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SimPLLLLLLLe Jim "6-13" Harbaugh (B1G Suspenders McKhakiPants, Cheater Cheater Booger Eater)

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NFBuck said:
Even the notoriously HAAAARRRRRBRRRRAAAAUUUU!!!!!!!!!1!! MGoBlog is a little miffed at these shenanigans...

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Bottom line...this is what you get when you hire a person with borderline personality disorder as your head coach.
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"A little" is right. There's still plenty of unearned benefit of the doubt being given to Harbaugh in that article, including:

- Suggesting that only two of the "decommitments" are "talent-based" (which would leave, what, like nine due to academics?). Sure.
- Trashing intelligence of the "academic" decommitments by saying, "Michigan gave them a plan to get right and they couldn't get there, which is fine" (emphasis on "couldn't," with typical Michigan arrogance) and later referring to them as "academically questionable."
- Saying, "Michigan isn't in this situation because it's evil or untrustworthy, but rather because it's been disorganized and sloppy." Sorry, but I think kicking a bunch of recruits to the curb when you realize you are in good position to secure commitments from better talents is actually the epitome of organization and untrustworthiness (in addition to a few other things).
- The WolverineMike argument that this is somehow OK because "the decommits will sign elsewhere."
- And, of course, the wholly unsubstantiated assertion that everyone else is doing this too ("Whether or not this is how it's done elsewhere,...")
 
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buckeyesin07 said:
- Saying, "Michigan isn't in this situation because it's evil or untrustworthy, but rather because it's been disorganized and sloppy." Sorry, but I think kicking a bunch of recruits to the curb when you realize you are in good position to secure commitments from better talents is actually the epitome of organization and untrustworthiness.
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Especially in light of how he recruited at Stanford. Not sloppy, part of his strategy from the beginning.
 
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Pretty good article on the subject over here:

Ethics no obstacle to Michigan's Jim Harbaugh dumping verbal commits
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It's all a diversion.

The real Harbaugh is the one who just told a left tackle from Downers Grove South who had been committed to Michigan orally for two-plus years to take a hike. Actually, Harbaugh didn't tell Erik Swenson. Apparently he was too busy posing for selfies. So he had his offensive line coach, Tim Drevno, do it.

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/sport...-colors-and-they-re-ugly-20160121-column.html
 
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buckeyesin07 said:
Pretty good article on the subject over here:




http://www.chicagotribune.com/sport...-colors-and-they-re-ugly-20160121-column.html
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My recall of the Tribune sports desk is that it was light on college, but with Notre Dame getting top billing on the little bit of college they did cover. In other words, Harbaugh's behavior is a distraction from the scissor lift, fake girlfriends, sexual harassment and out of court/out of public view settlements. Note how they use the opportunity to obliquely mention the Weber recruiting battle.
 
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Crump's brother said:
I like the occasional "it happens at every school/ every year" garbage that I keep hearing on the radio. HS coaches talk to each other, screw over enough kids (not a PSU joke) and doors will be closed to you. It doesn't matter what the fans think, it matters what the coaches and parents think. This will come up next year in recruiting, I hope it costs them dearly.
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This. I could tell you stories of how Coombs would treat a coach who screwed over a Colerain kid. High School coaches do hold a good deal of power and the name of you school won't hefty you in the door at some places if you treat a commit poorly. On the flip side, Coombs wanted the kid to be 100% sure before he committed becaus he believed the word commitment means something.
 
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