For 5M+ and a better chance to win a NC? Most people would do exactly that.
The OFFICIAL MICHIGAN TEAM 136 THREAD: THE CONQUERING HEROES
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Harbaugh is about to leave the gorgeous Bay Area to freeze in Ann Arbor. Ucla is a basketball school, and can't match Michigan's resources to provide it's football program. Mora would greatly consider Michigan if we contacted him
His wife loves The Bay and that's why I think it's more likely he goes to the Raiders than back to Michigan.
Listen, I hope I'm wrong, but I'm trying to approach this with a practical mindset.
http://www.freep.com/story/sports/c...06/michigan-football-former-players/20001241/
Ryan VanBergen and about a dozen other players said:
Just as I always said. Rich Rod was doomed from the get go. I'm glad to see former players admitting it.
Good read.
he still allowed a 3-3-5 on wisconsin and tems on goal line.
His lack of defensive awareness STILL HAUNTS HIM
He wasn't allowed to hire his defensive coordinator either. That guy was sabotaged from the start.
A couple more years at Arizona and someone else is gonna give him another shot at a big time job, where he'll be successful.
It's not a surprise he was welcomed with open arms in Tuscon and he's thriving. I'm just happy it sounds like Michigan is finally getting away from their formerly ignorant way of thinking.
Word cause a BIG TEN CFB HEAD COACH cant say "yo...this defense is ASS even witg nfl players...switch or someone else is taking over"
I will never shed a tear for rich rod
Uh, the article you just posted is yet another piece of evidence that he didn't have the full support of the university or alumni at any point during his tenure. So yeah, I don't think he had that option like a Big Ten coach should. :smhkobe:
His lack of "full support" dont mean shyt when the defense was so poorly called and he allowed it to happen.
His 3-3-5 beat Oregon the past two years with his real defensive coordinator. It's unorthodox, but it's worked for him at every other stop he's made.
Well with a more talented defense it didnt work in the big ten.
Edit: plus he just GOT THAT WORK from oregon
Which points to the university. We know the Big Ten isn't very good outside of ohio, MSU and usually Wisconsin. So if his defense is working in the Pac-12, it should have worked in the Big Ten, which I believe it would have if he was allowed to bring in Casteel.
It's water under the bridge at this point. I just want them to nail this next hire and give him full support. We all want that.
http://mgoblog.com/content/searchbits-x-xth-one
ON HARBAUGH'S INTEREST LEVEL. I like it when NFL guys fire off things that I know aren't true, because then I can rail against 'em. It provides a level of certainty that's rare in any coaching search, and especially this one featuring a primary candidate who's employed until the end of December.
So: I know that the Michigan end of things referred to here…
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The University of Michigan has reached out to #49ers coach Jim Harbaugh, sources say. U-M left convinced he wanted to be an @NFL coach
10:22 AM - 7 Dec 2014
…certainly does not think they're going to have to move on, at least not to the point of being "convinced" about anything. There was a meeting of some variety—executed slightly better than Jeremy Foley's—but the aftermath of it has not seen any lack of pursuit or increased focus on guys other than Harbaugh. Since Michigan didn't advertise it to the nation, we can't be certain exactly who was involved. I've heard it was high-level, possibly a Hackett-Harbaugh face-to-face.
I don't know what's going to happen, but the NFL-facing sources have been so strident about things that I know are not true multiple times that I take every new report from them with a grain of salt. If they end up being right it's not going to be because they're super plugged in.
ALSO HARBAUGH. Heard that he took in the OSU game with a bunch of former teammates who were asking him to fix things, to which he said (paraphrased) 1) you'll have to wait a bit here and 2) I'll have to get paid like a top five college coach.
The upshot of the first bit: Harbaugh isn't going to to anything that would be seen as abandoning his team, even as their playoff odds get extremely long. Don't expect something until the 28th, if Michigan is still waiting then.
The upshot of the second: I don't think we're talking Godfather money here, but something approximately Saban/Meyer yes. This was apparently the subject of a brief tug-of-war at the AD/prez/regents level when Schlissel balked at the idea and the regents were like "no, actually, this makes sense because X and Y." They are good to go for compensation, with donor aid.
ON HARBAUGH'S INTEREST LEVEL. I like it when NFL guys fire off things that I know aren't true, because then I can rail against 'em. It provides a level of certainty that's rare in any coaching search, and especially this one featuring a primary candidate who's employed until the end of December.
So: I know that the Michigan end of things referred to here…
Ian Rapoport ✔ @RapSheetFollow
The University of Michigan has reached out to #49ers coach Jim Harbaugh, sources say. U-M left convinced he wanted to be an @NFL coach
10:22 AM - 7 Dec 2014
…certainly does not think they're going to have to move on, at least not to the point of being "convinced" about anything. There was a meeting of some variety—executed slightly better than Jeremy Foley's—but the aftermath of it has not seen any lack of pursuit or increased focus on guys other than Harbaugh. Since Michigan didn't advertise it to the nation, we can't be certain exactly who was involved. I've heard it was high-level, possibly a Hackett-Harbaugh face-to-face.
I don't know what's going to happen, but the NFL-facing sources have been so strident about things that I know are not true multiple times that I take every new report from them with a grain of salt. If they end up being right it's not going to be because they're super plugged in.
ALSO HARBAUGH. Heard that he took in the OSU game with a bunch of former teammates who were asking him to fix things, to which he said (paraphrased) 1) you'll have to wait a bit here and 2) I'll have to get paid like a top five college coach.
The upshot of the first bit: Harbaugh isn't going to to anything that would be seen as abandoning his team, even as their playoff odds get extremely long. Don't expect something until the 28th, if Michigan is still waiting then.
The upshot of the second: I don't think we're talking Godfather money here, but something approximately Saban/Meyer yes. This was apparently the subject of a brief tug-of-war at the AD/prez/regents level when Schlissel balked at the idea and the regents were like "no, actually, this makes sense because X and Y." They are good to go for compensation, with donor aid.