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AJHawkfan
Wanna make $14 the hard way?
At least he's aware that he hasn't earned his pay.....
http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsport...im-harbaugh-says-hes-not-worth-5-million-but/
http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsport...im-harbaugh-says-hes-not-worth-5-million-but/
Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh says he’s not worth $5 million, but…
Posted by JJ Stankevitz on March 24, 2015, 10:02 AM EDT
In an interview with a Detroit TV station Monday, Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh was asked if he’s worth the $5 million salary (plus bonuses and incentives) he’ll earn in 2015. His response? “No.”
The Detroit Free Press’ Mark Snyder transcribed Harbaugh’s more detailed explanation, which has some good self-awareness in it — but Harbaugh said he wouldn’t take a pay cut to try to set a precedent at the college level.
And why would he? He’s being paid around market value, if not a little higher — but the seven-year, $40.1 million contract he signed isn’t outlandish for an elite coach. With all the money flowing into power conferences through TV deals, Michigan’s athletic department could afford to shell out that kind of money to a guy who’s won at Stanford and with San Francisco.
Of course, with all that money around, it begs the question: Why can’t the players get a cut of it? Why has the market shifted so drastically toward paying coaches when college football is, to an extent, a players’ game?
We’ll see how Harbaugh does, but there are only a handful of coaches at the college level who have proven to have a championship-level impact on their programs. Nick Saban and Urban Meyer are the first guys that come to mind there. Does Gene Chizik win a title at Auburn without Cam Newton? Probably not.
It works both ways for coaches, though, who run the risk of getting fired because 1) they weren’t able to bring in good players or 2) they didn’t turn recruiting success into wins. A lot of those coaches get buyouts, though — Notre Dame, as of last year, was still paying Charlie Weis more than Brian Kelly — which provides a far better cushion than when a player loses his scholarship because of a devastating injury.
The hours for being a college football coach, too, are insane — if you’re not recruiting, watching film, meeting with players, running practices, preparing game plans, etc., nearly 365 days a year, you’re behind the competition. Though it’s not like college football players exactly have an easy schedule, between practice, class, film study, workouts, study hall and the like.
I guess the main point here — yes, Jim Harbaugh is worth the money to Michigan, because that’s what the system calls for. And that’s unfortunate, because if the market value for a top coach was, say, $2 million a year, the $3 million a year difference maybe, just maybe, could go into a fund for the players. Which, divided among 85 scholarships, would come out to a little more than $35,000 a year — it’s still below their actual value, but at least it’s a livable wage and better than $0.
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No, sometimes stabbing just isn't enough.
Just think of any Ohio born scUM fan; simply watching them take 20-30 minutes to bleed out all the while in excruciating pain, lying in an ever deepening pool of their own blood and crying for their mothers would bring little satisfaction to me as an executioner.
No, warm up the poker I say, two of them if you've got 'em.
Fuck M*ch*gan
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$5M+/per is a championship coach's salary. The next championship TheHarbrau™ wins will be his first.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Concussion concerns caused Jack Miller to walk away from Michigan
It appears Chris Borland is not alone.
Just a little over a week ago, the former Wisconsin and now-former San Francisco 49er linebacker stunned the college football world by announcing that he was retiring from the NFL after just one season, citing long-term concerns as it relates to head injuries. A couple of days prior to Borland’s announcement, it was announced that Jack Miller would not be returning to Michigan and was walking away from the sport.
As it turns out, Miller’s decision was based on concerns similar to that of Borland.
In an interview with Miller that appears on ESPN.com, Joe Schad writes that the offensive lineman cited “concern about the long-term impact from past and possible future concussions [as] a factor in the decision” to step away from the game. Even as he’s garnered interest from several programs, the former starting center stated that his health is front and center in his thought process.
“I know I’ve had a few and it’s nice walking away before things could’ve gotten worse,” Miller said. “And yes, multiple schools have reached out. But I’m ready to walk away from it. My health and happiness is more important than a game. …
Entire article: http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsport...aused-jack-miller-to-walk-away-from-michigan/
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Good for him. I suspect we're gonna be seeing more and more of this in the days/weeks/months/years ahead...
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We were just talking about concussions in the Reds thread (in our manner), glad to see the kid still has enough gray matter left to avoid the Reggie Ray treatment (which it appears the Reds catcher is getting)....but no matter what fuck him and fuck M*ch*gan.
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His happiness should definitely increase now that he's done with Michigan.
Anyway, best of luck to him.
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Jagdaddy
Head Coach
Helmet stickers returning to Michigan’s football helmet
When Jim Harbaugh was a quarterback at Michigan being barked at by Bo Schembechler, he did so with a handful of helmet stickers on the back of Michigan’s iconic helmet. Now that Harbaugh is the man in charge of the Wolverines, helmet stickers are reportedly coming back.
A report by Chris Balas of Rivals says Michigan will bring back helmet stickers in 2015 and do away with the special Legends jerseys in 2015. When Michigan last wore helmet stickers on their winged helmets the sticker depicted a wolverine.
Entire article: http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsport...ckers-returning-to-michigans-football-helmet/
The final 4 possible designs for the stickers are:
Well, I'll be damned. I'd just assumed that they'd never gotten rid of them, but that none of the players had been able to earn them in recent years.
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sparcboxbuck
What happened to my ¤cash?
Was just reading on one of their boards about some of the news coming out of spring ball. Apparently there's some smoke around the OL looking really bad and one of the excuses was the fact that neither of the two-deep centers were playing. Well, looks like their one-deep center ain't gonna be back.
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