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

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buckeyemania11 said:
What's the end game for Harbaugh here? Does he really have that "I need a superbowl win" ego? And if so lol if he thinks he's getting a super bowl anytime soon with any of the NFL team options currently available to him. Is he just frustrated and knows he probably will never win a national title at scUM (the window is closing fast now) so he wants to grind out a few high money making years in the NFL before he hangs it up?
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Ego probably look at Meyer. Saban did 't succeed in the NFL and unlikely anyone is going to catch him in the college ranks. So they can prove they are better by succeeding at pro I guess
 
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TenYearBore said:
lol, he's so gone.

"This is not an interview" is so "these are not the droids you're looking for" it's not even funny.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles...h-panthers-david-tepper-have-discussed-hc-job

Pretty clear that he's not being picky; any job will do. And if that's the case, I'll bet at least one billionaire NFL owner is willing to take that action.

Careful what you wish for I guess; this is going to be an absolute sh*tshow in Ann Arbor.
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As a Panther’s fan, Hell, no would be my response. The interim coach at Carolina has done an admirable job since Rhule left.
 
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buckeyemania11 said:
What's the end game for Harbaugh here? Does he really have that "I need a superbowl win" ego? And if so lol if he thinks he's getting a super bowl anytime soon with any of the NFL team options currently available to him. Is he just frustrated and knows he probably will never win a national title at scUM (the window is closing fast now) so he wants to grind out a few high money making years in the NFL before he hangs it up?
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So like, I'm just a football nerd right? I don't want anything I'm saying here to be taken as insider knowledge or whatever so feel free to assume I'm a dumb fan with dumb fan opinions. My read is that it's all of the above, but the real problem is college football, who runs it, and where its going. There is no doubt in my mind that some of this is about ego; he thinks the 9ers did him dirty, he longs to win a SB, it kills him that his brother beat him by inches, and yeah on some level I think he figures turning around an NFL team like Meyer couldn't, one-ups going 0-fer against him in college coaching.

Plus keep in mind that he's 59; the track record of the league coming calling for college coaches in their 60's is not very long these days. If he's going back, this is more or less the last train to NFLtown. Furthermore, I don't think you're wrong that this was the best chance we were going to have at a national championship; I don't think TCU was that good and I don't think we're going to be 7.5 favorites in a playoff semi-final game ever again. Harbaugh is a freak, but he does still live on this planet; he knows this too and I'm sure it's a factor in the decision.

But the truth is college football is a hot mess right now, and it's being run by TV networks and a constantly shifting group of conference commissioners and power brokers. The transition to semi-pro football has not at all gone smoothly, Michigan has struggled to adapt to change historically, and there's no sign the pace of change is going to slow down any time soon. Recruiting is hard, NIL and the transfer portal make it harder; and that's without even getting into the fact that the refs, player safety standards, and unequal application of the rules are a sh*tshow. If you're signing up to be a college coach today on a five year contract, you really don't know what your job description is going to be even three years from now.

Everything I'm reading keeps implying that Jim is just sick of college football. Some of that is his ego, some of that is Michigan's insular culture, but a lot of it is the fact that big money and greasy football powerbrokers are playing Calvinball with the sport. I personally don't care that much, but apparently it's driving Harbaugh nuts.

Edit: or that's just the excuse he's floating out there to explain why he's about to bolt on Michigan after promising this wouldn't come up again; you could of course, read it either way, but that's what I'm gleaning from the volume of stuff leaking out of the program right now.
 
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dragurd said:
This probably deserves to be a pic but I can't figure out how to do that without uploading a file anymore but this comment sounds like us... I'M dying like can't breathe

https://mgoblog.com/comment/244778194#comment-244778194

I don't think Harbaugh thinks about things in a "deep" way such as "well if this happens-then it will make that happen" - or "I should do this-or else this is a possibility."

I think he is just the human equivalent of a dog chasing a squirrel at times. By the time he left San Francisco he had been both very successful and almost universally hated by the franchise because he seemingly did inexplicable things and did not cater to anybody else's timeline or ideas.

It is quite possible that he truly did not have any interest in returning to the NFL until the NFL called.
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I was all-in on his exit last year. Thought it was da Raiders, then thought there was no way he would act as reported unless the Vikings gig was a done-deal.
Won't believe any NFL rumors until the contract's signed. After last year, there's no way a normal human would publicly repeat NFL interest - but with Harbaugh "dog chasing squirrel" sums up things quite nicely.
 
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TenYearBore said:
So like, I'm just a football nerd right? I don't want anything I'm saying here to be taken as insider knowledge or whatever so feel free to assume I'm a dumb fan with dumb fan opinions. My read is that it's all of the above, but the real problem is college football, who runs it, and where its going. There is no doubt in my mind that some of this is about ego; he thinks the 9ers did him dirty, he longs to win a SB, it kills him that his brother beat him by inches, and yeah on some level I think he figures turning around an NFL team like Meyer couldn't, one-ups going 0-fer against him in college coaching.

Plus keep in mind that he's 59; the track record of the league coming calling for college coaches in their 60's is not very long these days. If he's going back, this is more or less the last train to NFLtown. Furthermore, I don't think you're wrong that this was the best chance we were going to have at a national championship; I don't think TCU was that good and I don't think we're going to be 7.5 favorites in a playoff semi-final game ever again. Harbaugh is a freak, but he does still live on this planet; he knows this too and I'm sure it's a factor in the decision.

But the truth is college football is a hot mess right now, and it's being run by TV networks and a constantly shifting group of conference commissioners and power brokers. The transition to semi-pro football has not at all gone smoothly, Michigan has struggled to adapt to change historically, and there's no sign the pace of change is going to slow down any time soon. Recruiting is hard, NIL and the transfer portal make it harder; and that's without even getting into the fact that the refs, player safety standards, and unequal application of the rules are a sh*tshow. If you're signing up to be a college coach today on a five year contract, you really don't know what your job description is going to be even three years from now.

Everything I'm reading keeps implying that Jim is just sick of college football. Some of that is his ego, some of that is Michigan's insular culture, but a lot of it is the fact that big money and greasy football powerbrokers are playing Calvinball with the sport. I personally don't care that much, but apparently it's driving Harbaugh nuts.

Edit: or that's just the excuse he's floating out there to explain why he's about to bolt on Michigan after promising this wouldn't come up again; you could of course, read it either way, but that's what I'm gleaning from the volume of stuff leaking out of the program right now.
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We've seen time and time again coaches swear they aren't leaving or aren't going to a certain job up until the fucking minute they are on the jet headed to said new job. Never takes these guys "at their word" when they swear they arent leaving for somewhere else. Of course nobody is going to straight up come out and say "yea I might leave". That would be a real bad look for them if their leaving plans happened to fall through.
 
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buckeyemania11 said:
We've seen time and time again coaches swear they aren't leaving or aren't going to a certain job up until the fucking minute they are on the jet headed to said new job. Never takes these guys "at their word" when they swear they arent leaving for somewhere else. Of course nobody is going to straight up come out and say "yea I might leave". That would be a real bad look for them if their leaving plans happened to fall through.
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Isn't that exactly what Harbaugh did last year that lead to him saying I'm not doing that again lol
 
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buckeyemania11 said:
We've seen time and time again coaches swear they aren't leaving or aren't going to a certain job up until the fucking minute they are on the jet headed to said new job. Never takes these guys "at their word" when they swear they arent leaving for somewhere else. Of course nobody is going to straight up come out and say "yea I might leave". That would be a real bad look for them if their leaving plans happened to fall through.
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In all fairness, ours don't. We just fire them.
 
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Is there a bigger head in the sand fan base than DFBIA? Reading goblow there are still a good amount of them who swear Harbaugh "never really considered leaving last year". The only reason he didn't was because once a team actually got him into a interview they said hell the fuck no. That's probably why Harbaugh reportedly just wants a offer this year and no interview (lol) according to Sam Webb at least.
 
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buckeyemania11 said:
What's the end game for Harbaugh here? Does he really have that "I need a superbowl win" ego? And if so lol if he thinks he's getting a super bowl anytime soon with any of the NFL team options currently available to him. Is he just frustrated and knows he probably will never win a national title at scUM (the window is closing fast now) so he wants to grind out a few high money making years in the NFL before he hangs it up? < If that's it maybe he's a bit smarter than we give him credit for, take some rube NFL franchise for a shit ton of money and then hang it up after a few years of failure. Nice retirement plan.
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Does he, or his agent, think two straight CFP appearances can allow him to flirt with the NFL again in hopes of getting a better contract, higher salary and better buyout?

Or does he really want to go back to the NFL? I hope he goes.
 
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buckeyemania11 said:
Is there a bigger head in the sand fan base than DFBIA? Reading goblow there are still a good amount of them who swear Harbaugh "never really considered leaving last year". The only reason he didn't was because once a team actually got him into a interview they said hell the fuck no. That's probably why Harbaugh reportedly just wants a offer this year and no interview (lol) according to Sam Webb at least.
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Northern Mexico University? aka “Tejas?”
 
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