there, they went 1-11. In each year after that he won more games than the year before until he went 12-1 in 2010 and won the Orange Bowl. He'll have Michigan back in the hunt within three years and you can book that. Better bets than Arizona St. or Boston College.

 

[tmader7]

Made it to the NFC Championship game how many times?????......and a Superbowl. You really qualify as an idiot and should apply for Social Security disability benefits, I'm certain you're posting from a tent in some public park using a lap you stole. So you might qualify.

~T~

 

[CoachCB]

Made it to the NFC Championship game how many times?????......and a Superbowl. You really qualify as an idiot and should apply for Social Security disability benefits, I'm certain you're posting from a tent in some public park using a lap you stole. So you might qualify.

~T~

LOL! I can't really add much to this....

 

[WinOne]

harbaugh will have success at Michigan but it wont be like what he had at Stanford. Part of the reason he will succeed in the Big10 is the lack of talent there from the other teams. Other than Ohio St, Penn St, and Mich St, the rest of the talent in that conference is high mid major at best. On top of that, there is a declining amount of talent in the Rust Belt, especially Michigan, so he's going to be competing nationally against all the other big name/big brand schools.

From a division standpoint, he's probably 4th right now behind the schools I mentioned above and they already have a leg up on him.But he'll be a huge improvement over Hoke (the joke). And he will get some buzz back in a very old and stagnant program.

 

[Addicted2quack]

I'm convinced this big daddy guy pops some serious pills. When I played minor league ball I saw guys Pop all sorts of pills but the stuff this guy says sounds just like the times my teammates would mix ambien and whiskey....nothing ever made any sense lol, but it sure was funny to watch and listen to

 

[RunLeeRun]

I have to say I am somewhat surprised the deal seems to be going down. Not that Michigan went after him, but that he is "accepting". I still remember the feud of 2007. I would have guessed that bridge had burned. But Michigan is pretty desperate and Harbaugh must have enough love for the program to let bygones be.

Anybody that thinks he can't raise Michigan, doesn't know history. He will have to inject recruiting some, but Hoke had done good at signing day, but some of the picks were strikeouts. I guess you could say development was the issue. Harbaugh won't have that problem, as evidenced by the resume.

 

[RunLeeRun]

harbaugh will have success at Michigan but it wont be like what he had at Stanford. Part of the reason he will succeed in the Big10 is the lack of talent there from the other teams. Other than Ohio St, Penn St, and Mich St, the rest of the talent in that conference is high mid major at best. On top of that, there is a declining amount of talent in the Rust Belt, especially Michigan, so he's going to be competing nationally against all the other big name/big brand schools.

From a division standpoint, he's probably 4th right now behind the schools I mentioned above and they already have a leg up on him.But he'll be a huge improvement over Hoke (the joke). And he will get some buzz back in a very old and stagnant program.

Disagree on lack of talent. I tend to lack of coaching on some of the B10 programs over talent. The draft selections back me up over the last 4 years: SEC (192), ACC (138), P12 (121), B10 (120), B12 (95). Because the Big Ten hasn't performed well on the field by some of it's big programs, the mainstream notion is they aren't talented. Everybody has latched on. I also think the rust belt argument is a bit overrated. Yes, I don't deny the population shift, but teams still are limited on 85 scholarships. Sure, some kids won't want to travel and play 1000 miles from home. But not all of them, and I tend to believe that recruiting today has as much to do with relationships as it does location. Here is an example. Vince Marrow is an assistant for Kentucky. He's from Ohio. Before Stoops got hired at Kentucky, Marrow was a GA at Nebraska. Nebraska was killing it in Ohio. The minute that Marrow leaves, a 4 star Ohio DB Marcus McWilson, flips his case-closed year long commitment from Nebraska to Kentucky. 4 star Ohio RB Braylon Heard transferred to Kentucky. Now that Pelini was fired, 4-star Ohio LB Courtney Love is transferring to Kentucky. 3-star Ohio TE Greg Hart is transferring to Kentucky. Kentucky all of the sudden is pulling 7-8 recruits a year from Ohio. Relationships are trumping location, imo.

 

[rivercitybirdie]

Well dipshit what did Harbaugh do at Stanford. In 2006, the year before he got there, they went 1-11. In each year after that he won more games than the year before until he went 12-1 in 2010 and won the Orange Bowl. He'll have Michigan back in the hunt within three years and you can book that. Better bets than Arizona St. or Boston College.

+1 ..... could not believe OP's logic

 

[rivercitybirdie]

harbaugh will have success at Michigan but it wont be like what he had at Stanford. Part of the reason he will succeed in the Big10 is the lack of talent there from the other teams. Other than Ohio St, Penn St, and Mich St, the rest of the talent in that conference is high mid major at best. On top of that, there is a declining amount of talent in the Rust Belt, especially Michigan, so he's going to be competing nationally against all the other big name/big brand schools.

i agree with your conclusion but not necessarily the logic.

harbaugh did so well at stanford and SF that it will be very hard to that well at michigan. and michigan has much much more pressure than either stanford or SF (and i spend a ton of time each year smack dab between palo alto and downtown sf each year. saw harbaugh at my local hotel)

i do think though that he will have a better talent advantage over his opponents than he had at stanford. so in theory he should do relatively better.

curious as to michigan's production of football players and having 2 big time programs vs. say ohio with one big time program (more nfl talent and a bit more of a national footprint)..

here's high school players in nfl by state:

cal 268
tx 235
fl 222
ga 113
ohio 101
la 75
pa 68
nj 66
va 59
nc 56
ala 55
ill 50
mich 49

then it's pretty steady drops down state by state. alot of big name state schools don't have alot of future nfl talent to choose from in-state (colo, ore, nebraska. even wis and maryland........... conn alot higher than i expected.

 

[rivercitybirdie]

you really see the power of the big state schools with lots of in-state talent that generally don't split with another school. LSU, GA (???), OSU, PSU.